Monday, September 19, 2011

Spooky Mantle: take 1

I'm calling this "take 1" because I may make some modifications once I officially pull out my Halloween decorations from the garage. In the meantime, I had a mini splurge at Michael's this past weekend because everything was on super sale. Yay! All of the creepy stuff on this mantle cost me about $13 ($13 too much according to my husband, but that's neither here nor there). Anyway, here are some pics of my spooky mantle (take 1):

Spooooooky?? Spoooooooooky!

They had these awesome beige "ghoslty" branches on sale for $2 each - score! I think the butterflies were $1 each or something like that. The perfect spooky touch :)

Of course I added my book page "Boo" letters, and I am pretty much in love with my $2.50 crow!
Hayden still clings to my leg the entire time we are in the Halloween section, so I didn't want to go too scary with it. More eeeeeerie than scary.


I love how the Eiffel tower in the pic looks kind of ghostly too. Perfect!


We'll see what other spooky treasures I can find in my stash to add to it. S-p-o-o-k-y!!!!!!!! Boo!
Happy Moan-day people!

10 comments:

  1. Ali...it's so cute...I tried to rework mine today too...I do not think I was as successful as you!!! FYI, the stacked pumpkins are perfect!

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  2. i LOOOVE it! the eiffel tower does fit right in! and i love the black butterflies- too cool!
    and your crows are making me miss mine! i have some from last year... chris thought it was joking when i said that one of the first boxes i was going to unpack was halloween! muah ha ha!

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  3. Very nice Ali! I really love the book page BOO letters. It all looks great!

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  4. I much prefer an eerie Halloween look!!! It's cool that's it's kinda subtle and you have to see the details to see that it's creepy!!! :) Love it!!!

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  5. I love it! I agree that the Eiffel tower definitely helps create the mood. I love this season and I love celebrating and decorating with my favorite sister! xo (p.s. I need to get me one of those crows!! Stat!)

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  6. okay blogger is on my list...somehow i am missing posts, they just don't show up. Grrrr. Anyhoo! Love the mantle and 13 bucks is awesome!!!!!! those moths/butterflies are my favorite!!

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  7. love it! i love how it is mostly white with just a touch of color--the perfect balance.

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  8. Love your spooky mantle!! You are so ahead of the decorating game! Your BOO letters are super cute!

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  9. So simple and beautiful! I'm going to come steal that eiffel tower painting!

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