Spooky in the house

Well, it�s about time for some Halloween decorating up in here!

At least that�s what the Bub said � without the �up in here� lingo. OH my goodness � he is SO exited about Halloween this year! He�s been decorating all over the place. Which in his way is pulling everything out of the bins and lining it up along every. single. surface. in the house.

Adorable. :)

It feels like I just put the fall mantel together yesterday � I never know how to do the whole fall/Halloween decor. I usually pull fall out, then do Halloween, then put fall back out on November 1. Seems like so much extra work, so next year I think I�ll just start with Halloween. Decor is so confusing.

Our spooky mantel hasn�t changed much from last year when I ended up taking a few Goodwill frames:

And spray painted them black, then filled them with various graphics I printed out:

This year I added some height by adding my $3.50 (originally $20!) sparkly haunted house to the middle:

It�s stacked up on box you can�t see. Sneaky, I am.

Do you see the adorable addition Stink Eye Sis added?:

UGH! I could DIE from the cuteness!!

Then I just continued to layer the frames:

I showed you how I made these cutie little spooky votives here:

  

I absolutely love those little eyes. ;) I used my LED candles again � you can find them just about anywhere now!

They�re all nestled in black tulle and a string of lights. Just wish they made black Christmas tree lights, but I don�t see that happening anytime soon.

Would it be wrong if I spray painted the white cord black? Nah�even that�s a little much for me.

Maybe.

The glass jar is filled with some netting and a glittery skull � both from the Dollar Tree:

The sparkly spiders were from Pier 1 � I think eight for $1.50? Ewww�they are so grody.  But cool.

And of course, the crows are from the Dollar Tree too. That place rocks!

For a little finishing touch, I cut out some bats with my Silhouette and placed them here and there:

    

My friend Jen did it on her mantel and I just had to copy it. How fun is that?

It�s got a lot more going on than I would usually do � but Halloween is the one time of year I�m OK with that. And it�s only up for two more weeks anyway � when the fall decor comes back out. Gah! (At least I didn�t say Christmas decor � wink wink.)

I�m also working on our foyer as well � it started with a little friend on the mirror:

He�s just a cut out made of the vinyl texture stuff for windows. ;) I�ll show you the foyer when the Bub�s I�m done decorating it. ;)

** I�m linking this up to Beth�s Halloween mantel party �- uhhhh�my mantel is child�s play compared to some of these. Gorgeous!!

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