Halloween Decorations

I love Halloween for two main reasons: 1. little children in costumes are adorable and 2. Halloween means Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. So, it always makes me happy when I get to put up a few Halloween decorations becauseit reminds me that in a few quick months I will be decorating for Christmas and setting up my Christmas tree, which is my favorite time of the year.

A couple of years ago, my mother-in-law gave me this cute dish towel with the haunted house on it. It was too cute to use as a dish towel so I spray painted (I love Wal-Mart $1 spray paint!) a frame I found at a yard sale for a $1 and put my dishtowel in it for a spooky Halloween picture.

I love my candy jars! They cost me $1 to make. I bought these glass jars and glass candlestick holders at a yard sale for 25 cents a piece. Then I glued the jar to the holder and filled them up with candy. The expensive part is keeping them filled with candy. In spite of my strict instructions that they are only a decoration, my husband is really enjoying having candy in our house, which is unusual for us. I thought candy corn was just a decoration. I didn't know people really liked to eat that nasty stuff.

Laura and I found this stick on a walk this morning and I thought it would make a good haunted tree. I spray painted it black and stuck it in a formula can that I modgepodged some fabric on. I found these little skulls at the dollar store and glued some string to them and hung them on the tree. I'm not quite sure how long this decoration is going to last because Laura keeps trying to pull the ornaments off the tree.


I bought a huge box of fake flowers at a yard sale for $2. Mixed up with all the flowers were some red and white poinsetta flowers. There is probably nothing I hate more than cheap, fake poinsetta flowers. I've just seen too many people stick them in their outside flower pots during Christmas and then leave them there until March. Hideous! So, I spray painted them black, covered some buttons with orange fabric and made a Halloween wreath for my door. I had to add a few orange flowers so that the black flowers would stand out against the dark wreath.


Happy Halloween!

This and That

I had book club at my house last week and we discussed "The Great Divorce." The book is awesome and I give it 5 stars. It is a very inspiring book that tells the story of a man who finds himself in Hell and learns what he must do to make it to Heaven. I tried to make our refreshments match the theme. i don't have any serving trays so I spent a few dollars at Goodwill buying candlestick holders and plates. Then I spray painted the candlestick holders and glued them to the bottom of plates to create some fun serving platters.



I made this apron for myself a while ago out of an old pillowcase I bought at an estate sale for a quarter. I had some extra left over so I made an apron for Laura. I know it was a waste of time because she could care less, but it just looks so cute hanging on a hook in my kitchen.



I made this little green polka dot halter dress for Laura a while ago. It is still my favorite. I am going to be sad when summer is over and she can't wear her cute summer dresses anymore.


I bought a big gold framed mirror at a yard sale for $2. I used my $1 spray paint from Wal-Mart and painted it red. I love spray paint. This is a horrible picture, but I think it turned out pretty cute.