Pretty Spooky Halloween Decor
I must admit, I am not really a Halloween girl. I like decorating for fall, and LOVE decorating for Christmas. Halloween is just a little too spooky to me (I don't even watch scary movies.) However, my husband is Mr. Halloween, and when he threatened to take over the Halloween decorating, with visions of goblins and ghouls, I quickly vetoed and took it over myself.
I have had this pic in my idea file for two years, just love the entire look.
Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart.
I got a few inexpensive faux pumpkins at Walmart and spray painted them.
Martha's leaves were made out of green taffeta, but to mimic it I painted some old faux ivy with a green metallic paint. I also spray painted some fake berries that came out of an arrangement I was given.
The sign came from the Dollar Tree, but received a mini makeover with scrapbook paper ,paint and tulle.
I used things I had around the house to pull the look together, two urns, a cake stand, books, jars and a tray.
Cute, but needed something else.
So I took down the painting that resides there year round. I had a large bunch of sticks/twigs in the garage from a neighbor who cut a tree down. I hot glued a bunch of them together and then spray painted it black.
A closeup.
I would have loved to have done the stick candy, and candy corn, ala Martha, but that would just be asking to have the cute little jars broken, so I opted for a glitter skull and spider instead.
Another pic of the topiary.
Some Dollar Tree candles and western studs. (Got the idea from this cool chick)
The ravens came from the dollar store as well.
The skulls are a huge stretch for me, but I am try to meet in the middle (and avoid having a life sized vampire doll in my house).
Martha has an online tutorial for how to make these, but I went the easy route and got them at the dollar store. Horchow sells them for $30.
Comments
blessings
mary
To go from not really liking Halloween to a table that looks like that is incredible. I think your table looks better than Marthas.
Rhonda
Thanks for joining the Fall Festival!!!
Have a great week!
Roeshel
I love decorating for Halloween but I do whimsical as I also don't care for really scarey stuff.
Marsha
I don't really do Halloween decor either, I just stick to general fall;) Love how you made it work for you, its still simple and elegant, great job!
Im going to add you as a follower because I am so inspired! Thanks again for commenting.
Kammy
I'm so glad you found me so I could find you!! Lovin' your blog so far - will have to come back when I have lots of time so I can get more ideas - just got a peak at your backyard and am dying to take a tour!
Come back to visit me anytime -
dallas
http://dillydallas.blogspot.com
I really like the twig web! I've been seeing a lot of spray painted pumpkins and I'm going to try it out myself - it can work for "Autumn" decor too if you paint them gold.
♥, Susan
very creative, where did you get the chalkboard tray? If you made it, i'd love to know how you did it....
Great Post!!
Thanks,Vickie
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xoxo
Julie
That twig sprayed black!
Inspirational.
blessgins
barbara jean
http://housecapated.blogspot.com/2009/09/halloween-decor.html
But glittered spiders??? I might have to make me some of those. :)
Very cute decorations - thank you for giving me some more ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!
Roeshel
Sheila
I'm not big on decorating for xmas (that's the hubby's dept), but I LOVE Halloween!