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Haunted Hometown: The Thomas Gilcrease House

haunted hometown tg house

I’ll be doing a new series on the blog highlighting haunted locations in my own hometown of Tulsa, OK. Many of these spots I learned about during a P.I.T.T. (Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa) tour I went on in 2009. During the tour, our last stop was here at the Thomas Gilcrease house on the Gilcrease Museum grounds. I remember our tour guide sharing that this site was one of the most actively haunted sites in Tulsa. Being an art history nerd, I’ve visited the Gilcrease Museum and grounds many times, and I have not personally experienced anything supernatural, but many visitors, especially museum staff have reported some eerie encounters.

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Easy Pumpkin Muffins

Food & Drink, Reviews

halloween head easy pumpkin muffin

This recipe I learned from my mom when she was on Weight Watchers when I was a kid. She made these using a mini muffin tin and each muffin was 1 point – and oh so delicious! I also love how quick they are to make – they’re an easy treat to whip up on a weeknight if you need to bring some baked goods to the office or a function the next day. All you need is:

Ingredients:

1 box of spice cake mix
1 can of pumpkin puree
3/4 cup of water
Cinnamon (optional)

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Spooky Good Style: Halloween Tees and Accessories

Fashion, Shopping, Style

I’ve been finding some awesome Halloween duds early! It’s never too early to sport Halloween graphic tops and accessories in my opinion and I have found some awesome tops and an incredible necklace I’m excited to share with you!

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Haunt the Halls: A Bewitching Entry

Bargain Hunting, DIY, Home Decor

I couldn’t help myself – I went ahead and added some bewitching touches to the entryway of my house. I wanted to share what it looks like if you’re looking for some decorating inspirations for your little entry as well.

Earlier this week I picked up a witch broom at the Dollar Tree. I was not sure what I would use it for initially when I bought it, but today I found the perfect use for them – I placed them in a little fall arrangement in the large vases I have on the floor next to my front door.

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Halloween Library Book Haul

Reviews, Stories

I love gearing up for the Halloween season with some good Halloween books – everything from scary stories, how-to’s, recipes and other tales. I’m also all about saving money, so I often visit my local library to get my Halloween reading fix for free. My library has an awesome app that let’s me enter in my search term (which was Halloween), search the catalog and request to have the books I want sent to my local branch for pick up. It makes it a lot easier to peruse the Halloween collection at home and decide which ones I want!

I’m going to be completely honest, I am a bit of a slow reader so I’ve not finished all these books yet, but I want to share with you what I found in case you’re looking for some frightening new reads:

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Desiccated Animal Skull Decor

DIY, Home Decor, Oddities

animal skull decor

This might be a gross idea to some, but I think old animal skulls make interesting decoration pieces for Halloween. If you ever use an animal skull, be sure you properly clean the skull first to avoid bringing anything yucky into your house.

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Bloody Good Cherry Pie Recipe

Food & Drink, Recipes

Bloody Good Cherry Pie Recipe

My husband ONLY accepts birthday pie and never cake. His all time favorite pie is cherry and so I made a bloody good cherry pie for his birthday. Here’s a little confession, this is the first pie I have made entirely from scratch – including the crust (in the past, I’ve only used pre-made store bough crust for pies).

Here’s what you’ll need to make this scrumptious treat:

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Framed Halloween Die Cuts

Bargain Hunting, DIY, Home Decor, Vintage

halloween die cut craft

I absolutely love vintage Beistle Halloween decor and artwork and I love that you can order reproductions too!

This summer I ordered some die cut Beistle Halloween decorations from Amazon and have been pondering how I was going to incorporate them into my haunted house this fall.

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Spooky Good Style: Stranger Things Edition

Fashion, Shopping, Style

It’s still hot out. So short season is still going strong. I am getting some major Beetlejuice vibes from these striped shorts I got from H&M a couple seasons ago. They’re made of a loose crepe fabric with pockets, so they’re easily one of my favorite pairs of shorts to wear.

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The Story of Jack: the Scarecrow Blow Mold

Home Decor, Stories

I want to tell you the story about my favorite blow mold, which is named Jack. I’m not sure if my father coined the name Jack or if it was me – but somehow this blow mold ended up being called Jack!

Now Jack was not always my favorite blow mold…in fact, my family had this Halloween decoration for as long as I can remember and at the very beginning I HATED Jack.

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