I found one of the most unusual items today that I just couldn’t wait to share with you. It’s an Authentic Cobweb put under glass. Apparently someone finds and carefully removes them. Each one is unique and is documented as to the type of spider that created it and when and where it was found. It’s then put on black felt and a slightly domed glass is put over it to be preserved forever. Of course as usual it is only sold during the Halloween season, but they still have some left and they have also lowered the price to $79.99. Pretty steep, I know, but really incredible when you think about it. I mean you know when you buy it that it’s one of a kind. I wonder what you do with it though. Is there a way to hang it up or do you just put it on a table? It’s not that big at 7″, so I guess you could find a spot for it. I just feel kind of bad for the spider who went to all of that trouble to build his perfect home and then have it taken away.
If you’re going to decorate for Halloween you need spiders and lots of them. The more the creepier I always say. Anyway, some years ago we decided we wanted to find 2 giant spiders to put on the roof of our store for Halloween. We wanted to make them look like they were crawling down the outside of the building. After spending a lot of time on the internet looking around we found that scary spiders of that size just didn’t exist. My husband proceeded to make some out of black PVC that turned out really cool, but probably wouldn’t last beyond the one season. Of course that was a year that we got a lot of snow, so who knows. I still wish I could find the perfect spider, but it just doesn’t exist. The few that are available are more cartoony than scary. Now I have a new idea. I saw these Monstrous Spiders and they are the creepiest ones I have ever seen. They are 3′ long and the eyes light up. Not as large as I would like, but they’ll do the trick. A few of theses hanging down the side of the walls will creep everyone out and piss off the neighbors. It’s a win win situation.
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