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Moon Pumpkin Lantern
Moon Pumpkin Lantern
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Moon Pumpkin Lantern
Hand-Forged in a Barn Workshop in Hollow Creek, Vermont
Jo Calloway, 62. Eleven Octobers ago she hammered out a moon-and-cat lantern stake as a favor for a neighbor because she couldn't stand another stamped-tin garden ornament. She's forged every one by hand since. This is her final batch. The forge goes cold for good later this year.
"I never set out to sell a single one. I just wanted my own porch to look like Halloween used to feel: a little spooky, a little handmade. People kept asking where I got mine. Eventually I stopped saying 'I made it' like it was nothing, and started actually selling them. These are the last ones that will ever come out of this forge."
Jo Calloway, Hollow Creek, Vermont
What You Receive
Everything That Ships With Your Lantern
One Hand-Forged Silhouette
A crescent moon and cat, with layered stars and bats hammered and riveted by hand on Jo's own anvil.
Mouth-Blown Glass, Hand-Painted
Every jack-o'-lantern globe is blown and painted individually. No mold gives you the same face twice.
Brass Chain & Weatherproof Stake
Solid brass chain and a 36-inch stake built to sink 14 inches into the ground and hold through fall storms.
Money-Back Promise
Hang it on your porch. If it doesn't feel right, send it back for a full refund.
Why This Lantern
Six Things You Won't Find on a Garden-Center Lantern
Every detail below came out of eleven years of testing the same design on the same porch, through Vermont wind, rain and more than one hard frost.
16-Gauge Iron, Not Stamped Tin
The bargain kind chips and rusts through by the second season. Jo hand-forges hers from real wrought iron, then blackens and seals it with three coats of weatherproof lacquer — blued and sealed, not painted, so it doesn't flake.
Riveted, Not Welded
Nothing flattens a lantern's look faster than a design stamped flat from a single sheet. The cat, bats and stars here are individually hand-cut and riveted on in overlapping layers, so they throw real shadow at night.
Mouth-Blown, Hand-Painted Globe
Each jack-o'-lantern globe is blown and hand-painted by a small glassworks Jo has worked with for years, then fitted with a flameless flicker LED — no fire risk near dry leaves or a wood porch.
Solid Brass Chain
You've seen the other kind, streaked green by spring. This hangs on solid brass instead of plated steel, so it holds its shine season after season instead of corroding after one wet winter.
Sunk 14 Inches, Built Not to Tip
Cheap stakes bend or pull loose in the first real gust. This one runs 36 inches long and is meant to sink 14 inches into the ground — Jo has had customers call her obsessive about the wall thickness. She isn't sorry.
Built for More Than One October
Customers three towns over have had theirs standing through a decade of Vermont winters without losing their finish. Pack it away in November, bring it back out next fall. It's not the kind you replace every year.
◆ Maker's Note
"None of it is complicated. It's just that most people making lanterns to sell cheap are trying to save time. I was never trying to save time. I was trying to build something that would still be standing on my own porch in ten years. The iron is sealed, the layers are riveted, the glass is blown by hand, the stake holds. That's the whole secret. It just takes longer, and nobody making these by the thousand is willing to do it."
Jo Calloway · Eleven seasons of the Hollow Moon Lantern · Hollow Creek, Vermont
Where It Goes
Made For These Corners of the Home
Quality Promise
Five Things You Get With Every Lantern
100% Money-Back Guarantee
Hang it up on your own porch and see how it holds up after dark. If you're not happy with the quality, the craftsmanship or anything else about it, send it back for a full refund. No hassle and no hard feelings. Jo would rather you be honest than stuck with something you don't love.
◆ A Note From the Workshop
Jo inspects every lantern before it leaves the forge. Slight variations in the hammer marks, the tilt of a star and the exact shade of the blackened iron are a natural part of hand-forged work. No two are exactly alike, and that is the point. The iron is hammered by hand. The layers are riveted by hand. The glass is blown and painted by hand. These are not flaws. They are the maker's hand at work, eleven Octobers of it.
The Details
Product Specifications
| Material | Hand-forged 16-gauge wrought iron · mouth-blown glass globe · solid brass chain · powder-coated steel stake |
| Construction | Hand-hammered and blackened iron, individually riveted tin appliqués, hand-painted glass globe, flameless flicker LED insert |
| What's Included | One Hollow Moon Lantern: moon, cat, star and bat silhouette, glass jack-o'-lantern globe on brass chain, ground stake |
| Structure | Free-standing 36-inch stake, sinks 14 inches into the ground. No plastic base, no zip-tied solar light |
| Finish | Blackened and triple-sealed iron. No two pieces are perfectly identical |
| Light | Flameless flicker LED, batteries included, weatherproof cap |
| Placement | Porch · garden path · entryway · fence line · patio & deck |
| Care | Built for outdoor use through the season. Wipe dry after heavy storms, bring the LED insert indoors over winter if you prefer, set it out again next fall |
| Maker | Jo Calloway, eleven seasons of the Hollow Moon Lantern (34 years as a blacksmith), Hollow Creek, Vermont |
| Final Batch | 212 lanterns remaining from Jo's last production run, at a steep discount. No reorders once it sells through |
| Guarantee | Full refund if you're not happy, no hassle |
The Final 49
The Final 49
Message from the porch:
After forty-five summers on the east porch of the house her late husband Frank built on Ocracoke Island, Ellie Hartwell’s doctor was clear: the arthritis in her right hand has ended the fine appliqué work for good. Every bag was crocheted with the same two olive-wood hooks Frank brought back from Florence in 1979 — and every motif is a summer from Ellie’s own life. The turtle morning of 2004. Her daughter’s porch wedding in 1998. Frank’s last swim in 2010.
These 49 bags are the last ones her hands will ever crochet. Each ships with a parchment-wrapped keepsake from her Mason jar — a shell, a sand-dollar fragment, or a sliver of driftwood from 45 summers of beachcombing.
When they’re gone, they’re gone — and the porch goes quiet.
Shipping with UPS / USPS
Shipping with UPS / USPS
Free shipping across the United States
- Delivery time: 5–8 business days
- Insured: Every package is fully insured
- Hand-packed in tissue wrap and a kraft box — no plastic, no styrofoam
🌳 Carbon-neutral shipping with UPS / USPS
142 Verified Moon Pumpkin Lanterns Owners
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What Jo’s customers are saying
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Ellie’s granddaughter Eliza and the Craft Folk team personally respond to every single email — as fast as we possibly can. Whether you have a question about your order, your bag, or just want to ask about the porch, we’re here.
You can reach us:
- Mon – Fri: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (ET)
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (ET)
Email: hello@craft-folk.com
Can I return my bag if I don’t love it?
Can I return my bag if I don’t love it?
Of course. We stand behind every piece that leaves Ellie’s porch. If a Hartwell bag arrives anything less than perfect, or you simply don’t love it within 30 days, write us at returns@craft-folk.com and we’ll send a prepaid label and refund your purchase. No hassle, no headaches. The Mason jar keepsake stays with you either way — Ellie was specific about that.
How is each Hartwell bag made?
How is each Hartwell bag made?
Every bag is hand-crocheted by Ellie Hartwell on the east porch of the house her late husband Frank built on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, in 1981 — three blocks back from the Pamlico Sound. The cotton-polyester yarn comes from a small Wilmington mill that closed in 2020; Ellie bought the final stock. Every stitch is made with one of the two olive-wood crochet hooks Frank brought back from Florence in May 1979. Each 3D motif — the loggerhead turtle, the wild daisies, the palm trees, the sun and waves, the starfish and shell — is crocheted free-hand, four to seven hours per appliqué, and traces back to one specific summer of Ellie’s life. Each bag ships with a parchment-wrapped keepsake from her Mason jar of 45 summers of beach finds.
No patterns. No two alike. No fiftieth bag.