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Happy hauntings
Fall is in the air, and great new decorations are in the stores.
By MARY JANE PARK
© St. Petersburg Times,
published October 11, 2001
In neighborhoods throughout the Tampa Bay area, jack-o'-lanterns and goblins are beginning to decorate porches and lawns. Try these treats for your own Halloween festivities.
Put candles inside these ghostly ceramic holders and light up the inside of the pumpkin's head. Ceramic ghosts: Large, $69.95; medium, $8.95; small, $4.95. Ceramic jack-o'-lantern, $14.95. Carter's Florist & Greenhouses Downtown, 201 First St. NE, St. Petersburg; (727) 822-1574.
Add a festive note to a powder room with this handmade holiday soap. Gone Batty, $3.50 per bar. Milagros, 505 Central Ave., St. Petersburg; (727) 821-7555.Rusty metal cylinder gets its glow from a pillar candle lighted inside. Metal jack-o'-lantern. $3.99. Michaels stores.
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Indoors and outdoors, eerie images are emerging. Even handmade soap gets into the picture. ’Fraidy Cat, $3.50 per bar. Milagros, 505 Central Ave., St. Petersburg; (727) 821-7555. |
| Give a bewitching look to your party table with this black and orange wool-blend felt runner, featuring appliques of pumpkin, witch hat, moon, cat and candy corn. Measures 141/2 inches by 75 inches. Halloween table runner. $29.95. Crate & Barrel. Toll-free 1-800-323-5461; www.crateandbarrel.com |
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These life-size lights give a truly macabre look to any Halloween decor. Each is fitted with a 5-watt bulb. Lights are connected by a 100-inch cord and mounted on 10-inch plastic stakes. UL approved for indoor or outdoor use. Skull stake lights, set of 5. $29. Restoration Hardware, Old Hyde Park Village and Citrus Park Town Center, Tampa; toll-free, 1-800-762-1005.
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