HALLOWEEN TOPIARIES

A wicked witch (or is she a good witch?) greeting Trick or Treaters would be darling at your front door.

Several flying bats hanging from different heights would be fun.

A scary cat leading the way up to the door where the candy is handed out is always a fun find.

I think it would be fun to have several topiaries outside.  The only problem is you would have to start early enough to get them to fill in. 

I can see making a whole graveyard out of ghostly topiaries.  You could put lights on them so you can still see them at night. 

These could be made out of chicken wire, moss and plants.  Or, you could do it the easy way and buy one already made up.

I saw these at Rogers Gardens.  I'm sure they can be found at other nurseries near you too.

HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

I can't believe I'm dreaming of Halloween already. Where did this year go to?

I was looking around on line and found some darling items. However, the prices are not darling!

I think these would be so easy to make and I think I'm going to give it a try this year.

I love these pumpkins! They are so pretty. They would look great no matter what your decor was this year. Spooky, vintage, elegant or even as quiet touches of Halloween.

You can purchase these for $195 at Horchow or you could go to the craft store and pick up some black embellishments for a few dollars and stick them on your own real or fake pumpkin.

I'm going to make these with the fake pumpkins so I can keep them for years to come.

This would be darling on any Halloween table. I love the bones in between the serving plates and the shinny skull on top.

This is $98 at Horchow which is way to much for me to buy.

Again, I believe for a few dollars you can make this yourself. Get some wooden plates from Home Depo and paint them black. Get some bones from the craft store (or even the dollar store) and spray paint them silver. Glue them to the plates and add a skull that you have painted silver and added glitter to the top and you are set.

I may even drill a hole in the wooded parts and put a dowel down the center to make it more sturdy.

No matter if you buy these or make your own I'm sure they will be the hit of your Halloween decorations.