Halloween Pennies

A few years ago, penny poems were all the rage in the crafting world. You just print off a poem and cute Halloween graphics on business card stock, add a little dot of hot glue to hold a penny for good luck, and hand them out to trick-or-treaters along with the usual Halloween treats. Or you can just hand one to anyone you think needs a little lift. : ) They usually result in appreciative smiles.

For those of you who are pretty good at creating your own designs on your computers, I'm going to go ahead and post some of the poems I wrote for the Halloween versions of these good luck pennies. Later on, when I have a moment, I will attempt to design printable versions complete with graphics to make it an even simpler project, especially for those of you who aren't as confident in your computer skills.

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Though it has no hairy warts
To prove to you it's true,
This is a witch's penny
And 'til Halloween is through,
Be sure to put this penny
In a special hiding place
'Cause Witchy-poo will find it
When she's spooking up the place!
©2004 Kelli Williams

This new dude moved in next door
And he's quite a fearful sight!
The first time that I saw him
He gave me quite a fright!
He dropped this coin out on the street
And when I found it there,
I tried to give it back to him
But he gave me quite a scare!
As I ran past his mailbox
I saw it just in time...
No wonder he's so frightening!
His name is Frank N. Stein!
©2004 Kelli Williams

This penny is under
A special spell
And will protect you
Very well.
When you encounter
A Halloween ghost,
That's when you'll need
This penny most!
©2004 Kelli Williams

An Idea for October

Hello my bloggy friends!

I've been sitting here this morning, going through some old discs on which I stored some of my writing. A few years ago, during one of my 'crafty' periods, I spent a lot of time on various boards sharing ideas with other crafty ladies. One of my favorite parts of crafting was coming up with original verses to accompany and personalize each of the items. I wrote verses for dozens of craft/gift items and I managed to keep most of them in a file that I've saved. (I did lose a few to a computer crash....a gentle reminder to BACK-UP YOUR FILES!)

As I was reading this morning, I realized how many cute Halloween crafts and verses I had accumulated. I'm not a great fan of Halloween, but I did enjoy some of the neat ideas that were shared among friends at the Voy craft board I frequented. (I've since lost that web address but I hope to stumble across it again someday.) Anyway, I thought it might be fun to share some of these ideas with you folks over the next few weeks. They're all relatively simple crafts, but when you add the verse it sure does make a cute gift!

I'll begin posting these tomorrow and I hope you'll find at least a couple that you like. Many of them can be made with things you probably already have in your craft supply stash, and a few just use things you have around the house. The important part is that print the cute poems/tags that go with them. They really complete the idea! : )