trick or treat

we had such a fun halloween. between the pumpkin patch, the preschool party, the ward trunk or treat, scary movie night, and trick or treating with the cousins i think we covered all our bases. we're really sad it's over. or maybe that's just me. i took down all the halloween decorations yesterday and was depressed the rest of the day. i love, love, love halloween. so much so that i'm already working on next year's costumes. the wheels are a turnin'...

oh, and just because my mom wanted to see, here are a few of the decorations i made this halloween:

1. i added a witch hat + bow to haven's silhouette and a top hat + houndstooth bow tie to nash's. i've got plans to do something similar for christmas, too. 

2. i made the halloween tree using a dollar store plastic urn, black spray paint, and then a little gray paint rubbed over the top for texture. don't you love that chartreuse reindeer moss? i also made a quick & easy glittered "boo" banner + a cute little halloween butterfly shadowbox using graphics from the graphics fairy. i framed that witch there at the bottom but never got around to hanging it (old lady photo here, then i added a cardstock witch hat). 

3. the cute pumpkin was inspired by a craft i saw at michaels. they used funkins but i just glittered a pumpkin light i already had. the hat is made with velvet zebra scrapbook paper and embellished with black boa + a glitter spider. and i, of course, got lots of use out of my black and orange doilies that i love so much. 

4. the wreath was made using a straw wreath and lima beans, a la dana, then a nice coat of pumpkin orange spray paint. i love the orange glitter wreath hook (thank you, target). i then attached some more glitter spiders using pins and used some scrap fabric to hang the wreath from the hook. now that halloween is over i can replace the black & white fabric with a fall ribbon and remove the spiders and i've got my fall wreath done.