My fireplace mantle is usually the focal point of any holiday decorating. It's central in my upstairs living space, can be decorated without having to uproot my entire house, and since I have old school bricks usually looks pretty cool. Whenever I am in the kitchen cooking, dining room dining or living room.... well living, I can see my fireplace and enjoy the festive holiday decorations. This year I decided to turn my mantle into a graveyard. I have a lot of really cool skeletons that I love having out and they all went together nicely. Here's what I came up with.
Meet Charles and Victoria. They are kind of the centerpiece of my display. I actually found them at Value Village a few years ago. VV has really gotten into the Halloween business heavy the last few years and carries a lot of new merchandise. When I saw these I fell in love immediately and couldn't resist - they had to come home with me! (And yes, I do name all of my skeletons. Don't you?)
What graveyard display would be complete without grave stones and coffins? That awesome little jack-o-lantern skeleton lights up at night. Found him a few years back at Fred Meyer. As you can see from this picture, everything is sitting on top of a shredded piece of cloth. These are really easy to find at any Halloween store that goes up this time of year. I did a little extra shredding along the front, but this makes it look old and worn. I have also strung yellow Halloween lights all along the display, so it looks awesome after dark.
This is my newest addition. Jorge joined the family this year. As I was waiting for a prescription at Fred Meyer I was wandering around the Halloween decorations. Where else would I be?..... and for the record, I think that they make you wait for your prescriptions on purpose so you are forced to wander the store, find amazing things and spend money. Anyway, sorry, back on track. I saw Jorge and thought he was perfect. I love my little Mexican Mariachi Man.
This is my tree of terror. It's an awesome candelabra I found at Value Village a while ago. It was used and completely covered in candle wax. Awesome! It makes it look even better in my opinion. I love the thrift stores!! One of my favorite things to do is peruse through the thrift stores with my daughter seeing what kind of treasures we can find - especially during the holidays. You know the old saying, "one man's garbage is another man's treasure".
Fester has probably been with me the longest. I don't remember where and when I picked him up, he's just always been there. He is big enough that he works great on the hearth. Also, small observation that I have been noticing all week. You know how when you see a face in something you can't un-see it? See that gourd there in the front? It totally looks like a skeleton hand grabbing a ball..... I know, right?! That's what I see now every time I look at it. I suppose it's appropriate however, since I have it sitting on display with all of my skeletons.
Hopefully this has inspired you. I get a lot of my ideas just by looking to see what other people have done, and then things just spring from there, so I love to share.
Happy decorating!
Well done!
ReplyDeletethanks! I love it ;o)
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