8 Festive DIY Halloween Projects

Good morning, friends!  I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Our li’l pup had surgery on Friday so it was a weekend where we were mostly at home besides a quick family trip to Dutch Bros.  😉

Are you getting in the spirit for Halloween yet?  I can’t believe that October is almost over!  Can you?  It feels like it’s all going too fast…  If you’re looking for a fun Halloween DIY project for a crafting night alone or with friends, I’ve rounded up eight projects for you in this post.  Everything from the creepy to the cute, there’s some fun ideas here.  🙂

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I love the idea above — a DIY snake plate charger!

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Have a great day, you guys!

Halloween Floral Table Setting

Happy Friday!  I hope you’ve had a great week.  It’s been a super busy one for me and I am looking forward to the weekend.  I bet you are, too.  🙂

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So let’s talk about this table setting…  The ceramic pumpkin has been sitting in the middle of our kitchen table, on top of that tray, with moss and creepy crawlies for the better part of two months.  Inside there is more moss, and three flameless candles that are really cool — they work off of a remote and you can change the color about twelve different ways.  A HomeGoods score, of course.

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But this table really came together all because of some sad, dying flowers.  Yep.  I purchased some blooms from Sprouts during a grocery shopping trip a couple of weeks ago, and last weekend they were looking mighty d.e.a.d.  But I was actually super excited about their crispiness because I knew they would be the perfect addition to a table setting!  See the way my brain works?

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So I totally celebrated their death and they were repurposed.  I used my vintage striped blue linens because I do think they look just as good during Fall as they do during Summer with seashells.  They’re transitional napkins…  Fancy.

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The sunflower just got tucked in between the two plates.  I really like that everything on the table looks pretty dried out… it adds to the spookiness.  🙂

Halloween Floral Table Setting {Details Blog}

This was my Sunday puttering last weekend.  I love shopping my house for things — apparently even dead flowers, lol!  This little space is still making me happy.

I hope you have an awesome weekend!

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home}

This past weekend I was swept away by another amazing Highland Yard Vintage show.  I have been going consistently for about a year and I have to say — this was my favorite one yet!

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It was warm outside, but that didn’t stop the seasonal celebration from raging on inside.  😉  This show was all about Fall pretties and Christmas inspiration.  YES — Christmas.  And I wasn’t mad about it at all.

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This fake food was ridiculously convincing.  Even the bread was squishy — yep, I squished it.

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

These vintage bottle openers had the most amazing patina.  I’m glad my camera captured it!

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

Wood salvage pieces… I found these so intriguing!  All sorts of things could be done with these — add them to a wreath, to a vignette (great texture!).

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I think this was my favorite table — copper just gets me.  😉  It’s those perfectly imperfect displays that speak to me!

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

Highland Yard Vintage {Harvest Home} - Details Blog

All kinds of texture during this event.  And Me + Texture + Fall = BFFL.

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Perfectly Steampunk.  😉

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I love the little stuff, too.  Crystals, stamps, little cards, Scrabble pieces, keys, dominos…

Have a great rest of your Wednesday!

Cozying Up For Fall…With Tea

Hey friends, happy Monday to you!  I hope you had a great weekend.

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I’m in Fall nesting mode completely now — always kind of puttering around the house and adding things here, taking away things there, etc.  It’s my favorite thing.  🙂  I had some different types of tea that were in baggies and I thought I would “make pretty.”

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I love to get my teas from local places.  One of these is from the Queen Creek Olive Mill and a couple of the others are from my visits to Highland Yard Vintage.  There is an awesome couple who creates their own brews and sells them at the market and they are so so good.  I wish I could remember their name… I will get it for next time.

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This is just a scrolly mirror that I use for decor around the house.  I used mason jars for the tea and snipped the ‘to, from’ off of some gift tags to label and tape to the jar lids.  In the center I have my handy tea bag squeezer to strain the bags and looseleaf tea bags that I found at Sprouts.

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You’ve seen my espresso pod holder, which is really a ‘small bites’ caddy from Pottery Barn, and my li’l Duralex cups that I use for my espresso are underneath — still within easy reach.  But I’m trying to drink less coffee!  (I say that as I am on my third cup…)  But really.  Trying is the operative word here.  So I thought a pretty tea station would do the trick.  😉  I’ll keep you posted!

Have a great day, friends!

An Elegant Halloween Part 2

Happy Friday to you!  🙂  I hope you have fun weekend plans ahead.  I’ll be heading to Highland Yard Vintage for another Fall show and I can’t wait.  Of course I will have some photos to share of that soon!

I’m sharing the last bits and pieces of my in-laws’ Halloween decor today…

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An Elegant Halloween Part 2 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 2 {Details Blog}

Love that this centerpiece is perfectly appropriate for the dining room/library.  I think my favorite part are those “scrolls!”

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These are pinecones all the way from Lake Tahoe!  My mom-in-law and I each brought a bunch home from our trip over the summer.

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These little creepy crawlies are from Target and are the same ones that I used for my DIY Creepy Crawly Wreath.  They are stuck to the candles with tiny brads that were painted black to match.  You can’t even see them.  🙂

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An Elegant Halloween Part 2 {Details Blog}

I hope you have an awesome weekend.  See you back here next week!

An Elegant Halloween Part 1

These next couple of days I will be sharing my in-laws’ awesome Halloween decor.  My mom-in-law goes all out and I always get so excited to see the vignettes that she creates for pretty much every holiday or season.  She is where I get so much of my inspiration from.  🙂

I feel like my mom-in-law’s approach to Halloween decor is to make it spooky, but make it pretty.  There are a lot of items that she has on hand that she uses for all sorts of vignettes — vintage books, feathers, vase fillers, moss…  These are all items that are really versatile throughout any season.

I took a ton of pictures, so I’m breaking up the sharing into two posts.  Enjoy!

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An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

A whimsical scene in the foyer.  🙂  Check out Mr. Bones’s hat!

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These printables can be found here.  And that werewolf fur?  That’s our pup’s fur, lol.  Shedding season comes right at the same time as Halloween season.  😉  Although I believe this is the same fur as last year…

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An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

I love the black tulle spread across the mantel.  Perfectly creepy.

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

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An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

An Elegant Halloween Part 1 {Details Blog}

See you back here tomorrow for more!  🙂

Halloween Table Inspirations

Good morning to you!  I shared a little Halloween table setting inspiration on Monday, courtesy of my mom-in-law ;-), but I wanted to dig a little deeper and find some more fun tabletop inspo.  One of my favorite things to do with any inspiration picture is to really analyze it for what speaks to me.  I take those pieces, and I kind of discard the rest from my brain.  That’s why it’s sometimes fun for me to look at a vignette that has A LOT going on.  I typically don’t decorate that way, but I find the pieces and parts that I like and then do what I want.  😉

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Northern Arizona Fall

This past weekend, Grey and I spent a good amount of time up North.  One of the best parts about living in Arizona is that cooler temperatures, forests, and quaint towns are just a short drive out of the city.  We spent time in Flagstaff and Prescott and I was surprised to realize that I don’t ever remember being anywhere and seeing the leaves changing color before.  I’ve seen quintessential Fall in photos, but I don’t think I have ever seen it in person.  It was really amazing.

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Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

We stayed at The Inn at 410, our favorite place pretty much ever.  If you ever have a reason to go to Flagstaff, there is no better place to stay.  It’s an adorable B&B in the perfect location — walking distance to downtown, right next door to Brix (amazing restaurant) and Carriage House Antiques.

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Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

We spent time in Prescott, too.  The temperatures were slightly warmer there but perfect for walking around.  We explored lots of antique shops, spice shops, and popped into Superstition Meadery where we had some great tastes and brought home a couple of bottles.

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Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

Northern Arizona Fall {Details Blog}

It’s kind of funny…  I felt like this was my first time experiencing a real Fall.  Yellow leaves dancing in the wind, Fall flowers and pumpkins everywhere in the shops, Fall menus with local ingredients in the restaurants…  Pretty much bliss, people.  🙂

Simple & Classic Halloween Table Setting

Good morning, friends!  Welcome to Monday.  I hope you all had an awesome weekend.  Ours was great and kind of a whirlwind — we had lots of plans every single day.  Sometimes that is fun, though.  🙂  It’s all about balance!

I took a bunch of photos of my in-laws’ Halloween decor a couple of weekends ago and I can’t wait to share them with you.  I thought we’d ease into it with a little Halloween table inspiration…

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When my mom-in-law showed me this, I thought it was brilliant!  She bought those paper bats at Target, and then just layered and layered.

Simple & Classic Halloween Table Setting {Details Blog}

She has had those web-like placemats for years, and those made a great base for the setting.  They are kind of rubbery and are really versatile.  A red folded napkin, a red feather, ornate silverware, and simple white dishes really showcase great balance.

Simple & Classic Halloween Table Setting {Details Blog}

Have a great rest of your day!  🙂  See ya back here tomorrow.