I can't believe I just jumped right over our early October window displays and jumped right to Halloween! We had a lot of fun making our Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) window displays. We know they were early (they ran in early October instead of November), but we couldn't wait to get them up. And we HAD to start off the month of October with a Breast-Cancer Awareness window, that we called "PINK!"
There is a LOT of handmade stuff in the Days of the Dead display. Maureen made the blue backdrop, the papel picado, and all of those paper flowers. Maureen also added the ruffles to a basic navy blue skirt, made sleeve extenders to match the skirt, and made the ruffled placard, bow tie, and cummerbund out of fantastic Dia de los Muertos fabric. Kris painted anatomically-correct hand and arm bones on the lady's black elbow-length gloves and made the skull masks from paper mache. The patterns on the masks was done with paint and rubber stamps/ink. From there, it was a matter of acquiring frames and photos, a couple of candelabras, wax fruit, and hats.
The PINK! display was a collection of pink merchandise off the racks. We included a sign in the front window to remind people that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Simple, but effective!
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