Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Here is a few of my Thanksgiving decoration ideas. I love love my chalk board wall. It makes decorating for all holidays so much fun. I write an draw on it. If I decide I don't like the art I erase and try again. I also have the coolest putty from 3m. You can use it to hang anything on the walls doors or even glass. When the holiday is over you remove it and ball it up put in a plastic bag ( so it doesn't get dirty) and use it for the next holiday.
For Thanksgiving decorations I bring out all of my black or dark curtains towels throws and even pillows. Then I add lots of leaves acorns and pumpkins. Love fall colors. I am trying to learn to keep it simple and fast. Yes sometimes I still get carried away but I am trying to make it easier on my self.
Hope you enjoy and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Happy Halloween - Livingroom

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Happy Halloween!!! Livingroom

Here are some pictures of my living room.
A long time ago my grandma gave me all of the old family pictures. They are framed in plaster frames that are very worn. She said I should have them because there wasn't anyone else in the family who would use them. I used them all right... I placed them on my shelves for Halloween decorations. She is probably rolling in her grave. I then added a few drawings of grave yards and other creepy things in my black and white frames. I added lots of moss and spider webs. I covered purple lights in more creepy cloth (dollar store), added paper ravens around and behind them (dollar store) and put lots of bugs on the walls and shelves. I then filled in with glittering skulls.I filled my clear candle holders with rubber roaches. I added a few blood red flowers and called them complete. For now anyways. I will probably change them ten more times before Halloween.
I hung lots of bats around and on my front door. I added a few paper mice around the room on the closet doors and the base boards. I made my spider cage as I do every year.( I guess for the picture you will have to look at last years post. Sorry but this way I know you are looking! LOL) I hung a very large spider on the wall. My kids really don't like this... They think the spider is watching them! Ha ha after all that was the plan!!
I know its cheesy but I put white sheets over all my furniture. My husband doesn't like it but I think its fun. I wish I had the heart to take new white sheets and tea dye them and even shred them a little. I just can't... But its not over yet!
For my coffee table I created a grave yard. I bought tombstone candles at the dollarstore. I added some more creepy cloth with a few black flowers.
My livingroom is now ready for all the little trick or treaters! The question is.... Are they ready for my livingroom? I hope so!

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Happy Halloween!!!! Kitchen

Here are pictures and ideas from my own Halloween kitchen.
I added lots of moss, fake spider webs, and of course paper bats. I hung bats flying from the ceiling, hanging on the walls and over the windows and doors. For my curtains I shredded black plastic bags and hung creepy cloth over the top. I found the cloth at the dollar store. Hint: if you use draw string trash bags, you can cut them and take out the string and use it as the hem over the rod. I placed lots of old books with skulls and mice on the counters. I filled in with old brown and blue bottles. I used more creepy cloth, purple lights, lots of spider webs and of course what else but plastic roaches. That's really gross to some. On the kitchen table I put a brain on my cake platter covered in plastic worms and roaches. I used old silver candlesticks with white candles. I used a red candle and lit it, I then held it over the white candles and let it run down the sides. Looks just like blood! I then added a few paper mice behind a few things peeking out, put a few on the baseboards, and even added a few rubber ones around on the floor and even the counters. My kitchen is now all dressed for Halloween!
I will be adding more rooms as I find time to write! The next room will be my livingroom. To follow will be bedroom, bathroom and then my front yard.
Hope this has given you a few ideas. All comments and ideas are very welcome.

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Early Halloween ideas...

    I realize its still very early for Halloween ideas, but I have seen so many decorations already. Hurry October 1st. I really cant wait!! I may sneak a few decorations around but very few. I am patiently waiting, really I am!!

    Here are a few ideas that I thought might interest you.

    Cheap Ideas...

    Black construction paper- Cut out shapes of scary cats and rats, place along your base boards or even cut out mouse holes for interest along the floors.

Cut out lots of flying bats, and even hanging bats to add around the doors or even all over your walls. If you place lots around your front door and even add a few on the ceiling it looks as if they are trying to escape.

Take long strips of paper and cut to look like cracks. Tape to the windows to look like the windows are broken. This makes for a really cheap haunted house effect.

    Use black stones on tables or even in plants. Write on them with chaulk. write words like Ichabod, help me, poison or toxic. I think this such a fun idea... I will probably use this for evil of some sort...

    Fake spiders- Buy large ones to place on walls or crawling down curtains. I have even seen some large enough to sit in a corner. Wouldn't that creep people out. Sitting on the couch with a gaint spider staring you down. Use small plastic ones to place lines of them running down the walls or even on the doors close to the door knob. Yeah that would definitely be creepy.

    Spider webs- Use fake spiderwebs in doorways. Place them over art, dishes, tables and even lamps. Be careful though they could catch fire so use caution please. Ball up some of the webs and hang them with fake spiders hooked to them. Nothing like spider eggs!

     These are just a few ideas, I promise there will be many more.

For all of you who read this. I have an idea and would love some feed back. I am thinking about decorating other homes for holidays. I am not sure how to go about it, but think that would be the best job ever! Please let me know what you think and any suggestions.

Happy 4th of July

I think next year I need more red white and blue! I think its kind of boring. What do you think?

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Father's Day

Yes I know its a little crazy, but yes I do decorate for every holiday!
I decided to go with a fish theme because its the easiest, but you could use any hobby dad loves.
A little advice before you raid your husband or dads hobbies you might want to let them know. My husband wasn't very pleasant when he came home an seen his lures stuck on the wall! LOL! (My chaulk board wall has been the greatest thing I Have ever had for decorating! Its so much fun!!)

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Mothers day

Okay this blog is for Robin an Mary. I promised them pictures of mothers day decorations. I haven't had a lot of time this week so this will be short and sweet. I told them I really did decorate for all the holidays. Here is all the proof you need. I am a little nutty! I am okay with that though! Happy Mothers Day everyone!!!!

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doodle eggs!

It really isn't ever good when I have idle time! Bored with a Sharpie marker! Hum what shall I do? I know I will draw on my hardboiled eggs! Hey it sounded fun to me! I think it turned out pretty cool! Who else has eggs like mine. They really are one of a kind.
Happy Easter everyone!!!!

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Its not your normal easter basket!

First of all both of my girls an my nephew find something else to do! Don't read this please!
Hopefully they listened to me but I doubt it!
Any how I have a few ideas for Easter baskets that aren't your usual baskets! I tried to find items that wouldn't end up in the basement with all the other baskets from the last 18 years!
For my husband I used a fold up cooler! I filled the bottom with rolled up socks. ( I think he must eat his!) Then I added grass I filled the rest with his favorite candies. Red jellybeans, Swedish fish, lots of peanutbutter eggs, an of course a chocolate bunny.
For my teenage girls, I bought Easter bags. They already have plenty of containers! I filled them with Easter grass added lots of candy an gave them toothbrushes, an something to do! Yes teenagers have a funny way of being bored at 2:00 in the morning! Books an even cool puzzles work well for the I can't find anything to do problem!
For my nephew who has decided hunting is cool. I found a camouflage bucket. I filled it with olive green grass. You know I just decided orange would have been better. Oh well. I filled it with lots of candy an put in a toothbrush, floss picks ( this way mom is happy. Sugar an a way to fix the teeth. Yeah right!) I also found a really cool sports ball to add.
For a 3 week old baby I found a bright colored bucket. I filled it with dresses at the bottom, added pink grass, and put in a really really cute duck. Then I added some hair ribbons and a hair brush. No candy yet! That's next year, but shhh that's our secret. Mom isn't going to like that.
If you have any ideas for a basket that isn't a basket please let me know. I think these are some fun ideas!

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simplified ideas

I have went through my house, and tried to simplify it, so I can easily decorate for every holiday in minutes.
In the kitchen I have put candle sconces on each side of my window. Each holiday I change the ribbons an add something fun. For easter i used ribbons an easter grass.I have also painted a wall with chaulk board paint. Now I can write an draw anything I like for the holidays. I have Easter eggs and even a bunny peeking out from behind my plates. I just love this! It is so much fun.
In the bathroom I used black curtains that I can change for.each holiday. For Easter I actually used napkin rings with Easter grass and an Easter ribbon. Over the toilet I have a silver tray with 3 black candles! I just added grass and plastic eggs! Bathroom decorated!
In my livingroom I have hung up an placed several black frames with white mats on white shelves. I have collected lots of antique post cards for all of the holidays. I just change them out for each one. How. easy! For Easter I also used lots of grass an glass eggs which I found at the dollar store. So simple!
House is finished and now looks like I spent hours when really it was minutes!

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Easter- something cheap easy an fun!

- Easter decorations -
Easter grass is so available that you can buy it anywhere an even 24 hrs a day. You can find it at drug stores, grocery stores, even very high end stores. It doesn't matter where you find it you wont spend more.than a few dollars. Use it everywhere. You can put it in plants, on shelves, even on tabletops. Anywhere you need Easter decorations. Place a few plastic eggs, or ceramic, or even very expensive eggs an no one will k ow how little your decorations cost. They will love them.
If you like you could go to a craft store and buy white crinkled paper for gift wrapping for a really exciting effect. Use bright colored eggs an you will have a fun effect.
For a more elegant effect you could use silver, gold or any metallic colored shredded paper that is bought in the wrapping paper asle of the your favorite store. Place white eggs on the grass an wow! How beautiful!

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St paticks day!

I see I haven't wrote on my blog since last St Patrick's day! But here are a few pictures from this year!

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just a test

Just downloaded blogger to my phone an want to see if it works! If it does this would be wonderful! I might actually start blogging again!

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