Halloween at Michaels ~ Another great skeleton selection!

This is going to be another long one, since these photos are from two different Michaels stores. The first Michaels had a lot of skeletons, and some of them were bringing the attitude.

Haha! What?

I guess this one looks grumpy enough, or maybe sultry?

I love this! The Evil Queen's spellbook:

Now, here's something very cool that I hadn't seen before: A Venus Flytrap garland! I think these are pretty realistic looking.

How about this "rabid squirrel"? That's what Michaels is calling it. I think it's gone a little beyond rabid, myself!

Witchy pumpkin creatures? I just noticed that cute little toad one is holding.

Onto the next Michaels! This store also had skeletons, but they were more cartoony. I think these were candy holders.

You're freaking meowt! I actually once used that cat clipart on the cover of a Halloween mix CD.

Another cute vintage looking cat. I'm imagining orange and black jellybeans in these jars.

A little bit of "Spooky Town", the bit I could get to over the barrier they had set up. So it looks like we have a carnival ride, a water tower, and a cool old haunted house in this town. And zooming waaaay in, I see a "Haunted House of Props". Things sure look different without all that Menards cobweb snow. 😁

That sprinkle of black glitter makes this eyeball look a little dirty.

This second Michaels had some awesome Day of the Dead decorations! I love this wreath, maybe even more than I love the Day of the Dead wreath at Target. I just looked at my last blog post, and yeah, this one is more full of flowers and the sugar skulls are more sugary.

A close-up:

Another candy holder?

Aww...

So is this about what you guys are seeing at your Michaels stores? Like I said in the Target post, I'm loving seeing all this Day of the Dead stuff! 

At Home Halloween

Do you guys have an At Home store? We got one recently and I think it's great! If you're not familiar with At Home, they carry mostly housewares. No matter what your decorating style is, I bet they carry it. They have stuff for people who are into rustic, country, modern, glitter, and glamour. They also have their Halloween stuff out! And strangely enough, Christmas. But we're not ready for Christmas yet, are we?

Nope.

Here are some photos of my favorite Halloween items from At Home...

The headless trick-or-treater? That's kind of weird when you think about it - "Just put the candy in my head". But this pumpkin pail reminds me of the one I used to trick-or-treat with.

Meow! This is my first time seeing a black skeleton critter. And how about that eye! I was considering maybe spray painting some of the (plastic) skeleton animals I've picked up lately. I don't think I'd go with black, though. They could even look cool in bright colors.

A close up of a cool spiderweb design on a lantern:

Creeping out of the ground!

A little floral design inspiration:

They had a lot of decorations with eyes. I thought that was pretty cool and mystical.

This eye has an Ancient Egyptian look to me. Like something on the wall of an Egyptian tomb. That's how I'm imagining it. And how cool is that spider hourglass next to it?

These eyes are on springs and stake into the ground. They'd be fun sticking out of the bushes or a large plant.

Cutesy pumpkins with eyes:

In further pastel pumpkins, donut pumpkins!

How about this creeper? Sometimes the simplest things are the most scary.

That's another creature's hand, by the way.

On a nearby shelf was this... ghost? doll? Whatever it was, it was walking the disturbing line for me. The more you stare at this, the more it stares back.

Here's something cute to clean that last one out of your brain:

More cuteness, in the form of vintage cat inspired trays:

I just noticed the heart-shaped eyes on this cat.

There was a sort of graveyard/party type display up. That's where I found these next three creatures. How cool are the hands on this pumpkin creature?

My favorite skulls, starting with an energized looking skull bust:

It might be hard to see what's going on here, but this is a skeleton spider with a pumpkin body, holding a monocle. How often do you see that?

A side view:

Not your average garden gnomes:

I love this pillow design!

They had several amazing pillows, like this one that looks inspired by a vintage postcard. I'm noticing now that it was postmarked as departing Transylvania on October 31.

And these pillows look like tickets to a haunted house, again on October 31. 😃

I'm going to end with the big inflatables. For the most part these were new to me. I had seen this Jaws last year, actually in someone's yard. You guys might remember the photos. This shark actually thrashes back and forth and his eyes glow red!

If you guys would like to see the At Home Halloween selection for yourselves, here's a link: If you've got it, haunt it

I have plenty of photos from Michaels to share next time!