Halloween Decorations

Here we are, decorated for Halloween and waiting for the little ghouls to show up on October 31st. We add a little something each year. This blog won't show you everything we have, but this is a sampling of my attempt to scare off the things that go bump in the night on Halloween night.

These are the scary things.

My son-in-law Matt says you can never have too many skeletons. I have my share.

The mantel decor

This guy is looking out from my guest bedroom window.

My mummy

This is a ceramic mummy that Shon made for us when he was on his mission in Alaska.

Do you get the feeling that I like a good mummy? He is emerging from a sarcophagus.

For obvious reasons, and because he is so cute, it's my very favorite Halloween decoration.

A skeleton garland hangs from my fireplace mantel.

Wayne and I found this potions book at a store in Logan one day. It is one of my favorite decorations. When you open it you hear a witch cackle and she quips several different scary

quotations.

These are the cutsie decorations.

I won this at Dear Lizzie's boutique during a drawing for who was wearing the

most jewelry in the store at the time. I had on earrings, a necklace and

4 rings. I'm not usually a big jewelry wearer but I was glad I was wearing some on that day.

My ceramic haunted house

A happy ghoul

Remember when everyone was making decorative items out of nylon stockings? This witch was one of them. You can date some of the stuff by the way it looks....80's style here.

This is my cat face basket that could be used for a trick-or-treat bag

if someone wants to borrow it.

These are the decorations that I have made over the years.

This is a cat that I made from wood and a wooden egg. Some of the Grandkids

think the "kitty is too scary".

I found the tombstone at a bazaar and used my Dremel tool to carve in the RIP

I found a gourd that was shaped like a pumpkin, painted it and won the 1st prize for a pumpkin contest.

I drew a raven, cut it out of thick cardboard and painted it black and glittered it.

Frank

My bottle of witch's brew

I painted this tole painted jack-o-lantern.

I made a bunch of these wooden spiders and painted them.

This is a plaque I made with 2 boards hooked together with wire.

This is an old frame that I found at a garage sale. I painted it orange then painted the sentiment.

This was a vintage image found on the computer and decoupaged to a board. There is glitter on the edge of the pumpkin. A little glitter is a good thing and Martha Stewart didn't even have to tell me that. What fun I have decorating for the holidays. From here until about January 2 my house will not look like the norm. When I finally get things back to normal in January, it's kind of like getting a new makeover. I sometimes forget how to put my regular stuff back up.