As a project at home, I assisted my sister in producing a poster to advertise a halloween event at the restaurant she works (The Windmill Cavery). Above on the right shows it part-way done on the living room floor. The "halloween party" type was traced from an online source but then edited the type face to be more relevant to the theme. "31st October" was free hand drawn- which although not professional- it doesn't distract attention from the header. My sister added all the other elements and used facebook (as above) to distribute the information to a localised audience.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153776953778010&set=a.488830948009.271901.808158009&type=3&theater
http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/nationalsearch/northwest/thewindmilldenton
http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/nationalsearch/northwest/thewindmilldenton