Great Park, Part 3

In the busyness of the last few days, this promised post got lost in the shuffle... Oh, boy, it's probably going to be that way for the next month or so!

Here are the gardens and scarecrows of the Great Park:

The butterfly garden

Lovely Lavender

I thought I took a lot more pix of the gardens...

There was some sort of eco-friendly scarecrow contest that yielded some mighty fine specimens!

Candy Wrapper Scarecrow

An ode to Gilligan's Island, where everything was made from coconuts!

Ninja Pumpkin!

This one is actually kinda creepy. Puts me in mind of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now it's time to start listening to Christmas music, wrapping presents and anticipating Scottish Meatloaf for Christmas dinner (take a peeled hard boiled egg, wrap it in meatloaf mixture, cook and serve with a little marinara sauce on top). The Husband says it's like opening another Christmas present!

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Halloween Jewelry

Today I wore a Halloween pin that I haven’t worn in years. I’m not a big Halloween person but I enjoy some of the iconic images--vampires, ghosts, black cats… And it got me to thinking about what Halloween jewelry I have.

Here’s what I could find in a few minutes sifting through my collection:

This is the pin I wore today. The Husband bought it for me at a craft show in the 80’s, I think. I love the vampire, I love the rainbow cape and especially, the red sneakers! This always make me laugh when I see it.

This is a necklace I made myself when I was first making jewelry, probably in 2001 or ‘02. I got the lampwork ghost on Ebay, I think from an artisan in Hawaii. I wanted to make the beadwork look like candy corn but I think I got the colors skewed a little. Oh well, I still love this piece!

Here’s a Boyd’s Bear pin, with a less than traditional black cat. So much detail and texture!

You can tell it’s a Boyd’s from the bear paw print on the cats head. The paw print is their signature.

And here’s a fun necklace that I bought for 25 cents last year at a yard sale in Buena Park. It made me laugh and reminded me of our very own black cat, Watson. I was going to cut it up and use the faces and candy corn to upcycle some new jewelry but I really like it just the way it is!

Do you have any favorite Halloween jewelry?

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