Michaels Stores Sweet and Spooky 2025 Halloween Decorations

For the past several years, there have been more Halloween decorations in the color pink. Some years the decorations are in a light pink while others are bright pink. These decorations are usually hit or miss with people online and with shoppers.

This year, Michaels created a collection called Sweet and Spooky. This collection features a lot of pink, but with a retro twist. I was able to see this collection in store. While there, I took photographs of everything I liked or thought was interesting in the collection.

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Michaels Stores Trick or Treat 2025 Halloween Decorations

We are now 17 days away from Halloween! I hope everyone is excited about this spooky holiday!

Every year, I complain (To myself) how there aren’t a lot of “ordinary” Halloween decorations. For so many years, the decor is so aesthetic… but it isn’t my aesthetic! I want more orange, more cute, not creepy, ghosts, and plenty of happy looking Jack-o-Lanterns. Sadly, there hasn’t been many decorations like this. So, I’ve resorted to making some of my decorations.

This year, Michaels released a collection of decorations called Trick or Treat. This collection is similar to what I have in mind for my Halloween decorations. It has many things I like and want from the decorations. Although it is not perfect, it did give me ideas and inspiration for my own Halloween decorations.

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Michaels Stores’ Woodland Creature Figurines for Fall 2025

Last month, I talked about a very cute fox figurine I saw at my closet Michael’s store. You can read the post here. I liked it a lot, but I thought it was pretty big for my house right now

While shopping around the store, I found a selection of creatures made out of the same materials as the fox. The difference is not only the variety of figures, but the size. These ones are much smaller than the fox I originally saw.

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Modern Moments x Harry Potter Children’s Sweater Collection at Walmart

During a recent trip to Walmart, I found what I think are the cutest sweaters I’ve seen in quite a while. They are part of the Modern Moments x Harry Potter collection and are available at Walmart. All the sweaters are for children and come in sizes 12 months to 5 T. They are also unisex sizes. The timing of the release of this collection is perfect for fall/Halloween time.

They were too cute not to stop by and take pictures of them… and wish they came in adult sizes as well!

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Walmart Halloween 2024 Jack-o-Lantern Decor

In early September, my local Walmart started to put out their Halloween decorations. At that time, there weren’t many officially Halloween decorations available to browse or purchase. Yet, there were Jack-o-Lantern available to purchase. I really enjoy looking at Jack-o-Lanterns, so I stopped and browsed what the store had available.

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Book Review: From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern

Earlier this year, I decide to read the book From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern. Alicia wrote the book while Tom took the photographs inside the book. It is a book about “seasonal activities, inspired decor, and cozy recipes for Fall”. I wanted to see what it is like, so I decided to read it in spring so I’d know if there were ideas I want to use in the fall.

Since I read it in the spring, I decided to wait until the fall to write a review about the book.

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Walmart Halloween 2024 Throw Pillows

It’s that time of the year when Halloween decor is available in stores. For Halloween fans, this is the time to browse and purchase new decor to add to their collection. For someone like me, I don’t like decor that is too creepy, scary, or horror inspired. I like cute and classic Halloween decor.

This is why I fell in love with Walmart’s 2024 Halloween throw pillows. They fit into my Halloween style and are quite affordable. I enjoyed seeing them so much I decided to talk about them in a post!

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Movie Review: Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)

Back in October 2020, I was stressed out due to the pandemic and everything that happened or didn’t happen because of it. On the suggestion of some of my friends, I started watch PBS children programing. At that time, some of my friends were pregnant and wanted to watch as many children’s movies and TV shows to see if they would like to show their children once they were born. I didn’t mind helping out, so I started watching a lot of children’s programing.

Despite being an adult woman in her 30’s without any children, I actually enjoyed watching children’s programing. Some of the PBS programs, like Arthur, was nostalgic, and others, such as Let’s Go Luna, was new and made me wonder if I would actually like it as a child. Some PBS shows I liked more than others. One of my favorites was Curious George.

During the weeks leading up to Halloween, PBS began to show many Halloween specials for children. This included one of my favorite Curious George movies and episodes, A Halloween Boo Fest. A Halloween Boo Fest is a stand alone, one hour movie about an adventure Curious George has during Halloween. Ever since I saw it for the first time, I fell in love with it. Even though I am a 30 something year old woman without children, I love the story, the pacing, the moral of the story, and the animation. In the absence of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! on TV, A Halloween Boo Fest has become my favorite replacement. Since it is nearing Halloween, I wanted to write a review about the movie.

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My Dream Fall Bucket List Activities for 2023

It’s officially fall! I’m always really happy to see this season come, but this year, I feel like I need to make this year’s fall special. I want to celebrate the fall arrival and enjoy the fact there are so many things to see and do!

Sadly, I don’t think I will be able to do everything I want to do in order to celebrate fall. Instead, I want to write a dream bucket list of all the places I want to go to and want to do this season. I probably won’t be able to do everything on this list, but these are the things I ideally would like to do in order to celebrate fall this year.

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The Annual Fall Reread of Fantasy Novels (And How This Became a Tradition for Me)

For the past few years, I’ve been watching aesthetic themed YouTube videos. To be honest, I really wanted to watch these YouTube videos in order to offset the crazy, not-so-cozy life I live. The escapism these videos have provided for me has been a great relief during some of the hardest and most stressful times of my adult life.

In these videos, they talk about a fall aesthetic book suggestions. When I was a child in the 1990’s, prior to the rise of the internet aesthetic, friends of mine would talk about fall being the perfect time to read certain books. I didn’t think about celebrating a season by reading specific books (Except for Christmas, Easter, and other Christian holidays), but it did peak my interest. So, I started to read the books they did. Now, I can’t see the fall and Halloween season without them.

Unlike many people I found online that make fall aesthetic book suggestions, my books are not exactly the same. Many of the books I read are fantasy novels. Not horror books. Fantasy novels. Some of the novels my friends suggested to me were the Lord of the Rings series and The Chronicles of Narnia. Other books were The Chronicles of Prydain, The Last Unicorn, and, if I could find it, the novelizations of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal as well as the novelization of the movie Dragonheart.

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