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A pleasant surprise.

I found my living room mantel was highlighted here on Countryliving.

This is the picture.

I found out accidentally while trying to show a co-worker some pictures of my home during Halloween.
 It was a pleasant surprise for sure!

If you did not already know, I kind of have a thing for Halloween!

I am getting excited to start bringing out the decorations soon. 

I hate to say.  

I only put out a little fall decorations,
a few pumpkins here and there.

I always start the beginning of September,
 thinking about if I am going to host a Halloween party.

I am tossing around the idea of a kids party.

The kids tell me it is their turn, since I had one for the parents last year.

I may have a few invitation ideas floating around in my head.



I know my skeletons are ready to come out of the closet.

I have not posted very much lately, work and busy with life.
Now that both are slowing down some.
 I am hoping to share the projects and finds of the summer.

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

WOW, It's A Party To BOOgie At

I've been featured at several blogs due to my SPOOKY decor.
No bones about it.
I love Halloween.

Thank you
Debra from Common Ground
Be Inspired
and

Savy Southern Style

WOW Us Wednesdays

Please stop by, there are so many creative people and such inspiration to be had.

Masses of crows make a big impact.

Each year I buy a bunch of them from the dollar store.

My daughter helps me wire them to a branch from the back yard.

They look like they are ready to fly down and attack anytime.

Skeletons are always in plenty too.

Each year the kids pick one out that they call theirs,

then they get to choose where it will go.

A simple skeleton head, glue gun blood, spiders and some fake barbed wire under a cloche can have such an effect.

The orange, yellow and red really stand out against the black and white.

I am always on the look out for something black the whole year round.

The vintage phone is a nice touch don't you think.

And, it works.

Mr. M. says it is the only phone he can find in the house because it is stationary.

Chalk board writing and prints found on the internet.

It does not have to be expensive or complicated to make it look spooky.

I found image this on the internet with instructions from MasonJarCraftsLove.com

I am going to try and make one of these with the kids this weekend.

How are you getting SPOOKY?

It'sGetting A Little Spooky Around Here

Hey, did you think I disappeared or something?

Na, just busy, busy, busy.

School, work and DIY.

I did take a few days to get the boxes out of the attic.

It is time to get 

SPOOKY!

I have done only about half the decorations this year.

We are up to our 

EYEBALLS

in painting, sanding, and getting our addition finished before the snow falls.

It's Buffalo, we don't have much time.

Sadly to say, there will be no Halloween party this year, for kids or adults.

But, that's ok, at least I keep telling myself it is.

I know, I know, we have to get this addition finished first.

The two things that make me feel better are;

One- we will be having one hell of a party next year.

Two- I already have a Christmas tree picked out to put in front of the french doors in the garage.

Yep, this holiday has not even passed and already I am thinking of the next.

Crazy like that.

My son helped me get the decorations out.

I told him it is like Christmas morning for me when I open the containers.

I only have to get the lights in the windows, go through a couple more totes to pick out my favorites and then let the haunting begin.

The kids have their Halloween costumes picked out.

Again, I am feeling let down because I do not get to pick one out for myself.

I can always use an old one to take the kids out on Halloween night.

The weather has been wonderful here.

The leaves are turning beautiful colors.

Fall is such a great season.

We still have our screen windows on and I keep them open on my days off.

This guy is the only decorationg I wish I could leave up all year long.

This is a picture from last years kids Halloween party.

I like to go back and see how I decorated the year before.

What will I keep the same and what will I change.

The skeletons have already taken up residence in the dinning room.

The crows are everywhere.

You would think we have all the time in the world to be hanging around.

GET BACK TO WORK!

Mr. M. says I am working him to death.

From the looks of this guy, I better let him take a break.

We have already drywalled, painted and tiled the mudroom and laundry room.

The wood floor will be delivered next week. 

Then we have to install it just like we did the living room and study.

ALL 720 ft of it.

Don't even ask when we will get to the garage.

That is waiting for Spring, at least the drywall is up and it will make it warmer for the winter.

Ok, break is over.

There is painting to be done.

How, about you?

Are you ready to get SPOOKY?

Linking with

Common Ground 

 French Country Cottage 

My Romantic Home

From My Front Porch To Yours

Savy Southern Style

Jennifer Rizzo

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Too Ghoul to be Cool

Halloween is at full steam ahead.

It is amazing how much work you can cram in two days.

Mr. M. and I managed to put in the in floor radiant heat in the addition in less than two days.

One step closer to being done!

I also managed to finished the kids Halloween invitations and mailed them, a little late.

Finish some more decorating.

And we squeezed in our annual trip to the Pumpkin Farm.

It was a beautiful fall day there.

Crows on a branch in the kitchen.

A simple idea with lots of effect.

Kitchen mantel all spooked out.

The toe tag was using a graphic from Brooklyn Brownstone.

This guy screamed so much he blew off his lower jaw.

This pumpkin is on top of a cabinet in the kitchen.

He is set on a timer so he lights up early in the morning to greet the kids before school and again at night when it is dark out.

A start to the dinning room centerpiece. 

Gotta love the red glue gun blood.

The dinning room mantel.

Beware!

Parties at

The Inspired Inspired Room

and

Common Ground

and 

Feathered Nest Friday

The Scare is Nearly There

I can check the living room mantel off my list of things to do.

While watching cartoons with the kids last week, I was able to get the mantel decorated.

One mantel down, two to go.

I have more of a black and white theme going, with pops of red.

You can't go wrong with those dollar store crows.

Do you see the tag I need to cut off, funny how those things can be missed until you look at the big picture.

I love the Inn sign, a project from last year, trace and paint.

One of my favorite and simple decorations are the paper bats that I glue to the walls.

YES, I did say glue. 

 A little hot glue, most of the time it does not bother the walls.

They just pop off when I am ready to take down the Halloween decorations.

The kids are getting antsy for a Halloween craft project so I am hoping to finish my decorating this week.

How about you?

Are you all decorated for the season?

or 

Are you looking through all of the new magazines out there dreaming of Christmas.

Yep, I must say, I too have glanced at the magazines and already come up with a few decorating ideas for this year.

Look Who Stopped by for Dinner

We have visitors.

I like them because they don't stay too long.

They don't eat a lot.

and

They don't take up too much room.

They brought a few little friends.

As you can see, they dressed for dinner.

You might have guessed, I am getting out some of my Halloween decorations.

I happened upon these two skeletons at Walmart.

I have been looking for large ones, but I did not want to pay the $ at the Halloween stores.

Well, I lucked out, both Walmart and Target are selling large skeletons for 1/2 the cost of those Halloween stores.

You may want to get yours asap, Target only had two on the shelf so I bought both of them.

How about you, are you doing any Halloween decorating this year?