Hi Vanessa,

It is awesome to connect with you! Thank you very much for letting me know how you discovered my blog + the super fun #MakeHalloween365 hashtag.

Unfortunately, extremely poor health (nothing to do with Covid) has been greatly impacting my abilities – including how often (and for how long) I am able to get online most weeks.

Therefore, in order to maintain my blog, I have had to put social media pretty much entirely on hiatus for the time being. Hopefully, I can return at some point and continue both posting my own #MakeHalloween365 projects and highlighting (in my Stories) the work of others who use it as well.

Anyhoo, all that to say, again, thank you very much! It is a pleasure to meet you.

(Should you happen to have a blog of your own – none was linked to in your comment here – and would like to share it with me, please feel free to do so anytime and that way I can return the lovely visit you paid me.)

Many wishes for a sunny, fantastic summer!
🖤 Autumn

Isn’t it though? I swear, it is the time of the day when (assuming I’m not super sleep deprived upon reaching it) I have the most energy generally coupled with a serious hit of creativity as well.

I have a largely unsubstantiated theory that we are often most drawn to the time of day in which we were born and as I entered the world late in the evening, (following that logic) it only makes sense to me that I would be total night owl! 😊

Aww, thank you very much! I remember pictures being taken (on film back then, of course) for the bulk of my early Halloweens though do not have snaps from each of those magical nights (if indeed they still exist anywhere at this point).

We will be counting down in unison, my dear friend – and all the more so now that we are officially a mere season away from autumn’s glorious return.

Big hugs & the sunniest of wishes for a fantastic July!
🖤 Autumn

Hi Vickie,

It is my absolute pleasure! Thank you in turn for coming by to visit my site. Your comment does not link to a blog, but if you have one of your own and would like to share it with me, please feel free to do so anytime. That way I can return the lovely visit that you paid me.

Sunny wishes for a fantastic summer coming your way,
🖤 Autumn

Please do not worry for the tiniest of moments. You are not alone there at all, my sweet friend. Bloglovin’ was down for me throughout very nearly the whole of June and as a result, I missed out on about a month’s worth of posts on the blogs I follow regularly.

After some internet sleuthing (it wasn’t front and centre on their platform, as one might expect it to be), I found an email address for Bloglovin and sent them a message several days ago now asking if the platform had been shut down for good. Thus far, I have not received any reply and tend to doubt I will (never say never though).

Like yourself, I am strongly thinking that I will have to change feed readers as well. May I ask, which one did you opt for and how are you liking it so far?

Thank you very much for visiting some of my (slightly) older posts and for your terrific comments. They never fail to brighten my week.

Big hugs & the happiest of wishes for a stellar summer coming your way!
🖤 Autumn

Hi Darlene,

Thank you very much for your wonderfully warm and inviting welcome. I am absolutely thrilled to have discovered Two Old bats and very much plan to contribute again going forward.

I appreciate you letting me know that participants can enter up to three times a month. That’s awesome – especially since a sizable percentage of my papercrafting projects are Halloween themed the whole year through.

Big thanks again! I look forward to visiting your own blog ASAP and getting to know you + your beautiful work better.

Sunny wishes for a terrific summer from my heart to yours!
🖤 Autumn

Thank you wholeheartedly, Diane. I am over-the-(harvest) moon to have discovered Two Old Bats! I honestly don’t think you could find a challenge blog that is more up my Halloween adoring alley.

I definitely plan to return and really look forward to getting to know the regular contributors there better.

Many thanks again coupled with the happiest of wishes for a fantastic July coming your way!

🖤 Autumn

Hi Dalis,

Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I am elated to have discovered this challenge blog – especially since I already (usually) make one or more Halloween themed papercraft projects a month the whole year through.

I really appreciate your lovely comment and will be popping by to visit your site ASAP. 😀

Sunny wishes for a fabulous July coming your way!
Autumn

Agreed completely! I think that we would have instinctually gravitated towards one another – and given our similar ages, we could have both theoretically attended the same school.

I did indeed have a plush Care Bear (as did my brother) and we adored our Lite Brite. I well recall having a Lady Lovely Locks colouring (or painting) book, but don’t remember actually having one of the dolls themselves – but know I played those of some of my friends while visiting their homes.

That is a toy I have not thought about in ages. Thank you for the lovely stroll down memory lane.

We didn’t get to go to the same school, but the universe happily still saw fit to have our paths cross and that is a very wonderful thing!

Wishing you & your family a sunny, joy-filled long weekend!
🖤 Autumn