Halloween 2010
Well Underway!
8/17/2010
Vacations are over and it is time to kick things into gear, we will be unloading the attic space in the next week or so to be able to sort through props and see what needs repairs. We have several props we would like to finish up before we do this due to space, but we are hitting a time crunch. We are also preparing to start decorating the inside of the house in the next couple weeks so that we can get that done or at least mostly done before outside setup begins at the end of September, begining of October. This week we plan on hitting the stores to see who has already starting putting things out, Dollar Tree started putting some of their stuff out a couple weeks ago, but we have been so busy we haven't made it anywhere else to see who else is putting stuff out. Can't believe how close we are getting!
7/20/2010
We hosted the GoE Home Haunters of Southern Ohio Make N Take this past weekend and built a pneumatic prop. Pneumatics is something we have wanted to do for years, and now we know how to do it, now if only the parts were not so expensive. But we will add at least one or two pneumatic props every year. We have really enjoyed hosting these MnT's every month, we have meet some really great fellow Haunters and learned so much this year. But with all the new stuff, there is the stress of how in the world will we have time to get it all set up, let the nightmares continue on that one. Only 102 days till Halloween.
6/23/2010
Only 130 days till Halloween and 90 days till outside yard haunt setup begins!
I had a nightmare the other night, well to many they would say I am crazy but my haunter friends would agree, A NIGHTMARE. I dreamed I was dreaming, which I can’t say I have done before. Here comes the dream, or at least the short version of it:
I was dreaming that it was Halloween and I hadn’t set any decorations up yet and the TOTs were going to arrive in just a couple hours, I started running around freaking out trying to frantically get decorations out. I woke up from this dream (or so I thought) to breathe a sigh of relief, because it was only July 6th after all. Shortly after I realized this I turned on the TV and they were talking about how Trick or Treat was tonight because Halloween was now going to be celebrated in July so that the kids are out of school and it’s during the daylight always. I again freaked out because I had no decorations out and my family and I started going nuts trying to get things setup in time for the TOTs. Then it was time for trick or treat to start and we were still setting up, I was sending my husband to the store to buy black plastic to setup the garage and kids were putting the tombstones in the yard and I was still pulling stuff out of the attic and I heard it,, , the first onslaught of kids were about to come up the street I could hear then like a raging stampede(like we do every year, LOL, as they run to our house first), and I knew I was running out of time and I started having a heart attack…. That’s when I woke up for real.
It was so real I woke up in a big sweat and relieved when I realized I was finally awake and it was just all a terrible nightmare. Thank goodness Halloween doesn’t fall in July! That would just not be right. But I am sure many think I am nuts, while my haunter friends understand how terrifying that dream was.
6/17/2010
So it has been a while since we updated our site, been busy with life. A lot has happened since our last update. Our shed is up, almost completely done, only need to finish the built in shelf on the inside and a second coat on some trim. Right now it is housing some garden tools, lawnmowers, a coffin, fence columns, parts of the mausoleum, a witch, foam from a hot tub cover and lots of space left to be filled later. It is really going to help out in storage as we will be adding more stuff this year and need this space for storage. So glad we built it!
We love our laser vortex that was built at the April MnT of the GoE Home Haunters of Southern Ohio, it is going to be so neat to use this year! We also had another MnT in May where we learned to make LED spot lights and it is amazing how easy it is to make them , this year we will be primarily on LED Power, so now the Electric Company will have to find someone else to be their number 1 customer. No Meet in June, but July is going to be great as we are doing pneumatics. I can’t wait to add this kind of arsenal to our props! The TOTs are in for a few surprises this year with all the new stuff!
I saved the best for last. The Midwest Haunter’s Convention was AWESOME! We had a blast! It was only our second year going, and the first year all we did was go up for the tradeshow. The tradeshow was a little smaller this year, missing the animatronic vendors that were there last year, and a couple other vendors that I really wanted to buy from, including Minion’s web (I know he’s moving, but was looking forward to the demos and picking up some colored glue sticks without the shipping). This year we went for the weekend and did the Friday night bus tour and Saturday Masquerade Ball. The bus tour was a BLAST! Nothing like getting to visit a couple Haunted Houses in June. The Scar-A-Torium was good, really nice setup inside an old grocery store, and they have a costume store inside as you come out. The Haunted Hoochie at Dead Acres was also really good, they touch you in that one and that added something that reminds me of how haunted houses were when I was a teenager. Over all it was a very fun night! Would definitely recommend the bus tours to anyone thinking about them in the future. Maybe if we have the time and money next year we will do the pre-convention tours as I hear those were really good as well. The Saturday ball was lots of fun, it’s so nice to be gathered together with others who are into haunting as much as we are and to see everyone dressed up and having a blast. So many cool costumes, the Body art was awesome, the entrance mini haunt was really cool. The only problem I found was a lack of places to sit and not enough food. I don’t know if this was due to lots of last minute registrations or not. We didn’t do any of the classes or seminars, I debated all weekend, but most of the seminars I would have liked to go to were all in the same session, so I would have paid the price and only gotten to do one or two seminars that I wanted. Other members of our MnT group did some of the seminars and they learned a lot. Can’t wait for next year!
4/9/2010
3/30/2010
The First Drink and Think of the GoE Home Haunters of Southern Ohio went well. Small group but lots of talent was present to show off some very nice props. We feel very inspired and excited at the stuff we are going to be able to learn with the group. If your in the southern Ohio or Cincy area and would like more information, just join the Garage of Evil and join the group.
3/16/2010
Time is flying by, only a little over a week and we are hosting the first meeting of the GoE Home Haunters of Southern Ohio! Can’t wait!
Cleaned up the garage this past weekend, put away all the Christmas and the rest of the Halloween that had to go up. Now we have room to put a car back in the garage or have room to work on things. Fun thing was, in the midst of the cleaning we found some items we had bought to build some props with and forgotten we had. Now we have a couple more things added to our “prop to do” list.
We are putting in our reservations for the Midwest Haunter’s Convention, can’t wait till June! Now its decision time, what to wear??? Costumes we already have or do we need to make new ones????
2/14/2010
Boy it’s been a while since we have added anything, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been thinking about Halloween.
In fact we have recently started a new group on GoE for Make and Takes for Home Haunters located in the
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