Day: October 3, 2023

2023 · DIY · 🎃👻 Halloween 👻🎃

DIY-Dollar Tree Vintage Witch Sign

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“Witch Sign” Inspired by Brandy’s “Making It My Own DIYs” on You Tube

Do you remember me posting the Halloween Vintage Black Cat Sign, two days ago? There was still the “Happy Halloween” panel left over. Brandy from “Making It My Own DIYs” had a very cute idea. But I did my own spin on it.

I had a black frame I got from Goodwill. The frame had some scratches, so I sanded it and repainted it with black chalk paint and dapped PLAIDs “Pumpkin Orange” with a round sponge brush. Once the frame was completely dry I glued a couple of Jenga blocks on the “Happy Halloween” panel, before I secured it to the picture frame. Next, I did the little skeleton witch. Once she was done, I made a messy bow and added everything to the frame. Now, she looks more like a Halloween Skeleton Witch/Fairy. The project turned out great. It doesn’t have to be exactly the same, as what we see in videos. It’s always good to bring our own creativity to the plate.

Brandy’s Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htCuIpYASOM&list=TLPQMDIxMDIwMjPnVXFfUuEHyQ&index=1

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2023 · 🎃👻 Halloween 👻🎃 · Kringle Candle Company

Halloween Kringle Candles 2020

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I’m so excited, my Halloween Kringle Candles have arrived today. In mid-July the Kringle Candle Company had a special for their Halloween Kringle Tumblers. I believe they could be ordered only for several hours before the sale was over. Kringle Candle Co. had different Halloween candles later in the year, but I wanted to get my fingers on those tumbler candles. In July, I got an email from them saying when they have the sale ready for the Kringle tumblers. Me being crazy for Halloween and candles, had to go for that deal. The online store had plenty of selections to choose from. However, I went for four different scents and purchased six candles in total.

  • 2 Witches Cauldron
  • 2 Graveyard Night
  • 1 Black Cat
  • 1 Day of The Dead

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Who is this Kringle Candle Company?

The original founder of the Kringle Candle Co. was no other, than Michael Kittredge II himself. He was also the founder of the Yankee Candle Co.,  which has been in business since 1969. After selling candles nationally and internationally for the past 30 years, Michael Kittredge II sold the Yankee Candle Co. to Forstmann, Little & Co. in 1998. Michael Kittredge II retired from candle making.

In 2008, Michael Kittredge III, the son of the Yankee Candle Co. founder, made his own first candle. And it came naturally to him to make and sell candles himself. In 2009 the Kringle Candle Co. was born and has the flagship store with the candle factory/packing and shipping on an 18,000 sqft. property in Bernardson, Massachusetts. Over 10 years later, the company is still in business, growing its product line and sending the candles all over the United States. Many of the Kringle Candles can be also outside the USA.

Unfortunately, Michael Kittredge died due to cancer in Boston on July 24, 2019. He was 67 years old. May he rest in peace. And we are thankful for the millions of amazing-smelling candles over the past 50+ years.

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2023 · Bavaria · Days of The Week · Germany · Travel Tuesday

An Easter Trip To Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany ~ 1984

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The Easter weekend in 1984, my Mom and my stepfather got their RV ready to take a trip to the Neuschwanstein Castle in Füssen. But we changed our minds on the road and decided to go to Lake Constance instead. The first night we spent in Memmingen in a parking lot. After breakfast, we went to our destination. And in the afternoon, we arrived in Lindau. Mom purchased a 35mm film for my first camera, she handed down to me before our trip. It was a hand-me-down. Well, still being 10 years old I didn’t need the newest expensive model to learn how to capture photos. So, a snap-and-shoot did the job.

Once, we had everything we needed we went to the Lindau Harbor and looked at boats coming in from Meersburg, Friedrichshafen, Austria, and Switzerland. The harbor is a Landmark with its southernmost lighthouse in Germany. Lake Constance borders two German states (Bavaria and Baden-Würtemberg) and three countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). In the evening, we had dinner on the island, while the RV was parked at the mainland.

The following morning, we drove to Meersburg and took a boat to Island Mainau. Mainau is a Botanical Garden on the lake not far from Constance (german: Konstanz). I was fascinated with all these tropical fruits inside the greenhouse. The banana plants were so high and the fruits were hanging from it. That’s mainly, what I can remember from Mainau.

After spending the night in Meersburg, we made a stop in Kempten and spent the night there before we drove home on Easter Monday. In Germany, Easter is on two days: Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. We had plenty of time to get back home. Mom was on vacation and I was on Spring Break for the rest of the week. So, we could relax after this trip.