Come to the Party

I apologize for the lapse yesterday. It's been a busy week at work.

This poor little invite never got a chance to invite someone to a Halloween party.  He looks out the window waiting for guests to arrive that never will.

It was made by Hallmark and looks to date from the 1950's to '60's.

Won't you come to his party?

Spearhead Industries Mummy Make-Up Disguise Kit

My first Halloween was the only year I got a store-bought costume. It was a Ben Cooper Spider-man in all its red, blue and yellow shame (I won't go into how disappointed I was with the off-model coloring).  Every year after that, I was on my own to make myself up with whatever resources I had. I've written previously how I used my mom's makeup and Imagineering vampire blood and teeth to transform myself into a wannabe Wolfman (everyone thought I was a tramp).  I never had any actual Halloween makeup like this.

This Mummy Make-Up Disguise Kit comes from a little-known company called Spearhead Industries.  It dates from 1981.  While it's hard to see, it comes with a "mirror" on the front of the packaging so you can check yourself out.  It's actually just a thin strip of reflective foil.

Monster Hot Rod Plaque

While out garage saling last weekend, I stumbled onto an unadvertised estate sale in my childhood hometown (which isn't saying I took some long drive. I only live about 5 minutes away from where I grew up).  The sale was at the home of a family my family knew and in fact only lived about 1/4 of a mile from our home.

The last person to live in the house was one of the sons of the family.  He had been into hot rodding cars since the 1960's and a lot of items were hot rod related.

While looking through a box of cast metal plaques, I came across this one (actually, I found two of them).

Halloween Revisited -- Brew Print

Some of the things I find that I love the most have no monetary value, not that that should be a shock or unusual. This blueprint of a witch stands out. Why was it made? We'll never know.  But I'm glad it was.

I found this smashed in the bottom of a box in the basement at the same estate sale where I found "Tom's Book".

Halloween Revisited -- Halloween Monster Fun Find

It's the weekend which it's time for reruns Halloween Revisited where we revisit past years' posts while I take a break.  Today's comes from 2013.

It's always fun to find something extra in the items I buy at garage and estate sales.  Usually, I find them in in books, entrapped for years in the dark of the pages.  It might be a pressed flower, a four-leaf clover, lost love notes or even hidden tardy slips.  Over the summer I even found two $2 bills tucked inside a CB jargon book.

I was at an estate sale a couple of weeks back and found a few Halloween records.  One was "Sounds to Make You Shiver" by Pickwick Records published in 1974.

Imagineering Sparkling Faces

I've written about my love of the Imagineering company numerous times on this blog.

This Imagineering Party Makeup dates from 1987, so it's a little after my time and appears to be aimed at the Glitter Rock crowd, also not my crowd.  You can also see it was purchased from Venture (a local midwest department store similar to K-Mart) for $6.39. Quite pricey for 1987.

Beistle Skull and Cross Bones Die Cut

This is another damaged die cut I found at the same sale as this witch.  Again, damage doesn't bother me.  These were meant to be hung in classrooms and homes year after year.  Damage is going to occur.

 This Skull and Cross Bones was made by Beistle in the 1960's.