Halloween Around Our Home

Halloween Around Our Home

Monday, October 7, 2019

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Sharing our touch of Halloween around our home. 

I love old fashion/vintage feel, as well as pretty and fun Halloween decorations. Not into horror or gore at all!

This is the top of our mailbox. A large terracotta Jack-o-lantern that mimics a trick or treat pail. We've wrapped a leaf garland around the base and inside are some solar-powered lights that turn on at dark.

On the top of the buffet in the dining area, we have our "pumpkin patch". The same concept as a village but a pumpkin patch instead! I couldn't get a picture across the top so photos are broken into left, center, right.

We've got random pumpkins and characters scattered through our little pumpkin patch.

We can surely use more pumpkins but I like them to look vintage/old fashion or pretty so I only pick them up if they're just right. Usually at thrift shops.

This guy was my first and still my favorite! 

Seems to be made of paper mache or plaster and his head bobbles!

My mom's an avid quilter and she made me this table runner this year! She knew my strange mind would love this Halloween fabric and I do!!! It's reversible and fall-themed on the other side. 

A simple ceramic jack-o-lantern with a timer candle on our coffee table.

A small pumpkin in a glass cloche on our breakfast bar. My mom made this table runner also!

Lastly a couple of my free fall printables hanging in our living room.

We also have our DIY pumpkin wreath on our front door and a few pumpkins outside and that's about it, just a touch! 

After Halloween, we'll take down the characters, flip the table runners to the fall side and turn the jack-o-lantern faces to the back so we'll only see the pumpkin side.

How about you? Do you go all out for Halloween or just a touch?

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Fall / Pumpkin Wreath

Fall / Pumpkin Wreath

Monday, October 22, 2012

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I want to share this fairly easy and inexpensive pumpkin wreath. William Sonoma sells a beautiful pumpkin wreath and it was my inspiration. Depending on how much you want to spend, you can make yours fuller. William Sonoma sells theirs for $99.95! I spent $7 to make mine, though I did already have some stuff on hand that I did not have to buy.

Supplies:
• Wreath - Had mine on hand, these can be picked up at dollar stores.
• Spanish Moss - 2 bags minimum, Dollar Tree.
• Small Styrofoam Pumpkins - 99 cent only store, each one will be cut to make 2.
• Small Twigs/Sticks
• Utility Knife/Box Cutter Knife
• Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Note: Keep in mind the size of your wreath will determine how much supplies you will actually need. My wreath was about 18 inches.

Prepare the pumpkins by cutting each one in half with the utility knife as pictured below. This allows the top and bottom to be used.

I did not like the original stems, I pulled them out and hot glued in some small sticks. The Pumpkins that were the base sides had no stems and I just left them that way. Set all pumpkins aside for now.

Place your wreath down and layout the spanish moss to your desired thickness. I used 2 (Dollar Tree) bags for my 18 inch wreath. You may want to do this on some newspaper or something, the moss is pretty messy while you are arranging it. (I did mine out side.)

Working in small areas at a time pull back some moss and add lots of hot glue (all over the wreath) and firmly press the moss back into place making sure to not get burned! Work your way around the entire wreath in this manner.

You will have a wreath that is entirely covered with spanish moss. You will now want to layout your pumpkins to your liking. I staggered mine. I tried straight evenly spaced out pumpkins and did not like it. I'm just not symmetrical!

Once you have them arranged to your liking, simply start gluing them all into place with lots of hot glue.

If you'd like to add a ribbon you can, or embellish it any other way you please. I think it would look lovely with many more pumpkins added in, even different sizes but never went back for more.

Here's a peek of it on my door. It is so hard to get into fall around here since we've still been having hot 97 degree summer weather. Today and yesterday have been pretty nice though. Our trees are confused, they don't know that it's fall and they are supposed to be all kinds of  lovely shades of fall.

Hope you are enjoying your fall!

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