Ghostly Greetings

October 31st.

 

Happy Halloween

Bloggy Friends

~*~

Enjoy your little

Ghosts & Goblins

Tonight!!!

 

Here are a couple

pictures of my Mini

Haunted House!

 

I wasn't able to get very

much done, but I plan to work on it

throughout year, so

hopefully the next time you see it,

you'll notice many changes!

 

 

 

 

It's hard to tell,

but the ghosts

flanking each side of

the porch are lights...

they illuminate quite a

way, in an eerie

spooky

sort of way!

 

 

~what's that looking over the roof~

 

That goblin on the roof is

very creepy if you ask me!!!

 

~very creepy indeed~

 

~ghostly shadows lurking inside~

 

 

 

I thought I'd leave you

with a couple free

Halloween Printables

for your to enjoyment!

 

What's not to love about this!

 

~who doesn't looove tags~

 

Not me!!!

 

Happy Halloween!!!

 

Always, Debbie~

 

 

 

 

 

My Haunted House

A friend of mine showed me the most

adorable little doll house she'd

transformed

into a

haunted

 house!

Last Halloween!

 

...and I haven't been able to get that

little beauty off my mind since...

 

 So of course, I started looking for just the right

doll house, I wanted one with a good sized front porch.

And the day after my Bunco party as I was strolling down

 the toy isle, at one of my fave thrift stores...

There she was!

Missing a few windows, but really, I wanted it for

a haunted house, so did that really matter???!!!

 

NO, not really...

and

at $5.99 plus 30% off... It did Not matter at all!!!

 

This is my fabulous find!

 

~Great front porch~

 

~the back side/inside view~ 

 

Notice the missing round window...

It's also missing two more just like that one,

and a couple of the frames from the big windows.

I've actually seen them on Ebay, I may bid on

some later if I feel I need them.

 

~it opens up to a nice size~

 

I looove the gingerbread detail around the porch & doors!

 

This is going to be an ongoing project, I'm not going to finish

it this Halloween, I plan on working on it as I find things

 that'll go with it.

 

My McGiver thought he'd do a better job of spraying it!

...And who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth,

wouldn't YOU agree???!

 

~amazing what a little black spray paint can do~

 

~bye bye pink~

 

~eerily cool~

 

And let the fun begin!

 

~adding a little purple trim~

 

~Mr. Skeleton resting on the porch~

 

This is just the beginning and I'm loooving it...

 

I hope to have a SPoOkY little update

for you 

on

 

HALLOWEEN!!!

~*~

I'm linking to Cindy's blog,

 

My Romantic Home!

 

Please try to visit as many of

these ladies that you can,

they are so talented!

 

Thanks so much for visiting,

I'd looove it, if you'd leave me a comment!

Check back soon, to see what's new

on my little 

HaUnTeD

house!!!

 

Always, Debbie~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POE'S The Raven, Inspired Theme

Getting ready for my Bunco girlfriends was a real treat for me.

I mentioned last post, about finding my Grandma's Edgar Allan

Poe's book of poems & stories. I was so taken with The Raven,

it inspired me, and before I knew it, my creative juices were flowing,

I had more ideas than time!

Take a look!

 

~my dining room platters~ 

 

I wrote part of The Raven around the edges,

I got the idea off Pinterest, from here.

 

I had so much fun with this theme!

 

~I covered my shades in black lacey paper~

 

You'll notice I used the lace paper on several

other craft items as well!

 

~I draped my chandelier with a dollar store find~

 

I also added a very cool glittery Raven from JoAnn's

for a little extra bling!

 

 

~polka dots, polka dot, polka dot...Nevermore~

 

~ I made 14 tussie mussies, so each guest could take one home~

 

My sweet neighbor Inez came over the afternoon of my

Bunco party, and helped decorate, she filled, and attached

each tussie mussie to the back of all twelve chairs!!!

 

~angel in costume~

 

~last year I found 5 beautiful lace panels for my windows~

 

Such a wonderful find at Value Village for either 5.99 or 6.99 ea...

Such a deal!

 

~*~

 

I looove pennants, so of course I had to make some

to match everything else...(notice above the lace panels).

 ~more of the dollar store erie material~

 

 

 

~the mantel is so much fun~

 

Martha had wall clings, that are so much fun!

I of course was attracted to the crow/raven

and branch, it seemed to go right along with

my wreath! I added a black feather boa and

a fun crow, that I added a hat, and crepe paper too!

 

~I had candy for each of the 3 tables, refills from here~

 

 

Mr. & Mrs. Bear in costume too...

 

 ~ my beautiful old gray & black shawl~

 

I also draped my black one over my love seat,

(someone sat here, and it got a little messy),

ever so pretty...

 

 

 

 ~I had so much fun with this~

 

My dessert plates came from the dollar store,

I used Sharpie markers, to draw my design

and then I baked them for 30 minutes at 350 degrees,

to set the ink! I looove the way they turned out!

 

 

Each table had a different table cloth, the head table

in my dining room had a black lace tablecloth

with spider webs, and spiders all over it, from

JoAnn's...

The other table had a plain black table cloth on it,

with a spider web cutout placemat centerpiece, 

and adorable white napkin rings with black polka dots!

 

~I had a silver pumpkin on all three Bunco tables,

with a Raven on top for the centerpiece~

 

I found this lovely Harlequin fabric at the thrift store,

I also found 12 brand new black napkins there too...

 

I attached a strip of paper left over from the tussie mussies

and the pennants, to tie in the napkin rings.

 

 

~ this is one of my manny's with witches garb~

 

~an old costume from my Grandson last year~

 

Ooops, my camera gets tossed on the outside of this

door all the time for easy access!

 

 

 

~my dining room table~

 

Sadly I didn't get one picture of all the tussie mussies

tied to the back of all the chairs...

 

~it's hard to see the black lace panels on these pictures~

 

 

~this is what greeted my Bunco girlfriends~

 

 

~the ghost pumpkin totem~

 

This was a hoot to make, I did have trouble

attaching each pumpkin to the other...

I used skewers, but I kept knocking them

through...

Finally I got them to work!!!

I spray painted the middle pumpkin

with Krylon, and had some problems

getting the white paint to stick, but all in

all it was easy, and I looove the way it turned out!

 

We had a great time, I enjoy this group of gals so much,

and they were all good sports, and wore black, some

even came in costume...Birds in their hair, what fun!!!

 

I'm linking to these blog parties, please take a few minutes,

to visit, and see what's going on. You won't believe

how crafty, and the fun were all having from

coast to coast!!!

 

My Romantic Home

 

From My Front Porch to Yours

 

French Country Cottage

 

 

 Thank YOU sooo much for visiting my blog, I'd

looove it if  you left me a comment, it's really wonderful

kind of like a present!!! Thanks again for visiting!

 

Always, Debbie~

 

 

Life Goes ON...

There have been many bumps in my road, not unlike many
of you I'm sure...One thing I know for sure, Cottage White
calms my soul. My little cottage, be it so humble, is
cozy,
comforting,
and wraps me in solitude.

~*~

 

Lately my McGiver and I've been making a few

changes around our little cottage to help me organize my
lifea little better.Our third bedroom was used for storage
for years.  If you remember we have a small rambler, and our
garage was made into our family room...For some of you,
that may be an ideal arrangement, but for us, we've found
we really need the storage space a garage offers.  It was pretty
much floor to ceiling just before our Grandpeeps came to
live with us. My McGiver rented a storage space, cleaned
out the third bedroom, and we fixed our Grandpeeps a very
cute bedroom for the months they lived with us! 

 

When they moved home, I decided to redo it, and make it
into my Creative workspace. It's taken a few weeks
of very hard work from my McGiver, (who I'm indebted)
for all the back breaking work he did!
The first thing he did was pick up the huge white elephant
80's shelf unit I bought at the thrift store for storage.
He wasn't at all happy about them, but they were already
paid for, and I'd already borrowed our neighbor's truck,
so under a lot of protest, he and I picked it up, (them)
and parked all three pieces in our living room!  

 

~three very large dark shelf units~

 

My McGiver soon turned them into this!

 

~Can you believe the difference~

 

Once we added all the shelves, they became beautiful!

 

The next thing he tackled was the horrible floor, although

it's hardwood, the owners before us, had somehow painted

most of it white....Arghhhh!

 

~this is what he started with~

 

~after some tlc...NOT~

 It started looking like this...

 

 

~until finally he sanded the heck outta it~

 

 

~ he put this adorable chandelier up~

 

 

He finished the floor, and it's beautiful!

 

I'd told my Bunco girlfriends I would host

this years Bunco Halloween party, so my

creative workspace, along with the rest of the cottage,

soon dawned a cloak of black lace, fabrics and

ravens...

 

I chose The Raven as my Theme, and ran with it...

Why Poe's The Raven , you ask? I just happened

to have my Grandmothers 1904 copy of

Edgar Allan Poe's works, as I flipped through the

pages, I became infactuated with The Raven!

 

I will reveal my finished room soon, and post

all the decorations for my Raven themed

Bunco party!

 

Thank you for visiting my blog, I apologize to my

regular readers for being absent so long.

 

 

Always, Debbie~