Fall Home Updates

Sunset Protea Wreath / Gold-Rim Wineglasses / Tartan Dinner Napkins (tartan!) / Brass and Copper Candlesticks / Fox Door Knocker (love this!) / Blonde Wheat Stack / Lanterns / Magazine Rack / Gold Wishbone / Geode Bookends / Driftwood Side Table / Gold Leaf Lamp / Wrap Pendant / Dried Herb Garden / Bowl with Servers / Antlers / Gold Leaf Rim Dinner Plates / Agate Catchall (a great gift) / Cooper Chair (this is great) / Topiary / Leather Trays / Gold Bowls / Green Napkin Rings
Can you believe it is already November? It is incredible how fast days are just flying by. Looking at my calendar yesterday I realized how soon Christmas would be here and that I do not have a single free weekend until after the holidays.

We promptly took down our Halloween decorations yesterday. I was a little sad to see them packed away. I had really started looking forward to seeing the purple and orange lights every night and my fireplace is looking a little plain today without the crows on the mantle and the faux bones scattered inside it. After putting my Halloween decorations away I realized that the only fall (not strictly Halloween) decorations I have are a few pumpkins and a leaf garland. I have noticed in the last few weeks that some people have already started decorating for Christmas. I love my Christmas decorations but I hate the thought of skipping over an entire season and an entire holiday.

I spent some time last night looking for a few fall home updates to help my home feel a little festive until it is time to bring out the Christmas decor. This wreath would be perfect for greeting guests when they arrive and I could not love this adorable fox door knocker more. Do you decorate for fall and Thanksgiving?

Chic Halloween Decorations

Welcome Pumpkin / Wildebeest Skull / Bountiful Wreath / Beware Marquee Sign / Cobra Figurines / Crow In Cage / Halloween Bottles / Bronze Leaf Lights / Feather Wreath (love this!) / Lantern / Skull Totem / Bat Mobile (so perfect) / Spooky Party Tapers / Wire Hanging Crow / Alligator Skull / Gold Skull / Pumpkins
It is kind of funny but I love Halloween so much more as an adult as I ever did as a child. As a child I never found it fun dressing up in costumes and going to strangers houses asking for candy. It is hard to explain my total turn around but now I love Halloween. I get almost giddy as it approaches. This year Jessica and I are having our second annual Halloween party. I just dropped the invitations in the mail today.

Now it is time to start decorating. I add a few new decorations to my Halloween collection every year. Above are a few things I am currently eyeing. This bat mobile and wreath are at the top of my list.

Are you excited for Halloween too? Do you have your costume yet? I plan to be Red Riding Hood.

Easy DIY Halloween Spider Picture Frames

We love Halloween. It is odd but I love Halloween so much more now as a grownup than I did when I was a child. I started almost a month ago planning our upcoming Halloween party and have had my Halloween costume for a few weeks already. We started last pulling out our Halloween supplies last weekend to take stock of what decorations we currently have and what we want to purchase this year.

I saw a photo of spider picture frames decorating a home somewhere last year and when I remembered the image last weekend I knew it would be so easy to recreate. It barely took 10 minutes and only a few dollars worth of supply to make these two spooky spider picture frames.

Supplies:
White Paper
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun
Plastic Spiders/Bugs
Picture Frames

Directions:
1. Cut the white paper to size to fit inside the picture frames.
2. After placing the white paper inside the picture frames use the hot glue gun to adhere the plastic spiders/bugs in your desired location on the outside of the glass.
3. Allow the glue to dry.

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I have been very overwhelmed lately and when I'm not working I feel too exhausted for any other activities. I have realized that I need a little time to unwind and what better way to do that than with fun, friends, and party favors. In the upcoming weeks I am planning to host a little get together for a few friends. Above is some inspiration I will be using as I begin organizing and planning.

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Halloween Transformation

Halloween is a great time of year to go crazy with the decorations. During this time of year you can go in opposite directions with the decorations. You can go with the creepy, haunted house look or the cute, spooky look. While I do love haunted houses I prefer for my decorations to be cute. Even if you are not decorating for a Halloween Party you should still decorate for the Trick or Treaters that will come.
Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a must for any Halloween decorations. You can keep the pumpkin intact, but the interesting way to go is to use them for jack o'lanterns. You can cut cute faces or pictures into the pumpkins. A cute idea that I saw with jack o'lanterns is to place colored lights in them instead of candles. Then you have different colors of faces.
Lights
You need to have plenty of light. Orange and Purple seem to be the dominate colors for Halloween lights. You can use them to light the area or use them to create an image, like a spider web!
Bats
Bats are a decoration that can be creepy and scary or cute and a little spooky. You can have them hanging from the ceiling like in this picture or in other places.
Food
If you are having a party, I love the idea of the food being presented in a way that it is part of the decorations. Cookies and cupcakes should be decorated in a way that is following the Halloween theme. I would want shapes like pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, and owls for the cookies.
For my Halloween party I would want to incorporate the colors, black, orange, and purple into the food and decorations. I won't be having a Halloween Party this year, but hopefully next year. Are you going to be doing anything special?

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