We're Back!

Hello All!

After a month long break...

a gorgeous newborn granddaughter... 

and our niece's beautiful wedding...

we are excited to be back 

in our usual spot at 

Salt Lake City's Farmer's Market.

I am introducing some new vintage images 

to our already existing line of great Halloween pendants...

and look forward to sharing them all with you at the market.

I am posting some of the new Halloween 
pendant images here today... 
as well as some interesting tidbits 

about black cats... 

a beautiful creature associated with Halloween.

In Great Britain, Ireland and Japan black cats symbolize good luck. 

In Scotland a strange black cat's arrival 

on a home's doorstep 

was the bearer of prosperity.

The Pilgrims believed that black cats were part demon and 

part sorcerer and the close companions of witches - 

anyone caught with a black cat would be severely punished or even killed. 

Historically black cats have been viewed as 

both a symbol of bad luck and evil...

and good luck and prosperity - 

depending on the circumstances!

In Germany people believed that if a black cat 

crossed your path from right to left 

it is a bad sign of things to come...

but if it crosses from left to right 

it is a sign that all good things are coming your way.

Sailors from Europe 
preferred that the 'ship's cat' 

was black because it would bring good luck 

and often their wives 
would keep black cats 

at home as well, 
in the hope that the black cat's 

good luck would keep 
their husbands safe while at sea.

During the 19th century, 

Pirates believed that a black cat 

 would bring different kinds of luck. 

-If a black cat walks towards someone, 

that person will have bad luck. 

-If a black cat walks away from someone 

then that person will have good luck.

-If a black cat walks onto a ship and then walks off it, 

the ship is doomed to sink on its next trip!

So you all... 

beware of black cats 

the next time you go sailing 

on a pirate ship!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Terry

xo