14 Days til H'ween! Secret Reapers

Every year over at the HalloweenForum they have this thing called a Secret Reaper.  Basically you sign up & post a list of "likes & dislikes" then the coordinator will send you your "victim" and their list.  

There are usually 2 Secret Reaper events in the fall.  The first one starts in August & the second immediately after in September.  I've done both forever. 

The list makes sense, because there are so many ways to DO Halloween!  For example, I don't do blood & gore / movie guys like Freddy & Jason, Nightmare before Christmas or Disney!  But I do like skeletons, cemeteries, pumpkins / jack-o-lanterns etc.  We also include any themes we might have going on so our reapers can make / buy / regift / find the perfect things.    

I just recently gotten my final gift. I'm pretty happy with what I got. 

Maddie to the left, Rusty IN the box, Daisy on the right & Jack on front.  My reaper has 3 little yappy dogs & a cat so the box was interesting!

Hand-painted & "corpsed" jack-o-lanterns.

Fabulous silver spider & little throw pillow.

Handmade art.

a lenticular greeting - from the right it says Happy Halloween, from the left it says trick or treat.
Pretty awesome!

Rusty was trying to get INTO the jack-o-lantern!

I kind of posted these backwards- the following is from the first reaper.

pumpkins & a jack-o-lantern!

A dracula cape that the cats were really interested in.  (I listed costumes for the skeletons)

a potion bottle and A NUTCRACKER!!!!

I've never seen cloth packaged this way before, but the 4 yards of heavy black bottom material have already come in handy in the cemetery!

I love to do this, since the anticipation is fun & then also putting together the perfect gift to send on to someone else!

2017 Secret Reaper

2016 Secret Reaper

2015 Secret Reaper

2014 Secret Reaper

2013 Secret Reaper (part 1)

2013 Secret Reaper (part 2)
2012 Great Pumpkin
2012 Secret Reaper

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