DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Halloween Crafting and a Sunset, 2026

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....

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In my last post, I shared how I decorated my front yard for Fall.....

And a Dollar Tree Haul....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

I also want to THANK all the hosts of the monthly You're the Star Link Party for choosing my Blog Post, Reorganized and Rearranged Craft Room, Part 1, as one of their features for Creative Week!!!

Thanks so ALL the hosts!!

THANKS to Angie, over at God's Growing Garden, for choosing my Blog Post, Reorganized and Rearranged Craft Room, Part 2, as one of her features from the Tuesday with a Twist Link Party!!

Thanks again, Angie!

I want to THANK Denise, over at This is My Everybody, for choosing my blog post, Falloween Haul and Crafting as one of her features from last week's Wonderful Wednesday Link Party!!

Thanks so much, Denise!!

I want to THANK Sinea, over at Ducks N a Row, for choosing my blog post, Labor Day Front Porch, as one of her features from last week's Wonderful Wednesday Link Party!!

Thanks again, Sinea!!

O MY!! I want to THANK my blogger friend , Barb, over at French Ethereal, for choosing my post, Labor Day Front Porch as one of her features from last week's Share Your Style Link Party

AND also featured my other blog post, Halloween Haul and Crafts

And featured my Blog Header Picture of my Fall Front Porch!!!

THANK YOU so much, Barb!!!!

Please stop by and link up to ALL these amazing parties!!

And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Today is THURSDAY and I honestly have nothing in the way of food to share today ....

BUT...

Mimi got to spend a morning with my Grand pups this week!!!

Faye likes to lay on the chair that my late husband Joe always sat on....

She likes to curl up in a ball and be covered....

And Azumi likes to embed herself into your side!!

Look at that sweet face!!

They really brightened my day and warmed my heart!!!

I am working, finally, on changing over my Living Room from Summer to Fall and it usually takes me 5-6 days as I change the curtains and drapes and all the linens after packing away my Coastal decor before I can even start to decor for Fall.....

I HOPE to be able to share part of the Living Room by my next post but I can not promise that....

I have also been doing a bit more Halloween crafting....

You may remember a few posts ago when I shared a few things I bought at Dollar Tree.....

I was hoping to snag these when I first saw them on a You Tube Shop with Me video.....

These type of pictures for Halloween are so popular and there are also a lot of tutorials on social media on how to turn a thrifted picture into a Halloween one.....

I want to add a bit more to these pictures so I checked my stash and found that I had some stickers left over from when I made a few Halloween ornaments....

So Debbie did a bit of "Dabbling".....

I added ghost and Jack O Lantern stickers....

Used a black marker to highlight the cob webs and spiders.....

And then drew a few more bats on each of the pictures.....

I am happy with how they turned out.....

You also may remember that I spray painted a picture frame black but I was not happy with the picture I used inside of it.....

When I was looking through my stash of Halloween craft supplies, I found a paper plate that I really liked much better for the frame .......

So I cut it to fit and placed it inside the frame.......

I like this look so much better.......

I had bought these black cauldrons to use for favors for the Harvest Tea that we ended up cancelling for last year and also this year....

I decided to pass on my tabletop silver Tree that I used for many years in my Dining Room for Halloween....

Instead, I am going to be using my 6ft. pencil Tree so I was thinking about how I could make a few more ornaments for it ......

I looked on Pinterest for ideas and I came up with this....

I used items I had in my stash, after cutting up styrofoam balls that I also had in my stash, to place inside the caldrons....

I also used these spiders that I bought in Dollar Tree.....

I placed Jack O Lantern stickers on the caldrons.......

And then I remembered I bought these bones in Dollar Tree...

So I added a few of them to my caldron ornaments.....

I am looking forward to decorating a different Tree and creating a slightly different look for Halloween in my Dining Room....

I also want to share a Fall Sunset from my front porch.....

Soon the Sun will be setting on the side and back of my house and not in the front so these maybe be the last Sunsets of this year from the Front Porch.........

Some of you have asked about my son Jim, who recently lost his job.....

He is still looking for another job but received an unexpected Blessing in the way of a pension pay out...

Who knew Target had a pension!!

I worked for one of the largest Health care system's in Pa. and I did not have a pension!!!

It will hold them over for quite some time until he finds a new job!!!

Right now, they are enjoying this time home together with the twins....

God works in amazing ways sometimes because they worked opposite shifts when they first went back to work after the twins were born so they would not need a babysitter....

It was a grueling schedule for both of them so they are enjoying this time together.....

I am a huge believer in everything happening for a reason and believe that Jim will find something better and hopefully, they will have an easier schedule than what they had....

I do THANK you all for your prayers for them and please keep them coming!!!

It is a super tough job market out there right now...

I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY for my next post!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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