Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts

Sunday, October 10, 2010

a little halloween cheer

Yay for Halloween & for finally putting up most of my decorations! So what would happen if Frankenstein wandered into Santa's toy shop ...

I found a box of old dolls at an estate sale a few months ago & thought they would be perfect for Halloween. Let me tell you the process of taking them all apart was just a little too creepy for me. Sweaty palms & I had to leave the light on for a few days. I'm such a lightweight when it comes to scary stuff.
Love these plates I found at Target yesterday. A bargain at $1.99 each! Place mats are made out of old ledger paper.

Mix-matched old crystal wine goblets add a little pizazz.

The random doll arms hanging from the tree are my favorite.

A vintage dress form spruced up for the big day.


I cut up last year's Martha Stewart "trick-or-treat" banner and used the skulls on some handmade paper rosettes.

The big piece of Pyrex lab glass is home to a handful of rubber cockroaches and some sparkly branches.

Vintage doll parts attached to super old glass bottles. And a nice little black crow snacking on some arms.

Vintage medical diagrams - photocopied & hung on the wall. Cardboard bugs from this year's Martha Stewart Halloween collection.

Super creepy blinky baby doll heads.

Happy Halloween!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

happy halloween!

WHOO HOO ... I've finally finished decorating for HALLOWEEN & thought I'd share a few photos!

Surely my great GREAT grandmother is THRILLED by the giant spider about to ATTACK her.

I LOVE this chalk board... AND I made it all by myself!

This TWINE and PAPERCLIP garland is a GREAT way to display VINTAGE PHOTOS. People posing on PAPER MOONS are my favorite! I found the tarnished SILVER candelabra at the ROSE BOWL last weekend - what a steal for $5.00

I went a little CRAZY with the centerpiece. FAUX pheasant feathers & GLITTERY black flowers!

More PHOTOS in fancy VINTAGE metal frames. I gleaned the SKELETON drawing from an OLD medical journal - now he's ready to greet VISITORS!