Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Last minute Halloween decorating

Talk about decorating at the last minute, well it's not exactly the last minute but almost! I love Halloween decorations and am always so inspired by everyone else's decorating. I don't decorate a whole lot but here is a little glimpse of what I have done AND for my miniature followers, I did find time to make the dollhouse SPOOKY. So here we go, we'll start in the foyer, nice and bright for those of you who might be afraid.


If you are not afraid then let me throw this one at you. BOO!


I like these ghosts and have another one as you go up the stairs...


and another one hanging from the front porch...


Below is our crow guarding the silver (plate) and porcelain.


He only leaves his spot when he smells or sees candy corn!


Otherwise he remains on guard day and night!


Moving on in to the living room/parlor area where you'll see the most decorating but first I want to show you the Halloween invitation postcard I bought the other day.


It is rather plain but I like the information it gives me about the year 1906 when it was written.
It reads...
You are summoned to a Halloween gathering of The Gray Witch and Black Wizard Order of necromancers. The revel will be held on the night of October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. Time, Nine by the village clock. Place. 7413 South Broadway. (St. Louis)
                                                                    The Gray Witch of Romance

Maybe this is her!


Here are a few other antique postcards that I have...


and one over here on the parlor table...


Pictured in the photo above is my 2nd great grandmother Viola and hanging on the wall above her is an oil painting of her mother, my 3rd great grandmother Ellen.


Ellen is looking a little ghostly because the artist who painted the portrait had never done a colored portrait before and boy does it show. So anyway that's her.
And next to Grandma Ellen is the decorated fireplace mantle. This is my daughter's side of the mantle...


and this is my son's side of the mantle...


And over on the pier mirror shelf we have Frankenstein's head...

        

And here is the skeleton maid.


Speaking of skeletons, here is the dollhouse decorated for Halloween. I'm calling it Skeleton Manor.


I only decorated the first two floors, the third floor is under construction.


In the kitchen is the only non skeleton resident living at Skeleton Manor. She has some candied apples, apple cider and even has some apples for bobbing. The skeletons still have their teeth so they love that game! And there's an ice bucket with some Coke cooling, that will definitely make them Smile. Get it...have a Coke and a Smile! I know, ha, ha!


In the dining room is the Pirate skeleton with his treasure chest close by and the treasure map. There's chocolate cake, suckers, sour balls and Hershey bars, yum!


Up on the second floor they are holding a wake for their dear witch friend, hey she could actually be the Gray Witch of Romance from the postcard invite!

Below is the left side of the parlor...
See the spider on the petit fours on the teacart?


and here is the right side of the parlor. The skeletons can't sit down real well but at least they have on cute hats!


And that is it, I hope you enjoyed my decorating and have a spooky Halloween! Just be sure and stay away from old graveyards. I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those places on Halloween!


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Friday, October 3, 2014

Estate Sale Find-Antique Pier Mirror

Hello everyone! Back in May I started working for a Garage Sale and Estate Sale Company, which I love might I add, and I have been finding some great treasures here and there. So I wanted to show you my latest antique furniture find. When I saw this beauty (the pier mirror) I knew I had to have it because it matches my antique chairs. It probably dates to the 1870's or so.


Here is a closer look at the detail of the finial and the ebonizing which I always seem to be attracted to.
If you want to see more ebonized beauties just click here.


And below is the cute little marble top shelf in which I placed this sweet little married cherub piece. It used to have a small clock on top but was removed at some point, so I added the little cranberry glass piece to it for what I call, the perfect little married piece. I think she likes it there on that shelf. :-)


And below that is another shelf! I like shelves because that means more space to put more things! Yay!
I added my antique German porcelain shoe to that shelf. Haven't decided what will go on the shelves on either side of it though.


I really like my new piece there between the front two windows BUT I had my antique pier table there so guess what? Yep, I had to move it elsewhere.



And that meant getting rid of something or moving that other IT somewhere else. If you remember, I originally had the 1909 upright piano there...


but I sold it and the two gold chairs. And then I bought the dollhouse and antique desk that it sat on...


and just last week I sold it too! I know I sell a lot of things. Oh well! The house was just way too big so I decided to sell it to a friend of mine who is "really" into miniature dollhouses. So then I had the space to move the pier table to. Even though I was saving that space for the perfect etegere! Oh my goodness, does the madness never end?!


Happy Fall and thanks so much for your visit!


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