2011 Countdown Badges are here!

We've dug up some new 2011 participant badges that you can post on your site to point readers back to the Countdown to Halloween site for the complete list of blogs joining in on the spooky fun! This year I've created a couple of standard badges, as well as some extra special Vincent Price themed variants in further celebration of the Vincentennial (the horror icon would have turned 100 this past May!)





Badge #1 (featuring the Hammer/Christopher Lee version of Frankenstein's Monster)...



150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6095670555_66a34241b0_o.png"/></a>



200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6096213720_f93ed3fdbc_o.png"/></a>







Badge #2 (featurning Peter Cushing)...



150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6096213820_d7a9f6c13f_o.png"/></a>



200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6095670605_c4625eabeb_o.png"/></a>







Vincent Price Badge #1 (from the Comedy of Terrors flick)...



150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6095670891_6242f8915c_o.png"/></a>



200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6095670853_3180636b05_o.png"/></a>





Vincent Price Badge #2 (as Dr. Phibes)...



150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6095670719_24b7772ec3_o.png"/></a>



200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6096213870_9d68c25cbd_o.png"/></a>





Vincent Price Badge #3 (from his appearance in Madhouse)...



150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6095670823_c3ca685f16_o.png"/></a>



200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:

<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6095670779_0870e88e13_o.png"/></a>

New Countdown website buttons!

I whipped up some new banner/buttons to link back to the Countdown to Halloween.

150 Pixel Button/Banner










Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4531616490_37aae5e514_o.png" /></a><br />

200 Pixel Button/Banner














Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4530983871_81440c8c82_o.png" /></a><br />

Just a quick note on spreading the word...

Hello again to all of you creepoholic constituents out there. I thought I'd take a second to address some of the shocking options for those of you who would like to spread the good word about the Countdown to Halloween. Again, the idea behind this site is to simply act as a resource for the growing number of blogs participating in the seasonal fun of writing about all the frightening facets of this wicked holiday.

If you'd like to feature a button/badge on your site...

Banner #1 (200 pixels wide)



Copy and paste the following html onto your site:

<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/3915647547_7a27ffac5f.jpg" /></a><br />

Banner #2 (200 pixels wide)



Copy and paste the following html onto your site:

<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/3915647623_9ffcf89083.jpg" /></a><br />

Pierre Fournier of the wonderful Frankensteinia also created a third, more Halloween-centric banner on a black background for anyone who'd like to use it.

Banner #3 (200 pixels wide)



Copy and paste the following html onto your site:

<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3922726624_bff7472fb6.jpg" /></a><br />

Or if you'd like a slightly smaller version for three column template blogs: Banner #3 (170 pixels wide)



Copy and paste the following html onto your site:

<br /><a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3922726568_2fc6b73888.jpg" /></a><br />

Also you can follow the Countdown to Halloween on Twitter via the halloween_blogs account.

As John mentioned in the last post, the list is being compiled and will appear here on October 1st. I can't wait for the festivities to begin!