a little halloween decorating ~

Halloween is getting closer, so I thought I should do a little something around the house.  I must be honest that I sorta lost my Halloween mojo a couple weeks ago when the pumpkins I purchased for my front porch disappeared within hours of being placed there.  And showed up down the street smashed to bits.  Almost every house in our neighborhood is void of live pumpkins this year which is SO sad to me.  

Despite the neighborhood punks putting a damper on my Halloween spirit, I decided to forge ahead and pull out my tubs of decorations the other day.  Visiting Pam's store Primitive Blessings Vintage Gift Shop helped too....that place just oozed with Halloween inspiration!!

I primped my dining room just a tad bit with, of course, black and white...

The black and white striped candles are just tucked into jars filled with epsom salts......I left them all crooked for a quirky look.  The ghost under the cloche is vintage and came from Keely's part of our Motley Junket booth.  That girl finds the cutest stuff!

This is a view from the side entrance to my dining room...

Atop my "Restoration Hardware-ish" buffet, I just added some of the Trader Joe's white meringues to one jar and a white pumpkin under the cloche.  I happened upon the black tags at two separate stops on our Medina trip.....

These are not Halloween oriented, but they are French, so I had to share!  When I found these at the local thrift store for .30 cents each, I scooped them up!  They are designed to look like crumpled paper cups, but they are actually ceramic.  Too cute and clever to pass up!

Here's the proof of the .30 cent investment I made on these!!

a couple white pumpkins on my spindles....can't get much easier than this!

sticks from the birch tree fill my crock....

Here's a view from the kitchen entrance....

and just a couple vine pumpkins and a mercury glass acorn nestled with some vintage shred in my stackable baskets....

I did a few other things throughout the house and opted for some fake jack-o-lanterns I picked up at a yard sale last summer for the front porch.  We have an annual Halloween party to attend later this week, so I've been working on the finishing touches to my costume.  Hope it turns out ok and people can figure out who I'm supposed to be!!

That's all for now.  Hope you all are enjoying the season and that your pumpkins are safe!  No, I'm not bitter.  Well, maybe just a little!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly