Halloween worth holding onto.
Real vintage die-cuts, chalkware, and blow molds, found one at a time around Chicago: estate sales, thrift stores, garage sales, wherever they turn up. Alongside them, honest reproductions of designs too good to leave in the past, and candles we pour ourselves. Every piece is labeled for exactly what it is — so you always know whether it's decades old or made last week.
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Why vintage, why now
We've loved Halloween for as long as we can remember — the chill in the air, the obnoxious amount of candy, and decorations that were absolutely to die for. It's one of the first things we bonded over when we started dating, and it's a big part of why we got married in October.
What started as something fun to do together turned into a habit. Estate sales, antique malls, thrift stores, garage sales — anywhere a box might be hiding something good. Die-cuts, chalkware, blow molds. The kind of stuff that actually looks like the Halloween we grew up with.
Attic & Ember is us sharing that with you. Some of it's genuinely vintage, found piece by piece. Some of it's an honest reproduction of a design we couldn't leave in the past. The candles we pour ourselves. Everything's labeled for exactly what it is, because if we were the ones buying, we'd want to know too.
— John & Ashleigh