Halloween: Witches, Dancing Werewolves, and a Knocking on the Wall

Well, the big day is almost here. I wanted to share a couple of my fave Halloween party songs with you.

Embedding was disabled on this one, but it's an awesome dancey, horror themed video.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK4SUof_yv8

Eartha Kitt:

Ladyhawke - Dust Till Dawn

New Holiday Card is up/Halloween is almost here!

Here's the new Christmas card:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33177397

One more "naughty" child card and that'll be it. I'm planning on doing a series of holiday cards minus the children theme, but haven't yet figured out what it's going to be.

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Less than a week till Halloween! I have begun watching my traditional Halloween shows, which is exciting. I've watched Hocus Pocus, and need to watch Disney's Halloween Treat (long out of print and only available via eBay on VHS), Ernest Scared Stupid, Garfield's Halloween, Frankenweenie (one of Tim Burton's early ones), and The Witches. There are many, many more, including horror movies, but Halloween always makes me feel like a kid, so the family movies are priority. Then there's the music I listen to to get pumped up for the big day. I've done about all of the decorating I'll do, which is way toned down compared to Halloween's past.

Do other people have Halloween traditions like I do? I'm sure I've gone over the edge with mine.

A Taste of Things to Come...

I'm breaking my own rules. I hate mentioning, or even thinking of, the "C" word before Halloween, but the early bird catches the worm? Here's a (very) rough sketch of my next holiday card...

The Great Pumpkin is going to be pissed! But, even he can understand that I'll do whatever it takes to get those coins, even if it means promoting *gulp* Christmas before Halloween! Anyway, the illustration... a little boy is eating Santa's cookies and drinking Santa's milk.... that's Santa's shadow on the while in the back.

Better to be Paranormal than just Normal

So, I just returned from my weekly outing (well, that's what it seems like these days). This week, it was the low-budge indie horror flick, "Paranormal Activity." It wasn't particularly original - if you've seen an episode of Discovery's "A Haunting" you'll be familiar (or any other tv documentary-style ghostie show), but perhaps that's what makes it seem so real. I think the scariest part came once the movie had ended and I had to drive back out to the sticks to a dark, empty house. Call me a glutton for punishment, but I love to be scared so I'm going to end the evening with an episode of "A Haunting". Whispering in the dark, shadows moving across an empty room, warm breaths on the back your neck from a mouth that isn't there... goodnight!

Eye am in pain

So, I went to the fair with the girls last night and had a good time (even though the "smallest woman in the world" gave me the evils), ate lots of unhealthy food, and saw some interesting art work. I came home, decided I'd get to bed at a decent hour, read for a few minutes and went to sleep... with my contacts still in. I woke up thinking, "gee, I sure can see clearly this morning." My eyes now feel like someone rubbed them with hot coals wrapped in sandpaper.

I can't believe it... I'm... I'm... I'm on Twitter

I signed up about an hour ago... made a few quick "Tweets" and had instant hits on my Etsy shop! I don't know why I hesitated to sign up for Twitter!

If you Twitter, watch me Tweet!

http://twitter.com/PaintedPeepShow

New Etsy Items! Canine Note Cards and more

I've been working feverishly all week trying to get a new batch of cards up for the weekend. I've also been taking care of my sisters French Bulldogs and my brothers Dachshund... so, it hasn't been a very relaxing week. Anyway, I finished my dog cards, one Christmas card (more after Halloween), and some pumpkin note cards.

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