Welcome to Day 2 of the Blogging A-Z April Challenge!
Each day in April (except Sundays) I will be posting here, and the posts will be in alphabetical order! And because I have a wide variety of interests, this blog will live up to it's name. Totally random and mostly unrelated topics. And lots of pics!
For some shameless self-promotion, I have 2 other blogs in the challenge, too. Check them out!
Maple Grove Cemetery - Halloween related, but don't worry - no gore.
The Life of Lisa - weight loss / health related.
For some shameless self-promotion, I have 2 other blogs in the challenge, too. Check them out!
Maple Grove Cemetery - Halloween related, but don't worry - no gore.
The Life of Lisa - weight loss / health related.
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Blowmolds are a fun part of holiday decorating. I personally like them because they look good both lit up at night and not-lit during the day. Compared to some people on both the Halloween Forum and it's sister site, the Christmas Fan Club, I have an extremely small collection. Vast majority of mine came from eBay and the rest are from stores in the area. I don't know where those people find their huge collections, but they're not in SE Michigan!!
HERE is a very cool website with an extensive history of blowmolds, beginning with the humble yard flamingo. And more info about them than you could ever absorb!
The lonely bunnies - my only ones not Halloween or Christmas.
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I was pretty excited to find this on eBay,
since my parents had one just like it when I was growing up.
I don't now whatever became of that.
(and a Crystal Skull Vodka bottle)
My daughter calls this the "pumpkin-pooping ghost".
I found it at Garden Ridge.
These totem poles are among my favorites.
btw - the skeletons are Bobert (sitting) and Billiam.
Skele-mingoes
This ghost was my first blowmold.
He is now called "the Union Rep" because for some reason,
my husband decided the blowmolds needed a spokesperson.
The little skeletons are Terrance, Phillip & Ike.
2 large jack-o-lanterns and a row of ghostie light toppers.
All my headstones are handmade by me - made of plywood.
Getting ready to be put away.
I received the gargoyle and the witch below after Halloween,
which is why they are not in the yard display.
I found Santa at an antique / craft mall. I never see blowmolds in places like that,
so I gasped & almost fell over my own feet to get to him.
It was January when I found him, so he'll be out in the yard next winter!
I got these from a neighbor's trash. They had been renting their house and left them behind when they moved out. The owners apparently didn't want them and when I saw them out by the road....GRAB!
Here are my Christmas ones at night.
The LED tree above runs thru a series of patterns & is really cool.
I have several new additions for next year already. 2 large candy canes and another toy solider.
What kind of decorations do you have?
Oooh, I love those flamingos! My mom-in-law would go nuts for your Santas! I don't have a lot of decorations at the moment since we are in shared housing, but I usually make my own stuff like needle felted ornaments and ribbon garlands. I don't really do any other decorations other than Christmas because we just don't have the space yet, but when we do...hehehehe
ReplyDeleteWe lived in this house for a good 5 years before the light bulb came on and I took advantage of the big yard. I don't know what too me so long!
DeleteI love the skele-mingos. Did you paint those or buy them that way? They're awesome.
ReplyDeleteKC @ The Occasional Adventures of a Hermit & Oh Frog It
Thanks! I bought them this way. The bones on these are raised areas in the plastic, but I have seen some that are actual pink flamingos with a new paint job. I've also seen them made into vultures & they are adorable. I may have to try that.
DeleteI remember my folks having quite a few of these growing up. These days you are lucky to find them. Cool post!
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http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
We only had that jack-o-lantern on the cat when I was a kid and noone in our area had anything outside. I grew up in a boring place!
DeleteMan, you ARE a Halloween fan! Did you ever see Home Improvement? Their Halloween episodes were hilarious. Popping in from the a-z, and enjoyed reading your 123 things. We have much in common! :-)
ReplyDeletefrom The Dugout
I used to watch Home Improvement a lot - I'll have to look up the H'ween episodes online. They're bound to be hysterical!
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ReplyDeleteI won't go into the list of decy's, don't have 'blowmolds' though I have seen some here. Oh and I thought I was the only one that named their decy's...I've a skelly named 'Dave'. Great post lovely pics.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI have names for most of my bigger outdoor props and for some of the indoor ones. It just happens! I'm sure anyone who doesn't know me, would think I was insane for talking about Tom & Jane & Bobert & Billiam like they were real people.
I never knew those kinds of decorations had a name! Very cool. I really liked the Skele-mingoes! Would you believe: I own none? I think figuring out where to store them would overwhelm me! But I enjoy looking at other people's decorations, no matter what the holiday is.
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Jess Topper/ Blogging on the Brink
They are a pain in the butt to store, since they don't exactly fold up neatly or lay flat. I'm fortunate that we have a 6 foot deep shed built on across the back of our 2-car garage. In the off season - one section of that shed looks like a blowmold nightclub!
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