tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74768434515177209552024-02-07T21:35:56.653-08:00SpookworksFor the seriously spooky!Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-42480185264026102362011-11-11T11:46:00.000-08:002011-11-11T13:32:26.543-08:00Ein Liebster Award fur mich?!It's so deeply humbling to get recognition from someone you admire, and <a href="http://deadwoodcemetary.blogspot.com/">The Deadwood Cemetary</a> falls squarely into that category for me. I can always count on delicious eye candy and inspiring musings over at the DC. Thank you so much, October Boy, for the generous appointment of this award!!!<br />
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And so before the music fades and the producer offstage gives the wrap it up signal, I shall move on...<br />
The rules say that I'm to pass this shiny award on to five deserving blogs who currently have under 100 followers. *drumroll* And the Liebsters go to:<br />
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~ <a href="http://thescarymarys.blogspot.com/">Scary Mary's</a>. I am convinced we were seperated at birth. Vintage goodness and monster heaven in one blog- LOVE!<br />
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~ <a href="http://alltogetherdead.blogspot.com/">All Together Dead</a>. This is definetly of the most elegant Halloween blogs I've seen. Always a pleasure to read. <br />
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~ <a href="http://thequirkshop.blogspot.com/">The Quirk Shop</a>. The tag line says it all; Growing up is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hella fun blog.<br />
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~ <a href="http://addictedtohalloween.blogspot.com/">Addicted to Halloween</a>. Anyone who drives a 1973 hearse IS addicted to Halloween... and I tip my hat to that!<br />
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~ <a href="http://pumpkinbrain.blogspot.com/">Pumpkinbrain</a>. I've picked up more than a few ideas from this blog. :)Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-65853547917172721032011-10-29T17:39:00.000-07:002011-10-29T17:39:09.813-07:00Madame Gartildais ready, and just in the nick of time. :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ladies, please use discretion when opting to hyphenate your surnames. It seems one of the Butts liked her maiden name enough to keep it, and became Butt-Brown after marriage, which is only marginally better than if she were a Brown-Butt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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This guy won the cool name lottery...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The entire Adams family (close enough hehe) is right beside 007!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvmvM6l2Ygg4wgHEJ7BaLdrSIqmfoaUsOfQjPWRHM46MNcAj6KRyTQy31OWk6dIMZWtBt6hG4Y46TxyommnLNI-WtzoTLzgzzfa1pt9aJSVto_0brIheyu8ZD-xT45casNoEnpuu8w84/s1600/100_5361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvmvM6l2Ygg4wgHEJ7BaLdrSIqmfoaUsOfQjPWRHM46MNcAj6KRyTQy31OWk6dIMZWtBt6hG4Y46TxyommnLNI-WtzoTLzgzzfa1pt9aJSVto_0brIheyu8ZD-xT45casNoEnpuu8w84/s320/100_5361.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All kidding aside, there were some truly gorgeous old monuments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is such a wonderful example of the elegant Art Deco movement, and the epitaph is one of the loveliest, truest, and most touching I've ever read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Picked up this length of fabric for Madame Gartilda's table cloth, and it hit me...</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx2dK5iQmw4EZ1RGGwi2DgFCzsbfj7t0KLimISlvyqBanqudv-CmfFRQp1j3ibamnFS36nDi7F0lvY-qOcFTO1WIUh0yBFOZfHT0Df8sW90aHNqjSeempEB7fnWYw2juwCBvHNNXmTQY/s1600/100_5351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx2dK5iQmw4EZ1RGGwi2DgFCzsbfj7t0KLimISlvyqBanqudv-CmfFRQp1j3ibamnFS36nDi7F0lvY-qOcFTO1WIUh0yBFOZfHT0Df8sW90aHNqjSeempEB7fnWYw2juwCBvHNNXmTQY/s320/100_5351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm really winging the process of building her body. Stuck a baggy sweatshirt on her and duct taped it to the chair- sloppy yes, but it will be well covered. Now I'm attempting to distribute crumpled newspaper through the shirt, and will cinch it by wrapping 'round with more duct tape. Then, in theory we sould be able to dress her, attach hands, head (originally Witch Gartilda, now known as Madame Gartilda), and mesh together with extra cloth mache at the neck and arms. Her legs will be fitted in later, how is yet to be determined. Oh, and her crystal ball?, it's a light fixture salvage from our powder room reno ha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Move it in, movie it round, disco lady....<br />
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Tonight will be spent on her gnarly hands, which by the way, will be sculpted from Michael's Creative Paperclay knock-off, Artminds Clay Mache. It's sticky, and makes my hands smell like marshmallows in a bad way, and generally makes me cranky. Boo on you, Michael's!!Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-4938437133662316052011-09-17T10:41:00.000-07:002011-09-17T10:41:19.492-07:00Urgent Memo for Sean Thomas Fisher- take precaution against Bad Actors NOW!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OMG I knew it I knew it I knew it!!!! All the proof is right here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a) I found this on ebay, so it HAS to be legit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">b) He owned the LaLaurie house in New Orleans- aka America's 'Most Haunted House'- well it would be, with his netherworld friends dropping by and stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">c) Have you seen his son, Weston?... HELLO... def zombie!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">d) Ghost Rider? NOT ACTING!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxqLpbC8fk8xCoRAemLQYUCgn5wlE0IXA5jFsByyi9MtMs1VnXUGARKW4Z-cCLAhHg8us7XSOx6RUJh2iKrp-7o5XtgY9Vx4Ul3GD4qNaslX98IPQj0mqjkg9r7YD9DWEr273r1V81RI/s1600/cage+vampire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxqLpbC8fk8xCoRAemLQYUCgn5wlE0IXA5jFsByyi9MtMs1VnXUGARKW4Z-cCLAhHg8us7XSOx6RUJh2iKrp-7o5XtgY9Vx4Ul3GD4qNaslX98IPQj0mqjkg9r7YD9DWEr273r1V81RI/s640/cage+vampire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">Original c.1870 carte de visite showing a man who looks exactly like<br />
Nick Cage. Personally, I believe it's him and that he is some sort of<br />
walking undead / vampire, et cetera, who quickens / reinvents <br />
himself once every 75 years or so. 150 years from now, he might<br />
be a politician, the leader of a cult, or a talk show host.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>This is not a trick photo of any kind and has not been manipulated</u>in Photoshop or any other graphics program. It's an original photo <br />
of a man who lived in Bristol, TN sometime around the Civil War.<br />
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For the many of you insisting that this is a Photoshop manipulation:<br />
Any serious potential buyer will be allowed to have a photo expert <br />
of their choice examine the original photograph before any money <br />
changes hands.<br />
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I've had a lot of questions asking where I purchased this. As followers <br />
of <a href="http://thanatos.net/" target="_blank">my website</a> know, I collect antique memorial photography - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">images of dead people - from the 1800s. This photo was found in<br />
the very back of album that contained an unusual number of <br />
Civil War era death portraits (which is why I purchased it). All of <br />
the other people in the album, living and dead, were identified </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">by name - this man was not.<br />
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Photographer is Professor G.B. Smith. A contact of mine forwarded<br />
<a href="http://www.timesnews.net/blogger.php?id=10239&postid=7209" target="_blank">this interesting article (link)</a> about the photographer, Smith. Turns <br />
out he was a confederate Civil War prisoner of war photographer.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><u>Guaranteed</u> to be an original 1860s-70s photograph and not <br />
a modern reproduction, copy or photo manipulation.</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">4" x 2.5".</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia;">Condition</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">Unevenly trimmed on all sides.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">* Items shipped to U.S. addresses are shipped within 1-2 business days.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">* Items shipped to all international addresses are shipped within 1-4 business days.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">* All photos are shipped in photo mailer with cardboard and "Do Not Bend" on outside. Never had a damaged item!<br />
* <u>An option to add insurance will be available - please review your invoice carefully!</u></span></div><span style="color: white; font-size: xx-small;">rare antique photo photography vintage 1800s victorian famous celebrity </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Simply dig through the recycling box for various sizes and shapes of glass jars. Cut orange tissue paper into squares, and affix with Mod Poge- make sure to brush the paste over top the tissue as well. Paint your Jack face with black acrylic. I'm adding hangers made from armature wire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All that's left is the lights! I found these super bright led's on ebay (Six Star Sales carries them). They come in a rainbow of colours in single lights, and clusters of 2, 3 and 5. Mine are amber (they actually look less yellow in person). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Way easy, and really effective!</div>Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-70229186209304108482011-08-23T11:04:00.000-07:002011-08-23T11:04:55.770-07:00For Madame Jen,since I STILL can't post comments *sigh*...<br />
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The finials were made with the hot glue- sand cast method. I sculpted the original piece in polymer clay (just couldn't find a good one to use). Then the original was pressed in a slightly damp sand filled baking dish. Since I needed a bazillion of them, I tossed the glue gun aside and melted the glue sticks in a wrecked old pot, and carefully poured into the impression in the sand. While the glue was still warm, I imbedded a nail in the bottom, about halfway sticking out. The idea is that the fence 1x1's will be predrilled, and the nails will pop in for easy assembly. Trimmed the excess glue, added a coat of primer followed by black acrylic paint, and wah-la- done!<br />
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Hope you didn't mind me creeping in your garage! ;)Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-53583778688303857832011-08-21T15:25:00.000-07:002011-08-21T15:26:44.493-07:002011 Fence rebuild: Phase 1 Complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Behold,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">heh heh :)</div>Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-15636394414812462922011-08-17T16:03:00.000-07:002011-08-17T16:03:40.667-07:00Haunted Barrel Works<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Our family has had a tradition of visiting the Toronto Islands every summer since as far back as I can remember. It's an oasis in the city, and only an eight minute ferry boat ride from Harbourfront. The parklands are majestic, and many go for bike riding, picnics, the beach, and frisbee golf, but the main draw is Centreville; a turn-of-the-century styled theme park on Centre Island. It's definetly not Six Flags, but for young families or those who like it on the mild side, it's packed full of charm. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Naturally, I look forward to Haunted Barrel Works the most. This dark ride was built in 1970, and few things have changed, but somehow it never gets tired. If you ever have the chance to pay a visit, it's well worth while- just avoid weekends when the crowds descend on Centreville like a plague of locusts!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">And to make things even better, we picked a gorgeous site yesterday for our late evening picnic, just when a million bats decided to have their own dinner. We watched them fly across the night sky through the clearing in the trees until it was time to catch the ferry back. Always a beautiful trip... can't wait for next year!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-87482612619651327042011-08-06T16:35:00.000-07:002011-08-06T16:35:12.334-07:00We Have a Winner! :DAnd the Pumpkin Pamper Pack goes to *drumroll*.... Creepy Glowbugg!!!<br />
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If you'd kindly shoot your addy on over to <a href="mailto:spookworks@hotmail.com">spookworks@hotmail.com</a>, I'll be sure to get that on it's way first thing Monday morning. :) Congrats!<br />
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Really wish the lottery had one in four odds lol!Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-5550836394751504492011-07-28T18:54:00.000-07:002011-07-28T18:54:10.368-07:00Ghoulishly Good Bath Treats GIVEAWAY!!!First off, I'd like to give a heart-felt thanks to my loyal followers. It wasn't long ago that I jumped blindly into blogging without a clue how to get started. I'm grateful to all of you who have not only joined, but tolerated us enough to stick around. As a token of appreciation, we're hosting a giveaway- finally! <br />
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We'll draw for the spoils on Saturday, August 6. Just leave a comment to enter! And a hint to the men- folk, this prize will score big points with the ghoul in your life... or heck, just hog it all for yourself- we don't judge! ;)<br />
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</div>If Morticia treated herself to some decadent tubby time, I'd imagine she'd use this Pampering Pumpkin Pack... from some of the very best artisan bath and body etailers, this hand picked collection includes;<br />
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~Purple Pumpkin Shea Soap from Magic Hands Workshop. Queen of cold process soapers, and sadly, recently out of business. When the news broke, I hauled her stuff like a squirrel with ADHD preparing for a never ending winter, and saved one precious for the prize pack. This moisturizing lavender & pumpkin scented bar is simply exquisite.<br />
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~Pumpkin Cake Lip Lust lip balm from Haunt. Her stuff is cult popular, but scarce. Try to catch when her shop opens for a fleeting moment- it happens only a couple of times a year. <a href="http://www.haunt.bigcartel.com/">http://www.haunt.bigcartel.com/</a><br />
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~Imp Pumpkin Butter from Haus of Gloi. Cute little 2oz jar- ridiculously softening and loaded with pumpkin seed oil! Scent description from the Haus; This little fellow longs to be your bath time companion! Peculiar passion fruit mingling with sun cured apricots, perfectly pink grapefruit juice and innocent whispers of wet mimosa blooms. Great stuff! Available at; <a href="http://host.pappapak12.com/~hausofgl/">http://host.pappapak12.com/~hausofgl/</a><br />
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~Pumpkin Bread Bath Truffle from Skindecent. NOM! Amazing shop filled with tricks and treats... and Canadian to boot! <a href="http://skindecent.com/">http://skindecent.com/</a><br />
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Good luck to all!!!!<br />
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BTW, blogger isn't letting me post comments on my site- or anyone else's. Am I the only one?! It's become a frustrating loop of endlessly signing in and getting nowhere. Blargh. Just wanted to let everyone know how much I've been enjoying all your awesome blogs and thank you for the kind and encouraging words you're left for me here. Really, THANK YOU!Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-34082586294851560852011-07-19T14:21:00.000-07:002011-07-19T14:21:42.118-07:00First look at Witch GartildaJust have to glue on her wig and attach her teeth, and this old bat is done! Not sure yet if she's destined for etsy, or if I'd rather build her into a character for the haunt. I've been trying to work on her sister, but my <strike>brian</strike> brain has melted from the heat, and it's all I can do to think straight, much less work on props. On the upside, we're walking around like zombies, so it all works out.<br />
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Her core is the ever versitile wig/ hat foam form sculpted over with paperclay, and skinned with cloth mache. Brows, wart (and teeth) are polymer clay. <br />
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</tbody></table>Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-45493035369685078282011-07-06T08:04:00.000-07:002011-07-06T08:04:30.344-07:00Hauntingly beautifulis how I would describe this gravesite we stumbled upon in Bond Head, Ontario. The fence of harps is incerdibly ornate, and one of the most unique memorial features I've seen. Wish the epitaph was still legible though; we couldn't even make out a date due to the extreme weathering of the limestone. <br />
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The bidding started at $15, and everytime I had a chance to stop by and check my book-bid, the same guy had bid me up by a lousy dollar. This carried on all month. Determined to win, I hightailed it to the store on the last day to put a final bid in minutes before auction closing, and came away with the box for $52.00. WIN!!!<br />
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As if that wasn't a great enough haul, this treasure was on the open stock shelf for two bucks; a 1964 battery operated coin bank in decent working condition. To be honest, the box is way cooler than the bank, which is an undetailed black box with a teeny blue plastic arm that pops up to grab the coin. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Hubby took these pics on his Saturday morning hike. Wish he'd bagged a birdie and brought it home for me to adopt, but no such luck. Guess I'll have to settle for rebuilding Vera this year- if time permits, knock on wood.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vera was my first ever made prop (she just had her 10th birthday- carion cake for everyone!), but looking back it's shocking to see the rudimentary mache/sculpt skills I was limited to. Even the paste was wrong, and she's detiorated badly for it. However, she's definetly served her time and has been enjoying early retirement in her laundry room roost. The water meter reader guys think I'm nuts, no doubt. And so, I'm going to start laying plans for her successor and see how far we get. Stay tuned! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Toronto Star reporter.<br />
May 21, 2011<br />
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(A reader asks)<br />
<strong>Q</strong>: This unusual bat fixture hung in the front hall of my grandparent's home in Peterborough. <br />
The house dates back to 1870, but I am not sure if the fixture was original to the house. The fixture is brass-plated and has no identifying marks. The bat measures 53cm (21inches) wing tip to wing tip, and 56cm (22inches) from top to bottom. When the light is on, it casts a long winged shadow on the ceiling. No one in the family wants to sue the fixture in their homes nor does anyone want to part with it.<br />
We would appreciate any information about it age, place of manufacture and current price.<br />
Betty, Peterborough Ontario.<br />
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<strong>A</strong>: Because so many have a bat phobia, it is easy to understand why your relatives do not want this ceiling fixture. But any enthusiast of the rare and wondrous would be thrilled to have this piece.<br />
Your fixture could have been made by German manufacturer Franz Stubgen, a specialist in metal items including lamps. His company logo is a Fledermaus (German for bat) and was registered in 1892. But I suspect it's more likely this piece was made in the U.S. in the early 1900's.<br />
Your lamp would have a shade covering the light bulb and a suitable one from the period could be found easily . The fact your bat light is the original, functioning and a delightful conversation piece adds up to a sure value of $1,000 plus. <br />
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</div>Give her a hug today, will ya? She just wants a little love! ;)Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-19860680322876238492011-05-03T13:56:00.000-07:002011-05-03T13:56:15.495-07:00Aw, shucks! :)Big thanks to Holly's Horrorland for passing this lovely award my way!!<br />
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Guess it's time to reveal seven <strike>fascinating</strike> things about myself: <br />
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1) I daydream about surfing, but never actually have. I do own a prop surf board and several Ron Jon tee shirts which *officially* makes me a hodad.<br />
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2) Need to sleep more hours than a house cat to function like a normal human being. <br />
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3) Makeup artist by trade. <br />
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4) Everything I need to know, I learned from watching Spongebob.<br />
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5) Never had a taste nor tolerance for alcohol, but am a known tea addict. (always hot with milk and honey!)<br />
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6) Am incredibly lucky to married to the most kind hearted, smart, caring and decent human being in the world. And he's cute, too, really, REALLY cute.<br />
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7) Was just made fun of for winning the "Versatile Booger" award.<br />
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The best part about this is being able to give some love to 15 fantastic blogs. I'm happy to pass The Versatile Blogger award on to:<br />
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Grimlock Manor<br />
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The Happy Whisk<br />
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The House of Marrow<br />
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Beautiful Halloween <br />
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Cat in the Moon<br />
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Thornhill Woods Haunted House<br />
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The Soap Bar<br />
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Addams Family Mini- Mansion<br />
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Dark Squirrel's Miniature Asylum <br />
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Beteabon Blog<br />
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3-D Monster<br />
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Haunted Lawns<br />
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Horror Stuff Hunter<br />
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Adeles SpOOky Art<br />
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The Phantasmagorium of Professer PymSpookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476843451517720955.post-79882576015130620032011-04-29T20:18:00.000-07:002011-04-29T20:18:48.548-07:00Happy Walpurgisnacht: Halloween 2.0!!The end of April marks Walpurgisnacht, the northern European and Scandinavian celebration of pagan origins. Customs vary from country to country, but modern festivities commonly involve revelers dressed as witches feasting and dancing around bon fires to officially welcome spring, celebrate fertility and drive away evil spirits. Sounds like a good party!<br />
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Disney famously portrayed Walpurgisnacht in the Night On Bald Mountain sequence from Fantasia. I didn't even realize this until mumsy pointed it out... but I do remember the Demon scaring the pants off me as a kid!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another thrift store score! Stuck some led candlesticks in this hideous candelabra (did someone actually use this on their dining room table?! Yikes!), and am melting opaque whie glue 'wax' drips over a Magic Sculp armature. Second small candelabra is in the background if I can get around to it! </div>Spookworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13782773374065676516noreply@blogger.com1