HALLOWEEN AT AMBERFELL
The Amberfell October Papers
Useful little things for a month we are taking slightly too seriously.
Some things belong on a screen. Others are considerably nicer on paper.
The October Papers are a small collection of lists, cards and useful bits for movie nights, reading plans, Halloween parties and the general business of making October feel like October.
Not quite what you’re after? The regular, non-Halloween Amberfell Papers - for any slow autumn day, not just October - live over in The Amberfell Cabinet instead.
Print one. Print all four. Leave them somewhere a little too visible.
The Collection
Four papers, laid out the way they’d sit in an archive rather than a shop.
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 01
THE OCTOBER EVENING LIST
A low-pressure personal October list. No bucket list, no optimisation.
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 01
AN OCTOBER WORTH HAVING
No bucket list. No optimisation. Just a few things worth making room for.
WATCH
READ
EAT
DO
No productivity goals were harmed in the making of this list.
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 02
THE MOVIE NIGHT CARD
The same printable card from The Amberfell Movie Night Edit, for documenting an evening well wasted.
TONIGHT AT AMBERFELL
- Tonight we’re watching ____
- Spider level ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
- Tonight’s picky bits ____
- Something to drink ____
- Date ____
VERDICT
- ☐ Would watch again
- ☐ Once was quite enough
Official lights-off time ____
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 03
THE HALLOWEEN PARTY CHECKLIST
For the person who will absolutely remember the fog machine and somehow forget the ice.
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 03
THE HALLOWEEN PARTY CHECKLIST
For the person who will absolutely remember the fog machine and somehow forget the ice.
THE NIGHT BEFORE
- ☐ Outside lighting checked
- ☐ Candles ready
- ☐ Batteries replaced
- ☐ Animatronics tested
- ☐ Fog or smoke machine tested
- ☐ Drinks chilled
- ☐ Serving dishes ready
- ☐ Music / ambience ready
- ☐ Anything requiring actual cooking dealt with
BEFORE PEOPLE ARRIVE
- ☐ Welcome drink ready
- ☐ Picky bits arranged
- ☐ The big light OFF
- ☐ Outdoor route checked
- ☐ Bathroom sorted
- ☐ Last-minute candles lit
- ☐ Coats have somewhere sensible to go
- ☐ Things you don’t want broken have mysteriously disappeared
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE
- ☐ Phone charged
- ☐ Matches / lighter somewhere sensible
- ☐ Music on
- ☐ Take one photo before everyone touches everything
- ☐ Look around once and enjoy what you made
☐ Stop fussing. It’s fine.
People remember how the evening felt. They do not remember whether every napkin was perfectly positioned.
AMBERFELL OCTOBER PAPERS — No. 04
THE OCTOBER BOOKMARK
Books for when the house has gone quiet. One sheet, three bookmarks.
AMBERFELL LIBRARY
Books for when the house has gone quiet.
CURRENTLY READING ____
STARTED ____
FINISHED ____
SPIDERS ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
OCTOBER