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How to Make a Large Halloween Window Silhouette
We Halloween makers find inspiration at any time of year and quite often, that inspiration turns into a spooky project. Sometimes, ideas work... other times not so much. Happily, this large Halloween window silhouette was one of my successes and a make I plan to...
The Witch at OneandSeventy’s 2021 Halloween Home Tour
It’s here, it’s here! The most wonderful night of the year! And as tradition now dictates, I’ve taken a gazillion photos of my 2021 Halloween Home for your viewing pleasure. Oh! There’s also the customary video, which you’ll find on YouTube....
SPOOKILY SIMPLE GHOST PLANT POTS
How d’ya fancy the easiest Halloween craft ever in the history of Halloween crafts? These Ghost Plant Pots are so spookily simple, I can’t quite believe I haven’t made them before! In preparation for the annual "How the hell do we fit all the Halloween storage stuff...
New Free Halloween Printable from The Witch at OneandSeventy
It’s September! And you know what THAT means…! But before the mayhem of Halloween decorating begins, I’ve managed to squeeze in a little blog makeover. And to celebrate, I’ve created a brand new, FREE Halloween printable, available exclusively to subscribers. Spooky...
DIY Hogwarts Trunk
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have heard this year’s Halloween Open House is getting a new room. The School House may be bijou, but it does have a Cupboard Under the Stairs! And what else would be in Harry Potter’s first bedroom at 4 Privet Drive...
Easiest DIY Halloween sign EVER with free download
Wotchya witches. Remember me? I know, I know! What with making Curious Creations for my Etsy store, Code Orange UK only went and arrived in mid-July! I repeat. Halloween arrived to UK shelves in JULY!!! So, I’ve been a little pre-occupied, as you can imagine. As...
Spooktacular Summerween Weekend Giveaway and ETSY Discount
June is here, the sun has finally graced us with his presence, and it’s Giveaway time! If you fancy getting your hands on not one, but TWO unique, money-can’t-by prize bundles from Yours Truly, then head on over to Instagram for The Witch at OneandSeventy’s...
New Potion Bottles for Halfoween
Oh! Hello, Halfoween! How in devil’s teeth did we get to the end of April, already? Not that I’m complaining… I’m really enjoying being warm! But it seems like five minutes since the amazing media fest that was Halloween 2020 (I still can’t quite believe THAT...
A Halloween Shadowbox made FROM JUNK
This past week marked some very important milestones. We welcomed the Aries moon of new beginnings (yes please!) and (hopefully!) saw the end of lockdown in England. (Now THAT's a new beginning we all need.) But more importantly than all of that, we moved another zero...
Upcycled Witchy Book Nook
Can you guess how this mini magical scene started life? I started writing a whole tutorial on this project, but it became SO long I thought… Nah! You ain’t gonna read that! So instead, here are the pertinent highlights and the story of my upcycled Witchy Book Nook. I...
Valoween Gift Ideas
Beloved isn’t a fan of Yuleoween, Springoween, or Summerween. He remains stubbonly steadfast in his opinion that just because you add a suffix, doesn’t make it so. Au contraire mon ami. Au contraire! If it means injecting a little bit of Halloween into every season,...
Festive Yuletide Home Tour 2020
After the whirlwind that was Halloween 2020 I was so decorated-out that I really didn’t want to think about Christmas. Some might ask “what’s new?” After all, as most of you know the whole C-word shebang isn’t my thing. But I got there eventually and after much effing...
Yule Prosperity Cookies
Looking for a sweet way to celebrate Yule? Then read on, because not only are these Yule Prosperity Cookies deliciously moreish, they come with a lovely ritual to help attract prosperity. And let’s face it… with the way 2020 has treated many of us, a little prosperity...
DIY Snowball Topiaries
Happy Saturnalia and the start of the 32 Days of Yuletide. Yep! Forget the 12 days of Christmas. Turns out Yule actually lasts 32! According to "Have A Cool Yule: How to survive (and enjoy) the Mid-Winter Festival" Yuletide starts on 17 December - the first day of the...
The Witch at OneandSeventy’s Halloween Home 2020
Get ready for Halloween overload… It’s The Witch at OneandSeventy’s 2020 Halloween Home Tour! As always, I’ve also recorded a video, which is available on my YouTube Channel and linked at the end of this post. If you’ve been following along with my annual 100-day...
The Day the Sun Newspaper came to visit my Halloween Home
Had I known I would become an overnight celebrity; I might have done something about those lockdown pounds. But not for one crazy moment did I ever think The Sun newspaper would be interested in The Witch at OneandSeventy’s Halloween home! If you look past the...
Scarily Simple Hanging Halloween Sign
With Witching Hour less than a fortnight away, I’ve been a busy little bat making and selling my curious creations on Etsy and decorating this year’s Halloween Home. Covid may have put paid to a 2020 Open House, but Halloween stops for no witch! As I may have...
Happy Halloween Month and Giveaway news
Well, hello best month of the year and Happy October! Can you actually believe it’s Halloween month again already? OK, so 2020 may go down as one of the shittiest years on record, and surely the worst of a generation, but there is no way Covid is cancelling MY...
DIY Halloween This Way Sign with free printable
When you’re organising a Halloween Party or, in my case, a walk-through Halloween Open House, you might want to give your guests a little direction and this quick and easy DIY Halloween This Way sign might be just what you need. Luckily, turning an ordinary...
Make a Good Halloween Decoration Look GREAT
Gird your loins, UK Halloweenies. It’s BEGUN! The most wonderful time of the year has arrived this side of the pond… a whole week earlier than my first Code Orange of 2019. Whooooop! We obsessives must be doing something right. It seems our campaign to bring...
