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Dennison's Bogie Book -- A 1925 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween and Thanksgiving (13th Edition)
Originally published in 1925, this Bogie Book features the following ideas with suggestions for planning, decorating and preparing a party that won’t soon be forgotten: a lively home Halloween party; card party on October 31; planning refreshments for the party (including menu and beverage ideas); business girl‘s halloween party; a dinner dance; supper at the club on Halloween; decorations for school hall, club or parish house; Halloween games including the cup of fate, matrimonial race, ghostly fate, witch’s cats, blindfolded partners, spinning the web of fate, apple ten pins, ghostly lites and more; a fabulous rhyming interactive ghost story; costume ideas (for plans and instructions for costumes, please see our Dennison Costume books); decorations for harvest time and thanksgiving.

Centerpieces, favors and novelties such as a black cat charm, cat score card, witch pencil, cat balloon, ghostly prize, cat bag, witch horn, witch serving cup, cat serving tray, pirate jack horner pie, pumpkin clown serving cup, candy candlesticks, clown candy holder and so many more are all pictured with instructions on how to make.

For Thanksgiving and Harvest Time, the book gives how-to’s for a pumpkin blossom balloon, harvest place card, corn and pumpkin centerpiece, gobolink serving cup, corn whistle, pumpkin blossom gobolink, turkey napkin holder, horn of plenty and much more.

The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page. ***FOR MORE BOGIE BOOKS, please see our other listings***

Author: Dennison Manufacturing Co.

Paperback: 
32 pages

Company: Bramcost Publications 

(2009)

ISBN: 1936049058

List Price: 
Amazon Price: $12.95

Bogie Book: Vintage Halloween Ideas for Decorations, Costumes, Parties and More from 1923

This is the Kindle edition of the 1923 (11th annual) Bogie Book from Dennison Manufacturing Co. Highly collectible and rare. Original copies of this publication sell for hundreds of dollars. Illustrations throughout. Includes suggestions for: * Halloween Party Decoration * Party Invitations * Costumes * Table Decorations * Thanksgiving Decoration IdeasAlso useful in dating your Vintage Dennison Halloween Collectibles.

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The celebrity theme Halloween costume is perhaps one of the easiest, fastest and most successful of party costumes. You may be invited to a sort of impromptu Halloween bash at the last minute, so to speak. If you’ve got just a week’s notice, rental shops will be out of most stock and discount store racks will be picked clean. Where do you find a costume? Here’s how to put together a list of quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas in a hurry, be the hit of the party and not spend much.

Pick your favorite celebrities. Use the image feature of Google to locate images of your celebrity pick. You’ll find the images form a composite style analysis, allowing quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas to flow like silk.

If you’re going as a couple, some of our picks for quick Halloween celebrity costume ideas are naturals for a couple. The idea is to simply catch the style of the desired celebrity, noting signature items such as hats and jewelry. Shop thrift or retro shops for clothing, shoes and accessories. Inexpensive wigs are readily available and can be styled, gelled or whatever. Makeup may be important to capture the celebrity persona. You want to be easily identifiable, with your true identity anyone’s guess.

The femme fatale is a popular celebrity costume genre. Take Marilyn Monroe, or perhaps Paris Hilton. Marilyn would require red lipstick, a short blond wig you’d style and a 1960s glamor girl dress with wide skirt and dainty heels. Among the femme fatales, Paris might require nothing more than lingerie, the wig and plenty of pink lipstick and mascara, if you have the nerve. Otherwise, you can go for a sun dress. Unmistakably Paris.

How about some classic celebrities? Lauren Bacall and Bogie had strong, distinctive personas. Lauren’s signatures were her slim 1940s high-class dresses, her hair and a provocative, strong personality. Thrift and retro stores and a wig are your resources. Bogie’s hat, the ever present cigarette and plain suit describe him to a T. Add a little sophisticated macho and you’re Bogie. Developing your character is key to any quick Halloween celebrity costume idea that works.

Using this technique, think about these celebrity possibilities: Elvis is a perennial favorite. How about Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie, complete with 1950s eyeglasses and shimmering red vamp dress? Scare fans may enjoy being Robert Englund, as Freddie Krueger or the Phantom of the Opera. Hannibal Lecter is another unforgettable scary guy. Get a mask like that he wore after he was caged. A couple? She’s Clarice, with a bottle of Chianti and a piece of liver. Pick your celebrity.

Here’s a good one: Governor Sarah Palin is now a celebrity politician. Early 1950s eyeglasses, a navy suit and a 1950s bouffant. Easily replicated and identified! Arguably the top pick quick Halloween celebrity costume idea.


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