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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...
The Witch at OneandSeventy: Back in Business
Wotchya Witches! It’s me. Suzy Homemaker AKA The Witch at OneandSeventy. Remember her? Yep, like a phoenix rising from the ashes (or a very bad smell), she is returned. The Witch is back in businesses! Not gonna lie, it feels odd writing a blog post. It’s been, what,...
Samhain 2019 – New Year, New Beginnings
Happy Halloween! Or Samhain as it's known in my world. Pronounced Sow-en, Samhain is Gaelic for “Summer’s End” and marks a full turn on The Wheel of the Year. If you're looking for a simple ritual to celebrate, head on over to this post. While I get excited for...
Aged Jack O’Lantern with DIY Stem
From Sleepy Hollow to The House with a Clock in its Walls, creepy pumpkins have become something of a Halloween staple. Indeed, the brilliant DIY below is one that regularly appears on my Pinterest feed and a project I return to year after year with the intention of...
Faux Halloween Spell Book Prop
Hello, my name is Sue and I’m a hoarder! (Not the first time I’ve said those words!) And never is my problem more apparent than when we’re moving house. I can’t help it! The thing is, practically everything is in the firing line for The Witch at OneandSeventy...
Victorian Gothic Glam Pumpkin
As you’ll no doubt be painfully aware by now, my style is somewhat eclectic. But if I was to lean towards one particular aesthetic, especially for Halloween, it would have to be moody Gothic. And what better way to celebrate the season than with a Victorian Gothic...
Handmade Victorian Folding Photo Frame
This Victorian Folding Photo Frame was inspired by Gothic TV show, The Frankenstein Chronicles. At least I *think* it was, it might easily have been any number of period dramas. Because I may have a little fixation with Victoriana. The likes of Dickensian,...
Halloween 2019 has arrived in the UK!
Say, what now?! Halloween shopping? In early August? IN THE UK?!?! Yep! You read that right! Britain is CODE ORANGE people! And around three weeks earlier than ever before! I’m choosing to believe this is a direct result of a growing band of UK Halloween lovers...
The story so far…
If you're a regular visitor around these parts, you may be wondering where in the hell I've been. Well, despite Google searches to the contrary, The Witch at OneandSeventy is not dead. Ha Ha! OK, maybe I'm not THAT famous! But I am nevertheless still very much alive....
