Boo!
I'm not one to really decorate the house for all the various holidays per se. I like a more subtle approach...for example, I put orange tapers in my Tiffany crystal candlesticks. But Stella LOVES Halloween. It's her favorite holiday. So I figured we'd have a little fun with it and we made these to hang in our bay window.
The Cardigan
"Mom, I don't need a sweater, it's not chilly outside.
Look...the trees aren't shaky." - Stella
Evergreen Garland
I just ordered evergreen garland from a Boy Scouts troop to be delivered the week after Thanksgiving. I've been pinning images of garland so much lately that I'm anxious to put my own up now! I love all these different ways I could hang it...
In a window...
Adorning a bar...
Around an interior door frame...
Or an exterior one...
Along a staircase...
Across a mirror...
Or a fireplace...
Across a fence...
Or a skirted table...
Petite Paperie
I've had Petite Paperie's Etsy shop saved in my favorites for over a year now. I just took a peek again and love all of these tags. They are perfect for fall adventures, like an apple picking get-together or to adorn a teacher's gift. Or how cute would the moose be for holiday packaging? You could leave them as-is or fill them in with markers, colored pencils, or water colors.
Maple Syrup
Christmas is going to be here in a blink of an eye. Have you started shopping, slowly finding things along the way and storing them away? Or do you like the rush of last minute sprees? I'd much prefer to start early but that's not always what winds up happening. But here's something that I think would make for cute stocking stuffers. Maple syrup from NorthEast Maple in adorable bottles. Or even if you need to get a tiny little something for a teacher or colleague...
log cabin
rocking horse
Santa
bunny
snowman
maple leaf
duck
Are you craving pancakes now? Sorry!
Random Weekend Thoughts
This weekend could not have been any better. We kicked it off with a birthday dinner of escargot, trout, and a chocolate souffle. On Saturday, we hit up the park in this gorgeous weather, I found an alabaster lamp at an estate sale for $30 for my tiny home office, bought Stella's Halloween costume, and we spent hours in the yard repainting our white picket fence and planting hydrangeas. I also made a lasagna for an old high school friend who just had a baby and I caught up on some blog reading and recorded shows (secretly loving Sarah Michelle Geller's Ringer on the CW).
Oh, and hung up this cute brass door knocker
that I'm in love with.
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