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Stone Skulls Giveaway

John Wolfe — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:15:44 +0000

This giveaway has closed. I’ll be in touch with the winners soon. Finding we were super early for an appointment last week, my mom and I decided to stop off at a rock shop tucked away in the upper level of a uniquely designed strip mall. (I can’t hear the phrase “strip mall” without breaking into a chorus of the theme from the old Comedy Central sitcom by the same name, starring Julie Brown. Anyone else remember that one from 2000? Okay, maybe it’s just me. Never mind… back to business. ) Going along for the rock shop ride, because I know minerals and gemstones are a huge passion of my mom’s (not so much for me), I didn’t really expect to find anything I couldn’t live without — but, I was wrong. Well, almost…

…Actually, what I found won’t be staying in my hot little hands for long. Instead, I’m passing my purchase on to you guys. Two separate winners will each receive one of these hand carved skulls artistically whittled from a rock called snowflake obsidian. I immediately fell in love with the colors, since they sort of look like the black and gray of Season of Shadows. The half dollar in the photo provides a rough idea of their size, and each solid skull weighs 1.5 ounces. While these skulls aren’t really going to add much to a home haunt, I think they’re perfect for knicknack or tchotchke-like Halloween displays in your home or office.

By the way, if you’re ever in Albuquerque and you’ve got a thing for rocks and gems, or just a thing for carved skulls (’cause they have lots of them done in all sorts of mediums!), I highly recommend a visit to “Mama’s Minerals” tucked away in a strip mall on Lomas and San Mateo. And if you never make it to Albuquerque, you can still have a Mama’s experience through their website.

Guidelines for Entering the Stone Skulls Giveaway

Please, only one entry per household. Duplicate entries from the same IP will be deleted. These giveaways are really based on the honor system, but I do my best to make it as fair as possible for everyone. There’s no catch here, everything is free — including payment of shipping and handling for the stone skulls — I cover all costs. To be entered, leave a comment below showing your interest.

Depending upon the volume of entries, comments may only be displayed under this post for a short time. As entries grow, I may remove comments to make it easier for visitors to scroll to the comment box and enter. However, I guarantee all entries will be saved in the order they are received.

When leaving a comment, be sure to include your correct e-mail address and be certain to keep track of your spam or bulk folder after the drawing closes, just in case. Each winner will be contacted through the e-mail address that’s registered with their comment. I will never share addresses, provided by entrants, with any third parties and you’ll never receive unsolicited mail when entering.

This stone skull contest will end at 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on September 7th, 2011. All legitimate entries will then be assigned a number in the order they were received. Two numbers will be randomly drawn to determine the winners.

Both winners will then be notified, via the email addresses they provided, no later than September 9th. If one, or both don’t respond (with their shipping information) within two weeks, then one (or two) more number(s) will be drawn to determine the new winner(s). Upon receiving their permission, the winners’ names will be featured at the top of this post.

If you would like to see your Halloween or paranormal website or business promoted through SoS and you have some appropriately themed items to give away, please contact me.

Spirit Halloween Store 2010

John Wolfe — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:09:29 +0000

Spent a few hours in paradise a couple of days ago… well, paradise for a Halloween fanatic anyway. I’m in my mid-30s, yet I still get butterflies just walking through Spirit Halloween’s doors! As always, Chris (the owner of all three Albuquerque Spirit locations) and the employees were tremendously kind and helpful. I can’t say enough nice words about the people who work at my local Spirit shops.

Hope you enjoy the video tour. Just a heads up in case kids are watching alongside you: there’s some colorful language at the end of the vid, but I thought the clip was too funny to not include it (especially for a known potty mouth like me).

Music Source: “Darkly Everafter” from the album Grimm Tales by Nox Arcana

If you happen to be in the Albuquerque area and want to drop by Spirit Halloween, you’ll find them at 4610 Cutler Avenue, NE, (505) 872-2786 and at 1221 South Renaissance Blvd. NE (slated to open on Sept. 13th), (505) 872-2786.

On the west side, Spirit can be found at 10490 Coors Blvd. Bypass NW in the old Circuit City building — sorry, but I don’t have their phone number. If you go to the west side shop, ask for Harold (he’s the “Grim Greeter” in today’s vid entry), he’ll take good care of you.

Skeleton Driving on Halloween

John Wolfe — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:18:54 +0000

Many people place skeletons in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle as part of their Halloween yard display, but YT user, cschaible took that concept to a whole new level. He created an awesome effect, giving the appearance a skeleton was actually driving his car.

The footage shows how he did it as well as a few reactions from trick-or-treaters.

On another note — I made a few changes yesterday to the menu and sidebar of the site to trim things up a little. The “Halloween and Ghostly Links” section (that used to appear in the sidebar of every page) is being incorporated into the link/banner page of the site.

There were several more great Halloween and paranormal sites I’ve been wanting to add to the sidebar, however, it would have caused that section to grow too long. So, I’ve decided to start placing all external links to other haunters and paranormal enthusiasts in the main link page. I haven’t added all the links yet, including the new ones, but just wanted to let you know I’m working on it.

I also removed the Amazon powered “Store” from the site to make way for a new project I’m developing. And, the About link was relocated to the menu at the bottom of each page.

Skulls on Martha

John Wolfe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:35 +0000

During her Halloween countdown, last October, Martha Stewart had Skull-A-Day creator, Noah Scalin on her show. In this clip, Noah brought a few of the skull creations he made during his 365 day long project.

Video source: You Tube user MarthaStewart

I hope you guys aren’t minding my recent addiction to featuring videos in my entries. I typically find videos to be more interactive for posts and they tell a story so much better than still photos. Of course, I’m sure I’ll be mixing it up again soon, but for right now I’m on a vid kick.

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