Willow May a Finalist in the National Best Books 2008 Awards

All Us All the Time Publishing is proud to announce that Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival, the children's picture book written by Icats Nitram and illustrated by Pamela McCarville, has been honored again. This time as an Award-Winning Finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. The National Best Books 2008 Awards honors outstanding mainstream and independent books.

Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival, published by All Us All the Time Publishing, is about a little girl who goes to the Midnight Carnival where she encounters unique and engaging creatures. The vivid illustrations throughout the book enhance the journey into an enchanting, yet mysterious world of fantasy.

Willow May stirs the imagination as you
join her on a peculiar journey through an
outlandish carnival like no other.
There will be clowns, there will be music,
there will be acrobats and there will be werewolves.
Werewolves?!? Oh yes, werewolves!
There will be many more surprises in the mysterious
tents of the Midnight Carnival.
Come join the journey, come join the fun.

Our congratulations to Icats and Pamela!!

For a complete listing of the winners and finalists in each category as well as a press release please visit the USA Book News website.

Preprinted Halloween Mischievous Menu - A Treat for You!

No tricks, just a treat with a free downloadable Halloween Menu available on our site. If you are still searching for fun ideas for your All Hallows Eve Boo Bash this year, you might consider our mischievous menu. Here is how it works. First create a key for the listed menu items and utensils, for example, Dragon's claw could be a spoon or Bat Wing could be a fork. We have a detailed sample you can view on our site with the free Halloween menu download. At the party, hand a menu out to each of your guest and have them fill it out by writing in their names and then selecting their choices from each of the sections. The fun is that you know what the menu items are, but your guests do not. Have fun watching your friends and family trying to eat spaghetti with a spoon as they wash it down with ghoul drool (orange juice). If this sounds like the kind of mischievous fun you are looking for, he free PDF download is available on our site.

All Us All the Time...we care enough to scare.

Pink Pirates for the Cure

For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month we will donate 15% of all our Pink Pirate Skull sales to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. This includes all Pink Pirate Skull Stationery, Greeting Cards, Invitations, Temporary Tattoos, Journals, Buttons, Magnets, Mirrors, and anything else from our site that has a Pink Pirate Skull on it that is purchased in the month of October.

Fall Newsletter

Yesterday we sent out our Fall Edition, "Tis the Season for Halloween," featuring all of our new "boo-tiful" Halloween additions to our site. It also highlights all the special sales we are having this season, and boy are some pretty scary. It is not too late to sign-up and receive this issue. Sign-up today and besides receiving the coupons in the newsletter, you will also receive a coupon for free standard shipping. In addition, refer a friend and receive a 30% off coupon for your next order.

We promise not to clutter up your inbox, we send out only 8 to 12 issues a year. Signing up is free and email addresses will not be sold and solely used for receiving news and updates for All Us All the Time online gift shop and publishing.

Tale of the Tomb - Riverside Cemetery

Thank you to those who commented on our first segment of Tale of the Tomb. We are glad you enjoyed our story on the Woodmen of the World gravestones. We have posted a few more photos of Woodmen of the World tombstones at the end of the article from the Riverside Cemetery. The Riverside Cemetery is Denver Colorado's oldest existing cemetery and is the feature of our second installment of Tale of the Tomb. Founded in 1876, some of the most prominent figures in Denver's history are residing in Riverside. The statuary above the ground tells just as an intriguing story as the souls that lie beneath it. Today the cemetery has basically been forgotten and ignored, but though a victim of neglect and vandalism, it somehow adds to the allure and mystic of this final resting ground. To read more about Riverside's unique tale, visit our Tale of the Tomb.

Halloween Felt Ornaments

Tis the season for Halloween! Our master illustrator of the macabre has been busy creating “boo-tiful” Halloween felt ornaments to trim your Halloween tree. These fiendishly felt goodies are hand sewn with embellished details in traditional Halloween colors of orange, black, purple and pink. Yes, that is right, pink. Our Halloween felt ornaments consist of skulls, tombstones, bats, cats, and witches' hats. Here are a few of the ornaments for your viewing pleasure; please come visit our site to see the entire collection.

For those who care enough to scare.

Pink Pirate Party

We now have available on our site both Pink Pirate Fill-in and Printable Invitations. In addition we also have Pink Pirate Place Cards to add a splash of pink and pirate to your table setting. We also have Pink Pirate Temporary Tattoos, Buttons, Magnets, Key Chains, and Compact Mirrors that make fun party favors and/or prizes for party games such as pin the pink eye-patch on the pirate. We even have Pink Pirate Stationery if you need to write thank you cards afterwards.










Oh, and if you would rather have a Purple Pirate Party, well we have them too, along with blue and red pirates. You can even go crazy and order a multi-color pack.

Halloween Tea Stationery

Tea, it isn’t just for mortals anymore. Pamela McCarville, illustrator of the macabre, has created this elegant Halloween Tea card, perfect for all your tea-loving spirits, vampires, zombies, witches, dark overlords, and other undead friends. Come to think of it, your human friends might enjoy it too.

Bird Lady Stationery

We added Bird Lady as part of our Halloween card and stationery collection, but I think this little birdie would be a fanciful greeting for all occasions. Colorful and curious, she appears to have stepped out of a storybook world, and who knows, maybe one day she will tell us her tale.

Halloween Trick or Treat Totes

We have discovered that making Halloween Trick or Treat totes can be very addictive, as we have added 3 more to our collection. These are the last of the Halloween Tote Collection for this year (or maybe at least for this week). We now have Halloween Raven, Prancing Pumpkin, and Witchy Kitty.

Gothic Halloween Totes

Even though we are calling these Halloween totes, I think these are appropriate any time of the year. They have that mystical macabre feel that will get ooo’s and ah’s for trick or treating on All Hallows Eve, or grocery shopping in the middle of July. You can also use them for your gifts to the Halloween Queen.

Day of the Dead Totes

We have added a couple of Day of the Dead Totes, Party Skeleton and Sugar Skull, to our site. We thought these might be fun for those celebrating Dia De Los Muertos to carry decorations for an ofrenda or food for the festivities. Also available on our site are Day of the Dead fill-in and printable invitations, buttons, magnets, and temporary tattoos.

Halloween Tombstone Totes

Our Tombstone Silhouette designs are available as postcards, invitations, stationery, buttons, magnets, compact mirrors, key chains, temporary tattoos, AND now Halloween totes. Besides using as a cool looking trick or treat bag on Halloween, they can also be used for groceries or gift bags.

Halloween Pirate Skull Totes

That’s right, more pirates! We now have 3 Halloween Pirate Skull Totes available on our site. These totes will definitely score some extra candy bars when trick or treating, but also a few chuckles in the check out lane or at least a couple of double takes. They also make nifty gift bags for all your pirate-fancying friends. And if you are in need of pirate paraphernalia, we have a treasure trove of it at All Us All the Time.

Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival Totes

We have added 5 new tote designs to our site. Each one is featuring a page in our Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival book. We based our selection on the most popular requested coloring sheets. The totes are natural color 100% cotton canvas, 6 ounce fabric, 14”x16”. Besides groceries, these totes can also be used as trick or treat bags or fancy gift bags (perhaps for a Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival book, bookmark, magnets and/or buttons, coloring sheets, and temporary tattoos, you know, just throwing that out there).

Left-Handers’ Day 2008 – Celebrate your right to be left-handed

We want to wish our infamous designer of the macabre, Pamela McCarville, a very happy 2008 Left-Handers’s Day!

Tombstone Fill-in Invitations

Tombstone fill-in invites are appropriate any time of year, but especially charming for the All Hallows Eve season that is hiding right around the corner (in the darkness of its shadow, waiting patiently as it smiles). Yes, these “Goreyesque” fill-in invitations are bound to leave an impression on all your guests. The front of the card features a stately silhouette tombstone and the inside of the card has the silhouette in black on top with the wording, We’re Dieing to See You, Event, When, The Crypt of, and Summoned By.

We also have available Tombstone Printable Invitations that can also be used to print out additional party information or menus. In addition we have tombstone place cards to add a touch of melancholy to your feasting table. Oh but the tombstones don’t stop there as we also have tombstone silhouette postcards, temporary tattoos, magnets, buttons, compact mirrors, key chains and reusable Halloween trick or treat bags/totes. These items would make excellent party favors and/or prizes for games such as pin the missing limb back to the zombie.










Lots more Halloween goodness to come.

All Us All the Time...we care enough to scare.

New Halloween Skull Greeting Card and Stationery

Our favorite holiday is only 3 months away and our illustrator of the macabre is busy conjuring up spine-chilling designs such as the Trick or Treat Halloween Skull filled with a fiend’s favorite eerie edibles such as web-spun candy on a bone, candied bat-wing, clawed lollipops, and other devious delights. This little Halloween skull filled with tricks and treats is available on greeting cards and stationery. Lots more Halloween goodness to ccme.

All Us All the Time...we care enough to scare.

Pumpkin Printable Halloween Invitations

If you are planning on having a pumpkin carving party this Halloween season, we have an adorable, uh, I mean frightening Halloween pumpkin printable invitation. These printable invitations can also be used to print up menu information or extra details for your sinister soirée. Also available are matching Halloween pumpkin place cards and party favors including buttons, magnets, temporary tattoos, and reusable Halloween trick or treat bags/totes.

Tombstone Printable Halloween Invitations

These “Goreyesque” tombstone printable invitations will have folks dieing to come to your party (I know, but by now you had to be expecting a line like that from me, right?). Any hoo, we now have Tombstone Printable Halloween Invitations available on our site along with fun party favors such as tombstone temporary tattoos, magnets, buttons, compact mirrors, and reusable Halloween trick or treat bags/totes. These Tombstone Printable Halloween Invitations would work for both a mystery or Halloween party. Perhaps you could even combine a Mystery and Halloween Party, or a Halloween Mystery Party?









Coming soon Tombstone Fill-in Halloween invitations.