Sunday, October 17, 2010

Halloween Mantle

Our mantle is ready for Halloween!

My mother-in-law made the quilt hanging above the mantle a couple years ago. It's been our only Halloween decoration until today.  I taped two large bamboo skewers together to make a quilt hanger and tied it off with raffia for added strength. 

I usually skipped over Halloween and instead favored autumn items that worked through Thanksgiving.  My favorite element was nearly free...I removed the pillar candles from the hurricane jars, poured in a generous heap of candy corn (one of Jake's favorites), and nestled those nifty flameless tealights into the candy corn.   


I think it's cute and fun mix of what we already had (like the inexpensive Whole Foods flowers) and four new items purchased from Joanns for around $15 (the wooden signs and hangings under mantle).  What do you think? 

Want to see more?  Tour our living room here. 




We'll be mingling at these parties this week.  Go join in the fun!

The Stories of A to Z is having a Halloween Mantle party. 


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36 comments:

  1. mallmammaOctober 17, 2010 at 11:02 PM

    Following from the blog party! Would love for you to stop by my blog: http://themallmamma.blogspot.com/.

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  2. LauraOctober 17, 2010 at 11:48 PM

    I thought I recognized some of the signs from Joanns! Love it! :)

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  3. Jenni@Story of My LifeOctober 18, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    Looks great!!! And oh. my. gosh. You put candy corn in your hurricane lamps. That is GENIUS!!!

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  4. JacquelineOctober 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM

    I am hopping on over from Follow Me Back but am having a hard time finding where to follow you. Love the hurricanes. What a clever idea and I love how they just glow from inside.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 19, 2010 at 12:58 AM

    Yor newest follower from The Tuesday Blog Hop! Looking forward to looking around your blog more! Stop by my blog and say HI!

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  6. NaomiOctober 19, 2010 at 1:34 AM

    Hi im your newest follower from Tuesday Blog Hop. Come on by and follow back , don't forget to leave a comment :).

    Naomi
    Na-MiArt.blogspot.com

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  7. Chanda WilkinOctober 19, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    I LOVE the candy corn "candles" such a nifty idea!
    I am a new follower from the TTA blog hop. Would love to have you follow me back :)

    http://mommaneedsablog.blogspot.com/

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  8. Emma's LunchOctober 19, 2010 at 2:44 AM

    Hi! I'm your newest follower :)

    I love your Halloween decor! gorgeous!

    stop by when you get a chance...
    http://emmaslunch.blogspot.com

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  9. DavidOctober 19, 2010 at 2:55 AM

    im a new follower pls follow me back

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  10. LPOctober 19, 2010 at 3:45 AM

    new follower... would love it if you follow me back... :)

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  11. janetfayeOctober 19, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    Hi! I am a new GFC follower from FMBT.
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  12. JohnnieOctober 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM

    Adorable mantel place. Thanks for the inspiration! I am tweeting this.
    Blessings...
    Saved By Love Creations

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  13. UnknownOctober 19, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Hi,

    Im your newest follwer. Have a great day.

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  14. Katie AdamsOctober 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    your mantle looks GREAT! So cute! I also love your blog design! I need some talent like this!

    new follower from TTA! Hope you can return the follow.

    Katie
    http://diaryofmomma00.blogspot.com

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  15. Emerald DevilOctober 19, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    new follower!
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    please follower back and nice to meet you!

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  16. Linda R.October 19, 2010 at 2:13 PM

    New follower from TTT blog hops

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  17. Giveaways for MomOctober 19, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    Following you from Follow Me Back Tuesday! Hope you'll visit me at www.giveawaysformom.com!

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  18. UnknownOctober 19, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    So cute! My son is constantly begging me to get creative with our Halloween decorations! I'm following along from a Tuesday Blog Hop!
    Blessings,
    j
    www.gfinkfamily.blogspot.com
    beneath the acacia tree

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  19. Bibi @ Bibi's Culinary JourneyOctober 19, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    It looks lovely. I love the use of Candy Corn. I might have to borrow your idea,lol.

    I am your new follower from Tuesday-Tag-Along.

    www.dailyorganizedchaos.com

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  20. UnknownOctober 19, 2010 at 5:04 PM

    I really love the candy corn in the hurricane glass:) Here from Tuesday Tagalong:) Have a beautiful day!
    Michelle
    http://nmgills.blogspot.com/

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  21. Paula SchuckOctober 19, 2010 at 6:21 PM

    Hi. I love your mantle and this is a very pretty layout. I am a new follower from the Tuesday to the top bloghop. Come and visit at http://www.thriftymommastips.blogspot.com/ or http://www.thriftymommasbrainfood.blogspot.com/

    Paula

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  22. Alison @ Welcome Sunshine HomeOctober 19, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    @Katie Adams

    Thank you, Katie, for your nice comments but we can't take credit for our blog design.

    Mary from Bright Sunshine Designs designed it for us. We picked out our digikit (this is explained on Mary's site) and wrote to her about what we wanted. She was awesome to work with (ours was all done through emails) and I'm so happy with the results.

    Mary offers reasonably priced packages for total blog makeovers but she has a la carte items like buttons and favicons too. Go check her out!
    http://brightsunshinedesigns.blogspot.com/

    Alison
    http://welcomesunshinehome.blogspot.com/

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  23. Erica KOctober 19, 2010 at 10:34 PM

    stopping by hop-skip-wednesday

    http://www.bassgiraffe.com/2010/10/wednesday-giveaway-linkup-1020.html

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  24. Candace @ Candace CreationsOctober 19, 2010 at 11:12 PM

    So Cute! I love what you did with the mantle! I wish we had a fireplace mantle to decorate!
    I'm new here from Tag a long Tuesday!

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  25. EmyOctober 19, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    If only I could come up with something like that!

    P.S
    I'm following you from Blog, Hop, Skip & Jump Wednesday. Hope you can swing by my blog soon. I have several giveaways going on with low entries.

    http://alwaysaroundboys.blogspot.com

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  26. KrystalOctober 19, 2010 at 11:37 PM

    Following from to the top Tuesday!

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  27. UnknownOctober 19, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    Hi I am a new follower from the Wednesday blog hop! Please stop by my blogs:

    http://momvantage.blogspot.com
    http://lifeonhaberway.blogspot.com

    Thanks,
    Jessie

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  28. AshlyOctober 19, 2010 at 11:49 PM

    Following you! Would love a follow back!

    Thank you!

    DirtyTruthReviews.Blogspot.com

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  29. Grace MatthewsOctober 20, 2010 at 12:37 AM

    Stopped over from the blog hop. Hope to see you around :)

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  30. KOctober 20, 2010 at 1:55 AM

    New follower! Thanks for hosting!
    ~K
    kscouplacoppers.blogspot.com

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  31. JacquelineOctober 20, 2010 at 10:55 PM

    Got it, now I am following!

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  32. UnknownOctober 21, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    Super cute mantle! I am following from the blog hop. I hope you can stop by and check out my blog and my latest giveaways.
    God Bless,
    Shelley
    http://mylifeadventurebyme.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-hoppin_21.html

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  33. Applesauce Inn Bed and Breakfast-Bellaire, MIOctober 22, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    Super cute! New follower from Follow me Chickadee! Stop by and say hello!

    Jamie
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  34. DanielleOctober 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM

    Love that Mantle!!

    I'm a new follower from Meet me Monday! Would love for you to check out my blog.
    http://mylifeinjenga.blogspot.com
    http://getoutplay.blogspot.com

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  35. jenOctober 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Wow, that is super cute. I can barely decorate for Christmas!!

    Your blog is SO cute!
    Excited to follow all your adventures now, swinging by from the blog hop.

    The Survival Mama

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  36. UnknownOctober 25, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    Im a new follower! Your Halloween mantle is really cute! Hope you stop by my blog sometime..http://annieroseshouse.blogspot.com/

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