Halloween at JoAnn's ~ Part 2

I returned to JoAnn's to see what had been added to those empty shelves I saw last time. There were a few new goodies. For the most part, the new items matched that classic Halloween theme you saw in the last post.

Here are more of those cutie jack-o-lanterns you saw in the last post. I think that "BOO" wood square decoration is sort of a take on wood lettered blocks for kids. I feel inspired to craft something like that. A "BOO" painted on totally square blocks with sort of a vintage look would be cool. 

This funky glam beetle and spider were fairly large. If someone was decorating a large-scale Halloween tree, these could be a fun addition.

This different type of spider looks like a fun way to display treats.

I love these twisted spooky trees. Of course one could look cool alone, but they're pretty striking as a forest. Imagine how fun it would be to decorate these as a group. Maybe some tiny fake leaves could go under them.

Of course there were some skeleton decorations. This guy was cool because his eyes changed colors off and on.

I know you see some form of skeletons doing yoga on my blog each year, but these are metallic. 😉 They're really gritting their boney teeth in holding those poses, which is understandable for that one on the left. 

And then there are these two. He's just bathing in his top hat, swigging away. I'm beginning to think that I'm with skeletons how some people are with garden gnomes (that I find them funny just doing anything). Those "bubbles" are actually marbles. 

There were a couple new skeleton creatures too. "New" is saying something, because every year I feel like I've seen it all with skeleton critters. Isn't this a happy skeleton rooster?

This metallic rainbow sea creature lights up. A bright blue light emanates from his brain.

There were a number of patterned Halloween fabrics out. Here are some of my favorites:

Look at those spooky cat eyes! And it goes without saying how cool those Day of the Dead patterns are. I guess the first one is kind of a Day of the Dead/Halloween mashup.

And a few classic patterns:

Like last time's JoAnn's post, I'm going to end with a few Dollar Tree finds. You're looking at a pack of eight wood fox cut-outs that you can make into a garland. Below the foxes are some wood acorns and mushrooms.

I still love the truck carrying something craze and I guess everyone else does too, because I keep seeing trucks everywhere! These could look cute on a wreath.

These velvety small pumpkins are a great deal for $1.00! (You're looking at two sprigs here.) These also come in a bright reddish orange and white. I have a white set that I'm planning to put in with some silk roses for autumn.

Can you even believe that these three signs came from a Dollar Tree? These vintage-inspired signs were above and beyond what I'd expect to see there. They're pretty sturdy too! It might be hard to see here, but they're on stakes. The heads are roughly the size of a human head.

Dollar Tree has had a pretty impressive Halloween selection this year, and it's fast moving. So if your store is anything like mine, grab what you like when you first see it! I haven't seen most of the same Halloween items on my next visit. But the good news is that they always seem to have a different Halloween item in place of them! 

Vintage Inspired Halloween at Michaels

Hey everyone! So, it's been awhile since I've been on here. Mostly that's because I was without internet! The internet had been going out every week or two since late June. Things are up and running now, thankfully. Is anyone out there happy with their internet provider? Or even moderately OK with their internet provider? Or just not completely hating it? 🤣 I am very open to suggestions for a new one.

So, time for the first installment of the Michaels Halloween items! I say first installment because this blog post is going to be about the colorful, vintage-inspired stuff. The second post is going to be more themed around a certain topic I wanted to discuss anyway.

I see that I'm late to the party, judging by the other Michaels Halloween blog posts I saw up just now. Well, we can compare notes anyway. And for those of you who aren't following many other Halloween blogs, this can be some actual news for you! Haha.

I love the vintage look to the items this year. The classic black cat is always a winner with me.

Here's that cutie again, this time on a jar. I would love to have some t-shirts featuring these images.

This pumpkin is reminding me a lot of the real old time paper maché decorations I've seen in antique stores.

Some adorable ceramic containers:

And how about this vintage-inspired, blow mold looking pumpkin man!? I'm looking these pics over and thinking how Michaels will be seeing me again during their after Halloween sales.

A kitty cat candy holder (I'm assuming). Who else thinks this looks like the cat off The Simpsons? Remember Snowball the cat?

A crazed looking cat pillow:

I had to stand on my tip-toes to get this pic, because this welcome mat was up over my head. So I didn't even get to see how cool this was until looking at my camera screen. It reminds me of a Ouija Board. That was probably the intention.

An idea of a shelf layout with all that good looking orange and black:

I'm tucking away the idea of putting little pom poms on a house, because that's pretty cute.

And how great is this Victorian? This would be even better if the windows were cut out. Can't you imagine this as a massive candle holder?

Michaels had some cute Halloween miniature buildings out. Or in this case, the "Pumpkin Tilt-a-Hurl".

How about the "Garden of Eaten"? This looks a bit Little Shop of Horrors inspired... Check out that poor dude in the doorway!

The flies make a gross addition.

I like the fortune telling theme Michaels has gone with this year.

This is one of those "Squirrel Vision" pics I took from the floor up.

Same here. It turns out that "Squirrel Vision" was the only way to get some of these signs without a glare.

This just cracks me up!

Sort of in that similar vein, here's a bottle of Love Potion No. 9:

There were a few fun critters out in the store. These toads make me smile. I should mention that these toads and that love potion bottle appear much larger here than in reality!

The ultimate critter shelf! See my toad there? I have the green one. Looks like they're being made in black now too. Those snakes were massive. Massive and squishy. I gave one of their heads the squish test and was surprised that it was more like a stress relieving ball than a pillow.

These eyeballs look an awful lot like those that are sold by Grandin Road. These eyes felt like something between stone and resin. They were surprisingly cold to the touch.

Hehe.

So there's Michaels Halloween Part 1. What do you think? Pretty good stuff this year, hey? I haven't been to any other stores with much Halloween stuff out yet. Jo-Anns was starting to put things out, that harvest-type stuff. Other than that, I haven't seen much. Have you guys seen much Halloween at other stores?