Torontonian in a new house!

Hey all, I'm Robin from Toronto. Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was a child, and I've been making costumes and doing other crafty stuff for a long time. I've always wanted to decorate for Halloween, but as we lived in apartments, there wasn't much ability to do anything.

Well, folks, we finally bought our house earlier this year. It has a big front yard, two-car garage, and plenty of kids in the neighborhood!

I'm throwing a Halloween party this year and I've already started work on props. I'm under a serious budget constraint this year (only a couple hundred dollars total to work with) but I'm good at figuring out how to do things cheaply, and I already have a lot of craft supplies and fabric, so I think I'll be able to make it look decent this year.

My husband has already agreed that each year we'll be able to continue adding props and, eventually, spending money on animatronics. He's fine with the idea of starting our own haunt in a few years. I'm so excited!

This year I'm going to be making and setting up tombstones in the front yard, creating some massive hanging props (8'-9' with their capes), turning some dolls into zombie babies (I've been doing zombie makeup for years and am well-acquainted with Liquid Latex), and whatever other inexpensive crafts catch my attention. (I've already been through all 55 pages of the Tutorials forum and I've picked up lots of good ideas from the great talent here!)

I'm looking forward to seeing what others are up to and sharing my own progress.