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!!!

 

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

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

 

Always, Debbie~