Happy Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

A rare Thanksgiving postcard with a Jack-o-lantern.  Please feel free to save and use.

Here's wishing everyone a blessed Thanksgiving Day!

Time to Sign Off for Another Year...

Halloween is over for another year.  I would like to thank all my faithful followers and I hope you've enjoyed your stay.  I will post occasionally but it's now time to put this blog to bed until Spring, 2011.  I hope you will continue to follow my art journey at my year-round blog, Nostalgic Collage:

http://nostalgiccollage.blogspot.com/

Happy Halloween Goodie Box from Laura Carson

**Please click on picture to see goodies close-up!**

The box and the 4 ATCs are all original works.

Here's a close-up of the spooktacular ATCs

My monthly swap group did a Happy Halloween Goodie Box 1/1 trade and my Treater was Laura Carson.  Thank you Laura for my amazing box, ATCs and wonderful Halloween supplies and ephemera.  I'm over the moon thrilled!

Edgar Allan Poe ATC Swap - VPI Yahoo Group

One of my ATCs

From top left:

Wendy Robinson, Jan Larson, Teri Chinen;

Nancy Van Hoose, Marion Bockelmann, Gina Atkins.

Another fabulous swap.  Thanks ladies!

Vintage Halloween Pin-Up Girls

Clara Bow

More cute Halloween pin-ups from the 1930s and 1940s...

CG #76 Challenge - Pumpkin, Avacado, Eggplant

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/10/gc76-color-challenge-pumpkin-eggplant.html

All images by Moonlight Journey:

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/index.html

Vintage Witch Paper Hat, 1920s

Isn't this hat wonderful?  Such a fabulous, vintage piece. 

Sunday Postcard Art - Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)

http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/

For more information on this Mexican Holiday:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

Vintage Halloween Open Theme ATC Swap - VPI Yahoo Group

(**Please click on picture to see the details close-up!**)

From top left:

Kris Dickinson, Mary Ann Severin, Laura Carson;

April Dudko, Kim Smith, Jan Larson;

Ingrid Pomeroy, Wendy Robinson, Kris Dickinson

Such a wonderful collection of Halloween ATCs.  Thanks ladies!

Theme Thursday - Blue

http://themethursday.wordpress.com/

Private ATC Swap, October 2010, Yahoo Group

(**Please click on picture to see ATCs close-up!**)

From top left:  Kris Dickinson, Michelle Carrier, Laura Carson;

Wendy Robinson, Connie Camp, Gina Atkins;

Alice Hyde, Julia Ziemann, Heather Robinson.

Such lovely work.  Thanks so much gals and Happy Halloween!

GC#73 Challenge - Gothic Elements, Mina Harker

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/10/gc73chestnut-theme-challenge-gothic.html

Gothic images by Moonlight Journey:

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/index.html

Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's Dracula

ATC - GC#75 Challenge - Arches , The Ghost of Queen Katherine Howard

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/10/gc75-random-redhead-challenge-arches.html

All images by Moonlight Journey: 

http://www.moonlightjourney.com/index.html

The ill-fated 5th wife of Henry VIII. 

Vintage 1940s Halloween Picture

Not everyone could wear this blouse

Glamour Witch Picture

Isn't she beautiful?...and check out those vintage Jack-o-lanterns!

I believe this is Veronica Lake

Marie Antoinette Gothic Arch Swap

**please click on to see the details close-up**

From left:  Wendy Robinson, Kris Dickinson, Rella Gauthier, Rhonda Thomas

Each arch is approx. 4" x 6"

Thank you ladies for a spookily wonderful swap!