Halloween at Stein's ~ A Bright and Cheery Display

Happy October Everybody! Well, it appears I haven't blogged since Christmas... yikes. Hopefully everything works OK with my blog now. It appears that Blogger has made some changes while I've been away and I now find myself unable to leave comments for you guys! Heck, I don't know if I'll even be able to leave comments on my own blog!

Anyway, I have been taking some photos of Halloween displays at the stores, so there is some content lined up. Today I have some cheerful photos from a sunny day at Stein's. You guys will probably remember that store from seeing photos of it the past many years.

I would call this the "centerpiece" of their outdoor display. This photo is my computer's wallpaper right now:

This classic planter idea is one that I say I'm going to do some variation of every year. And then I don't. But it seems like such a cute and simple DIY.

They had a nice array of metal yard signs out, and they were all new to me.

I think Stein's had just gotten a shipment of pumpkins in, because they were so well stocked!

A sea of pumpkins and various other gourds:

I always try to get a picture of a cornstalk reaching up to the sky. This one looks more like a hand to me than usual.

I love these little guys!

Two swans:

These pastel pumpkins are fun. They look so much like the imitation pastel pumpkins you might see at a TJ Maxx.

These ceramic pots were something new this year. I think this one looks a little like a pumpkin combined with a strawberry.

You'll probably remember these ceramic pumpkins.

Boo!

This pumpkin man is here every year. I probably write the same comment about him every time, but here it goes again: Do you think you light a fire or place a candle in his belly?

Stein's had some beautiful fall flowers on display. They are regularly a garden center.

Do you know what kind of flowers these are?

This one looks like a fuzzy brain.

I always enjoy seeing the decorative peppers appear each fall.

And with the decorative peppers come the decorative cabbage and lettuce plants.

I am especially happy with these two photos!

I'll end with a few photos I took on the way out. This is the front of the store.

I am just now noticing those ceramic pumpkins in the window. I love taking photos of window displays. There's something so old-timey about them and if I manage to snap a window photo without a glare it feels like a major accomplishment! 

I hope you guys enjoyed this trip to Stein's! It feels good to be back blogging. It's hard for me to say why I've been away from my blog for so long. It was probably a combination of being busier than usual and just in a strange mood the past year. But here I am again and I will have more store pics to share!

As I said before, hopefully the blogger technical difficulties get worked out and I'm able to comment again. If anyone has a clue as to why I can't comment with my google account after blogger updated, please let me know!

I look forward to catching up with other people's blogs and just generally getting back in touch on social media this month. Now is the time, right? Hope you've all been doing well! 💖🎃

Halloween at Target

I can't believe that I just recently made it to Target this late in the Halloween season! That probably has a lot to do with my favorite Target going out last year. This is my first Halloween without it. Not that this other one is far away, it just doesn't have that familiar feeling for me.

Anyway... This Target had some pretty cool new surprises. Have you guys seen this prop? It looks like the top of a coffin and this light effect of a skeleton pops up and waves as you trip the motion sensor.

In other skeleton goodness, Target has a pretty good Day of the Dead selection this year.

These next two photos are serving as some inspiration for my next craft. I'm going to try making a mini Day of the Dead display in a small box.

"Mango Loco" Monster energy juice. This sounds nasty but I love the box! I don't know, has anyone tried this and liked it?

This is a close-up of a favorite gift bag.

A friendly snake candleholder:

Sssss...

In other lizard pics, how cute is this character? He was listed as a dragon.

Remember him from last year? I remembered this prop but not what he says. I guess I wasn't in the mood to try it out and refresh my memory.

This wood Halloween village was something fun and new.

A spooky movie theater!

The cemetery gates:

I bet you guys have seen photos of actual real pumpkins with these viny arms and legs. I think you can buy sets of arms and legs now that you can stick into a pumpkin. These guys were pretty small, I'd say maybe the pumpkins were three inches.

It looks like that bat cat is going to take a bite out of the pumpkin.

I thought these were so cute! They remind me of some vintage cartoon skeletons I've seen. It looks like you put them in your yard to give that skeleton coming out of the ground look.

This was a favorite! A skeleton DJ. I wonder if you can actually set this up to play music. Well, you could stick a CD player under it anyway. Imagine how fun this would be set up at a table for a Halloween party! And I'm just now noticing those adorable cutout skeletons at the top of the signs.

Neon skull:

I got a kick out of this: "Hey Boo!" Did anyone else watch The Parkers back in the day? If so, you'll know why this made me laugh.

So how does this compare to the selection at your Target stores? Who knows, maybe by now a lot of this is gone. I've noticed Halloween things flying off the shelves at some stores. Hopefully they save me something for this year's After Halloween Haul!

P.S. ~ If you have a Jo-Ann craft store near you, it's worth stopping by now. They are having some super deals on Autumn and Halloween stuff! They're having the kind of sales I used to expect after Halloween.