Oh! It's A Halloween Party!

Consider yourself invited to my Virtual Party! A Merry Hallowe'en to Ye!

I don't know who made the above animation, but it sure is cute!

I'm serving hot cider and sherbet island punch (which I am naive enough to believe is very elegant) for the drinks...I have vintage "Vaseline" glasses and tin cups both, take your pick...it's your little party favor, so choose one you'd like to take home with you...

Enjoy your choice of cheeses arranged on my very best but severely mismatched old china plates...

Salad with champagne dressing and THREE KINDS of croutons (now we're living!)...

By the way, I just LOVE your costume! If you get a chance, tell our readers what you're wearing! I'm a Rose Witch, of course...

Help yourself to a big bowl of hot and sour spooky soup...with whole boiled eggs floating in it for the "ghosts"...

Of course you're saving room for the pumpkin and pecan pies, aren't you?

What??? You didn't see the chips and dips? There is a GALLON of guacamole and French Onion, dears!

And who can't fit in a few meringues or a bit of fudge?

I have pumpkins for everyone to carve, and a little party game using Venn Diagrams...yes, let's get some math into the party! Aren't teachers irritating?!

Shall we sit by the outdoor fireplace and enjoy the flickering of candles in our jack o'lantern creations? Good! A bit more cider?

Thank you for coming, dear blog readers...come back by the blog tomorrow and see the new Winter Graphics address...Fare Thee Well till then, from me, Holly Rose!



And click the thumbnail for the larger game you can print...once the bigger image loads, you can click again on most browsers to see it full size, or just save it or print it out...it fits on a regular piece of paper.

Another Pretty Witch from Long Ago

Here is the sister of the previous graphic. I wish I knew the identity of the artist who did this lovely depiction. I love the vintage stuff.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.

HADJI UPDATE: He is resting at the vets' clinic and they say they have great hope for him. He was out of it when I visited and didn't seem to know me, but I think on some level he did know it was me. I am going again tomorrow and I just love him so much. He is so brave. This little kitty will get up on your leg if you kneel with one knee up, and he will just give you tons of kisses right on the lips! He has a loving heart. Truly, he is one of the most precious kitties I have ever rescued, and those who came to see him and didn't want to adopt him because his face is "ugly" really missed out on a great cat and I'm so glad he's mine forever.

DOTD Festive Skull Free Graphic, With Pretty Witch

Here is a Day of the Dead skull. I usually make some of these sugar skulls each year, but this year, with all the mishmash at work, I didn't.

Also included is a vintage image of a lovely witch that I tried to clean up a bit and make all shiny and nice. I just love those roses behind her ears and the petticoats peeking out of her pretty dress. No one can beat these artists of yesteryear.

Don't forget to watch for my new blog. I'm trying to finish up the design and it will "launch" on November 1st!!!

Have A Brew On Me

Have a cuppa, as they say in jolly old England.

Here's some cider, and some witch's brew. I'm not sure what's in the witch's brew...it looks suspiciously like the cider to me!

Quick Recipe:

Pour out a bottle of apple juice into an old cooking pot, add some whole cloves, a sliced-up orange, and a good dash of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon. Heat it up and serve in an old chipped cup by the light of a fireplace. And enjoy!

Little Owl Free Halloween Art

I took this tiny owl from a vintage card and changed the dear up a bit.

Also posted are dancing witch boots. Not original to me, unfortunately, but ever so cute. I love to think of them dancing in perpetuity.

I can't believe how close Halloween is now. I like to spell it Hallowe'en, with the apostrophe, but that's become so rare as to be unfamiliar to many. But when I was young, eons ago, that's how we spelled it. I'm so old I remember when mimeographs were new. And now generations X, Y, and Z, and even a few younger boomers, are wondering "What's a mimeograph?"

Right-click to save. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy.

Raggedy Ann Pumpkin - Free for Halloween!

I originally made this little gal for my avatar on a forum.

I put her in these 2 graphics for you.

The bottom design looks cut-off, but it will save as its whole self.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. I like rag dolls.

A Little Halloween Divider - Free Halloween Clip Art

I got the idea of a Halloween divider from Mandie. Please see her link to the right, she has the "Life In The Craft Lane" blog with many fabulous and professionally rendered graphics.


Her primitive designs are simply wunderbar.


Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. This may be cut off looking here, but it should save as its whole self. I think my new blog will have only one column in the middle or something, for ease of display.

The bonus design is not original, but I thought it was darling and really very useful. It's a teeny candle. It can be placed almost anywhere on a blog. If anyone knows who made it, please let me know.

Happy Fall, With A Free Autumn Design

Goldenrod has an undeservedly bad reputation.

I love the plant.

Shall we go pick a big bouquet together?

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. I wish you could see how pretty some of these designs are BEFORE they are made smaller or "flattened" so as to load more quickly.

Also included is a "bonus" graphic. I think I will double up on graphics whenever I can, because Halloween is so very close now! Yes, I know I spelled "wytch" with a "y," and was just trying to make it look a bit old-fashioned.

Do kids trick-or-treat where you live? We haven't had many at all in recent years. When we do get them, I give out light-stick necklaces. They like those.

Candy Corn, Get Your Candy Corn Here...

Here are two graphics featuring candy corn. I may have posted the divider already, but can't seem to locate it in the archives. But I know the other piece of clipart has not been published yet.

It's getting so close to Halloween! Are you going to dress up for a party or to give treats out? I may or may not last until Halloween at that awful school where I teach.  I'm glad I have my art, my tiny family, my cats and dogs and other critters, and my blog!

Free Halloween Design: Lollicat

So that's what's been happening to all my candy. Aha!

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. Had a nicer version of this but got confused and accidentally saved it as a jpeg file. Jpegs, I have decided, are my enemies in the graphics world! I like those png files, they stay nice.

Right-click to save.

Ooooo, Ooooo, Witchy Woman: Free Halloween Graphic

Here is a pretty gal. I wish I had time to sew myself a costume like that, with roses along the neckline and hem.

What does her crystal ball show? A Happy Halloween for you!

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.

I am still toying with the idea of Penniwig's or Merry Manor as the new blog's name, keeping this blog up, of course, and working on it next year, too. I am an autumn fanatic. Actually, I am a holiday fanatic. I really enjoy the turn of the seasons. Yet I'm not materialistic at all. My house echoes. I own very little, and the things I treasure -- well, you might think I'm odd. Actually, I am odd. Anyhoo, I'm going to put both names in a box and shake it up and pick one out. I'll let you know the winner.

A Blue-Eyed Arachnid! I "Spyed 'er"! Free Spider Graphic

Little spider drops in to say "Boo" to you. Modeled on a cute box I saw for sale at a craft show.

Unlike most people, I don't mind spiders.

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Witchy Cat & Moon

Happy Saturday!

A little cat wearing her very best witch hat watches her friend the bat fly across the moon.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.

Silly Animation of A Black Cat

This one is large. Click the little image to let the larger image load. Modeled on my little black cat. I like to smell his paws (strange, yes) -- they smell like dust!

Very silly indeed. Makes a cute e-card.

Kitty in Halloween Colors

Here we have a little cat all ready for Halloween. In two sizes, medium and tiny.

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Jolly Jack O'Lantern for Your Halloween Clipart Collection

Along with his pal the leaf, here we have a grinning Jack O'Lantern.

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CAT-ch Me If You Can...Free Halloween Graphics

And here we have an orange-eyed black kitty. I have rescued orange-eyed kitties before, so they do indeed exist. They are always very mellow and smart kitties.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy.

Clash of Holidays: Angel Witch Clipart

And here we have a red-haired witch with orange angel wings.

I remember when the streets were thronged with witches, devils, skeletons, and ghosts on Halloween night. Little girls really wanted to be witches, and they went for the green-faced, warty, and homely look. The princess era had not yet begun. As I recall, many boys went as devils or ghosts, or perhaps went as a cowboy. Scariest of all, to me, were the CLOWNS.

Right-click to save. Hope you enjoy. An original poem follows the design.




October Magic

Leaves falling
Pumpkins glowing
Crows calling
Wind blowing
Bats flying
Vines dying
Cats sneaking
Spells vying
Stairs creaking
Ghosts sighing
Corn stubble
Cauldrons bubble
Spider trouble
Candy gobbled
Apples bobbled
Tricks
Treats
Things unseen
Halloween

   -HRK

And Now in Purple: Retro Jack O'Lantern

I love that term, jack o'lantern.

Here is the happy fellow against a purple background and tipped the opposite way from his orange friend of yesterday.

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Retro Jack O'Lantern Clipart

Oooo, I will admit, I love this. I was trying for a retro feel and my trusty tablet and Paint Shop Pro 8 didn't let me down.

Right-click to save. Two sizes for your clicking pleasure. Hope you enjoy.

Tomorrow, this fellow, reversed, on a purple background.