Where have I been?!

Do not worry by blog friends! 

 

I am still here and doing okay!  I hope everyone is doing well.  I will catch you all up on what I have been up to over the last few months I have been MIA.  Below are a few pictures of my home decorated for the holidays.  I hoped to post these earlier but better late then never right!



 

Our mantel

Our main tree

My kitchen wine tree

The boys tree in the basement

My dining room tree

Our dining room buffet

Our elf Juicy arrived and was sometimes mischievous!
 

We had some neighbors over and who doesn't love a cheese tray!

 Our New Years Eve Spread

 Jack had a friend stay over so they set up the tee pee and waited for the New Year!

 

All in all we had a wonderful holiday season.  It went by soooo fast!  I hope everyone else had a wonderful time and have started off the New Year happy and healthy!

I will be back tomorrow with a little project I tackled yesterday!

 

Glad to be back!



 

 

 

 

Halloween Mantel

I don't know about anyone else but I LOVE to decorate the house for holidays.  With Halloween coming up I have been slowing adding more decor around the house. I actually think I like having it out more then anyone else in my house!

I put up my Halloween mantel decor recently.  I try to change it up every year with something different so it isn't the same old same old year after year.  This year I strung the spiderweb material all over the mirror above the mantel to give it height so the rest of the decor didn't feel so small against the large mirror.  I hooked in a few of the spiders that came with the webbing.  They really do look real if you aren't expecting to see them!

 

I was snooping around Tuesday Morning this summer and came across a witch's hat in the 80% off section so it came home with me that day.  I love that new addition because it has built in lights that have two settings, flashing and not flashing.  I really didn't think that would work when I bought it because of it being extremely on sale so when it worked I was pleasantly surprised!

I have 2 metal Halloween houses I put out every year so I built them up with small books so they are  little taller.  The tree I bought years ago from Hallmark still sits proudly in the middle.  I added a few spider and pumpkin candle holders to add lower level detail.

 

The cat was a gift I was "booed" with at work last year.  Frankly I didn't know where else to put him so on the mantel he went.

I draped the whole mantel with some black spiderweb fabric that was meant to be a table runner but I think the width works perfectly on the mantel.

Does anyone else do up a Halloween mantel or any other scary scene in their house? 

I would love to see pictures!