Sunday, October 10, 2010

Halloween Tweaking

Since i took the crazy train to skull town, i needed to bring some Halloween fun into the living room.  Just a little tweaking this year, but it's strategic tweaking that doesn't scream "I didn't feel like crawling into the eaves and going through 4 bins of decorations."


Christmas Tree Shops is great for affordable seasonal stuff.  These cobweb doilies, that i also used in the dining room, came in a pack of 8 for a buck!  That little ghost box was a mere 2.


Loving the vintage inspired decorations.  Check out this cat!  Sort of a creepster.


Loving this sparkly spider ribbon that i wrapped around all my candles.  A really cheap way to add some Halloween to the hizouse.




My little bow window display, with the pumpkins turned around to show the Halloween side.  Love things that do double duty!



Pretty much the only thing going on in the kitchen.


Fallness in the sunroom. 


Have you decorated less than you thought you would this year?  More? Are you pretending you don't see the I can't believe it's not butter container?  Good, i love you for it. 

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41 comments:

  1. oh, i love everything here, hard for me to pick one. i love the candles and the vintage dolls.
    happy halloween!

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  2. Everything looks great. I especially love that cat!

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  3. Love that banner in your kitchen...soooo cute!

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  4. This all looks really nice! Love the cat and your witch banner!
    Sherry

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  5. Hello from Australia, not only is your post great but your blog is TOO!............I look forward to coming back to visit your blog again.

    it is hard to get any spooky!! things down here but I do adore Halloween.

    G'day Lee-ann

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  6. I've seen paper wraps for candles but love the sheer ribbon idea.

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  7. I started decorating and then stopped midway through so I still have bins in my living room...sigh!

    I love all of your festive fall decor, and that spider ribbon is too cool!

    Kat :)

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  8. Love your ribbon on candles idea. I didn't feel like pulling everything out either but I do have one room full of boxes I don't want to have to put up, LOL

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  9. What butter container?? I love the ribbon around the candles! Clever Girl! I have some decorations but I'm not much on Halloween, mine are more Fall. I do like a few ghosts and cute witches but that's about it!!

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  10. The whole set up looks great! Have a fun Halloween

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  11. Cute Halloween decor. I haven't started the Halloween stuff yet, but I do have my fall stuff out. Probably should go get my Halloween stuff out today, but I'm being lazy! {I didn't even notice the butter container until you pointed it out!}

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  12. You've inspired me to get to work on some projects. I love what you've done here. And no, I didn't notice the container until you mentioned it.
    Brenda

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  13. I love what you've done.
    Love the pics

    Diana

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  14. Love~Love~Love the kitty!! I could do without that spider ribbon...gives me shivers just looking at it - I certainly could not touch it!

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  15. Love that vintage looking cat. Hobby Lobby has several paper mache. pieces like that and I want them! :-)
    Just learned the other day that that style was popular during the 20's.

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  16. Ok, that cat creeps me out...in a bad way. :P

    Returning the favor...
    http://bigklittlea.blogspot.com/2010/10/tag-im-it.html

    ~K

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  17. The doilies are precious! Yet another reason why I am jealous of anyone who lives near a Christmas Tree Shoppe.

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  18. I love how you wrapped the spider ribbon around the candles. I bought that ribbon a few weeks ago and was stumped of how to use it... so thanks!!!

    - Michelle @ Bunch of Craft

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  19. Your home looks so cozy with fall decor. I love fall!

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  20. Hello...

    I'm just coming over from Jessa's Autumn Holiday party! Sooo glad that I did...I just love all of your autumn/halloween decor, my friend! Such pretty vignettes! I sure wished we had a Christmas shop here in Colorado. I have seen several great decorations and pretties...on the blogs...that come from there! I love your pretty halloween carved pumpkins! But I think my favorite is how you decorated your stairs...I love that! Sooo much fun and sooo festive! Thank you for sharing all of your pretties with us today! This was such a treat!!

    Warmest autumn wishes,
    Chari @Happy To Design

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  21. How sweet! I love all of your little Halloween and Fall decor ideas. But I especially love that cat! Maybe your post will inspire me to finish my fall decorating, while it's still fall!

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  22. Love you humor! Such fun decor. I love the banners, and the ribbon. The cat is just the perfect touch. I have decorated way less this year for halloween per se. I seem to be stuck on decorating with pumpkins, but I guess that works too. Thanks for linking!

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  23. Love your stair decor! I was trying to figure out something to do with our stairs...Cute!

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  24. Thanks for linking up with Anything Related! ~Bridgette

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  25. Such fun! Love your seasonal decor.

    Thanks so much for being a part of Seasonal Sundays. Sorry I'm so late getting around to everyone, but it was a VERY busy weekend.

    - The Tablescaper

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  26. Love your banners and the adorable spider ribbon on your candles! Thanks so much for linking up!

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  27. I love the spider ribbon on the white candles! I think I have some scrapbooking paper I can use instead, but thanks for the idea! :)

    Corinna

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  28. Looks great! Love the painted pumpkins. Thanks again for linking up!

    - Megan
    www.polishthestars.com

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  29. Dontcha just love tweaking away when it comes to Halloween!?

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  30. Spooktacular! I love the vintage inspired decorations too. I wanted to buy a pumpkin at Hobby Lobby but didn't want to spend the money. Oh well. :) And that spider ribbon is awesome! It would like great wrapped around my white candles.

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  31. All of the decorations are so cute. We love the candles. We are a little behind putting up our decorations, so it's going to be a busy weekend. Weekly giveaway at http://brightapproach.blogspot.com.

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  32. Crazy!
    I was checking out The DIY show off and saw my ribbon wrapped candles!
    I did the exact same thing last weekend with the very same ribbon!!
    I love how it adds a little extra something without being too much! Love it!
    I made mine into little sleeves with some fabric glue, that I can just slide off and save for next year!
    Leslie

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  33. It's all so very TERRORific. Anything Halloween is a treat!

    My Show n Tell is my newest Witch for my collection.

    The link is HERE I'd love to have you stop by for a visit.

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  34. What butter container? Huh?
    I love "the witch is in" banner! LOVE IT! I need one for the front of my house or something. Heh!

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  35. Cute cute cute and you are having fun which is most important!!~ You have a lot of stuff:)!

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  36. I didn't even notice the butter container until you mentioned it, lol! I was just looking at how nice everything looked. :-)

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  37. I absolutely adore the Harvest banner! I'm featuring it on my Inspiration for the Weekend post at www.lifeontheridgeside.blogspot.com

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  38. Fabulous! It all looks REALlY good!
    Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can't wait to see what you have for next week!
    AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

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  39. Love those double duty pumpkins and the sheer ribbon on the candles is fabulous! Thanks for the great idea! :)

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