Karen Baker Original Art dolls

This gal headed to her new home 🎃

Whipped up a new batch of ghost pins ! 20 to be exact, I know some of you had wanted one before the show and I ended up selling every single one . Let me know I’m a message if you are wanting one! ❤️🎃

On our way home! Stopped in beautiful Illinois and found this! Anyone know what it is?

Well it’s over but what an amazing show! HUGE thanks to Jennie and all her crew, Rick for the amazing fork lift skills, and Robin for helping me keep my head when I got crazy!!!
I also acquired a beautiful new hat!!
Now to pack up and get ready for next year!!

Ready to roll ! Tomorrow will be a whirlwind so I’ll take videos and post the next day!

I actually fit in one more figure! Meet ms Bea Mcbookwormish, the sister of Dora ( they could be bookends! ) here she is pouring over her favorite spells .
Whew I’m just tidying up the studio now and packing…. Wish I had a spell for that!!!
See you all on the other side of October ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Noseferato hanging heads are the last thing in my lineup but they are just as important!!!

This cute gal gets to join the line up!

Meet ms Dora Daekwater, I think I might have one more in me before I have to pack up .

Almost time to pack up for bewitched peddlers of Halloween!!! These little pins are waiting for their coffee stain so they look extra spooky.
Thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments and encouragement, you have certainly helped me stay motivated!

Two singing ghosts join the line up tonight! Hope you like them!

Update: Osa is out of surgery and recovering nicely, thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!!!! She says woof wooooof… ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Please prayer warriors!!! Osa is in surgery right now, one worried pup mama right now, can’t even focus on my work…

Going through his paces. I’m so proud of him!

Mataeo at his 3rd big boy show….he’s such a good boy

Work in progress, a little scarecrow girl is coming into focus and Arnie could not be happier ❤️

We are at the vet…. Ugh looks like more bladder stones
We need prayers

Meet ms F***y Flameglow… she’s crocheting the lost soul pattern, something she likes to do without the help of magic…

Baby green dragon got finished today, thought ya’ll like to see them together ❤️

Finishing touches going on the traveling wizard, he really can look right into your soul!!

Me and q having a ranch riding lesson today with the legendary Sammy Barbour

It’s a very stormy afternoon here in Utah, I’m starting a very wise wizard… stay tuned…

Here she is almost finished, she needs some green buttons on her dress and her baby dragon needs finishing…
This one was really fun , kind of embodies my own feelings about my pets… my companions…😂

After a great sailing weekend, back to work, the green witch is patiently waiting for her clothes

Sailing in the puget sound with my brother Dave… so much fun packed into one day!!!

I just did this yesterday!!!

lol

Today Q gets some deserved pampering
Cool bath, a groom and braided up he is my ❤️

This cracks me up

Cheeky pedicure 💅 #horse #equestrian #alannaclarkeequestrian #horsegirl #equestrianlife #horseriding #funny #relatable #ohhoney Original sound @anjelahjohnson ❤️

Three days of packed in fun with these 6 talented ladys, hate to see them go home ❤️❤️❤️GREAT CLASS girls hope to see you again soon!

Coming to life a green witch! She loves green so much it’s all she will wear, one can only guess what her familiar will be!!!

A little blurb about the show I attended in Michigan, sums it all up!

Bewitching Peddlers is unique in that it summons the most celebrated Halloween artists in the country to one location. Each Season, seasonal collectors heed the summons of enchantment and fly, drive or carpool their way to historic Marshall Michigan to see their favorite artists, in person.
In the earlier days of collecting Halloween art, the way we communicated and gathered looked much different. Collectors would see something that took their eye, and then look to acquire the piece. In the early 2000’s you could stumble on a Halloween artist featured in one of many arts and decorating mainstream magazines of the time. Country Living, Romantic Homes, Early American Life, Victoria, Prims, and Art Doll Quarterly were always full of new artists.
Another way a collector could find new works to collect was on eBay. Artists would use abbreviations when describing their work to set them apart. Through magic and investing a lot of time online, collectors learned what abbreviation meant what and they began to search that way.
Blogging was also very popular. Once you were excited by the work of a particular artist, you could go to their blog and read more. You could message back and forth with the artist directly and peek into their world in that way. I found many a lovely Halloween friend, by blog hopping my way around the internet. Some might call this falling down a rabbit hole, like Alice did in Wonderland, but I like to think of it as filling my cauldron with magic, which has sustained my love of fine Halloween art.
Another way you could find Halloween works was on a whisper. Friends and acquaintances would hear that you were the odd one. The person who likes spooky things, the curiosity lover, the seeker of Halloween. Those friends would relay all of the magical details to you. From art shows to curious finds, on a whisper the words found you.
The way we find Halloween art may have changed a small bit, but the whispers are still there, the magic is still thick in the air. One only has to reach for it.
Creating a collection takes years of persistence. It’s truly the longest trick or treat you will every experience. A collection takes on a personality, all of the pieces culminating into some grand thing that brings the same wonder as preparing for Halloween night as a child.
The joy of collecting Halloween art is deepening your knowing. It’s seeing your favorite artists creative process or how the materials are stirred up to created something lovely. It’s understanding that you are building a collection and your entire collection can become a work of art.
I hope you will pull back the veil this September and join us for the most magical Bewitching Peddlers of Halloween yet.

Artwork featured in this photo by: Lucky Stradley, Judith Konesni, Michael Fortin, Mikki McConnell Hudgins, Karen Baker Original Art dolls, Sheila M Bentley, Nicole Johnson, Shelly Broughton, Nina Vivian Huryn, and Ann Marie Fischer.
September 30th, 2023
Calhoun County Fairgrounds
Marshall, Michigan
www.BewitchingPeddlersofHalloween.com

My latest witch❤️

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS !!

Woke up this morning with the room spinning…. Vertigo? I’ve never had it before!! Home remedies? And ….. go!