Non-Scary Halloween Decor

It's that time of year again.  My challenge in decorating for Halloween is to make it the least scary I can make it.  Two little girls who don't sleep through the night in the first place, I certainly don't want to add anything that can give them more excuses to find their way into our bed.  Please don't judge. :)

Love these trees I found last year at HL.  Added the cute little animal print spider I found at Pier One.

Cute scarecrow family of 4.

A friend emailed me a Halloween mantel and I just had to steal the hanging spider idea.  Too cute!

This one is subject to much discussions with our 3 year old.  She's very upset that this witch could be smashed under the couch.  We may have to put this one away and try again next year.

Love these cute Halloween balls I found at I think Marshalls.  Still trying to find some other fun things to add to all the other glass jars that are not candy related.  More to come on that later.

Last but certainly not least.  Our beloved Charlotte makes another appearance this year.  Adorned with of course a cute Halloween bow.

Happy Halloween!!

A&J

Just a few Halloween Decorations.....

A few of my Halloween Decorations!
{one of my favorite holidays to decorate for...}

Below is a shot of my dining room table.

Since we have a table in the kitchen area too, this room is really used soley for decoration. And is the first room you see when you walk into my house.

{So, no we don't eat at this table.... or I wouldn't be piling all of this stuff on it! ha!}

Let's take a closer look....

The book below was just an old book I had that I covered with kraft paper. I then used some rub on letters from my scrapbooking stash to add "book of spells" on the spine. (the black lines were just made with a sharpe marker).

The little Halloween figurines were inspired by this post from the Room to Inspire blog.
Found these two figurines at the Dollar Tree. And grabbed my can of Ivory spray paint.

Spray Painted these dudes.... then grabbed my burnt umber acrylic paint and just painted and wiped and painted and wiped etc till it looked like I wanted.


Here's how they turned out!

{notice my Dollar Tree black crow as well...}

And there you have it!

Who says you can't decorate on a budget. The pumpkins, skeleton jar, figurines and black crow were all from the Dollar Tree and I've shown you how to spruce them up! (Trick or Treat sign I got from Hobby Lobby last year). 

A&J

Halloween Dollar Tree Finds

I found several things this year to use in my Halloween decorating at the Dollar Tree
{Don't these skeletons just look SPOOKY!}

You can see in the picture below, it was just a 5 ft skull garland made out of foam that I stuck in a jar (which they also have at Dollar Tree) with some moss at the bottom.

Also picked up the black crow, some spanish moss for various projects and these really cool bottle labels.
I just need to find the perfect old jars and bottles to use them on!

And don't forget to check out these pumpkins I also picked up from Dollar Tree.
I just love Halloween!!

A&J

Book Page Pumpkins

Earlier this year, I made some book page eggs for Easter decoration. I just loved them so much that I left them out with my other dining room decorations until just recently.

Hey, eggs aren't really just specific to Easter right?

So I used the same technique and made a few of these book page pumpkins!

{and alot easier to do that the eggs, I might add!}

Just LOVE how they turned out!

Here's a quick little run down of how I made them....

First I grabbed these items:

pumpkins: from Dollar Tree

book: From Dollar Tree

Some Mod Podge

and a bit of spanish moss if you wish.

I simply ripped the pages into various pieces and started putting them on with the mod podge glue.

{and I just realized that I've always called it "modge podge", but looking at the picture just now it clearly says "mod podge" on the bottle. Huh..... learn something new everyday I guess!!}

Here's a shot halfway through the process.

And then I added a bit of spanish moss to the top (hot glued) and stuck a piece of a tree branch from my backyard in for the stem.

That's all there is to it!

What I also love is that you can find any ugly old pumpkins you might have in a pile to get rid of and decorate them using this idea. You don't have to buy expensive pretty pumpkins!

Be sure to check back for more quick and easy Halloween decor ideas...

We've got a few more Dollar Tree finds to share with you!

A&J

Animal Print Pumpkins

I'm in love with all the fabric pumpkins that all my favorite bloggers are posting. I've been wanting to make my own to have for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. I even printed the tutorials and shopped for fabric. This is until I found these adorable little beauties at Affair of the Heart in OKC. They are so adorable, I couldn't possibly have come up with anything cuter.

Love, love, LOVE them!!

A&J

Fall decorations...

I love decorating for fall. All of the colors are so warm

and inviting. It just makes me want to light a fire and

cuddle up in my pj pants.

Maybe read a book and take a nap.

Then I wake up from my daydream to break up
a fight between the kids and holler at the
dog to quit barking at the wind again...

One of these days though.

Anyway....

Most of theses decorations are from my favorite

craft store Hobby Lobby.

The top left is a shot of my fireplace mantel.  It has alot going on with the rock already so I just put a simple fall berry garland across and a few little pumpkins.  The black crow was a clearance find, but had totally ugly navy ribbon on it so I switched it to black and orange.  Seriously, since when did black and navy become a pair again??

The scarecrow was put up in our TV console by my 4 yr old.  Looked just as good as anything I could do with it so it stayed.

The white pumpkin is artificial and I just added "Boo" with a sharpe marker. {I just might have kinda copied by partner-n-crime "A" on this one. :-) } I plan to just turn it around after Halloween and just have a white pumpkin for fall.

The candy jar I filled with Halloween m&m's and printed one of these neat bottle labels and used double sticky tape to stick it on. {My favorite new thing this year.}

And that's all folks.

Happy Fall Ya'll!!

A&J

I LOVE Halloween....

I LOVE Halloween....

Halloween has to be my favorite holiday. I love decorating the house and getting treat bags ready. Halloween parties and designing costumes.

Since my independent little ones had their own say in costumes this year, of which were store bought, I'm spending my energy on decorating.

I love all you creative people out there and am in awe at all your delicious little blogs full of all the cutest ideas. See my version of the white boo pumpkins. It's everywhere, so of course I had to try it out myself. My new fav item of the year. Hobby Lobby has these feathered topiary trees that are also a new fav of mine. And no Halloween is complete without a giant spider and her web to greet you in the entryway. We call her Charlotte because we are creative like that.

The front porch is my next project.

Happy Halloween All!!!

A&J