Sleepy Hollow

Like I said, I'm a bit behind on sharing my October photos. These are from a few days before Halloween at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. We went there this time last year too. I love walking through the cemetery, it's a very beautiful place. We walked through a vacant outdoor haunted house again as well.  I promise only a few more October photos and then I'm willing to move on, though it's already getting so cold I don't think I want to.

Halloween

I know it's a little late for Halloween costume photos, but I figured better late than never! I wore this super simple cat costume walking around town and to hand out candy. We thought we would be going out for night time festivities but ended up staying in to watch Nosferatu and bake oatmeal raisin cookies (not surprising!). I have a lot more spooky photos to share so try to stay in the Halloween spirit just a little longer please.

Halloween Eve

If you've seen my recent posts you can probably see I have been having a very outdoorsy Autumn, which is just how I like it.  Tomorrow is Halloween! For the last few years my costume has just been to wear something that feels Halloween to me. Usually that is all black, with lots of textures like lace or velvet, and either a spooky/romantic mask or headpiece. This year I'll be wearing a cute cat mask that has whiskers on it, a lacey black dress, some dark red lips, and a jacket that is yet to be determined. What are you going as for Halloween?

Thinking about... Halloween Costumes!

I'm loving these kinda cute / kinda creepy vintage cards I got from my dad! I have a set for  sale in my store and am also thinking of doing a mystery card set for sale too. It's been kind of difficult to work on my shop lately being that I have been traveling a lot but things are starting to settle down and I am excited to have more time to work on it throughout fall and winter.

Right now I have a lot of stuff from the 50's, 60's, and 70's in the shop and I think some of it would be great for Halloween costumes! If you're looking for costume ideas check these out:

For a Mad Men or Retro inspired costume check out this dress!
For a witchy look check out this dress!

That 70's show guy - this shirt!

A pin-up girl- This cute top!

Nerds or School girl costumes - check out these cardigans! 1, 2, 3

For a 50's house wife (or zombie one!) check out this vintage apron!
I hope this was helpful or gave you some ideas for costume planning. Thanks for looking! Use coupon code FALL!% for 15% off your order!

Call Me Spooky

I was trying to take a quick picture of a dress I altered and it came out kinda spooky, so I just went with it. Seems fitting to share it with you being that Halloween is right around the corner! I spent last night working on another floral crown that will be a part of my costume. Usually I wait until the last minute to figure out what I want to be, can't come up with anything, and end up being a zombie. This year I decided I didn't really want to be something or someone, but just to dress in a spooky yet romantic way. "Spooky" is one of my favorite words, by the way. It also was the name of one of the 2 black cats I had growing up, and it's also a nickname/term of endearment  for me by John.

Oh, right. I was going to tell you about this dress I altered. It's a vintage dress from In The Hammock Vintage, a shop that I've mentioned on here a few times before. You can see how the dress looked before here. I decided that since I'm a shorty, the length of the dress wasn't all that flattering on me, so I hemmed it to a high -low style dress! I think it's a fun look, and adds for a bit of surprise when you turn around. Well, it's Friday night, time to test out my costume! I'll share some pics later this weekend.