October Daily MEGA Thread!

Been thinking about one of my favourite early childhood books about a tiny witch with a big problem, Little Big Feet by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert. It's solid vintage by now (looks like the English translation goes back to 1990). Have you by chance heard of this one, Skellinton? Maybe something for your class during Halloween month? Lovely art that has stuck me with me through the decades.

Yay on receiving your kit! Got a favourite picked from it yet? I thought those 6x8 papers were gorgeous, especially the pumpkin one. Very dramatic. 

I have not, but going to track down a copy.
They artwork looks very familiar to me, but I don't recognize any of the books I could find by them. You can bet tomorrow if I have a spare a second in school I am going to be looking through the books and see what one looks like the same artist. For some reason I'm getting an image of a bear and a cave in my head, but the cover I am.picturing doesn't look like an of the ones I am seeing. I am also getting Tomten vibes from the face in the mirror, but it could just be similar styles to a different artist.
The story sounds cute and I like the art a lot.

Oooh, I'm intrigued about the art style mystery! Let me know which artist this made you think of when you're done sleuthing.   It's very 1980s-early 1990s but I still love this style. It's warm, vibrant, detailed and yet a bit messy. Gives me such cosy vibes. 

There's also a small dragon in this book (and a gorgeous illustration of the witch forest with little witches high up in the trees)...  I'd tracked down an old copy to read to the kids I took care of when I was a part-time nanny back in my uni years and the book still had great success. Especially when doing Tiny Big Feet's high-pitched hoarse witch voice. 

I got both my AE Halloween kit and my Studio Calico Halloween kit this weekend!!! YAY!!

I'm trying to convince myself that I have enough Halloween stuff, but I really want the Ellen Hutson stamps and dies and some goodies that I spotted at The Stamp Market website.

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Please post pics!



It's so cute.



That is cool and I'm totally stealing that idea too. But I think you can just cut fringe. I won't get a die.

 Me too, and I'm so excited!!!  This plus the Ali Edwards kit plus what I already have in my stash? I'm SO stoked!!! 
(Although I'm obsessed with the pink Prima Luna line, but that'll have to wait until next time I guess!)

Very cute mugs, ecvnj58 blemon! Thank you for sharing and letting me live vicariously through your American Halloween lifestyle (none of that here, alas). 

Love that monarch butterfly theme, too. The colours are absolute perfection for the season! Pics of the cat hating the costume for the album, of course! I don't think any of my mother's kitties would even allow those wings to come close to them, let alone but put on them.    Good luck to you, ecvnj58! 

I decided I'm going to focus on adding to my Halloween tin that I started many years ago. Remember when lunch tins were all the rage?😂

I couldn't find the right shade of tan to match the first dividers, so I went darker. I had made five divider fronts eons ago and made seven more over the weekend. At the time, I only had the Sizzix circle die for making my 'tabs', so I stuck with that.

I won't post all. But here's some of the old and new. I need to add dates to some. I have 1999-2022.

Now to order a bunch of 3x4 photos.

I found the skulls with purple flowers and the pink and orange pumpkins stickers at a bigger Dollar Tree. I've been slowly making cards with the second set.

www.dollartree.com/crafters-square-handmade-halloween-stickers-12-17ct-sheets/332372

ETA: Sorry for all the separate posts. I find it easier to do when on my phone.

I do not remember the lunch tin but that project looks really fun.



Is this your display? I love it. Did you make the candy corn? I want to do that. I love them.

You could even create flip-ups behind the book covers for some basic information ("favourite scary book in 2nd grade", "tracked down an old copy on eBay just to have it again", etc.). I think this would make for a beautiful walk-down-memory-lane spread in an October (Daily) album. You could turn your shelf into a timeline as well with the books ranked per year/era of your life, from childhood all the way to today if you still enjoy a good gothic story. 

It's my display. I already put up my Halloween decorations. I put older looking things on a shelf in an old dresser/hutch combination in my living room. I bought the candy corn years ago. They used to be the same size until my son took a chunk out of one a few years ago.

Here's a plain one, and one I decorated. I just remembered I need to find a vase for my fake flowers with eyeballs that are sitting on the basket. I want to do something with the front of the tin. The paper is kind of upside down.