{"product_id":"31-october-ideas-for-postcards","title":"31 October ideas for postcards messages","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is either October or you have the October energies coursing through your bones and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHopefully it is twilight or darker, maybe with a bit of rain? Or a chilling wind, behest with owls and creaking branches? \u003cem\u003eHrm... \u003c\/em\u003ethat's the stuff. That's the good stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLet's start writing!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/7499\/1677\/files\/halloween-postcard.jpg?v=1790790561\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHalloween postcard sent to a friend, part of a larger bit of mail art.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMemories, the past, traditions, themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAutumn? October? Halloween?\u003c\/strong\u003e Do you differentiate? If so, are there layers, do you have special activities for one over another? Do you focus on a selection?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA favorite Halloween memory. \u003c\/strong\u003eA party, a trick-or-treat. Something you have done and want to talk about, you want to relive or share. What was the temperature, what was the weather? Do you remember the year? Do you remember the feeling? This doesn't have to be the absolute favorite, just a favorite. First that comes to mind!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescribe a costume you wore.\u003c\/strong\u003e Something big and complex, something simple and modest. Something you made, something you bought off-the-shelf. Something you rummaged together out of the debris in your closet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDo you have any special traditions?\u003c\/strong\u003e I watch \u003cem\u003eIt's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e when I carve the year's first pumpkin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScary (horror) or spooky (thrilling)? \u003c\/strong\u003eSexy or homespun? Silly or serious? Body horror or cartoonish? Outlandish and extensive or handcrafted with paper and pipe cleaners? Convert any and all \"ors\" into \"ands\" if you like.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eParty or stay-at-home with movies, a book?\u003c\/strong\u003e What are you doing this year? What do you normally do? What is the perfect day, evening?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBooks, movies, music, television\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col start=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's on your October bookshelf?\u003c\/strong\u003e I read \u003cem\u003eThe Halloween Tree \u003c\/em\u003eby Ray Bradbury for the first time in... I want to say 2012 or so. I re-read it every October!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeneral marathons? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreehouse of Horrors\u003c\/em\u003e play regularly in the studio, as does a collection of \u003cem\u003eBob's Burgers\u003c\/em\u003e Halloween episodes. I recently purchased the \u003cem\u003eBeetlejuice\u003c\/em\u003e cartoon and it is going into the rotation this year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThemed marathons?\u003c\/strong\u003e I make a playlist of T\u003cem\u003ehe Headless Horseman of Halloween \u003c\/em\u003efrom The Scooby-Doo\/Dynomutt Hour (season 1, episode 5), \u003cem\u003eSleepy Hollow\u003c\/em\u003e (dir. Tim Burton, 1999), and \u003cem\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow \u003c\/em\u003e(Disney, 1949).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is on your music playlist? \u003c\/strong\u003eTraditional like Bach's \u003cem\u003eToccata and Fugue in D Minor?\u003c\/em\u003e Seasonal classics such as Bobby Pickett's \u003cem\u003eMonster Mash? \u003c\/em\u003eSomething a bit less well known, \u003cspan\u003eToto Coelo's \u003cem\u003eDracula's Tango (Sucker For Your Love)?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFavorite obscure classic? \u003c\/strong\u003eSomething most people have never heard of. Recommendation from the deep cut list, something probably new-to-the postcard's recipient that you know too much about.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFavorite popular thing? \u003c\/strong\u003eSomething everyone has heard of. \u003cem\u003eOver the Garden Wall\u003c\/em\u003e is an immense hit for a reason and I'm never tired of talking about it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNot obscure, not popular, but a secret third layer. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight of the Comet\u003c\/em\u003e (1984) is my go-to. Teenagers fight zombies in a mall.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/7499\/1677\/files\/lemon-peel.jpg?v=1790789726\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis season, please keep Lemon Peel in your thoughts. Not because he is lacking candy (he isn't), but because he is cute and adorable.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGive me the creeps, the crawls\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col start=\"14\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRank monsters. \u003c\/strong\u003eVampires or ghosts, zombies or werewolves. Do you play favorites?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAliens, and robots, and pirates, oh my! \u003c\/strong\u003eAre you more classical monster or \"select all, add to crypt\" creep? Do you mix and match? Killer vampire robots, space witches, astral mermaid demons?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRank party activities. \u003c\/strong\u003eHaunted house, spooky hayride, ghost story contest, bobbing for apples, good ol' trick-or-treating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRank cozy activities. \u003c\/strong\u003eVideo games, board games, reading, movies or television. Best way to spend all day?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHalloween commercials.\u003c\/strong\u003e Evocative immersion? I love older commercials with cheesy practical effects. Corporate overlords skulking into spaces they do not belong in?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/7499\/1677\/files\/pumpkin-bread.jpg?v=1790789346\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePumpkin bread on a seasonally appropriate plate by jack-o-lantern light is a special delight.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTricks 'n treats\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col start=\"19\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eApple cinnamon? Pumpkin spice?\u003c\/strong\u003e Both? Something else? Neither?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWitch's brew. \u003c\/strong\u003eLet's talk about ingredients. What would you put in it? Is it a spell cast, a potion to drink, a poison? Why not all? Fantasy-inspired, real life concoction, why not both?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is in your seasonal cooking pot? \u003c\/strong\u003eWhat is in your autumn oven?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial meal or all season? \u003c\/strong\u003eDo you save a specific recipe or do you indulge as the mood strikes? Just autumn, just October, just Halloween? All year?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFavorite treat from outside the home. \u003c\/strong\u003eIs there a local restaurant or shop with a special something only available around this time?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSnap, snap\u003c\/em\u003e (and on the other side of the cemetery path) \u003cem\u003e\"Oh, Herman!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col start=\"24\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAddams Family.\u003c\/strong\u003e Let's talk theories. Let's talk fan fic. Let's. Describe. Ourselves. As Addamses. I am Cousin atty and I live on a twilight beach that the Addams visit for summer vacation. The sun never quite rises and the palm trees are full of fruity bats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDo you enjoy the movies from the 90s?\u003c\/strong\u003e Do you remember the cartoon that came around not long after? Did you watch the cartoon from the 70s?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow about the Munsters?\u003c\/strong\u003e Are they on your lists? I regularly feel the Addams get all the gloom light! Let's show some love for 1313 Mockingbird Lane!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUncle Gilbert visited the Munsters\u003c\/strong\u003e (season 1, episode 31), tying the Universal Monsters (Gillman!) into this universe. If you were a Munsters uncle or aunt or other, who would you be? (Arguably, Grandpa is Dracula, but Dracula is so much bigger than Universal... also, this is a shallow excuse to dive into the Black Lagoon on this blog post.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWrite a fan fic postcard\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003efrom\u003c\/em\u003e the Addams \u003cem\u003eto\u003c\/em\u003e the Munsters, or vice versa! Or both!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHome Haunted Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col start=\"29\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow do you decorate?\u003c\/strong\u003e When do you decorate? Is this an all-year affair? Do you have \"every day Halloween decorations\" and \"seasonal Halloween decorations\"? Do you use the \"good Halloween dishes\" for the special occasion of it actually being Halloween?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDo you make your own decorations?\u003c\/strong\u003e Have you never, but are going to start this year? If this question has inspired you to make something, what are you going to start with? I want to work on \u003cem\u003esuper\u003c\/em\u003e simple things (simple banners) and work my way up to full artwork and paintings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnd of course, the gourds.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sketch your pumpkin line up. How are you carving? A lot or a few? One at a time or cluster? 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