24 Days Until Halloween: SPIDER MOVIES

This is the last time, I swear. After this, no more spider-centricity. I want to leave you with a few creepy-crawly films to watch if you're feeling spooky this weekend (*'d ones were instant-watchable on Netflix earlier this week). Spiders do not necessarily equal fantastic horror, but as I am genuinely scared of the things --- eww, eww, eww.

• Tarantula (1955)
• Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
• The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
• Kingdom of the  Spiders (1977)
• Arachnophobia (1990)
• MST3K: Mystery of Spider Island (1999)*
• Spiders (2000)
• Spider 2: Breeding Ground (2001)*
• Arachnid (2001)*
• 8 Legged Freaks (2002)
• Arachnia (2003)
• In the Spider's Web (2007)*
• Ice Spiders (2007)
• The Mist (2007) - I don't know if outer-dimensional spiders count, but this movie gave me a lasting case of the icks.

That was all the research on Creature Features I could muster on spiders; after that I started feeling the twitch of, 'is something crawling on me?!' panic.

And keep in mind I said these were spider movies. I did not say they were all good spider movies.

Vintage Halloween Ad - Reddiwip

Circa 1950s

the horror of poor spelling

I made a shocking discovery at Michaels last weekend.

A shocking discovery regarding clowns. Not only are they creepy.  That much is undeniable.  But there's more. 

Their spelling is atrocious.

It seems there's never a Spell-Check around when you need one.

Polish the Stars - I'm a Guest Blogger!

Isn't this exciting? Megan @ Polish the Stars was kind enough to let me post a guest blog today. Do not let all the clean, white look of it scare you off -- this is one of my favorite blogs out there, and she is perfectly in-line with the Halloween spirit.

Go visit! Do it now! There is a smashing Halloween party going on. :)

25 Days Until Hallowen: SPIDER DECOR

Cobweb Candles

My own horror at spiders has been long-lived. Since childhood, I have been petrified of anything arachnid, though absolutely fascinated with anything Halloween.

In my smallish, southern town people were always split as to whether Halloween was a "Christian" thing to celebrate, and either as a result or because we all lived so far apart in the country there were very few yard haunters.

Except this one house: they had a massive spiderweb made of ropes that they kept up year round. I loved driving by there. Around Halloween more props would come out, and a massive spider would sometimes get added to the mix. I loved it, maybe in part because I was so scared of the things.

Centsational Girl's Mantel

We're almost at the close of spider-friendly posts (thank all that is good in the world), but to cap off what you might need to throw a really terrifying spider party, here are some great decor ideas for you!

• Centsational Girl's Mantel 
• Make your own Spider Picture Frame
• Insect Chandelier  - speaking of this, a little bit of fishing wire attached by hot glue to some black plast spiders would be smashing hanging down from a cobweb-covered light fixture!
• Martha Stewart Cobweb Candles
• Spider Tree Ornament
• Spider Porch from Martha Stewart 
• Spider Sentry - My personal favorite from that issue was the Spider Egg Sac. Yuck, yuck, yuck!!
• Spiderweb Tablecloth with PomPom spiders 
• Pumpkin-carved Spiders 
• Squash Carved Spiders 



Spider Egg Sac

• Musty Wreath with Spiders from Martha Stewart
• Pepper Design's Spider Webs: 6 Ways
• DIY Spider Web Plate
• Spider Cutout Garland (slide 4 of 18)
• Grandin Road Outdoor Spider with Flashing Eyes
• Foam Ball Spiders
• Spider Window Panels
• Spider Web Door Mat

Halloween Crush

I abhor orange-flavoured pop.  Every brand I've ever tried tastes bitter to me.  Like medicine, artificially flavoured to make it more palatable.

My husband is my polar opposite in this respect.  He loves orange pop.  It's his beverage of choice, and he seems so disappointed when it isn't on a menu.  I can usually ignore this character defect.  But when I noticed him carrying a bottle of Orange Crush recently, I saw something I couldn't ignore.

It appears Orange Crush has been transformed, at least temporarily, into Orange-O-Lantern Crush.

Never in my life had I wanted so badly to like, actually like, orange pop.  But it seemed impossible.  So I hurried to the nearest store.  If the orange flavour had been transformed, maybe Crush had similarly altered its Grape, Lime, and Cream Soda flavours . . .

And indeed it had!  Lime, Grape and Cream Soda had become "Slime", "Gruesome Grape", and . . . . "Blood Cherry"?  Apparently there was no way to make Cream Soda sound spooky.  So of course, I scooped up one of each.  Relieved that I didn't have to subject myself to the horrors of Orange Crush.

Gruesome Grape is my personal favourite.

ATC - The Skeleton Key IV

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