Halloween time!

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It's that time again!  This is my favorite time of year!  

I love October:  the weather starts to cool, football season is in full swing and I get three consecutive months of seasonal decorating.  What more could a girl ask for?

I spent a lot of time on Pinterest in search of inspiration and ideas.  There's so much great stuff out there!  

This is what I came up with.  

Picture overload up ahead......

I love these witch shoes!  They are my favorite!

So far everything is a repeat, just placed in a different place than the past years.  Well almost.  I love these guys on the media center:

I love this one only because I love the picture of me and Sweetheart in San Francisco:

This is the same "fall" banner I posted last month.  I just flipped it over and added the BOO, a spider and some spider webs:

This is what I was most excited about.  My pretend mantle got a Pinterest inspired look:

The only new decor I bought this year was the black bats.
They were 60% off at Joanne's.  The frames I took from the guest room (Target clearance items).  I used my Cricket and scrap book paper for the letters in the frames.  The candles are white candles that I wrapped in yarn.  That's an idea I took from Pinterest.  An idea that I love.  These white candles were buried in the back of the linen closet because I rarely have need to put white candles out.  Now these candles will be out for the next few months, all dressed up for the next holiday! 

Cute, yes?

I had so much fun putting everything together!

I just love Halloween!

Halloween Decor

Come on in for a tour of the Halloween decor:  

I used the wreath that I made about 2 years ago.  It's holding up well:

This is the entrance way table.  Simple but cute (I think):

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I love these Jack-O-Lantern bells that I got at Micheal's a few weeks ago:

And these are my favorite!  Little witch shoes that hold my tea lights:

Darth Vader courtesy of Sweetheart..

I love the "queen of Halloween" sign...

This picture is fuzzy but I like the Beware sign:

The witch hat is paper mache; I painted it black and added the poka dots and the ribbon:

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I just realized I left the cat's tail off the picture...

And since we don't have a mantel, I try to emulate the feel of one by decorating this shelf the way you would a mantel.  It makes sense in my head

Sweetheart told me he liked this hall table so I added it to the pictures to post: 

I didn't put my Halloween village up this year.  It's a daunting task and I wasn't up for it.  Instead, I decorated this tree with black and orange ornaments:

And this is our Beta, Troy Aikman.  His bowl normally sits on a white pedestal but for Halloween he gets a black one and a little ghost that sits by him:

These guys are all part of the media center:

On the kitchen table, I just added a pile of bones on black and orange leaves:

I kept the cat in the frame (from last year) and added the coffin and pumpkins:

We sure do!

 I had my decor out about 2 1/2 weeks ago but getting the pictures taken, downloaded and posted have been a chore.  Some are fuzzy and not great shots but I figured I was running out of time. 

I LOVE Halloween since it's the kickoff to the holidays.  Right after Halloween I'll get my Thanksgiving decor out and then after Thanksgiving the Christmas decorating will be under way.  

Happy Halloween!!

It's time for Halloween decorations!

I was so excited to get my Halloween stuff up!

I begged Sweetheart to get my bins from the garage on Thursday evening. 

He did it for me Friday after work and I got to it. 

Sneak a peek:

Halloween decor

It's the eve of Halloween and I am so excited about the holidays! I am finally posting my holiday decor photos. I didn't put everything out this year, I felt like keeping it simple.

My wreath from last year sits at the front door:

Here's my Halloween village. I tried to get a better shot and this is really the best that I could do. This year I bought a base for the village:

And, of course, my Sweetheart added Darth Vader:

My B-O-O frame with my chrome ghost:

My witch shoes and my witch plate:

My seasonal frame:

The skeleton in the cake stand:

I thought this was cute, I printed the date and framed it:

I love this Beware sign:

And one of my favorites, the witch shoes:

(the jar was filled with candies but my nephews came in and ate most of it)

And I adore this cute little coffin that I got at Hobby Lobby:

My scary cat from last year:

Happy Halloween!