Hitting the Stores!

Okay, it's the third day of September and I've already failed with my "posting every day" thing.  I was too busy doing fall stuff yesterday.  I put out all the autumn decorations and we went to a farmers' market and got mums for the front porch.  They had some pumpkins and I was seriously considering getting some, but I knew they'd be eaten by squirrels before October 1st if I got them this early.

I've already been regularly trolling the stores for Halloween goodness.  Target is beginning to put stuff out--there are a few things in the dollar bins and some costumes are out.  The craft stores always have things out early, so Michael's and JoAnn's have Halloween in full effect right now, probably only to be completely usurped by Christmas in the middle of October.  I wasn't super-impressed with the Martha Stewart Crafts stuff at Michael's this year.  It's more gothy/piratey than the vintage stuff they had last year.  Other stores are starting to trickle in, too.  I saw Halloween stuff at TJ Maxx, Kohl's, and my local grocery store.  We hit a real jackpot a couple weeks ago at HomeGoods.  They had tons of stuff, almost too much to look at.  We got two owl mugs, an owl candy dish, and two spooky silhouette plates that I'm going to hang on the wall.  My taste in Halloween decoration definitely leans more toward vintage and Martha Stewart style than scary or gory, so that's what I'm drawn to when I'm looking at Halloween merchandise. 

So here is some vintage Halloween inspiration, in the form of old postcards.  My grandma used to send us vintage Halloween postcards every year when my sisters and I were little.  Now I'm kicking myself for not keeping them.

I especially love the witches one because it's sort of Arts and Crafts style!