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Fall Season Selling Period
OCTOBER Theme
Shows
OCTOBER: MONTH
Adopt-A-Shelter Dog Month....."Mulligan Collection"
Family History Month....."Generations Baskets & Stand"
International Fired-Up Month....."Go get 'em..."
National Dessert Month....."Who needs a reason?"
National "Gain the Inside Advantage" Month....."Recruiting"
National Pasta Month....."Serving Solutions & Pasta Bowls"
National Pizza Month..."Pizza & Pasta! My kind of month!"
National Popcorn Poppin' Month....."Movie Theme Show"
Vegetarian Awareness Month....."Vegetable Baskets"
OCTOBER: WEEK
Customer Service Week, 1-7....."Always a good idea..."
National Newspaper Week, 1-7....."Newspaper Basket"
Spinning & Weaving Week, 2-8....."Famous Basket Company Basket
Weavers"
Home Based Business Week, 8-14....."That's Us" -
"Sponsoring"
Last year there was a knock at my door during the month of October. I
opened the door to find a brown sandwich bag with a note and ghost attached to
it. Inside the bag was some candy. We did as the note said, we
taped the ghost to our front door, photocopied the note twice, made two more
ghosts, places some candy in two bags and continued to pass it around to two
neighbors. It was really fun to see how many houses within a weeks time
had these funny ghosts taped to their front door! We lived on a military
base and even the base commander had one on his door! I hope you all try
this and see how many doors in your neighborhood will have ghosts on them:-)
The ghost was very simply made with white paper and was about 10 inches long
and 6 inches wide, with two circles drawn for eyes and a smile on his face:-)
Enjoy!!
The note attached:
Good Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening!!!!
The Phantom Ghost has come to town,
To leave some goodies I see you've found.
If you do not wish a CURSE to fall,
Continue this greeting............this Phantom call!!
Post this phantom in a place where it can be seen,
And leave it there till Halloween.
This will scare other Phantoms that may come,
Be sure to join, don't be a bum!!
Then make two treats, two ghosts, and two notes like this,
And deliver them to two neighbors who may have been missed.
You must be quick, you only have one day,
Go to a house with no GHOST on display.
Deliver at dark, when there's not any light,
Ring the doorbell, run quickly and stay out of sight!!
Last but not least, come join in the season,
Be happy, be silly, you need not a reason.
One last thought, remember don't be seen!!
And share in the spirit of spooky Halloween!!
Here is a variation of the Ghost or Snowman
Soup:
In a cellophane bag or baggie, add:
1 package of hot cocoa mix
A couple sprinkles of the decorator florets
(in the shaker for the buttons)
A peppermint stick/peppermint candy drop or
red hots if you prefer
Maybe some chocolate chips (for the eyes)
And maybe just for fun some gum drops
Tie up the bag with some "rick-rack"
that you find at the craft stores (looks like icing)
Friday the
13th Show #1 (Get more mileage
by calling this "October Superstitions Show")
Is your birthday on the 13th of any month?
If it was Friday the 13th give yourself another point!
Are you married thirteen years?
Were you married on the 13th of the month?
If it was a Friday the 13th give yourself another point!
Do you have thirteen cents in your wallet or coin purse?
Does your credit card have a 13 in it? (consecutive #s like 4133)
Does your checking account number have a thirteen in it?
Does your phone # have a thirteen in it?
Does your address have a thirteen in it?
Do you own thirteen baskets?
Will you buy an item on page 13 of the Wish List?
Do you own an item on page 13 of the Wish List?
Will you book a show for the 13th of next month?
Superstitious Friday the 13th
- Salt & Pepper Shakers - sprinkle salt over your shoulder for good
luck
- Umbrella Basket - don't open indoors
- Catch All Basket - penny with a face up it's good luck – save your
change
- Small Spoon - holds silverware – drop knife-male; fork-woman; spoon-
child
- Key Baskets - good things come in threes
- For the best "luck" - be an Longaberger hostess....
- Mulligan Pottery – black cat bad luck
What can you think of in groups of 13?
- 13 stripes on the American Flag
- 13 donuts or cookies in a Bakers Dozen
- 13 Colonies founded in the united States
- 13th floor always missing in a hotel!
- And try to find a basket with maybe 12 splints going around??
- Which of the following is the appropriate gift for a 13th wedding
anniversary? Bronze, LACE, ivory, crystal
- According to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, Scarlet O'Hara had
a 13 inch waist. Who played Scarlet O'Hara in the 1939 film? VIVIEN
LEIGH
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What is the 13th letter of the alphabet? "M"
-
Bob Crane led a group of American POW"S at Stalag 13 in what 60's
TV series? HOGANS HEROS
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What term describes a fear of the #13? TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
- What is the Roman Symbol representing the #13? XIII
- Who was the 13th Child of Grandma Bonnie Famous Basket Company? SHE
ONLY HAD 12
FRIDAY
THE 13TH SHOW #2 by Joanne in Jersey
1 hour
till show time today and here I am putting my ideas on paper. I used the
web site that someone posted the other day...thanks a bunch! http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/scary.html
Couldn't have done it without you. Hope this helps someone in the future!
Give the word, example, APPLE, and ask if anyone knows of a superstition that
goes with it. Give a point to the person that guesses it correctly. An
apple a day, keeps the Dr. away. Counting the # of seeds inside a cut apple will
tell you how many children you will have someday. Show and discuss the fruit
basket.
Baby: suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of a
pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval it's a girl. If it swings in
a straight line, it's a boy.
Show
and discuss the kiddie purse.
Bee: If a bee enters your home, it's a sign that you will soon have a
visitor. If you kill the bee you will have bad luck or the visitor will be
unpleasant.
Show your BEE basket and discuss Dresden/bus trips. I show my small
vegetable that I wove during the BEE to promote the bus trip idea.
Birthday Cake: Blow out all the candles on your first puff and get your
wish
Show and discuss uses for the cake basket.
Blue: Touch blue and your wish will come true
Show and discuss Fabrics, starting with the blue ones
Bread: A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice
has been cut from it. (Bad luck?)
Show and discuss bread baskets and baker's rack
Coin: It's bad luck to pick up a coin if it's tails side up. Good
luck comes if it's heads up
Show and discuss new leather accessories, new purse or catch all basket
Dog: A dog howling at night when someone is sick is a bad omen
Show and discuss new dog items
Door: It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one
used to come into it
Show and discuss the mail basket that could be hung by a door
Flag: Bad luck if the flag touches the ground
Show and discuss inaugural basket
Mirror: Break a mirror and get 7 years bad luck. It's unlucky to see
your face in a mirror by candlelight. A mirror should be covered during a
thunderstorm because it attracts lightning.
Show and discuss the vanity basket
Mistletoe: Mistletoe in the house protects it from thunder and lightning.
Standing under the mistletoe, you can't refuse a kiss
Show and discuss the Christmas line
Pencil: If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for
studying for the test, the pencil will remember the answers.
Show and discuss pen pal/note pal baskets
Rosemary: Planted by your doorstep it will keep witches away.
Show
and discuss booking a show. Talk about booking baskets saying: We
don't have a Rosemary basket, but how about parsley, thyme or chives? Book
a show and help _____(hostess) get one!
Sneeze: One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a letter, Four for a boy.
Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret, never to be told. Itchy
nose....someone is coming...left nostril will be a male, right will be
female
Show and discuss: Tissue baskets
Valentine's Day: If a woman sees a robin flying overhead on Valentine's
Day, it means she will marry a sailor. If she sees a sparrow, she will
marry a poor man and be very happy. If she sees a goldfinch, she will
marry a millionaire.
Show and discuss Sweetheart promo
Wish: If you make a wish while throwing a coin into a fountain, it will
come true. Wish I may, wish I might, get the wish I wish tonight. If
you tell someone your wish, it won't come true.
Show and discuss the {Catalog}
Yawn: A yawn is a sign that danger is near.
Also
means it's time for me to end my show...thanks for coming!
Of course, people may have other superstitious sayings and ideas other than
those listed here.
For each spider, you'll need:
1 Tootsie Pop
4 black pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
Hold the 4 pipe cleaners together and bend in half.
Place the tootsie pop stick through the bend, up to the candy part of the pop.
Twist the pipe cleaners once around each other, tightly holding the pop.
You'll now have a spider head (the pop) and 8 legs (4 on each side of the
stick).
About 2" from the stick, sharply bend one leg down, then bend again about
1" from the first bend and perpendicular to the first bend (kind of
like making a foot. Repeat for all 8 legs.
Adjust the legs so it will support the pop.
There's your spider!
Other ideas for the spider:
You could cover the pop with orange tissue paper and use markers to make eyes,
etc.
Cover the pop with old fabric scraps in Halloween patterns.
This is so easy to do...just hard to describe in words!
Pat F.
SPOOKY HANDS
by Kathy R.
Materials:
1. Clear Plastic Gloves (the kind they use in food service -- you
can usually find them at the dollar store (or even in your school's
cafeteria!))
2. Candy Corn (5 pieces for each student)
3. Popped Popcorn
4. Plastic "spider" rings (you can find these in the
Halloween dept of Walmart, KMart, etc in bags of 30 or so...)
5. Twist ties or ribbon
Directions:
1. Divide the supplies as follows : 5 candy corn, 1 spider
ring, 1 twist tie or ribbon per student. (You can pre-package the
glove, ribbon or twist tie, spider ring and candy corn in little
"treat bags" -- the paper kind they sell 40 for under a dollar.)
Popcorn in Ziploc sandwich bags (one for each student)
2. Assembly as follows:
Place 1 candy corn in each finger of glove, with "pointed" end
in finger tip (these are the fingernails)
Fill the fingers and hand of the glove with popcorn. Tie at wrist
with ribbon or twist tie.
Put ring on finger. (if rings aren't open in back, you may have to snip
with scissors to make it easier to get on the finger)
Guests sit in a circle on floor; lights are out except for the flashlight
Narrator reads by. Lay each item to be passed in a separate bowl.
Guests will pick up the item, put it back in bowl, then pass to the next
person. While guests pass an item, Narrator holds the flashlight
underneath his chin to give his face a scary look.
POOR JOE, HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME ON THAT HALLOWEEN NIGHT. BUT OUT HE
WENT TO THE DARK, DARK NIGHT. A GOBLIN WAS WATCHING JOE WALK 'CROSS THE
LAND. HE SWOOPED DOWN BESIDE HIM, AND SNATCHED OFF HIS HAND!! POOR
JOE.
(Narrator passes cold stuffed, rubber glove to person next to him. It
continues being passed around until it returns to Narrator who sets it down
and then continues with story.)
HE SHIVERED AND SHOOK AND GREW Oh SO COLD. HE FELL WHEN HE RAN, CAUSE HE
LOST ALL HIS TOES! POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes 10 small pieces of peeled carrots of different sizes.)
A BLACK CAT CROSSED HIS PATH GIVING JOE SUCH A SCARE. HE THREW BACK HIS
HEAD AND OFF CAME HIS HAIR! POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes a wig.)
HOBBLING ALONG, ONE HAND ON A CANE, JOE TRIED HARD TO THINK BUT --- OOPS! ---
NO MORE BRAIN! POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes cold, cooked spaghetti.)
"OH NO, I CAN'T THINK, BUT AT LEAST I CAN HEAR. IF WITCHES OR
GOBLINS SHOULD NOW REAPPEAR." SO JOE KEPT ON GOING--LADEN WITH
FEAR, BUT HE SHOOK AS HE WALKED, AND OFF FELL HIS EAR! POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes dried apricot.)
AND THERE IN THE DISTANCE HIS HOUSE HE COULD SPY, BUT JUST FOR A SECOND...FOR
OUT POPPED HIS EYES! POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes two peeled, green grapes.)
HE YELLED AND HE SCREAMED, AND HE SCREAMED AND HE YELLED. HOPING THAT
SOMEONE WOULD BE THERE TO TELL. SO HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH. HIS
PATIENCE WAS WRUNG, BUT NO SOUND WAS UTTERED FOR OUT FELL HIS TONGUE!
POOR JOE.
(Narrator passes a piece of liver.)
AH WHAT A SHAME! WHAT A PITY! WHAT A FRIGHT! THAT JOE
VENTURED OUT ON THAT HALLOWEEN NIGHT. HE LAY THERE ALONE...NOTHING LEFT,
NOT A PART. AND ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS THE BEAT OF HIS HEART.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP.
(Narrator turns off flashlight and slowly and softly repeats the word
"THUMP" several times.
HERE ARE SOME GREAT SITES.....
"http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/newlinks.htm">Halloween
"http://www.sirlinksalot.net/halloween.html">Halloween
http://www.kitchenlink.com/cgi/public_frames?page=halloween
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6 Things To Do In the Fall
This is a little
fall show that I have worked up for the month of August. I thought perhaps
someone might enjoy it! I plan to set up 5 mini displays of the following
products around the room to center around each of the following categories. Then
I will start with #6 and talk my way through #1.
#6 Attend Your Family Reunion (Display on Lg. Picnic)
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Get out the {Basket suitable for recipes}
- Mom's Favorite Dish in 2 qt covered casserole inside Cake
basket
- Grandma’s Pie/Plate/Pie Basket
- Cake/Med Gathering/9x13 Baking Dish
- Lg. Picnic (Jackets, baby stuff, bug repellent, tablecloth)
˝ Price Choice
#5 Take A One Tank Trip (Display on crate)
- Grab your keys from the Catch All Basket
- Take the Sm. Gathering w/{Wood Lid with compartments}
- Put the Magazine with {basket suitable for bread} between
the Seats (Camera, maps)
- Put the kids in the back seat with the Small Picnic for
snacks/toys
- Take the Travel Bags for your clothes for overnight
#4 Have Fun At The Tailgate Party (Display on Large Hostess basket)
- Serve hot cider or hot chocolate in our Mugs
- Take Chili in Cookie Jar/serve in Stackable Bowls
- Silverware/Spring Basket and Protector
- Large Hostess Basket for Chips, Bread (discuss being a
Hostess)
- Subs in market basket
- Dips/Chips in button/cracker
- Pop/Beer {basket suitable for wash} with Ice (Use
basket for Monday Night Football Drinks ? your husband will enjoy)
#3 Send The Kids Back To School
- Get them off to a good start ? Send a mini cake in a Long
Mini Loaf Dish
- Keep them on good terms with Christmas present ? Mugs are
nice/Tie On/Pencil Basket filled with new pencils/Market with Fingerprint
Critters Names
- Be the best room mom? Bring your treats in Serving Tray
(also holds papers on top of fridge)
- Tote library books in Med. Market
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Enjoy some time to yourself? Pull the clubs out of the Umbrella Basket and golf
at the
{Company} Golf Course!
#2 Start Your Christmas Shopping Early (Display on {6 sided basket
wrought iron Stand}
- Keep your mail order catalogs in the {basket suitable for
newspapers}
- With your Christmas List in hand, take our {Catalog} and do
your shopping from the comfort of your
couch!
- Gift Certificates
- Perfect gift for everyone:
- Cancer Basket Two to choose from
- {highlight special clubs/memberships and products they have
available}
#1 Hold a {Company} Party for YOU!
- New Purse {Catalog}
- Christmas Samples
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