This causes YOU TO WONDER

Window shopping at THE WIZARDING WORLD of HARRY POTTER

http://www.universalorlando.com/

(they are paying me for advertising them...you know

only fair, will keep an eye on the mailbox)

SHARING

Window displays...FULL OF CURIOSITIES

Harry Potter castle and school of MAGIC..and BEYOND ME as to how they CREATE this magnificient castle,  the virtual ride inside was well worth the longest line

Disney, noted for long lines

MUST use fast passes EVERYWHERE in Disney

that is IF you want to see it

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

go in OCTOBER (it's Halloween)

perfect WEATHER, shorter lines, true.

Ohhh the CANDY shop...SMALL, narrow, WHIMSICAL & proof BIGGER isn't always better!

chocolate FROGS in wonderful boxes

CREATIVITY AMUSES at Harry Potters 

(will share more when computer/pictures start to co-operate or is it because

we had to BE at the airport at 6:00 a.m. Florida time?)

Jet lag should go away soon

A very special thank you to JONI who works MAGIC on the shop like no other.

Always pleased with Joni's creativity and competency

Isn't she amazing.

Are you addicted to her handmades by now?

Lacking Thunder & lightning?

Walls & buildings painted and created for the feel of centuries old.

This will suprise you that it is an entrance to the restrooms.

Only they called them by a different name

will change this when I find the photo.

We have A WINNER WINNER WINNER

12 winners, 12 gifts for special customers!

Betty Whitlock  #1   persistance pays doesn't it!
Kim Fry #2  won TWO times, on the way to and from the dentist, won Avatar movie!  I say LUCK!
Henry G   buying a special birthday gift for his mothers birthday...wow, did he know what she would like!
Jan Campbell
Fetuao
Jenn Heslop
Linley Thompson
Aubrin Jones
Eliza Ward
Kelly Henderson
Shauna Orison

Watch our blog for the Exciting NOVEMBER EVENTS...each week UNTIL CHRISTMAS!
THANKS FOR SUPPORING OUR MAGICAL SHOP
of Nostalgia and Curiosities
BE INSPIRED this season!

WIZARD-ly & MAGIC-al sales this week

                                                      25% off HALLOWEEN
                                       EXCEPT CONSIGNMENT

                                          25% off ANY PURSE

                           10% OFF AN ITEM OF YOUR CHOICE

                                        MAKE your October plans
                                            
                                            just
                                     MAGICAL

And the winner is...

Halloween open house was beyond our expectations...our window says "where you can always expect the unexpected" so true!
The drawing was done Saturday night. Betty Whitlock came faithfully everyday with friends and family...and it paid off she won the Grand Prize...the theater Popcorn Machine! Betty has been a faithful customer since we have opened, appreciate her support. Winners have been called, so check your voice mails.

Stay tuned to this blog as we will be adding our business to facebook.

HOME INVASION...FRIGHTNING

REAL LIVE HOME PHOTO

Still SHAKING...what I don't do for YOU.

STANDING on a rickity antique chair taking snapshots

of black beauty...her name.

Have you ever zoomed in on a spider and it wiggled it's leg at you?

SHAKING SCARY!

Try it sometime

Really, it's to show Mr. Roses that while he was out hunting/killing/dragging it home

when HE should have been PROTECTING ME cause along came a HUGE BLACK

WIDOW SPIDER.

AM I RIGHT?

I think I am right.

It's been a long time though.

It's got to be 15' up there on the ceiling, so what am I going to do?

I'll tell you...

As I watch SURVIVOR tonight

ONE EYE will be TV and ONE on

BLACK WIDOW SPIDER

till my protector gets home.

 ARE THERE MORE?

What will HE do?

Wanted to tell you

thanks for the Support you give us

at Just a bed of Roses.

This is a handmade gift from us to you

because YOU make it special for us to create

and we are having waaaay to much fun

ALMOST SINFUL

in case you couldn't tell

WE'LL REPENT tomorrow

Rain and shine, it's the Halloween OPEN HOUSE this week

and we just got MORE  fresh CARAMEL CORN

and GIANT black widow T-shirts

now what a coincidence

10 Door prizes will be drawn on Monday

stay close to your telephones!

Phantom Chandaleirs for Open House this week

Play a little "Phantom of the Opera" music while wearing your Chandaleir Shirt

A haunted and eerie "From the Graveyard"  vintage witch hat

Is that a rat peeking from behind a headstone?

Someone you know needs a good laugh?

Tie one of these on their treats!

Our Whimsical SPIDER WITCH  is saying Boo!

Black & white Creative Handmades all over the shop

Chalkboard clipboards

Body Structure banners

Paper tags for Halloween galore

The BLACK ROSE headband

OPEN HOUSE THIS WEEK

20% off an item of your choice each day and more

Come try our new caramel popcorn

 Our BIG SPIDER T-S MAY arrive today

RAINING?

That's our BEST DAYS at

Just a bed of roses

SPOOK -UP your October Wardrobe

BINGO---we are the place for your Halloween Spooking-up

Even glittered skinny bones can look like a Glamour Ghoul

Many styles of Headbands/hairpieces

some handmade.

WHAT'S ON SALE THIS WEEK:

STARTING TUESDAY

ANY PURSE 25% OFF this week only'

PAPER FLOWERS (not in arrangements)

all 1/2  off  their already low prices 

Besides 20% off one item of your choice

Cheshire Cat and Zebra Pumpkin...the lucky owner

of it: Kim Fry

Lucky Lucky Kim!

Any more Kitty Cats and pumpkins...Kelly?

Caramelizing Halloween Open House

We're caramelizing the Halloween Open House with ROSES PILLOWS, RUNNERS,

TABLE TOPPERS, PLACEMATS & CURTAINS.

Don't you LOVE the COLORS of Fall?

Lots of nostalgic paper and altered art

Where you can ALWAYS EXPECT the UNEXPECTED

1965 booklet of "do's" and HOW TO'S

I remember...they must have been on the older girls in school!

Many vintage accessories to chose from

for your COSTUME PARTIES

When you come in costume you'll receive 20% off an item

of your choice, you may do this each day this week.

If you don't have a costume...well, we CAN help you.

New Purple roses and sizes of pillows

look closely at the little roses coin purses.

use as a gift and fill with jewelry and chocolates!

Bring your CACKLY FRIENDS in this week for a little FRIGHT and a treat of

CARAMEL POPCORN

Fall...it's in the air and definitly at

Just a Bed of Roses

 

For the SWEETEST FALL

ALL chocolate bundled up with handmade toppers

Temptress...

Bottles that once were filled with POTIONS,LOTIONS, POISONS too

from many years ago

In their RUSTIC FORM for HAUNTING and MYSTERY

Will be A LITTLE CREEPY...EEEK... for the holidays

To fill or embellish with YOUR LOTIONS, POTIONS, CANDIES,

CANDLES, JEWERLY, PAPER ART and more

Antique bottles...SO TEMPTING!

All bottles shown are now in the shop

come have fun

picking the ones out that match your holiday & vintage home decor

BE INSPIRED

Here Kitty Kitty... here Kitty

Just arrived late this afternoon

There are TWO ITEMS in this photo THAT WILL NOT BE IN THE SHOP COME FRIDAY MORNING...or Thursday afternoon

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH TWO???

A CLUE: handmade and the cutest Halloween items ever!

They are One of a kind

I SHOULD buy them...but I REALLY want to see who gets them FIRST!

the shop opens at 10:30 a.m.

And she will have to be the Queen of Halloween, right?

P.S...arriving sometime thursday...Coolest  Chandaleir t shirts and next week

Spider and spray paint can t-shirts

IS THAT A COSTUME PARTY or WHAT?

Old bottles. Old bottles. Who's got the Old bottles?

Antique bottles can be NOSTALGIC and a bit CURIOUS.

This week over 400 of them were acquired for you.

As all 400 have been going through the dishwasher (uh huh!) and are placed into the right piles of likeness
we MARVEL at their aging process and are INSPIRED by their uniqueness yet CURIOUS about their names and where they have been. (it doesn't take much to enterain us!)

Some of THE FAVORITES are the biggest and surely appear to have Layed in a Flamming GRAVE for who knows how long. Their colors/patena will  DELIGHT YOUR VISION especially as it is the HALLOWEEN SEASON  a time for STRANGE and UNUSUAL things NOT ordinary.

Because of the quantity at the moment they will not be immediatly embellished...you may do your own and we may do so as time allows. You may find jewelry or some paper items in the shop that you'll want to embelish with.  They will be affordable and because of limited space brought in a few boxes at a time.

During the HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE all NEXT WEEK we will have a gathering of the smallest bottles ,you may chose one with each purchase you make during the week for free.

But don't wait till next week for shopping...vintage and Halloween decor still FLYING like monkeys out the door! But then we are hauling it in pretty darn fast too.

DID YOU KNOW:  Have your dishes been coming out of the dishwasher filmy? Ours has and I have been begging for months to Mr. Roses who happens to SELL DISHWASHERS at RCWillys Syracuse (a shameless advertisement for him) to bring a NEW ONE home....pa-LLLLEASE!  Come to find out hearing on the news that PHOSPHATE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED from our dishwasher soap and THAT IS WHAT CLEANS your dishes. Apparently a pollutant. Grease from our dishes and hot water mixed with Phosphate is what clean our dishes...just a little cleaning lesson here.
They suggest pouring a cup of vinegar in your dishwasher to correct this white film...KIND OF works.

 Good luck and does anyone know where to load up on some of that "old stuff" that has phosphate?

Vintage insired raw metal rustic dress form

Just 3 left...hurry in for yours!

A little fright!

Arriving next week!

Affaire you'll want to participate in...

Just arrived...beautiful variety of handmade jewelry and tutorials

Pearl & Rhinestone collars...stunning

wrist cuffs with jewerly pieces

even wool pretties

This issue is exquisite and inspiring for sure

AND

LIFE MAGAZINE arrived...took a peek

and so many projects with vintage and buttons etc etc etc.

In love!

Just a Bed of WITCHES...

Betty Button came in sporting this one around her neck like a neclace!

That's SO Betty 

Always on PLAN B or more on down the alphabet list?

Foolish things can be done with ENTHUSIASM

definitly YOUR case?

All those BLUE PEOPLE...scarey Halloween

Big popcorn maker just in time for the Holidays!

WHAT do these pictures all have in common?

Starting Wednesday Sept 22 thru Oct. 9th  when you come into the shop...EVEN FOR A BROWSE

AROUND...you'll enter your name in a drawing for THESE GIFTS to win!

Maybe life really is...JUST A BED OF WITCHES

Bring your bestest WITCH FRIEND AND DROP on IN...

Our FALL OPEN HOUSE is Oct 4  - 9th

THE WHOLE WEEK... of Halloween shopping

Costume Party IF YOU CHOSE...the store itself is a COSTUME PARTY

for Halloween

Refreshments and a gift for your support

Apple Cinnamon Muffins...

Fall is in the air at the Harwards...click on Julies blog on my bloglist and see for yourself the beautiful muffins she has baked up and has the recipe for YOU...as you may want to change the air around your home since at the moment we have lots and lots of smoke. Oh so sorry for those thousands that  had to evacuate their beautiful homes last evening...lets hope for excellent conditions today to get this fire contained and no more homes will be lost.

Happy baking and come on in for some Halloween/Fall decor.

New issue of Where Women Create...should be arriving on our doorstep sometime today or tomorrow...that's always a special treat! 

Step into OUR BOUDOUIR... this season

Vintage & handmade accessories

Aunt Sally Past... in Pink lace & music

Guess you could sing maybe she was in a choir!

Vintage Princess Bride

wedding party

Tea Party Alice

Ugliest Halloween Sweater Contest party to go to...

we have a few of those...just  two!

Our paper products that arrived today

are way beyond spooktacular.

I overdosed on creativity today

when they all arrived

with more coming

each day.

Many more COSTUME PARTY OUTFITS are ready

for your party needs this season.

We're planning something soon for Halloween ...Just for YOU

details coming this weekend!