My Halloween Mantel

Halloween is BY FAR my most favorite holiday!  I love everything about it!  It’s also the ONLY holiday where I go all out with decorations.  Kari (ya know my sister) came over after I had just finished dolling spooking up my mantel and she all but threatened me with untold harm if I didn’t show it off to you lovely people {those of you who know me know that I am all about showing off ;) }.

So…here it is!

First of all, I had to keep the bridal photo up there because the sun has faded it far beyond the normal sepia tone it used to be so it looks old.  I tilted it a bit and draped the raggy cheese cloth over it.  OH…and I DID NOT dust it.  Scary right? Nah, mainly just lazy.   You can’t see it too well, but I cut out like 25 bats from black vinyl and placed them along the sides of the fireplace…to make it look like they are flying around the fireplace!!

I snagged this wooden panel from an old door in my grandmother’s basement and put a vinyl raven/branch design on it.  Then I spray painted it black and took the vinyl off.  Viola…really rad Halloween art! The creepy burlap wreath was actually made for this month’s CREATE WITH ME and I thought it would look killer hangin’ above the mantel.

I made the wooden decorative SPOOKY letters when I worked at a local scrapbook store (years ago).  The letters are just cut out of wood, paper is decoupaged with Mod Podge, and then I embellished the heck out of them.  Cute, huh? 

The skeletons sitting on the mantel are a score from Tai Pan’s clearance a couple years back.  They are tea light holders!!   The board with the vinyl skeleton is a really beaten up corkboard that I covered with a drop cloth and embellished with upholstery nails.  All the other odds and ends are from a thrift shop, found around the house, or even off the street. :)

So there you have it: My Halloween Mantel.  Enjoy!

 

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