I have been excited for Christmas since we first moved into our new place...so excited to finally have a fireplace; a place to hang our stockings and set up my ever growing collection of bottle brush trees, not to mention a cozy place to sip hot coco while enjoying a crackling fire. And while Christmas will have to wait awhile longer, the first holiday we will spend here is Halloween and so I decided to decorate a little more than I have in years past. Partially because i just love any excuse to decorate and partially to tide me over until Christmas...which will appear immediately after Thanksgiving has past...if I can make it that long...
I. Love. Christmas.
I'm really not into the spooky side of Halloween, which might confuse some of you after viewing my photos. I am however very into Dia De Los Muertos. My large bride and groom paper mache skeletons (or Mr. & Mrs. Skullybones as Ruby calls them) were actually Christmas presents from my parents last year. Yup, skeletons for Christmas, that's how i roll. I fell in love with them at the flea market and told my mom i'd be the happiest girl in long beach if she would be gracious enough to buy them for my birthday.
You have no idea how excited i was when she actually said yes, despite the fact i was going to have to wait several months before actually getting to enjoy them. I consider these beauties to be the finest pieces of Day Of The Dead art that i own. They are even more impressive in person with glitter embellishments, paper flowers and hand painted details. I can totally understand that they aren't for everyone, but, I. Love. Them. And if you're confused by the fact that i asked for them as a birthday present but received them on Christmas, that's because my mom is a sneaky girl. She found a way to make a gift i chose myself a complete surprise by giving them to me before i was expecting them. : )
As for the rest of the decor, all of the smaller trees in shades of Halloween are part of my larger Christmas collection. The owl and smaller paper mache skeleton are from Roger's Gardens last year and the black cat is from Michael's. I also had fun with my cute little ghost pumpkins which i could have easily gotten carried away with. Fortunately my "thrifty" husband was with me on our trip to the pumpkin patch to keep me in check! ; )
Welcome...
BOO!
a glowing witch's brew...
on our coffee table...
i heart candy corn...mmmmm...
yet another ghost pumpkin...
I'm really not into the spooky side of Halloween, which might confuse some of you after viewing my photos. I am however very into Dia De Los Muertos. My large bride and groom paper mache skeletons (or Mr. & Mrs. Skullybones as Ruby calls them) were actually Christmas presents from my parents last year. Yup, skeletons for Christmas, that's how i roll. I fell in love with them at the flea market and told my mom i'd be the happiest girl in long beach if she would be gracious enough to buy them for my birthday.You have no idea how excited i was when she actually said yes, despite the fact i was going to have to wait several months before actually getting to enjoy them. I consider these beauties to be the finest pieces of Day Of The Dead art that i own. They are even more impressive in person with glitter embellishments, paper flowers and hand painted details. I can totally understand that they aren't for everyone, but, I. Love. Them. And if you're confused by the fact that i asked for them as a birthday present but received them on Christmas, that's because my mom is a sneaky girl. She found a way to make a gift i chose myself a complete surprise by giving them to me before i was expecting them. : )
As for the rest of the decor, all of the smaller trees in shades of Halloween are part of my larger Christmas collection. The owl and smaller paper mache skeleton are from Roger's Gardens last year and the black cat is from Michael's. I also had fun with my cute little ghost pumpkins which i could have easily gotten carried away with. Fortunately my "thrifty" husband was with me on our trip to the pumpkin patch to keep me in check! ; )
Welcome... 
BOO! 
a glowing witch's brew... 
on our coffee table... 
i heart candy corn...mmmmm... 
yet another ghost pumpkin... 
From a different angle...So that's it, hope you enjoyed our little Halloween e-open house. All i have left to do is sew my halloween bunting...all my triangles are cut, just have to hem them all up. I'll post pictures when it's finished. How do you decorate for fall? Got anything spooky up your sleeves?
5 comments:
Love it! And I love that it isn't the typical stuff. I haven't wanted to decorate too much in years past since my house is already a clutter disaster area (c/o my wonderful but clutter-y husband) but this year with Olivia getting into it, I just can't resist. I'm not into the spooky, just the fun and since we are broke we will be doing lots of Halloween crafts! Can't wait to see what you do with Christmas!
love it! manders you are so creative!! you make Halloween look so much fun. and I too like dia de los muertes better than the spooky Halloween gore!! can't wait to see what this bunting looks like!
So cute!! I LOVE the holidays - from Halloween to Christmas I love decorating the house for the seasons :) I do though usually try to decorate for fall in september - since we are always so excited for christmas we usually decorate in early November :) looking forward to seeing your christmas decorations!
thanks for all the kind words girls! i love to decorate for holidays, i think it gives you a little extra something to smile about when your at home. : )
i wish you could come decorate my home! you have such a flair ;~)
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