Remember, Kids!

Remember, Kids!

Remember, Kids!

Remember, Kids!

Sometimes the Flea Market is a Scary Place!

AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!

FLEE!  DO NOT OPEN 

THE CONTAINMENT POD!!!

DON'T GET ANY CLOSER!!!!!!

SERIOUSLY?  I SAID:

"DO NOT GET ANY CLOSER!"

WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?????

Somehow, knowing that this is the name of this thing only makes it creepier.  I imagine some evil, floating entity waiting to feast of the still-beating hearts of sacrificial victims.

I'm sure this tagline is only a ploy to lure you close enough for it to eat your eyeballs.

RUN AWAY!!!!!!!

For the record, this scary-ass thing is not in my booth.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

ARE YOU CREEPED OUT YET???????

I seem to have acquired a stalker...

Complete with a creepy smile to boot!

He's some racing dude.  A vendor at the old Peddlers Mall gave him to another vendor as the store was closing and that vendor turned around and gave him to me.  I put him in the booth over the weekend, and he's been creeping me out ever since.

Every time I turn around, he startles me.  It's like there's a person standing there in the middle of everything.  Staring. Grinning. Standing.

I moved him out in to the aisle on Sunday so I could get some work done and kept catching glimpses of him in the corner of my eye and thinking he was a customer!  Staring. Grinning. Standing.

Do you think I should get a restraining order?

FLEE!!!!

Beware the little Dutch girl doll in the plastic wooden clogs!

DO NOT LOOK INTO HER EMPTY SOUL-LESS SLEEPY EYE SOCKETS!

You have been warned.

Watch Out!

This Halloween, it's not the ghosts, goblins, and witches that are likely to get you.  No way.  You need to be on the look out for...

CREEPY

BANANA
DUDE!

Cue ominous organ music here.

He's not creepy because he's scary or anything like that.  He's creepy because he looks like he's a creep.

Seriously.  Don't go near this dude.

Halloweening

I didn't have time yesterday to get the booth pics sorted and edited, so I decided to wait a day to show you the fully "Halloweened" set up.  There were also a few shots that I did not get on Sunday, so I took them yesterday when I went by the booth.

Everything starts with pulling all the Halloween merch out of the shed.  This stash includes a few left-overs from last year, plus some yard sale finds, and all the items I bought at clearance sales last year.  This year, it came to six tubs and four bags.  This also includes fall-themed decor and Thanksgiving-related items.

Please ignore the mess on the back porch.

Shots of the mostly finished table.  I've used those tablecloths for the past three years.  The one with pumpkins keeps bunching up in places.  I keep smoothing it out, but it's kind of a never-ending battle.  I didn't notice the problem until I had almost everything out and on the table and I really didn't want to pull it all off again.

Front view.  I love that Jack O'Lantern piggy bank!

Side view.  Still in love with those foam pumpkin heads!

I think the different patterned tablecloths together is kind of cool.

Back view.

It's important to label everything really well when you put it in storage, since it's going to be there for nearly a year before you put it out.  I label the outside of all my containers.  I also indicate whether the items are new or secondhand and if they have been at the booth previously on the label.  As you can see, this label was on a bag of bags of bones.

I'm not sure why I put my booth number on all my labels, but I do.

 I usually make at least one shelf of Halloween stuff on my shelving that holds my "new to the booth" items.  This is usually the secondhand stuff.  That way, I can grab people as they walk down the aisle, even if they don't go into the booth and visit the table.

I got all these items at a yard sale this weekend.

To make the Halloween table work, I had to set up a new area for my comics.  They normally go on the table that's now the Halloween table and will later be the Xmas table.  If it were other items, I probably would have just boxed them up, but I can't afford to be without my comics sales until after the first of the year.

Ignore the orange tub.  It was only in that spot temporarily.

Is it legal to include two Amish dolls in with the pilgrims and such in your Thanksgiving display?

This is the whole Fall/Thanksgiving display.  I don't do a lot of this compared to the Halloween, but I do think it's a nice touch to have.

Not all of the Halloween stuff would fit on the table.

The lighting in that place is so bad for pics.

Of course, it's not a Halloween display without a creepy bride doll in the middle of things!   I've had a creepy doll in every Halloween display I've ever done.  Since all dolls are creepy, that's not too hard to do.  This is the second time I've had a bride doll in that role.

She's in good company!

So far so good.  When I went back today, several things had already sold.  In fact, I had a really good sales day for a Monday.  I also have about twenty dollars in sales coming from the management there.  They'll hold their items until payday, but they're good for it.  I usually sell several Halloween items to them every year.

Know what's creepy?

Marilyn Manson on a bed with a bunch of women in bunny heads! That's creepy!