A Hint About Halloween Night

Here is a hint about what is going to 

be happening here on Halloween Night. 

We actually got this chair for last year's 

Halloween, but with Covid, we decided 

to be gone for Halloween.  That is only 

the second time we have missed having 

fun for Halloween in 42 years of marriage.  

The other time the kids had Fall Break 

and we went away for it.  

This chair is 92 inches tall and I 

found it on Throne Kingdom.  

Ms. Maleficent will be sitting in it 

this year, with her sidekick Diavol.

We will be visited by about 

400 kids!  

MY HAUNTED VILLAGE

Halloween is all around the house, 

and this year I decided to create 

a Haunted Village on the piano 

in the front entry, like I do the 

Christmas Village each year.

It all started because I made a new 

Haunted House and didn't know 

where to put another one!

I made and posted about this 

Huanted House last year. 

This is a house I had purchased from 

JoAnn Fabrics a few years back and 

I had dolled it up with a few pumpkins,

brooms, a banner and some pipe cleaners. 

This was a house we with our 

Craft Group a few years back.  

The craft leader that night had purchased 

houses from Hobby Lobby and then 

glittered them up and we all 

brought things to accessorize 

our houses.

The last house was also brought from JoAnn Fabrics and accessorized. 

Let me go back and show you some 

of the fun details to my new house. 

To tell the truth, it was this four poster 

witch's bed that captured my eye 

first at Michael's.  It has a fun purple 

bedspread and a hat on the bed and it is 

draped with black netting.  

The fairy witch is the owner of this house.  

Also notice the fun vanity mirror in the 

back corner.  These were all pieces from 

Michaels.  

The upstairs bath is a footed tub 

and a fun pedestal sink from Michaels.  

I cut some fur fabric for a bath rug 

and added a little folded terry towel.  

The silver mirror was purchased 

from Amazon.

I keep wanting to say this or that is 

my favorite thing, but this black 

cake has to be one of the top ones.  

it is atop a spider webbed table 

with sparkling bats on the chairs. 

But then again, this tufted sofa can't be 

beat!  No wonder I grabbed everything 

I saw!  

The outside porch is decorated with 

two haunted trees, a cauldron, 

some melting candles and 

some white pumpkins.  These are 

all from Michael's too.  

In order to have space for a porch, I 

found a slatted sign that was a gray 

wash and glued the house to it. 

If you have lost your way, these little 

spooks will help you!  

The house itself was a kit Michael's 

had for $24, that just glued together. 

The bad part of all of this is that 

everything was here and gone in 

August.  I went to a second store to 

pick up another couch and everything 

was gone the next day.  

Here are details from the inside 

of the house I made and posted 

last year.  

The furnishings came from Hobby Lobby, 

Michael's and Etsy.  

I made quite a few bottle brush trees 

for Halloween a few years ago and 

they are all over the village and even 

inside the houses. 

As you can see, Beaulah and I have been 

having a lot of fun for Halloween, 

flying here there and everywhere.  

We are so glad we flew on over to 

Michael's before all of these fun 

things were gone.

I will be posting this with 

Metamorphosis Monday.

Disney's Haunted Mansion Tablescape

Welcome to Disney's Haunted Mansion, 

where Grim Grinning Ghosts came out to 

socialize for two parties this week.

The inspiration for our ghostly event came 

from this picture which we have had for 

quite a few years now.  We purchased it at 

Disney World a few years ago, 

signed by Larry Dotson, 2008. 

I happened to have this hearse 

that I got at Home Goods a few years 

ago, which looks so much like the one 

in the print.  

Then I got on Amazon and found table 

runners with the pattern of the 

Haunted Mansion, and the tables all 

came together. 

Hubby and I were Maleficent and Diavol 

for both parties.  This one was for a smaller 

party of ten, for friends.  

This one was for the family and we 

seated 26. 

I got new purple chargers from Amazon 

and used my white plates and gold 

flatware.  For the smaller group I was 

able to use these twig ones.  For the

larger group I used my everyday gold 

flatware, as I have more of those. 

A neighbor had gifted me 40 of these 

huge purple water goblets, as she knows 

I love tablescaping and purple.  Her 

MIL had these and had never used them. 

They were perfect for the large crowd 

and I didn't even mind using them on 

the kid's table as we had a few to spare. 

Of course, Madam Leota had to be 

present for the Haunted Mansion. 

And large candelabras are required 

at the Haunted Mansion.

I also purchased the Haunted Mansion 

music on Itunes and we had that playing 

as background music.  It features the 

entire soundtrack from the Disney ride. 

For the family party we asked everyone 

to make a Disneyland dish, so from left 

to right we have Bengal BBQ's spicy 

beef skewers, Carnation Cafe's potato soup, 

and Ronto Wraps from Star Wars.

A Disney inspired Halloween Macaron 

topped with Green Apple Pop Rocks 

and raspberry sauce and filled with 

black (cherry flavored) ice cream - wow!

We also had a huge assortment of 

wonderful Haunted Mickey cookies. 

For the friend party we did fondues. 

We had pizza fondue and cheese fondue 

for the main dish and chocolate 

and caramel fondues for dessert. 

So pack your bags and come along on 

our Haunted Mansion ride, 

but beware of hitchhiking ghosts!

Thanks for joining our scary ride and,  

"Hurry back, hurry back!"

I will be posting with 

Tablescapes Thursday

My MacKenzie-Childs Barn Sale Purchase

I have been dying to share my best 

purchase from the MC Virtual Barn Sale 

this year.  

I fell in love with this cake platter right away.  

How many cake platters does a good witch 

need I ask?  Well, if it is as fabulous as this, 

I guess we needed another one.  

She takes front and center on my kitchen counter.  

She is actually made of two pieces, but 

knowing people the way I do, I figured 

someone would come and lift up the peak 

of the hat and drop it.  I decided to use a 

little earthquake proof stickum to secure 

the top piece on.  

You cannot believe how many people have 

tried to move it!  Please people, just ask, 

don't try and take it apart.  So I was glad 

that I was proactive and secured it down.  

The two pieces will come apart with a 

slight twist.  

I wish I had purchased another one for my 

daughter who just fell in love with it when 

she saw it.  

Isn't the twist at the top of the hat 

just amazing?  

I may never be able to attend the real 

barn sale, but the last two virtual ones 

have been fun!  

Thanks for stopping by to see what Beaulah 

have been decorating.  

She told me she would like to be repainted 

in black and white with accents of gold! 

TEE HEE

My Halloween Mantel 2021

Yes, it's that time of year, and we have been

having fun decorating for the last couple of 

weeks, just an hour of so a day. 

You know how it is, you think you are 

done and then you get another idea, so 

you putter some more.  

Beaulah was rattling around down in the 

holiday room, so once she comes out to play, 

there is no stopping us.  

We didn't do a lot last year, so it has been 

really fun to decorate this year.  

My friend called me last year and said 

she had found these two fabulous floor 

candelabras for only $25 each.  She 

thought of me and my love for Halloween 

right away so she called.  

Of course I grabbed them.  This is the first time 

they came out, and I just love them.  I had to 

get all new electric tapers with a remote control.  

Twisting 40 tapers on and off just wasn't going 

to cut it.  It is so nice to just press a button.  

I have had this fun rocking horse from 

Home Goods, 

which I grabbed at Christmas last year, 

on my mantel all year and I 

really didn't want to take him down.  

Well, just a few ribbons and a 

black pumpkin and he fits right in.  

The black garland and garland with balls I 

have had for years, but I added the beaded 

garland this year from Amazon.  I just saw 

the same exact beaded garland selling at 

a boutique for triple the price.  

I hung this little mirror which I got from 

Target a few years ago.  

The best Halloween silk flowers with creepy 

eyeballs are from Dollar Tree. 

Each side of the mantel is adorned with some 

Halloween ribbon.  I love being able to just 

tuck the ribbon or bead garland up and 

twist a piece of the black garland to keep 

them in place. 

Here's a view from the balcony above.  

I just finished my Halloween playlist 

yesterday and had the music playing 

when hubby got home.  I love that 

he gets into the decorations too.  

It's been a crazy busy fall already with two 

new babies and 6-7 football games a 

week, but there is nothing we would rather 

be doing than supporting these 

wonderful kids and grandkids.  

Thanks for stopping by to see what 

Beaulah and I have been up to.  We 

will post the rest of the house later. 

I will post this with 

Metamorphosis Monday