Upon request... I was asked to put this on my blog, so here it is....
This is the cheapest and easiest idea with the most impact..
Go to the nearest cheap store around and buy a clear or white shower liner. Go the craft store and buy black cherry acrylic paint. Take the shower liner and hang it outside.. ( Hint: Don't do this over concrete. Even if you wet down the concrete it will not come off easy.....) Place a small amount of paint in a tray and place both hands in the paint. Grab the liner with both painted hands, drag your hands down as if you were standing behind the curtain and falling.. Wipe the rest of the paint on the curtain in different areas. Now put your fingers back in the paint and flick the paint so it runs down like dripping blood.....
I spent $3.47 on the liner and $1.07 on the paint. I spent ten minutes painting it and 24 hours letting it dry.. Under $5.00 for a lot of fun.....
If you like you can hang the curtain early in the morning before anyone gets up. Let the fun begin... Get ready for the squeals... Please don't do this with small kids, but please do this with teenagers.... My girls have decided this was just too far, and very demented... That makes it that much more fun...I love it...
Happy Haunting...

I am showing another before and after so you can see how a few simple changes can make a big difference.

I changed the tablecloth from a fall design to a black spiderweb cloth. I changed the candle to a candlabra, added a silver skull, and hung a scary skull above. I also added a book about ghosts for a little something extra. I took away the sunflowers and now I have a scary table instead of a fall table.

Just changing these few things can make your home room look well decorated for halloween!!!

The cost of these changes was hardly anything. I paid $9.99 for the hanging skull, $3.99 for a yard of fabric ( after Halloween sale-50% off), The book was a dollar at a garage sale. The candlabra was $2.00 at the antique store and $5.oo at the dollar store for the candles, skull, and the crow. $21.00 total..... Just think if you could spend $20.00 a room and have a well decorated house it would be worth it...Wouldn't it?

Happy Halloween Decorating......

For a simple way to decorate the living room..

I have kept all my frames and shelves the same. I changed from the photos that were in the frames to drawings of graveyards. I left the white mats and then added black paper behind the small drawings to look like double mats. I then changed the flowers to black silk instead of real flowers. You could use dark red flowers instead. I then added tombstones and a skull for the accessories

If you use simple black and white frames and shelves it makes it really easy to change for each holiday.

Instead of tombstones you could use jack-o-lanterns with bright orange mums. For the art you could use pictures of pumpkin patches or even fall trees if you like.. I have old post cards for Halloween that would really look good also..

I haven't added cobwebs, spiders or bats yet, I will before it is over...

Happy Haunting...

Fun cheap and easy...

Cheap and easy ideas..
Fun- Make a halloween banner, Buy fun black, orange and white papers for scrapbooking. Cut large triangles in alternating colors. Use large letters ( bought at scrapbooking stores) in opposite colors to spell out fun phrases. Happy halloween, trick or treat etc. Glue your pendenats on yarn, ribbon or even rope.. Hang them over doors, windows or wherever you need a little Halloween.
Scary- Buy lots of black paper and cut out lots of silohettes of bats, mice, spiders, or even of large scary monster ( trace a child and then add wings or horns,etc) Tape them onthe walls in places you would see a mouse or bat. This can be a lot of fun. Make a bat cave, or line of spiders running up the walls, or even a trail or mice along the base boards.
Extra- All haunted houses have broken windows. Cut black paper to look like slivers of broken glass. It is lot easier than its sounds. Trust me, it is.. Tape them to the windows and add a black light behind them... This is a cool effect for halloween night...
These ideas are all cheap and so easy.. If you mess up or don't like your final result you haven't lost much.. Good luck and happy haunting...

Kitchen before and after

This is the before and after of my kitchen. I only had about two hours after work today and I used it to change my kitchen over to Halloween.. I am sure this area will change several times in the next month but for now I am happy with the transformation. I am showing you the before and after so you can get some ideas for your own home.. I will show several more in the weeks to follow... I hope you find a few good ideas to use yourself.