Friday, October 30, 2009

Happy Halloween and Samhain!

An Ancient festival known as Samhain which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end. The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half". The veal beween worlds is thin, allowing spirits to pass through. One's families ancestors were honoured and invited home whilst harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Hence Halloween as we know it, Parties and trick-o-treating!

I have a few Etsy Favs to share w/ you

Handmade Folk Art Witch art doll OOAK polymer clay Beatrice:

by http://hopeandjoystudios.etsy.com

Ignis Fatuus, Jack of the swamps:

from http://ALittleCharacter.etsy.com

Brooms from http://BROOMCHICK.etsy.com


One of my most favorite artist on etsy
The Coven - Original Acrylic Painting:

http://EmilyBalivet.etsy.com

Whatever you do on Halloween have a great time and be safe.
Remember to brush your teeth!!
Melissa

1 comment:

Tracey said...

Oh boy!! Thank-you for featuring Ignis Fatus, Jack of the Swamps on your blog today!! It was a really fun thing to stumble across whilst surfing the web. I will be sure and tell Ignis that he's "blog famous" now, haha I am sure that will bring an extra glow to his eyes....
Smiles and thanks from me Tracey aka ALittleCharacter