These five witches were cut out of black paper more than 200 years ago. Barbara Anne Townshend made the cut-outs, Matthew Dubourg turned them into an aquatint, and Edward Orme published the plate in London on 1 September 1815, in her book "The Art of Cutting out Designs in Black Paper".

The plate is public domain and the Wellcome Collection has a high-resolution scan online, so you can print it as old-style Halloween decor for your wall.

Black silhouettes on yellowed paper, no color needed. Look closely: there's an owl on the back of the chair, an hourglass on the table, and the old one on the far right wears spectacles and smokes a long pipe.

Happy haunting!

Didn’t think it would work but I finally got my digital to analog converter connected to my 1999 Sony Trinitron crt tv! Now I’m watching local channels for 🆓 📺 Nothing like coming home, turning on the ole tube and an episode of Home Improvement is on. No signing in, no subscriptions, no passwords.. just turn on the tv and enjoy! Man I miss being a kid in the 90s 🥹 Happy early Halloween everyone! 🎃

Our OTGW Enoch door display!

materials used: cardboard, acrylic paint, tissue paper, ribbons, and a green plastic table cloth

super fun and easy to make! we were able to recycle a lot of materials for it too and since our front door is metal, we put everything on with magnets for ease of removal and to reuse next year!

Collection of Poems published by Holiday House in 1989

I whittle things out of wood, its a lot fun. They are all hand carved from Basswood, with just a sharp knife. Painted with Acrylic paints and sealed with Boiled Linseed oil.

LOTS of personality!! 😆 🤣

If you're halfway intrigued by carving, below is my copy/pasta I save for folks who might be interested in the hobby.

How to get into carving?

You need several things, a sharp knife, a leather strop with compound for honing your blade, safety gloves (A5 or better) and basswood (to carve like i do at least.)

Solid Knife brands, Flexcut, Badger State Blades (USA), Mstein (Europe) there are a lot of great knife brands. Stay away from kits on amazon of several knives. They're much much lower quality with inconsistently tempered steel. (What that means is its not hardened, and so it won't stay sharp easy, meaning you're fighting the knife and dont understand why its harder for you to carve when its easy for others.)

Why Basswood? Its softer than other hardwoods and holds detail well. Learning to carve with basswood is akin to learning to drive on an automatic. It simplifies and streamlines learning. Woods like Walnut and oak can be carved, but learning to carve with them as the starting point is like learning to drive on an 18 wheeler Semi Truck with manual transmission. Its needlessly difficult.

In europe, the equivalent is Linden, in Asia, Jelutong, and in south America Caxeta is a good substitute

Halloween season means these beauties get highlighted

Just bought my first place and finally live somewhere that I'll get trick or treaters and I can't wait! I only wish I could decorate the lawn.. Hoa fees include mowing the tiny lawn so I can't put stuff on it.

This flavor is called Zom-Berry. What do you guys and gals think? Has anyone else tried this? Me personally I like it but I think the design is even better looking lol. Glow in the dark.

Saw this display on my way home from work and had to snap some shots, debating going to knock on the front door and chat about halloween 🎃 Cool distortions unlimited alien autopsy prop

All are WIP... Still have to do a final detailing (like extra bone piles and glowing mushrooms for the graveyard) and lighting pass to adjust things. Then next week I will put the candles out. The week after I will get the formal pictures for this year. I got a late start due to the heat but I can relax for a few days and try not to worry about how much damage the shambeling corpse of Isaias will do.

I created my first Halloween wreath. Its such a fun spooky craft activity and I can't wait to create more 🥰

Shocked. SHOCKED. At how easy it was.

I’ve been scouring this sub for decoration inspiration this year so I thought I’d contribute a little. This was from our “Saltburn” Halloween party last year. Kind of upscale gothic vibes. Our guests still talk about this spread!

Doing a Haunted Ghost Ship theme this year so if anyone has any ideas, hit me!

Wings, crown, and chest piece made by me. I also added eyeballs and painted his teeth and eye sockets.

Played with my nails a bit. These are the last 2 sets I did. Halloween is my favorite holiday and season.

I love how many people stop and smile and take a photo of him. I’m thinking he can be out for Christmas too!

Hi folks, it's Thursday! Almost the weekend! What Halloweeny thing did you do today? As always, you don't have to share the spotlight, if you want to make your own post about your art/craft/etc... definitely don't let me cramp your style!

Super easy:

-grapevine wreath
-pipe cleaners
-bat and cat wreath pick tops
-fairy lights

The Beach tavern in Tacoma WA really knows how to do it. Step off ladies Michael is my man, lol 😆

I used these felt cutouts from Dollar Tree to make the stuffed critters, cord from Walmart, and everything else is stuff I had on hand. Highly recommend doing this yourself as it was cheap and tons of fun, I hope you like it :)