Dr. Jekyll's Laboratory

Some old medical books from 1970 hold a vintage microscope that views some rottin' pumpkin teeth.

Great Uncle Ed and Aunt Lou welcome you to a haunted Three Pixie Lane.  When I snapped this photo, my camera read, "Did someone blink?"  Spooky, spooky!

'Keep Dirty Hands Out!" of the potions and elixirs (candy, that is!)

Test tubes hold specimens of fish eggs, spiders' legs and some witch hair (Spanish moss!)

Trick or Treat!  A mortar and pestle blends some eyes of newts.

How about some Witch Hazel to cleanse your skin? 

A stack of books hold prescriptions and secret recipes.  I'll share one with you called, "Chicken Beak Stew."

How about a sip of a French elixir or some Spirit of Camphor?

Some brains are measured...beware, they are poisonous!

A suppository mold holds the goods in many colors.  Would you like one?

A special medicine is hidden here.  Take only one teaspoon of syrup four times a day.

Here is my secret recipe...

Chicken Beak Stew

Eye of Newt

Skin of Frog

Scales of Snake

Hair of Dog

Spiders' Legs and Lizards' Lips

Warts of Toad and Hornets' Hips

Turnip Greens and Chicken Beaks

A Cup of Bees

A Pound of Leeks

Claw of Vulture

Fur of Bat

Tail of Lizard

Meow of Cat

Smell of Wet Dog and a Cup of Fat

Stir it all together and let it brew on Halloween Night, you'll have Chicken Beak Stew!

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I combined all of my Halloween decorations for this mantle display.  I took the scarier pieces down, before my children got home from school!  These decorations will all be packed up now, as I get my home ready for a wedding shower.  I don't think the happy couple would like this kind of humor for their special event! 

"Where did you find..?"

For more details, check out my post, "Candy Anyone?" and "Chicken Beak Stew...BOO!"  Many of the great vintage labels came from the Graphics Fairy.  I burned the edges to make them look authentic.  A few of the labels are my own. The old medical books belonged to my dad.  The vintage microscope was purchased in an antique store.  The old medicine bottles have been collected through the years.  The candle holder in the blue bottle is from Wisteria.  The big black moon is from Pottery Barn Kids, purchased a few years ago after the holiday.   The test tubes are from Michael's.  The suppository mold is from my pharmacy days of making glycerin suppositories.  The swirl lollipops are from Target.  I cut the 'masks' and 'teeth' for the old pictures from black pages of a magazine and taped them to the front of the glass.  The black candle holder (TJMaxx) with the pumpkin is decorated with some gauze from the medicine cabinet.  The framed skeleton hand is from the Graphics Fairy!  I burned the edges and typed the words at the bottom in an old typewriter font.  Check out my other posts for more on the poem and the French script books! 

I have 'revamped' these Halloween posts to link to
The Nester's Fall Mantel Party and for the CSI Project Halloween Extravaganza on October 18th!



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