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So yesterday was a very busy day. I hope everyone enjoyed all the Misfits tracks! Unfortunately, rain and high winds moved through the area yesterday evening, knocking the power out to the whole neighborhood. Damn.
I had about 3 or 4 more Misfits songs to post. I was in the middle of working on my one big prop for this year's display. And I was going to kick back with some pumpkin beers and a couple of good horror films.
Oh well, unfortunately the party got cut short. Also, without power, I had no way to charge my camera battery. And with the rain and cold this morning, I have decided to skip today's installment of Cemetery Sundays.
I really need to get into the garage and finish this prop project. And with a full day of "regular life" things going on, time will be at a premium.
So I'm going to cut this one short and get down to business. I may have a post or two later today, but the regular madness will return tomorrow. I still have a ton of new posts in the can and a ton of work to do to get ready for the big night. Time keeps slipping away! It's going to be one hell of a week...
Burnout. It happens to the best of us...
After this year's Midwest Haunters Convention, I came home inspired and ready to go. I had a few different projects going, and I was ready to finish them all up and then start on the next round. Except it never happened.
The creative spark quickly faded away and I had zero motivation to work on anything. And I knew exactly what was causing it: the dreaded burnout. Luckily, I was able to recognize what it was and I immediately stopped everything. The "to-do list" went into the trash. Props still sit in the garage and basement, waiting to be completed, but I'm okay with that. Nothing will kill a project faster than trying to get it done just to get it done...
The past two months off really helped my creativity. I refocused on other, non-Halloween things and I was able to clean out the cobwebs from the October side of the brain.
And I'm glad I did. Last week, I realized that we were getting close to the 100 day countdown to the big night, and with renewed spirit I restarted the creativity machine. First up, some new blog art.
Nothing gets me going quite like working on new design work, so I decided to update the blog masthead banner. As soon as I started, the ideas and creativity exploded. After the new banner, I cranked out the new "100 Days" image above. Boom! The countdown is on!!
After that, I went to work on some of the framework of the blog. If you'll notice the "Pages" section to the right, I added two new (and much-needed) pages.
The first, and most important, is the new "Highbury Halloween Prop How-Tos" page. Every Halloween prop how-to I have ever done is now conveniently cataloged into one page. And I even whipped up a small banner for this page, too.
The second is the new "Cemetery Photography" page. All of my Cemetery Sundays visits through local cemeteries are now cataloged in one place. Tons of cemetery photos that can be used for reference when creating tombstone props or just to look at if you enjoy the beauty and detail of old tombstones.
I also still have the "Highbury's Halloween Punkcast Series" page, where you can download all of my horror-themed punk rock mixes for free. Nothing like these tracks to fuel you through a late-night prop-building session!
And I have at least one or two more pages that I will be adding as the days go on, but I'm going to shift back to all of those unfinished props for now. I have a few new posts ready to go, so I should be adding new posts more frequently.
The switch has been thrown and the creative juices are again flowing. It feels great to be back and ready to knock out a new season of Halloween goodness.
Only 100 days to go!!
