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love the jim shore stuff. I haven't got any of his stuff yet but i want the vampire & the reaper is cool looking. I also like the haunted house for this year.

Originally Posted by sweet&sinister

love the jim shore stuff. I haven't got any of his stuff yet but i want the vampire & the reaper is cool looking. I also like the haunted house for this year.

The Vampire is a very cool piece....I forgot about that one....I may have to add it to my "wish list."

gromit those dept 56 items and the jim shore witches are so neat , i love those types of collectibles , i had many old fashion halloween items but i sold a few , i mostly collected witches and hand made witches dolls ....it was either those or the real props so i downsized ....i have a few bethany lowe left (my dear husband broke one really neat retired black cat in a pumpkin on wheels arrrrrrrrrgggg love that one) ....i have a few dept 56 items will have to post of picture when i get a chance...

i have an halloween like display year round in my kitchen ....i wouldnt say it is halloween it is a primitive display with a witch and boxes and prim crows etc....

as for decorating too early , i am setting up the display early september here (outside)

Originally Posted by a witch from canada

gromit those dept 56 items and the jim shore witches are so neat , i love those types of collectibles , i had many old fashion halloween items but i sold a few , i mostly collected witches and hand made witches dolls ....it was either those or the real props so i downsized ....i have a few bethany lowe left (my dear husband broke one really neat retired black cat in a pumpkin on wheels arrrrrrrrrgggg love that one) ....i have a few dept 56 items will have to post of picture when i get a chance...

i have an halloween like display year round in my kitchen ....i wouldnt say it is halloween it is a primitive display with a witch and boxes and prim crows etc....

as for decorating too early , i am setting up the display early september here (outside)

Thanks,

There are only a few Jim Shore Halloween pieces I like....some of his stuff can be to ornate for my taste........I really like the Bethany Lowe products too..but don't have anything in her collection, maybe someday.. That's to bad about your retired piece....have you tried looking for another?? sometimes ebay has retired items...you may have luck finding one on there....

Please post your pics....whenever you can...would love to see them!

My first yardstake scarecrow goes out in a few weeks (more autumn decor for now) as I do a scarecrow maze in my sideyard, later on I add creepy mask's to them as they transform. Thats what I like about my creepy cornstalker maze I can start to decorate early and it just looks autumn for now but the changes come fast in sept.to more Halloweenish.

I've got a large shelf unit that I keep my Dept56 houses displayed on year round, as well as various other horror figures, or collectibles. We also have a few pieces of art prints hanging as well...with my favorite being a Basil Gogos signed print of Dracula. (He is the artist that would do the artwork for the cover of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland', and I was able to meet him a few years ago.) We also have a few other Halloween related items that we keep out just because as well...it helps that my wife actually doesn't mind..

I haven't decorated yet but I have a feeling they will be coming out soon!

in a WAY I'm decorating right now...I have to start to repair some stuff and build other stuff..so some of its' out right now getting fixed or finished...

i have a small collection of witches & related stuff - plus great candleholders that are halloween related but out all year round (I light candles most nights in the living room) . I would put my stuff up on the 1st october - but hubby makes me wait at least a week (though i start sneaking up the new stuff as I buy it )

I like looking at Halloween stuff all the time, so I usually have older Halloween things on display around the work desk--record albums, vampire blood makeup, things like that, mostly from the 70's or older.

I found a package of Nik-L-Nip bottles at the discount store a while ago--some of you may remember these--they are the wax bottles filled with colored fruit liquids. I read somewhere that these recently got discontinued, and may become hard to find; I believe the product has been around for many decades! So, anyway, I have these little spooky things around the desk.