Thread: 2012: The year of... Halloween.

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Sounds great Mr. Fright Can't wait to see how it progresses


*Moved to the "Show us your stones* thread

Oh, and btw. The extension takes it to a full height of 7 ft. 7 in.

Originally Posted by Halloween Scream

Thank you Halloweeny! No, not too many Cavalier's around here either. She's my faithful helper, although she thinks every prop I make is something new for her. I'm sure if I laid Ooogie Boogie down flat she'd nestle right in thinking I made her a bed.

LOL! My cats are the same way! Absolutely everything that enters the house is viewed as something new for them!

Sounds like everybody's moving right along, and light years ahead of me! While the actual construction is on hold at the moment (never seem to be home enough to actually lay my hands on anything!) the planning is in full swing. Actually, a swing is a perfect metaphor! Go forward, return to start, go forward, return to start, go ...... Pen & paper are my two best friends right now when it comes to planning. I've come up with several different ideas about re-doing the yard, just have to figure out which way to go. Maybe I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque ...

Halloweeny78 - Excited to see your yard re-do plans! I love it when people do makeovers, especially when they switch themes.

January 31st: Well, I tried so hard to finish my first build by today. But I ran into a little problem - finishing Ooogie Boogie with glow-in-the-dark paint. I was going off of a website where the person made an awesome glowing Oogie costume. Their instructions said they used Krylon Glowz. Well, not only did it turn the white burlap a weird rusty red color (not that big a deal, since it's made to be seen under a black light), but it's splotchy and the color is waaaay off. It's kinda yellow, not at all green like their pictures. I can't go through all that work and then have him glow the wrong color! I should have stuck with my original plan to paint him with green glow-in-the dark fabric paint, which is what I'll do this week. I just hope that the paint will cover the horrible yellow spray paint evenly.

But... I can't be too bummed out, not when this was delivered to my door (remember the post about the first major purchase of the year?)....

Oh, that sooooo sucks Halloween Scream! So sorry to hear that, and I really hope it works out in your favor in the end. *hugs*

Nice compensation for the days troubles though!

Say it ain't so Halloween Scream! Poor Oogie ... we hardly new ye. No fun going through all that work just to have that happen. I'm sure you'll be able to fix up the colours to your satisfaction. Like RHC said at least you had a nifty reward to brighten that dark cloud. <That's a neat word: "nifty". It's far too under-utilized. I might just have to bring it back!>

As for my haunt I'm not sure if it really qualifies as a re-do. I don't have a set theme that I follow each year. Sometimes I repeat a theme simply because I enjoyed it that much, or just want to make some improvements and see how it looks, or life gets in the way and robs me of all my "Halloween Time" (prep time, construction time, testing time, etc.). I just find that there's sooooo much to choose from that I feel I'd be missing something if I didn't try another theme. My addled mind is chock full of all kinds of Halloween stuff (as many of ours are!) and I'd like to at least touch on the various themes. There's something to be said for seeing that prop that's been burrowing in your brain come to fruition. Besides, it keeps the kiddies (and neighbours) guessing. I like to keep them on their toes!

I am resurrecting this thread, because today is our day.

We begin.

There may be cupids and cheezy hearts floating about on this day, but today is the first day of Halloween for us. The wife even wore her orange scrubs with the skeletons and spider webs to work today.

The workshop is organized and clean, materials are plentiful enough, ideas are settled on, skeletons are quivering, pumpkins are giggling, witches are cackling!!!!!!!

It's time to build.

btw Halloween Scream......... I'm diggin' the 1800 flex you've got there. As you probably know, I bought one last year and it ROCKED.

Have you tested yours yet?

Got anything built yet GhostTown??????