Boo Beary Mansion

Welcome to my Boo Beary Mansion 

& counter top 

Halloween village!

There's gonna be a party here tonight!

Last week when I did my tablescape I included 

these two new Jack-O-Lantern Statues

but I knew I had this adorable 

Boo Beary Mansion somehwere!

I turned on the flash so you could get a 

better glimpse of the details!

There's a black cat on the porch, a hollowed

out tree at the back left, gargoyles along the 

roofline, bats, spiders and pumpkins!

 Enter at your own risk!

Come on in...We'll be witch ya

in a moment!

Up on top is a weathervane and

a removeable roof!

Now when you take the roof off- down

inside is this little bear with the apple dunking 

pail... she sits on a wood plank floor that can

be removed

It says " Apple Bobbing Contest" and

"Contest Rules Bob at your own risk

No double dipping"

This is where some of the party go'ers

will have fun tonight!

I pulled the little bear out of the top

of the house so you could see her

better...she's dipping for apples!

 Wish my camera was a little better

on the details (but don't forget-

you can click on any picture to enlarge)

 Even the back of the mansion is decked out...

"Witch in Training Entrance" on the door!

I was always intrigued by all the detail they

managed to fill this cute little mansion with!

Notice is says "2000" on it..it's been a while

since I bought these!

A little ways down is the

Emma and the

Witchy Bear...she's

reading up on her potions!

 This little gal is called Morgan and she's 

dressed as Puffasaurus with Merlin

She has a lighted jack-o-lantern too!

This witch is called Tabitha and she's

with Wolsey & Zip, Flying High!

 I think she's adorable!

 Cute little pumpkins and ghosts

She's stirring her brew!

Come on in and have a cup!

I only put in a few newts and spiders!

 Thanks for visiting!

I haven't pulled this out in several years!  Once the kids went off to college I pretty much stopped decorating.  This year I decided what the heck, I've got this stuff

why not use it ane enjoy it again!   Hope you liked my indulgence in the past...

Happy Halloween everyone!

I'm joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life
for
Table Top Tuesdays

Happy Pumpkin Gathering

Hello everyone!

             Join me and my new friend for dinner!

 

My husband saw me eyeing this figurine and a matching 

piece at a store last Saturday (Sweetest Day). 

After we had dined we went for a walk in

our little downtown area of

Traverse City 

and stopped in at a little gift shop...when 

he offered to buy them  for me I quickly 

said yes! We both got a kick out of his 

little stick legs !

My centerpiece includes my new decorated

pumpkin I showed in a previous post here.

By the way  

I'm serving up some Warm Cider,

 and Pumpkin Pie

OH-LOL

 I forgot

the main dish

a Turkey Casserole

recipe 

with some hearty crusted white bread!

The table is dressed with a simple floor

length table cloth and topped with 

a square black netting piece

The flatware is grouped together

with the napkin and wrapped

with a purple wired ribbon

decorated with bats!

I layered the dishes on the

plum colored round placemats

from T.J. Maxx where I also

found the cute purple glasses!

I found these pumpkin plates at

Michaels-I thought they were so

cute and happy!

 This is one of four dessert plates

made by Rosanna- I chose them 

to give the pumpkin a little framework!

The dinner plate is part of a set made by

CMG, called Brasserie and I got it from 

Neiman Marcus (they will make a good 

basic for many other table settings)!

 I turned a votive upside down

and perched this little

guy on it

 I snipped off some of my mums

from outdoors to put in this

matching votive

I used my spider candles with my

mercury glass candlesticks

As you can see I have quite a gathering

of pumpkins in my house! Way out there

on the mantel are some and my previous

blog posting here shows my corner

table has many more!

 I believe we are all set dine now! 

Well thanks for checking out my tablescape

and I hope you enjoyed it!

I'm Joining Susan @ BNOTP Tablescape Thursdays

and

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays

Hauntville

Welcome to Hauntville

Spiders, and pumpkins and rats, oh my!

Using my metal pumpkin cauldron for my base..I put a large square foam block in the center that I spray painted orange.  I stacked my pumpkin tower on top and worked the project from there.

Poor Miss Clara never made it to her wedding...she's still haunting the graveyard

looking for her love

The graveyard is covered in mosses, spiders and rats

 Rats come in all sizes!

 EEK....the spiders are huge!

Black birds hide in many places, perched and waiting to see what they can get!

At night all the ghouls come out to play!

B E W A R E

A L L

W H O

E N T E R

Ding Dong!

Trick or Treat!!

Well that's my metamorphosis

for this week!

Joining Susan at BNOTP

for

Metamorphosis Monday
and
Liven Things Up- Festival-Time-2011
and
Marty @ A Stroll Thru Life- Table Top Tuesday 

My resources: T.J. Maxx, Lowes, some from different stores through the years and the Spider web tablecloth is from Amazon. 
It's by Heritage Lace (HW-6060B)

Pumpkin Decorating

Happy Fall everyone!

I was inspired by a posting from Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch 

and decided to give it a try and make one. 

 This is a picture of her finished pumpkin.  

You can click on her name and see her tutorial.

She used a napkin ring with an acorn attached, mine has a large flower.

While checking out Michael's for supplies I found 

two (and only two) purple flower napkin

rings.  The purple was just what I wanted!

I snipped some pieces off of a faux pick I had and glued them by the stem.

Since mine is faux I also put a dab of hot glue at the bottom to keep the ribbon from shifting.  And I put some hot glue at the edge of the ribbon and the napkin ring so they wouldn't let loose.  

 I made this one for my Mom and mine is below.

I decided to try something a little more dramatic and 

chose a black pumpkin.

The ribbon has soft shading that goes from purple, gold to rust.

I just scrunched the ribbon up near the top.

There are a lot of great ideas being shared on the blogs!  

This one is so easy I had to try it!  

There were so many ribbons to chose from- 

some even had skeletons on them!  

I can imagine many more ways

you could do this.  

Give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm linking up with 

Liz @ Savvy Seasons by Liz: Autumn Arrives link party

and

The Tablescaper- Seasonal Sundays