In celebration of my second favorite holiday, I thought I’d brave this stupid molasses-slow computer and share some photos. It’s taken me all day, so I hope you appreciate my commitment to showing off.
I not only inherited Bear’s grandma’s gorgeous china, but I also scored this unbelievable silver tea service. It came to me in a neglected state, and I so loved the way the tarnish looked I didn’t have the heart to polish it. Maybe one day when I need to throw an elaborate tea party I’ll get it all shined up, but for right now I just love it as a spooky centerpiece.
I bought a few different types of pumpkins at Joann’s and Michaels once they started going on sale, and I shredded a big piece of black lace for the cloth. I made the coffins by painting raw wood ones available at Michaels, then I gold leafed the edges, glued chunky gold glitter on the crosspieces, and made a polymer clay bat to go on the front.
I found this owl at a discount store called HomeGoods, and I love it so much I think I might just leave it up all year round. At the store right next door they had the mercury glass pumpkin and I had to have it. I’m getting so in to mercury glass, and when I saw it in orange I nearly lost my mind. Pier One had those nifty beaded feathery stalk things.
The light at the top of the stairs is so bad I had a nearly impossible time getting a decent picture. This is basically where I put all our little miscellaneous pieces, but I had to share those pumpkins. I got paper mache pumpkins from Michaels and a Martha Stewart glitter kit and went to town. I just love Martha’s glitters. If by nothing else, you can always tell when the holidays roll around because I am never without stray bits of the stuff. I even find glitter stuck to Atti, but to be fair, the drool does work just like glue.
The one piece I didn’t get a great snap of was my shelves. Over the past several months I’ve been collecting little things to put in them so they’re finally not naked. Since it was all so new I hated the thought of packing it away already, so I went to Michaels (again) and they had these little garlands made of black leaves. I got three of those and painted them with little bits of green glitter and threaded them around my usual doodads. Simple and effective.
I hope you all have a great weekend. If anybody gets sour patch kids in their bag, I totally call dibs.
