Saturday, September 25, 2010

welcome october!

As many of you know, I absolutely love Halloween! Over the past couple weeks I have been busy getting my halloween out and creating some new additions as well. Let's begin the tour, shall we?

I found this wreath idea at thelongthread.com and fell in love with it. It was so simple to make and looks absolutely fabulous! (It'd be great in christmas colors too. Hmmm....)



With Curt's help, I made this as a little tribute to one of my favorite poems.


I love the vintage feel of this Boo garland. You can download this template and other incredible images at The Graphics Fairy.



This is my mantle and I'm a little in love with it. The pictures all came from The Graphics Fairy and these incredible labels came from Love Manor. I already had all the jars (since I kinda have a bit of a jar fetish) and the rest is just things I made or already had. Oh, I did buy some eyeballs from Target.












This is the dining room with my halloween garland I made a few years ago.



My pumpkin jars nestled in with my plants.


I love that vintage halloween is really big right now.


I am crazy about these! I saw these on eighteen25 and last weekend Staci and I decided to make some. They are so simple and fun fun fun!




Ah, my halloween tree. I love my halloween tree. I did it a few years ago and every year that I put it up I love it a little more. I printed vintage halloween pictures from the internet (just do a google image search), hung them on some old branches, and put a couple ravens in the mix. Viola! An utterly fantastic halloween tree!





I love this pumpkin character. He's full of halloween whimsy!


My little tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. Love him.



I still need to get some of my treat jars filled.


More fantastic images from The Graphics Fairy. I really love this. Very macabre.



Of course, it wouldn't be complete without my halloween quilt that I made last year. I sewed all the strips together, which for me, was quite a feat. The beautiful quilting was done by Curt's mom, Carol, who is a quilting guru.




Even our kitchen couldn't escape the halloween carnage.




Well, that concludes the halloween tour of the Armstrong's. Happy Haunting!



Thursday, September 9, 2010

today things

It is a great day. Fall is in the air and that just makes me happy. Here are few other things I'm excited about today:

-the chilly weather that allows me to pull out the hoodies and scarves.
-the delicious warm mulled cider I'm enjoying right now.
-the tree that's starting to change colors in the back yard.
-listening to my fall-esque music playlists.
-getting ready to road trip up to Moscow tomorrow to see our BFFs. Yay.
-tonight kicks off the start of the NFL season and boy am I excited. it's officially fall once football starts.

I hope you can all find things in your day to be excited about.