Wednesday, October 26, 2011

My Creepy Fireplace

Maybe I've been watching too many episodes of 'Bones' lately

because I am really liking my creepy skull collector theme

on my fireplace mantel this year.

My Dollar Store skeleton received a coat of silver spray paint,

and I brought a planter from outside to display a plaster skull and stuck some mice in an eye and mouth.

Skulls, mice, severed parts are front and center.

Should I be worried that my daughter thinks the rat's shiny red eyes are cool?

I'm not going to worry,

she is my daughter after all.

Creepy...

Thursday, October 20, 2011

A Dinner Party

While I make the finish touches on this year's Halloween decor,

let's re-visit a post from October 2010.

I love it when friends come to visit, don't you?

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I'm going to have some of my closest friends over for dinner and I thought I'd share a bit of the tablescape with you.

First I started with one of my best,

well, one of my many best finds,

from Goodwill.

I found these chargers in the Holiday section at my local Goodwill.

And, as luck would have it,

they were part of the 75% off Holiday clearance.

So,

these 6 new and individually sealed plate chargers,

from Pier 1 Imports to Goodwill

originally marked $4.99 each,

came into my hands and out the door at

$1.25 each.

Just to make myself clear,
these are not the thin foil or plastic chargers,
they are the thick and sturdy ceramic kind.

Oh yeah, that's what I'm talkin' bout.

A bargain plate charger

makes a great start for a lovely place setting.

Next,

I took some dollar store skulls

from last year's Halloween supply,

gave them a frontal lobotomy,

with shear accuracy from which only a Miracle Blade can provide

and sprayed them black.

They make the perfect place card holders for my guests.

Meet my first guest.

This is Jason.

He is a hockey player.

We have major hockey fans in this household so it was the right to do to invite him.

This is his spot.

Frank is invited as well.

My soul sista has RSVP'd.

And what's an evening without

the "Count"?

I've been told on several occasion's,
mostly first thing in the morning,
that I resemble my next guest.

I can only be so lucky.

It will be an honor to have her by my side.

I have an elaborate menu planned

and it's going to be finger lickin' good!

Tonight we feast!

(The Candelabra. Another awesome Goodwill find.)

(Dollar store drinkware)

Friday, September 30, 2011

It's Fall in Arizona.

Every year after Labor Day, it's the same old story around here.

The temperature is always one hundred and something and I'm decorating for fall.

Eve, my hutch, put her

"Vacation in the Hamptons" scrapbook away (finally).

(See her scrapbook,HERE)

and has taken herself to some midwestern farm town,

where fall is in the air.

Inside, the leaves are changing

the "fall" cookies have been baked,

(pumpkin chocolate chip)

and the next thing you'll know,

it will be October.

I'll be busting out the spooky stuff

I've been spray painting outside,

while sweating profusely, I might add.

100 degree temps.,

you know what I'd like to do to them?

Happy (delusional) Fall

from Arizona!

Monday, September 19, 2011

Eve's Coastal Journey

Labor Day has come and gone and Eve would like us to believe she has just returned from The Hamptons.

Normally, I don't like to fall victim to people who are delusional, but this time I'm going to play along with her delusions of grandeur because she can come up with some doozy's and after all, she is a hutch.

Before embarking on her trip, Eve pulled out some maps, did some research, pinned them up and charted her course to her coastal destination.

Upon her return, she was toting a fine collections of shells and driftwood, so I displayed them in glass containers and placed the wood directly on the shelves.