Just a note to let you know I received a great Halloween treat in the
mail today from Lisa Durst. She sent me a quilted table runner, some
Halloween tea towels, Godiva chocolates and a spooky shaped ice cube
tray. I have really enjoyed my first "swap" experience and am looking
forward to joining in another one. Thanks for putting it all together.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! --Ellen Wery
Gotta tell a story from my childhood here. I don't remember how old I was, but I know I was under 5. Anyway, it's one of my earliest memories. I had a Halloween black-cat jack-o-lantern, a black cat that looked exactly like the one on the tea towel above. I absolutely loved it. Back then (when dinosaurs roamed the earth), jack-o-lanterns were made of paper mache, not good old plastic like we have today. Mama or Daddy or somebody had put a candle in my jack-o-lantern and lit it, and he looked so spooky and wonderful sitting on the window sill shining out into the dark Halloween night. Well, paper mache being flammable, my jack caught fire and blazed up. My daddy grabbed it and threw it into the fireplace where it disappeared in a conflagration while I wailed in grief for my beautiful black-cat jack-o-lantern.
Isn't it strange the things we remember. I wonder how many tragic house fires and childhood injuries were caused from paper-mache jack-o-lanterns. Anybody else remember them?
Anyway, be sure to let me know when you mail or receive a package; and if possible send me a photo of your goodies (hopefully no paper-mache jack-o-lanterns) that you're sending so I can post a picture here when your partner receives them.
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On 10/09/2008, sara said ...
Barbara that was a very sad story! It is strange what we recall from childhood isn't it?
On 10/09/2008, Liz said ...
Aww... that would be pretty traumatic!
On 10/09/2008, hunnybunny said ...
That's a wonderful swap package! I love those cats too, but didn't know that they started out as paper mache. It is very odd what we remember, and that must have been so tragic for you when you were small. Now looking back you can see how lucky you were. I'll have to remind myself of this story next time my tween has a fit. Perspective changes SO much!
On 10/09/2008, Molly said ...
That is the most adorable table runner I've ever seen!!! How CUTE!
I can see why paper mache jack o'lanterns might have gone by the wayside. Guess they only "caught on" for a short while. Sheesh! However, I think the dinosaurs would have been scarier.*G*
Molly
On 10/09/2008, Kai said ...
What a marvelous swap package! LOVE THAT TABLE RUNNER! And I do indeed recall the paper mache items! AND the noise makers that one spun around by the handle. Remember THOSE? I never was allowed to Trick or Treat (long story) but I remember seeing all the goodies my schoolmates had. Your dad was a quick thinker to chunk that pumpkin in the fireplace! Good move, even tho' it left sad memories!
On 10/10/2008, Joan said ...
Wow such lovely swap items.
On 10/10/2008, Beverly said ...
Wow, what a fantastic swap package. I love all of the goodies.
Susan, I probably should, but I don't remember those. It is so funny the little things we do remember.
On 10/10/2008, Cathy said ...
Wow!! What terrific goodies..do you think I could celebrate Halloween in Aus...would love to make all those goodies!! Not a paper mache lattern though, sounds like a bit of a health hazard!! Cathy
On 10/11/2008, Nicole said ...
Now that I am involved in the children's products industry, I have been made aware of all the evils that lurk in these newer materials that have replaced things like paper mache. Lead, phthalates, formaldahyde..... I don't know whether we should long for the good old days when all we had to worry about was flammability or not!
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