Southern Scraps

I have never decorated the inside of my house for Halloween, even though we go all out for the outside. However, I've been so inspired by all of the great crafters in blogland that I've decorated my mantel and table. Most of this is with Dollar Tree decor and a few pieces we already had. My inspiration came from HERE at Cap Creations  and HERE and HERE at Mine for the Making, just to name a few. There are tons of others with great decor. Just visit some link parties and you'll see. (Never mind that dinosaur of a tv up there. I so wish it was not there. I could really decorate a mantel if it were not. Hubby hates this whole set up too, so a total redo of the mantel is on the to do list. We have another nice TV but it doesn't fit in that hole... another story.) Here are some close ups of the decor. I got my vases at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for $1.00 a piece, so I got two different sizes and I got the candlesticks for the vases for 50 cents each (I love i...

I saw these trees at my local Target.  They were $40 each and I wanted two of them. I'm not about to pay that for a Halloween decoration when sticks are FREE from the yard. My hubby was on board with the project too so here is what we did. We found two urn style pots at Big Lots- $3 each. My hubby painted them with Krylon for plastic. $5.44 per can. We got two boxes of 100 orange lights from Target- $2.50 each (Note the expensive pots only have 50 lights.) FREE sticks from the yard, some sytrofoam discs and blocks from Dollar Tree (hubby wanted to stack them for height and depth) $2 for foam for each pot, got some rocks and moss also from Dollar Tree, $1 per bag. The hubby painted the sticks black and we assembled our own spooky trees- for approximately $15 each!  (Really less, one can of paint will do both pots.) And we had fun together doing it.  Here's a shot of one in the daytime:  A shot at night all lit up:  Both pots (sort of hard...

Valentine's Day will be here soon, so I thought it would be fun to search for some decor in the traditional red to set the mood about the home. Bright HEARTS COASTER SET by peganders E. Isabella Designs. Hearts and Stripes Dessert Pedestal by elizalee17 Red and White - Sweetheart - Cotton Dinner Napkins - set of 6 by MaryLittfin 15in Valentine LOVE heart-shaped pillow with customizable lettering and FREE SHIPPING by derilyn Sent with Love Quilt Valentines Special Free US Shipping by Quil tville

Well... it's all over til next year.(That's a popular saying in our family at the end of Christmas holiday celebrations. Now we can apply it to Halloween.) Here are some of the highlights.