Tuesday, October 15, 2019

The Height of Horror


Creepy mobiles & dreamcatchers drift in the breeze

There's something unnerving about things hanging overhead.  Information outside of our sight line sneaks up on us or it's simply an unnatural location for some objects.  The magic of floating candles in Harry Potter, spider webs tickling our faces, a ghostly figure from a window above - our vantage point leads us to feel vulnerable to a greater power.

My love for hanging props knows no limits.  If you've been reading my blog, it comes up a lot.  A lot.  The myriad of paranormal potential will keep you crafting and hunting for new props for years to come.  Creepy mobiles and dream catchers, chandeliers, hanging baskets, macrame hanging planters, wind chimes, sun catchers, creepy curtains, lanterns, hooks, chains, Spanish Moss- I favor items that can move to increase the odds visitors will see it.  Even if they don't directly, their subconscious absorbs these details and adds to their experience.

Here's some of my favorite Little Pearl Haunt hanging props:

Bones at night, what a fright!

Driftwood, bone & sea glass sun catcher

A prefabbed light up feathered mobile
enhanced with wolf teeth & rusty wire

One of 2019 new props are these
macrame hanging plant holders I dyed with
spices, tea & coffee and added
mink skulls, white tailed deer jaws, beads & feathes

These jellyfish lamps from Mexico go from beachy to boo with the
help of an orange light bulb


Witch's Jar and Spanish Moss
Witch's Jar
Found two of these chandeliers on Craigslist for $20 total. I have since
added another that I found on the side of the road.  I love how they have a ghostly
float in mid-air, seemingly unattached to anything



16 days till Halloween....

No comments:

Post a Comment

Home Improvement Haunt

Context is everything.  In the right environment a common item can take on a whole new spooky life with or without minimal adju...