This is Halloween.. getting my creep on!

Being that it was my first Halloween to decorate.. I am gonna share those decorations with you :)

These pennants I made with some felt and twine, the first one hung in my bathroom off of the curtain rod. The pumpkin one was purchased.

I was pretty excited to get things going for the Halloween party. I made little costume contest awards, I call them SKELLYS haha. I just used some of the skeleton garland that I got at our Base Exchange for $3 and some metallic gold spray paint. The garland came with 6 skeletons so I had just the right amount. I went to the hardware store and got mini tera cotta pots. Just hot glued the skeletons feet to the bottom of the pot and sprayed away! Didnt they come out super awesome! I bought enough for next year also!



















Here is just a peek at the decorations I had scattered around the house:

Starting at the front door. This is a simple wreath with autumnal colored leaves on it. It's really a blank canvas and can be left out for the entire Fall season. I think it was a late night WalMart find a long long time ago. I jazzed it up with some fake spiderwebs and a black glitter sign that says Happy Halloween on it, although its hard to see against the dark wood door.

Below is the main hallway. Didn't do too much as I really didn't have a lot and am slowly acquiring spooky pieces as time goes by.

I love the "Trick or Treat" sign with the bats :)

The bunting you see on the wall above the console table is black spiders and purple cats-- what? you've never seen a purple cat before? lol

This hallway leads into my living room.

Gotta love my bats and skulls bunting!! I have one hanging on the dining room doors too!!

See the candy corn candles! I love them on the sconces. Here I just used a frame that was a nasty gold, spray painted it a matte black, leaned it up against the wall next to an old rusty lantern, a fake tombstone, some dripping blood candles, fake pumpkins and a smattering of fake spiderwebs. I think it turned out pretty cool!

Now to decorate the dining room. At this time my buffet had not arrived so I had to make due with a folding table.. i apologize.

At the party, I served Dexter's Bloody Sangria, Broken Glass Cupcakes, there was some chips and a "killer" taco dip (made my Ashley), Blood Orange juice and my awesome friend Haley brought cinnamon roll cookies and mulled hot cider.

"Broken Glass" cupcakes

A few of the costumes:

Haley & Charlie-- Dia De Los Muertos

Myself & Ashley-- True Blood waitresses from Merlottes Bar & Grill

Mike & Stephanie-- Gothic Military (?) I think

Krystal & baby Kellen-- Mermaid & fish!

Until next year... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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And so we meet again...

October was my last post? Really? Wow! Who is a slacker? This girl!

Sorry guys! Once Halloween hit, it was a whirlwind of holidays and parties and events. OK, this is what I'm gonna do. I'm going to try my hardest to post a series of catch up entries.

First one: Halloween!

Thanks to one of my best friends EVER.. I got the opportunity to carve my first pumpkin-- EVER! It turned out AWESOME and I even chose a heck of a pattern. Sorry the picture is blurry, I took it with the FaceTime camera on my iPhone.

Decided on a Jack Skellington pumpkin. No Halloween is complete with out a little Nightmare Before Christmas. I love that movie, I love Tim Burton and his crazy mind. I almost wish I had another pumpkin so that I could've done Zero too. :/



Carving a pumpkin is easy but its definitely time consuming. I think it took us about 2 hours from start to finish. We wrapped my kitchen island in garbage bags and taped an empty one to the side. We called it our "Kill Room" haha, you will get that if you're a Dexter fan. Surprisingly those little pumpkin carving tool kits that you get at the grocery store are pretty good. We cut a hole in the top and used the scooper to get out the guts. Then scraped the edges down, placed the pattern on with some tape and then traced the pattern right into the rind.





Here is a trick we found, via some trial and error..

We used a plain ole fork to poke holes in the rind through the paper, making it like a connect the dots. That made it easy to use the serrated cutter to carve out the design.






After we finished Jack, I decided to cut out a bat silhouette from the back so that when a candle or light was inserted into the cavity of the pumpkin, a bat would shine on to the wall.... almost like the bat signal! LOL









I'm pretty proud of him! He even lasted right up to the day after Halloween! Next year--- I'm waiting til the day before to carve!