October Sky
September 29th, 2009
My boyfriend kindly allowed me to decorate our entryway for Halloween, as long as I agreed not to let things get too tacky. Trust me, it’s way more challenging than you’d think. I skipped the witch figurines, goofy pumpkins and hanging ghosts and opted for a sleeker take on the haunting holiday.
{A black glittery skull on a hand offsets a clear console table}
{I’ve attached these little spiders to just about everything}
{A bowl of skeleton heads makes a creepy centerpiece}
How do you decorate for Halloween?
Wow I love the sparkly skeleton head…and the little hands. I have a large skull bowl I bought last year and like to fill it with candy. Also I love these little guys at Pier 1, we hung some on our fireplace last year:
http://www.pier1.com/Catalog/Seasonal/Seasonal/tabid/467/CategoryID/90/List/0/Level/a/catpageindex/3/Default.aspx
As well as orange twinkle lights in the fireplace…or purple!
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A classy way to keep it spooky, very nice Emily!
That spider just about gave me a heart attack! Love the skulls, though.
-meream
I don’t really decorate much; for me, it’s all about the yummy candy!
Very grown-up decorations. A liiiitle creepy, haha, but I guess that’s Halloween! I wrote a blog post on using custom stickers on windows, etc. for Halloween decorations: http://blog.sticviews.com/?p=765
Now I just have to decide how to decorate my office!
looks like your gonna have a fun halloween! i was in usa last week and you have so many decorations to choose from! not so much in england! no as fun xxxx
I usually help my friend Emily decorate since we do pumpkin carving at her house and because she does enough decorations for both of us!
With White Pumpkins. My mom calls them Ghost Pumpkins but I call them Albino Pumpkins.
LOVE THE SPARKLY DECORATIONS! I LOVE DECORATING FOR HALLOWEEN! THE BF AND I HAVE BINS AND BINS. <3
That black glittery skull! Wow! Love it!
Love all of the skulls. Very creepy.
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how fun!
You managed to achieve what you were going for! And decorating is always fun:)
how cool! halloween decorations can actually be very chic…just as you demonstrated!
xox
You are so creative Emily!! I love everything that you’ve done!! I’m having a Halloween party this year and will definitely be using your ideas as inspiration. I’m going “old school” with my party and am going to have spaghetti in bowls as brains and peeled grapes as eyeballs!
I love Halloween so much!! It’s definitely my favorite! Do you know what you are going to dress up as???
xoxo,
S
definitely deliciously classy.
love those skeleton heads. makes me want to decorate out home
cute in a creepy way – where’d you go?
that’s a great idea. cannot wait to see your fabulous halloween outfit!!
fun, Emily! i love a glitter skull. someone may have posted this already, but last week at Tarzhay
, i got these awesome sparkly, beaded round placemats. they’re skulls wearing crowns. bad description but they werer very cool. i also got black and purple skull hand towels, and a black table runner with a tiny white skull border. go check it out!
i looove decorating for halloween (and thanksgiving and christmas and new years) i just love fall i guess! And I am so glad it’s finally cooling down in LA!
xox
Genius decorating. How cool are you!
Cheers.
You’ve inspired me! I just couldn’t resist mentioning you + your fabulous Halloween decor tips {here}. Hope you like, Emily!
I love these decorating ideas. I generally go pretty simply on mine with a spiderweb here and there and a pumpkin or two, but this post is inspiring me to get a little more creative in a non-tacky way – you’ve nailed it here!
I love it! I can’t wait to decorate!
Very tasteful Halloween decorating! I especially like the bowl of skeleton heads. Real cute.
nice! very subtle yet creepy.
We are totally on the same page for this year’s Halloween Decor. I just did a DIY for a spooky but chic Cameo Plaque that would fit for Halloween and year round. Would love for you to stop by…
http://prudentbaby.blogspot.com/2009/09/diy-cameo-plaque.html
I love that Halloween decor as of late has been trending toward classier, prettier pieces. I love what you’ve done (esp the glitter skull on the glass hand).
Amazing decorations!
x
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This is fantastic! I love how you’ve managed to decorate with skulls and spiders in a fun, fresh, modern way. The centerpiece is my favourite.
I love your ideas!!! Every year my family goes all out for Halloween, and it is always with orange, black, and purple. I like the fact that you put a modern touch to your decorations, it balances everything and doesn’t look cluttered.