Haunted Evil Clown! Are you SCARED yet?

Afraid of Clowns?

This is the type of Clown that comes from my Haunted Swamp!

You love him??? Hmmm

He's on Etsy now!

I have been listing a few new items a day...or trying to!

I have been moving away from Ebay... a place that use to be good. The fees are just eating us Artists alive! And it's just a click away from being yours...no waiting to see if you've been outbid... snag him up quick!
Hauntedswampdesigns.etsy.com

#1 of 4 - Summer Time GIVEAWAY

NUMBER #1 GIVE AWAY

This is a Spider Lily
Bloom is about 6 inches across!

Ok this is crazy! I am having four Give aways.... all at once!
It's summer, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing!
I would love to shae a few of my many Daylilies with you!
Please share this blog with all your freinds and pass the word!

I do not remember the names of these Lilies. But you won't be disapointed. Some I had searched for years to add to my yard... and one can now be yours!

Easy directions... Please leave one comment about something I have listed on Etsy on each giveaway you wish to win!
1. Follow Me
2. Tell your friends
3. Comment on a item I have on Etsy.. http://www.hauntedswampdesigns.etsy.com/
Leave comment on the lily you would like.... or leave a comment on all of them!
Drawing date Monday July 18
***sorry I can only send to the United States***

NEW! Spooky! Creepy! Hallowen Chenille Ornaments!

Soooo this is what I have been up to!

Printing, cutting, bending, gluing, creating!

These are creepy-cute!
Some are just more spooky then others, or is that creepy?!!






After days of...trying to figure it out. Reducing, moving, saving...
And a sick hubby I got some done! Had these spookies on the
table for a long time. Now they need new homes!

These are listed on Etsy!
Hauntedswampdesigns.etsy.com

A HAUNTED GIVE AWAY **** Oct 21 drawing

Would you like to have some spooky little gourd head ornaments?

Come closer....closer. Come down into the swamp and see what creeps around during the night!

These little guys would love to come live with you!
Now I can't guarantee that they will behave... you know their home was a Haunted Swamp!
Follow these simple instructions and get three times the chance to win!
#1 Leave a comment here!
#2 Spread the word... facebook, twitter... you get the idea (Let me know where)
#3 Post to your blog ( put your blog addy in with your comment!

Each comment #1,#2,#3 must be a separate comment!
1 post for comment
1 post for spreading the word (post on your blog, Facebook, etc.)
1 post for blog (follow me)
Name will be picked Thursday, October 21


BEST OF LUCK.....BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh My! I am soooo EXCITED and HONORED!!! I can hardley type!!!!!
This has made my whole day....my whole week....my whole month!
To my great surprise my art is on the cover of Ye Olde Witches Brew magizine!!!!! And it is one of my favorite paintings!
I am giddy with excitement!!!!!! Please check it out!!!!
Even if you arn't the 'witchy' type you'll find some wonderful reading there!
http://yeoldewitchesbrewmagazine.presspublisher.us/

A Haunted Halloween Give Away!!!!!!

Ohhh it's almost here...what you ask?
The time of year all of us Halloweenies wait for! That one night of the year that is ours! It's gets here, then poof it's gone! Then we sit and wait another year.....oh the days drag by........
OK! OK! Enough of that!

I am going to have a GIVE AWAY! What am I giving?



One of these will be sent to a winner.
Ornaments are made from a Haunted Swamp Gourd! Noses, ears or hats are made from a over baked clay and painted by...me!
If there are more then 4 winners another Gourd ornie will be sent that's not pictured here... I have more! HAhahahahhhaaaaaa


Four winners will be needed! Maybe more!
For every 5 people who post 1 winner will be drawn!
15 people = 3 winners
20 people = 4 winners
25 people = 5 winners....and so on!

How do you get a chance.... or two?
All you have to do is post here for one chance....
Blog about this Give Away on your Blog and you will be put in for a second chance!
Names will be drawn on Oct 24....thirteen days from now!

Ohhh Soooo Spooky!!!!! The life of a Haunted Swamp Gourd

I listed this fellow last night!

I love using my gourds but, at the same time I hate seeing them leave my home!

This gourd has spent about 2 years in my loving care.

From seed to Halloween Ornament!

First year of life he went from seed to a little seedling.

The vine grew and grew , then one day a flower appeared!

A little baby gourdlet was being created!

As the spring and summer marched on, the little gourdlet got bigger and bigger!

August came and he was all grown up.... well almost!

September and October came, it got colder, then a frost!

Oh My!

All the vines looked dead! But there in the mess there he was.

The vine browned, it was time to be picked!

He layed out in the weather all that winter.

Spring came with rains and warmer weather,

awwww the feel of the sunshine drying him out more.

He was moved to a dryer spot to continue his journey.

As summer came he was almost dry....almost.

He got to see the new life of more gourds begin, just like he did.

Then he was checked again, shaken and looked at from top to bottom.

Yes!

He was dry! Off to a nice hot bath!

He got to linger for alittle while soaking the grime and dirt from his shell.

Awwww what a nice soak....then..... Lynda comes in with a copper scrubby!

Oh Nooooo!

She adds more soap and starts scrubbing, rinsing, scrubbing.

Look ! All nice and clean...... hmmmm what's that I smell?

Bleach!

Dunk, dunk, dunk. Swish, swish, swish.

A bleach bath!

Lynda takes me out and lays me on a nice dry towel..... I feel so clean!

Now a new life begins.... Lynda sets me on her art table and looks me over and applies some paint.

I whisper to her.... "I wanna' be a Halloween Ornament."

She looks me over again, awww she thinks "this would make a fine Halloween Ornament!"

She paints and designs and paints some more. Hours and days go by.

She adds beads and foo-foo to make me all pretty.....but I am still scary!

She holds me up and nods her head and gives me a twirl then I hear.

I think this one is done!

Friday Night Ghost Story

Black Aggie
retold by
S. E. Schlosser


When Felix Agnus put up the life-sized shrouded bronze statue of a grieving angel, seated on a pedestal, in the Agnus family plot in the Druid Ridge Cemetery, he had no idea what he had started. The statue was a rather eerie figure by day, frozen in a moment of grief and terrible pain. At night, the figure was almost unbelievably creepy; the shroud over its head obscuring the face until you were up close to it. There was a living air about the grieving angel, as if its arms could really reach out and grab you if you weren't careful.

It didn't take long for rumors to sweep through the town and surrounding countryside. They said that the statue - nicknamed Black Aggie - was haunted by the spirit of a mistreated wife who lay beneath her feet. The statue's eyes would glow red at the stroke of midnight, and any living person who returned the statues gaze would instantly be struck blind. Any pregnant woman who passed through her shadow would miscarry. If you sat on her lap at night, the statue would come to life and crush you to death in her dark embrace. If you spoke Black Aggie's name three times at midnight in front of a dark mirror, the evil angel would appear and pull you down to hell. They also said that spirits of the dead would rise from their graves on dark nights to gather around the statue at night.

People began visiting the cemetery just to see the statue, and it was then that the local fraternity decided to make the statue of Grief part of their initiation rites. "Black Aggie" sitting, where candidates for membership had to spend the night crouched beneath the statue with their backs to the grave of General Agnus, became popular.

One dark night, two fraternity members accompanied new hopeful to the cemetery and watched while he took his place underneath the creepy statue. The clouds had obscured the moon that night, and the whole area surrounding the dark statue was filled with a sense of anger and malice. It felt as if a storm were brewing in that part of the cemetery, and to their chagrin, the two fraternity members noticed that gray shadows seemed to be clustering around the body of the frightened fraternity candidate crouching in front of the statue.

What had been a funny initiation rite suddenly took on an air of danger. One of the fraternity brothers stepped forward in alarm to call out to the initiate. As he did, the statue above the boy stirred ominously. The two fraternity brothers froze in shock as the shrouded head turned toward the new candidate. They saw the gleam of glowing red eyes beneath the concealing hood as the statue's arms reached out toward the cowering boy.

With shouts of alarm, the fraternity brothers leapt forward to rescue the new initiate. But it was too late. The initiate gave one horrified yell, and then his body disappeared into the embrace of the dark angel. The fraternity brothers skidded to a halt as the statue thoughtfully rested its glowing eyes upon them. With gasps of terror, the boys fled from the cemetery before the statue could grab them too.

Hearing the screams, a night watchman hurried to the Agnus plot. To his chagrin, he discovered the body of a young man lying at the foot of the statue. The young man had apparently died of fright.

The disruption caused by the statue grew so acute that the Agnus family finally donated it to the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C.. The grieving angel sat for many years in storage there, never again to plague the citizens visiting the Druid Hill Park Cemetery.

There's another great GIVE AWAY going on WOW WOW WOW

There's another great Halloween give away happening here in the world of blogs!
Over at www.sehacreations.blogspot.com there's a GIVE AWAY happening that can't be missed! Members of SEHA - Society of Eclectic Halloween Artists have a new BLOG and a way to introduce themself the GIVE AWAY is a BIG one! Several SEHA artists will be adding to the GIVE AWAY! The winner will receive a gift from each SEHA member that is donating! You may recieve 8 or 28 things in the mail!!! Whooaaaa Haaaawwwww! What a GIVE AWAY!!!
So what are you wanting for...jump on your broom and fly over there!

Welcome September - HALLOWEEN GIVE AWAY!

Here's To the last of August! Good bye August! Welcome September!

Summer is over - BLOG GIVE-AWAY!

Halloween is almost here, can you believe that!

SO in honor of this wonderful holiday...HALLOWEEN... I am having a GIVE AWAY!

Papier Mache Halloween Treat Box

Each side is painted with a different spooky graveyard scene!

***All you have to do is post a comment here and that will give you one chance!

***Want another chance? Post about this give-away in your blog, and let me know...you will be added a second time!

September 8th I will gather all your names and put them in my magic bag and draw a name out!


Good luck!

BLOG GIVE AWAY TIME - June-

Now until Friday 26th. Winner will be picked Saturday!

It's about 130 days until HALLOWEEN and these Wooden Candlesticks painted with acrylic paint will get you on your way to that 'Halloween Feeling'! What better way to begin getting ready for the season!
They do have a metal insert for the candle to sit in, which is not shown here in the pictures.

All you have to do is post a comment here for one chance.
Want a second chance? Post about this giveaway in your Blog, and let me know!
And I will add you name again to my little brown bag