Happy Haute Haunting

As mentioned in our last post, Halloween is one of our favorite times of year.

Sadly, we are swamped this year so we're not able to do the full-on Halloween decorating that we usually love to do. This year it's going to be some pumpkins and a wreath on the door. Sounds boring? Check these images out:

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I love to decorate with pumpkins, gourds and basically any type of squash. The shapes and colors are so perfectly imperfect.

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My favorite: Cinderella pumpkins

Wreaths are a great way to show that you are in the spirit of the season, with minimal effort.

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The queen of all things Halloween, Martha Stewart, has a great website that has pumpkin and wreath projects galore. Country Living Magazine also has a wonderful website with some interesting projects.

If you're swamped like us, but still love the idea of decorating your home for Halloween, hire us! We will come out, provide the decor and will even come back to clean it up.

We can't contain ourselves!

Our favorite time of year is just around the corner...

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Good Eeeeeeveeening.........

In my opinion, Halloween is one of THE most fabulous holidays of the year. I am not ashamed to admit that I even took a Halloween craft class and made some super-sweet tombstones for our yard. Don't judge, we all have our weird things, right?

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I'm not really a fan of cutesy Halloween decor, I kind of go for the Victorian/Gothic/Alfred Hitchcock/creepy Halloween decorations. Nothing bloody or gory, but more science-lab-gone wrong and 59 year old spider webs and spider egg sacs and ravens perched in precarious locations.

Let's take a look at what some of our favorite catalog retailers have to offer in the way of Halloween decor.

Here's what I'm loving from Pottery Barn:

This is a wall-size poster of a haunted house. Brilliant!

Grandin Road has a wonderful selection of Halloween goods for a retail shop, especially for the exterior.

A bubble/fog machine? What?????????

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Now let's visit the goddess of all things Halloween - Ms. Martha Stewart.

Martha has a really cool section on her website that is entirely devoted to Halloween. Her crafts are the best - she has numerous tutorials and you can even sign up for a daily email that teaches a new Halloween craft EVERY DAY! Look at these gems:

I could post picture after picture, but it's best for you to check out her website. Get inspired and happy haunting!