Happy Halloween!

Wishing you a very Happy Halloween! Below are photos of Cameron & Danielle's carved pumpkins.

 

Cam's inspiration drawing

Danielle's pumpkin

A Magical Mantel

A spooky mantel for a chilly morning. I really like the glass coffin boxes from Michaels and wanted to create something to add to the mantel. Michaels had a small bag of resin skulls that look like concrete, so I emptied my electric pencil sharpener and used the pencil graphite to age the skulls. A little moss completed the look. Spray painted a plastic beetle with antique gold and placed it in the cast iron owl votive. I try to do something different each year and the large terra cotta cauldron will be used outside next year with a witch's brew of live plants. I'm thinking the 'Dracula' celosia seeds I'm saving will be a perfect specimen for that cauldron.

This Agatha Collection cat tray will be displayed all year. It's too cute to stay in storage. The whole collection is fantastic, but I'm partial to kitty cats. My two sweetie boys are in the photo too.

 

Halloween Week

Halloween week is upon us and we are so excited in the Beason home! My large Halloween tree is serving as a showcase for all of the beautiful crochet pieces that Claudia has gifted to me. Photos will be posted later because I have several more crocheted pieces that will be added later this week when they will be hand delivered straight from Austin. 

The tabletop version of the spooky tree has some of my favorite ornaments. I made the vintage witch photo pieces last year and added most of the Eric Cortina Halloween line. How cute is that large black cat with his furry tail? New this year are three John Derian ornaments. I couldn't believe my good fortune to get the seeing eye at a Target in the area. Never mind that we had to drive 45 minutes one way to get it! The Derian black cat is the perfect version of his matching pillow from several years ago and the skull and cross bones was too good to pass up. The other glass ornaments and light covers are Old World Christmas that I've collected through the years. 

The small papier mache candy buckets are Dept. 56. The ceramic Frankenstein votive is from Etsy seller Mud & Maker.

Working on the final touches for our Halloween dinner on Saturday. Photos for the dinner will be posted on my Boil and Bubble blog.