October Haunted Humpday..Finally!!

Hi!

It's the first Haunted Humpday of October!!

Isn't that exciting?

I feel like I celebrate it all year,

but it's SO nice to see it in the stores.

Did you know there's a blog dedicated to Halloween?

you can go there and click on any of the 

Crypt-keepers

 links and you will be taken to one spooky site after another!

So have you done anything spooky lately? 

I try to watch a scary movie and create something 

from beyond the grave!! every day.

okay, maybe not that extreme, but I do try and create

 something cute and Halloweenish after a good movie.

I've made a few things this week that I really love!

Before I get to them though I want to show you this throw pillow from Target..

Doesn't it look like it's from the Haunted Mansion?

 OOOH! I got the latest issue of 

Faerie Magazine,

It's the Practical Magic issue...

It's just gorgeous!

It reminds me of the  Practical Magic blog parties

Anna from Frosted Petunias would host.

Don't you miss those?

aaaaand I bought

 This awesome Medusa bust from Marshalls, 

It has a color changing bulb inside.

Oh my gosh!

I watched Gerald's Game on Netflix last night.

It was such a good movie!

If you decide to watch it, make sure the children are asleep first though,

it's not appropriate for the kiddos.

We bought these Halloween treats to make this week too,

Have you seen the Scooby-Doo cookies before?

We got them because the cookie looks like Helena's ugly little dog, Spanky.

He makes this face when you ask him to smile..

You have to have rice krispies treats when you watch Halloween movies.

And they taste better when they're monster shaped:)

I have to admit, the packaging is what gets me every time!

Here are three little canvases I created for today..

This first one is a silly, trick or treating goblin...

A fuzzy little werecub..

And a baby creature from the darkish lagoon, hehe

They are all made of felt.

Okay, I'm not sure I talked about this one or not..

there are many stories and only so many brain cells, haha!

anyhow,

This one happened to me.

I was about 5 years old and loved going to visit my cousin..

We are about a year apart in age

which was great because my siblings are all at least 10 years older

and never had time to play..(or be nice)

It was fun to go visit her during the day..

She lived in a big old ranch house

on many acres with pecan groves, corn fields and what looked like a swamp.

We always had fun, either playing board games or exploring outside. There were horses

in a field right next to her house and we would often sit on the fence and watch them,

 occasionally giving them apple chunks when they ventured close to us.

All of this was amazing to me.

One thing I remember doing with absolute clarity is

playing in her older sister's closet.

My cousin never wanted to go in there, it was creepy and flashlights never stayed on.

I didn't mind it though

It was fairly large, the floor was cool and it smelled like mint gum.

I liked sitting in there with the clothes hanging down around me..almost like a tent.

I felt happy and protected in a fort made of 

"fancy" teenage girl dresses and a make believe campfire 

made with clunky high heeled shoes.

One day I was puttering around towards the back of the closet, being nosy and looking through

an old shoe box filled with old perfume bottles,scented erasers,

  broken jewelry 

and a journal covered in squiggly writing that I could not understand (cursive)

for some reason I decided to put my hands on the wall behind me..

I went further and further into the closet trying to find the back

next thing I know I was opening the door and crawling out through my aunt's bedroom closet

that was at the other side of the house!  

I ran back down the hallway to my cousin's room and crawled back into the closet and tried to find that

passageway again..

I did this for a long time,

going in through one closet and coming out another.

It happened every time I visited there.

What I can recall, during these little...jaunts, was:

It was dark, I was aware of the clothes hanging down around my shoulders

then it would get very dark for a little while,

 eventually I would see the light underneath the doorway and I'd come out

in  my aunt's room.

I was always afraid it would stop,

This went on for a couple of years.

I still remember the day it didn't happen..how flat and close the back wall was..

the huge disappointment I felt. 

When I think back to it now

I'm reminded of stories I've listened to on YouTube.

stories about glitches and time slips...

Here are a couple horror narrators that have true glitchy stories:

Mortis Media

HellFreezer

What do you think that was?

I never felt scared or threatened and I'm positive it happened.

Has anything like that ever happened to you?

 

I hope you enjoyed this week's Haunted Humpday...

I'm going to get ready to watch a movie with Helena.

Goodnight!!