Tricia doesn’t like Halloween, but I like it to the point where others get annoyed. I have been known to play Elvira’s Haunted Hits on repeat for HOURS, force friends to carve pumpkins, hand-out Halloween stickers with great cheer, eat chocolate to the point of exhaustion, and even make Halloween gingerbread houses (toasted coconut makes for excellent fall leaves).

For Halloween I have been costumed as: The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, a piece of a graffiti wall (with friends), cowgirl, witch, The Green Goblin (yes, the pumpkin-throwing villain from Spiderman), a zebra, a blind mouse (one of three), a Trick-or-Treat bag. ALL HOMEMADE (mostly by my excellent-sewing mother).

1. Life of Mystery: An Illustrated Guide Poster from Tiny Showcase (22×28, $12)
   (I bought this and love it!)
2. Missing Limbs Pirate Poster from 826 Valencia’s Pirate Store (20×26, $20)
   (Even DesignSponge posted about these recently!)
3. Nancy Drew Fold & Mail Stationary from FredFlare ($10)
4. The Mischievous Gingerbread Men Print from primpedpaperie on Etsy (8.5 x 11, $20)
   (Love the skull barrettes!)
5. Pumpkinator Quee from Toy2R (via ToyCyte, which is giving away tons of Quees)
6. Political Pumpkin Carving from the Associated Press (free downloads)
7. Butterfly & Skull Charm Bracelet from PaiselyChainsaw on Etsy ($20)
8. (Crafty) Pirate Fabrics from downshadowlane on Etsy (4 prints, 4.5 yards, $12)
9. The Sixth Sense (my favorite scary movie!!!) (amazon.com, $7.50)
10. Paper Voodoo Pad from Knock Knock (60 sheets, $7)
11. Target Halloween including Halloween-themed-recipes, Domo, and the Pirate Skull Dinnerware Collection ($18)
12. Dracula Fork idea (if you forgot your costume!) (via notcot)
13. Cubes Corporate Zombies from Archie McPhee (glow-in-the-dark, $14) (also via notcot)

PS: Visit the Election Collection & J Keller interview from this week! (I’m in love with these posts, btw.) Posts will be a little less intense for the rest of the week, but we still have interesting things to show you like a currently obsessed, cupcakes, and more!

Happy Monday. Possibly an oxymoron!

(By the way, TOMORROW: I’ll feature some art by a wonderful illustrator, and then the day after that I’ll interview him, and then the day after that he’ll tell us things he’s obsessed with. PS He recently did work for Wes Anderson. THIS IS TRUE!)

Above: stuff from 80stees.com our new advertiser.

NOTE
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