The All Hallow’s Potster Collection Has Bloomed! πŸ•·οΈπŸͺ΄πŸ‘Ή

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After my brightly colored, sparkly and quirky spring variety of Potsters completely sold out, I couldn’t resist getting my claws into “gardening” again. Little did I know that by switching things up to a lush bed of hand-dyed graveyard moss, blood-red aura quartz charged by a lunar eclipse, and welcoming a little spider friend into each hand-painted terracotta pot, that I would conjure up a new variety of Potsters that would sprout oversized fangs, black foliage, spooky seasonal colored petals, and some wickedly adorable personalities.

So as an artist turned impromptu botanist once again, I am very excited to officially share my Limited Edition All Hallow’s Potster Collection. Four vampy little Potster Monstrosities exclusively for autumn and Halloween season (or if you’re like me, spooky it up all year long)!

No glittery sparkle was added to bright green moss or the hand painted pots this time, instead I hand dyed the moss giving it a darker grave yard vibe and gave the pots a metallic sheen. I substituted the clear crystal quartz from the spring variety with blood-red aura quartz. I also gave each of them a little spider friend to keep them company while their energy sparked during the lunar eclipse. Their disk florets didn’t form into adorable golden brown faces but instead silvery black with macabre sass. And instead of snaggle toothed grins smiling up at you, they snap back with venomous oversized fangs.

Why You’ll Love Them:
✨ Allergy free and low maintenance (they love being charged under the full moon from time to time)
✨ They’re perfect as forever greenery for your crypt or as a floral gift for your favorite fiend
✨ Each one has a unique personality/spooky season color, choose the one(s) that matches your vibe
✨ They are guaranteed to spark curious conversations and won’t snap back (unless provoked)
✨ They are collectible pieces of art you won’t find at any big box or Halloween stores

As pictured, these four pre-made botanical beasties are ready to find their forever humans and add a uniqueness to your spooky season (or every day) decor. Since they are handmade and not mass produced* no two will ever be recreated exactly the same. Meaning they will only take root for the human they were destined to grow for.

They have already made their debut in my Etsy shop and are available to purchase for online shoppers. Any that have not been adopted by the time I make my next art drop at Closet Collectibles will be also be added to my Cabinets of Curiosities display for local collectors who wish to see and adopt one in person.*

Don’t miss your chance to add a bit of spooky fun, crystal-conjuredΒ botany to your monster menagerie! πŸ•·οΈπŸͺ΄πŸ’Žβœ¨

Stay Strange & Magical ✨
LDG Nicole

*Read more about my β€œnever mass produced” creative process and in store discounted art prices here

A Very Righteous Halloween 2025

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It’s never easy to say goodbye to the greatest holiday of the year, but I always find that sharing my annual costume and memorable moments with my followers always seems to help me get through the post holiday blues. And speaking of holiday blues I had quite the “Gemstones” on mine this year.

That’s right, not only did I finish my “Voila! No More COVID!” portrait of Walton Goggins and Uncle Baby Billy Freeman, but little did anyone know that while working on it I was also simultaneously working on my Halloween costume to transform into him as well. Needless to say it was a very “Righteous” Halloween this year.

Ta-dah! Look who it is! Y’all can’t start Halloween without no star now.

To top it off my husband Frank joined in on the fun as Teenjus and one of the trick or treaters even told him “I need to read your book more” πŸ˜†

As most of you know we got married on Halloween in 2009 and donated the base of our wedding arch to my brother’s Halloween yard display. Each year we try to remember to take a photo under it and it amazes me how my brother has kept it going strong (like us) after 16 years.

We got your miracle right here nerds!

We got blessed with a perfect sunny and crisp Samhain here in the Chicagoland area. My nephew Michael who has pretty much taken over the duties of passing out candy over the years decided to use his role to inspire his sweet costume as Willy Wonka. My great niece Violet chose to be a plague doctor this year because well she’s the ghoulist kid I know and I wouldn’t expect anything less from her. Having my Baby Billy virus elixir prop for my costume could not have been more perfect for taking a photo with her.

And the festivities did not stop there. I was also informed that like my Dr. Teeth costume that was featured in 2022, my Mokey Fraggle costume from last year made it into the Tough Pigs Muppet Halloween Parade for 2025! There are always a ton of great costumes that get submitted for this, so it is always an honor to be chosen by hardcore fans who for many moons have been doing such an amazing job to help keep Jim Henson’s legacy alive for all of us. 🌈✨️

Enjoy seeing me transform? Then be sure to check out a few of my featured past looks on theΒ Skinned pageΒ ofΒ my portfolio website.

Hmm now what to be next year?! πŸ€”

Stay Spooky & Magical ✨
LDG Nicole

Get Halloweek Access To My Exclusive Artist Interview at Cool Hand Frank! πŸŽƒβœ¨οΈ

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I am excited to announce that my artist interview feature along with other Halloween themed written works of art are free to read at Cool Hand Frank all this week in celebration of Halloweek! πŸŽƒβœ¨οΈ

Use this direct πŸ”— to access it!

So if you didn’t subscribe to their website when the interview first went live in May, now’s your chance to check it out and take a little peek inside this spooky brain of mine as I answer some fun and insightful questions about what inspires me as an artist. 🧠

Dancing My Cares Away For Halloween 2024

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As the post Halloween sadness kicks in I always find it helps me get through it by updating my Freaky Fanatics with my holiday shenanigans. As most of you know from my past posts, Halloween is also mine and my husband Frank’s wedding anniversary. This year we have been together 26 years but hit a milestone of being married for 15 of them. To celebrate, we decided to take a special road trip and escaped to a magical week long getaway at the Ancient Lore Village in Tennessee. We decided to go in September when the weather was more promising and had the most magical stay!

To say we did not want to leave would be an understatement. Getting back into the swing of the real world took a little getting used to because we felt so in our element when we were there.

Halloween crept up on us quickly, though, and although we have been having out-of-the-norm warmer temps here in the Midwest, it ended up being a sunny but very chilly and windy Samhain here in the Chicagoland area. As I always say, though, you have to count the blessings where you can find them. For instance, last year it snowed, and because of that, I was not able to wear the costume I worked really hard on for months leading up to Halloween. The costume has literally been hanging in my art room, and I have been gawking at it for a year now, waiting for the opportunity to wear it. So when I saw clear skies were in the forecast, I didn’t complain about the cold or the wind because I could finally wear the costume and also cross another one of my favorite Jim Henson characters off my costume bucket list.

So here I am. The Jim Henson geek that you all know and love dancing my cares away and channeling my inner spirit animal fraggle, Mokey βœ¨οΈπŸ§˜β€β™€οΈπŸŽ¨βœοΈπŸ’—βœ¨οΈ…

πŸ“Έ Pictured here with me are my nephew Michael πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ and my nieces Violet πŸ¦Šβš”οΈ and Kayla

As you can tell I was super excited to finally wear the costume and was so relieved the headpiece held up even in windy conditions. Having used thermal lined leggings for the arms and legs and a blanket for constructing part of the body it actually kept me toasty warm! Now that you can see the costume, you can understand why I didn’t risk wearing it last year in fear that the wet, blowing snow could’ve destroyed the headpiece.

Just like when I transformed myself into a lifesize Mrs. Dr. Teeth a few moons prior, it really put into perspective and had me dreaming about what it must be like for the folks who get to bring these amazing characters to life at the Jim Henson Creature Shop.

I have to admit this is definitely now on my list of one of my favorite costumes I have attempted and there have been MANY! You can see a few of them featured on theΒ Skinned pageΒ ofΒ my portfolio website.

Hmm now what to be next year?! πŸ€”

Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole