We are getting our halloween on...

We held out as long as we could.. enough is enough!!! I don't have a mantel- I wish I did if that counts for anything :) But I love decorating on the shelf above our T.V. I tried to keep it pretty simple.. they only knew thing I bought this year was the pumpkin plate from Target and the crow from the dollar store...

Here is the other side of the room...

The spooky tree is my kids favorite ... they move the little spooky ornaments around a hundred times. Look how cute the books and little ghost are .. I got those from my swap partner a couple of weeks ago. I have told you before but I will tell you again just for fun - the swaps are a blast!! Go check out some over the other fun stuff people received here


The pumpkins I made last year.. and did you spy the cute happy halloween banner hanging in the back? Another cute swap gift... I am telling you people sometimes you get the coolest stuff!!

I wanted to add a little spooky to the photo shelves... so I took this little frame from Michaels and added some scrap book paper and a little spider ring!! Super easy...

I love craft nights...

So me and my girl Kylee got together and made these cute little countdowns for Halloween . They were pretty simple but so time consuming..
They are just cookie sheets that we modge podged with scrap book paper. Then we used all kinds of things for magnets... buttons, cute little brads we found at Ben Franklin, skeleton hands, and glass beads with paper on the back. My kids love picking a new magnet to put on every day. We are planning on making one for Thanksgiving and Christmas too!! Can't wait :)

My fake fantel and a spooky little wittch....

My fantel- fall mantel!! I do not have a fireplace - I WISH!!! So this little shelf above my tv will work for now!!! I am still working with this and keep moving stuff around so I will show you a picture once I finish a few things up!!!!


Here is my spooky little witch.. I got the idea from Make&Take- but changed mine up a bit. I could not find cute hair for her so I just used yarn and added some little spiders to her piggy tails. I think she is adorable ;)

I am in looooove....

I just discovered this cute little blog that I am sure all the rest of you have known about forever.... Eighteen25 I am obsessed with almost everything she makes. These halloween spiders are the cutest(I mean scariest) spiders ever!!! I am going today to get the supplies for me and my son to start making them:)

Halloween subway art

I love love love the subway art right now!! I would make one for every room in my house if it wouldn't look tacky:) Is there such thing as too much subway art.. nope I don't think so!!
This was a little bit more difficult then most that I have made because I used vinyl to stencil so I could get all the fun halloween colors on there- way cheaper then buying all these colors in vinyl- and I love the look of stenciling!!!
I just cut a peice of MDF to the size I wanted and painted in orange then I painted white over that and sanded and stained and went to town!!

Just remembered where I got this idea from: http://makeandtake.blogspot.com/- go check her out and if you live in her area stop by one of her craft nights!!!