18th: Halloween Decor - Skeleton Garland

This spooky skeleton garland is from Asda and was given to me yesterday as a "get well" present, along with a bag of other Halloween goodies! The garland consists of five skeletons, which are made of painted plastic and held together on a length of twine.

Each of them has jointed arms and legs, which means they can each have a unique pose. Their head also turn slightly, but I haven't moved them too much, as I'm not sure that this was intended.

These are really fantastic and I think when they've ceased to be Halloween decorations I'm going to transform them into a necklace of sorts, or pin them to a shelf in my room (it already has a large, jointed skeleton hanging from it...).

Although the skeleton garland isn't available on Asda's online store, they do have some other great Halloween horrors:

Asda Halloween Section Online

Also, Cherry Neko informed me that they have big chocolate skulls at some Asda shops as well :D

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8th: Halloween Decor - Spider's Kiss Poison Bottle

This Spider's Kiss potion bottle prop was given to me last month (so I don't know where it's from) and it's wonderful! It actually looks much better in person than the photos I've taken are depicting. The bottle is made of glass and, including the crow bottle stop, is a bit shorter than an average bottle of wine. It is essentially just an empty, black bottle, but the little details are what make it great.

The crow bottle stop has molded details on its wings, tail and beak, and the eye is a little crystal. A little further down, the lip is in clear glass and the neck, like the rest of the bottle,  is covered in silver cord. I've seen bottles with the same label as this one, but they never seem to have the same top to them, unfortunately. Speaking of which....another area that boasts some lovely details is the label. 

The curls around the main design and the black widow spider - complete with hourglass pattern - help to give it a spooky feel. Then there's the warning underneath the widow:

"Creeping ulcers, paralysis and finally DEATH!"? Nice! For that reason, it would be excellent to fill up and pour drinks out of, but sadly, I'm not sure it would wash very well. Still, as a decoration it's still a great find and I'm glad to have it!

EDIT: I asked the person who gave this to me, and apparently it came from TK Maxx :)

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7th: Halloween Decor: Light-Up Ghost Globe

Not lit up, with the lights on in the room

More Halloween decor, this time in the shape of this wonderful light-up ghost globe! The "snow" inside it consists of black bats and orange glitter, which compliments the colours in the spiderweb pattern on the base. Madame Luciel bought it for me last year and the light still works. Hurray!

Lit up, with the lights off in the room

The ghost, which acts as the light, illuminates the globe and approximately 1cm around it but not much more. The base isn't lit, but I think it would be distracting from the main focal point (aka the ghost) if it was.

This ghost globe really is more of a decoration than a light, but it's better that way, as you can look directly at it without being blinded!

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5th: Halloween Decor - Cat Clown in a Pumpkin

The '5th' in the title is referring to today's date, the 5th of October. This is because I'm taking part in The Countdown to Halloween, but joined up a little late. So the countdown commences from today here!

Anyway, the above photograph is of an ornament I got last year featuring a cat dressed as a clown, in a pumpkin. It came from TK Maxx and, strangely enough, in my experience, they often have odd handmade decorations like that in there. This one is approximately 20-25cm tall and even though I have no idea what exactly the Juggles the Kitty (that's not really his name, I just made that up, obviously) is supposed to be doing, it has cats, clowns, pumpkins and a vintage feel, so I love it! (Seriously though, what do you think he's doing there o.O?)

Most of it is made of something that feels like a slightly heavier version of papier mache, with the accents being made of various fabrics. The cat looks pretty derranged - in the nicest possible way though! - and he's got his tongue sticking out as well.

The pumkin is also fairly unhinged with his swirly eyes and slightly open mouth, but it's the details like that that make this piece rather charming!

This post is part of The Countdown to Halloween