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Monday, September 13

Fireplace Mantel Fun for Halloween . . . AND All Fall

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First of all,
if you love Halloween,
make sure and pick up this issue of
Better Homes & Gardens . . .


It has some awesome ideas & has inspired
some of my Halloween decor this year.

I just decorated my mantel for fall.
After Halloween, I can 
make a few adjustments
and 
we'll be ready for Thanksgiving!


I found a piece of wood at Home Depot
and painted it with chalk board paint.

(I probably should have primed it as it took MANY coats to complete!)

What's creepier for Hallowen
than EDGAR ALLAN POE???

I wrote parts of his poem, The Raven,
on my homemade chalk board. 
(Click here for the entire poem.)
I like the creepy crow raven sitting on top!

For Thanksgiving, I'll change the poem
to something applicable for the occasion.


This is the vase that was already on my mantel.
  I just took out the
usual grass & put in these black branches
(really just spray painted from my back yard--
don't you just love FREE??)


HURRY to Costco & get some of these
battery-powered candles 
if you don't already have some. 
They are available right now
in the Christmas section.
I love that they flicker & have a timer--so that the come
on every evening & turn off all by themselves.

They're so great for . . . EVERYTHING!
A lot of churches do not allow fire, 
so I love having these on hand for decorating there.

More fall & Halloween to come!

This project linked to: 

Centsational Girl (I LOVE her blog) 
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13 comments:

  1. Thanks for the Costco candle tip, I've been looking for some more this year and was wondering if they were in stock.

    I too am doing an Edgar Allan Poe theme (a whole party) and am working on a tombstone now.

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  2. I love that you will be able to change it up so quickly once Halloween is over. I like the Poe sign and the raven on top. That is a cool idea! I had the same thing happen to me with chalkboard paint when I painted something recently and I used a primer! Oh well. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I really appreciate it.

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  3. Nothing says Halloween more that EAP. Great quote!

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  4. MICHELLE RESPONDS: Thanks "Am" I fixed the spelling to "Allan".

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  5. I love the addition of the poem. Awesome! I am planning to grab some brances out of my yard today. :)

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  6. LOVE this! The whole thing turned out so cute! I'd love for you to link it up at sundae scoop! http://iheartnaptime.blogspot.com/

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  7. LOVE the chalkboard poem idea! Awesome!

    hugs! Kim @ Frost Me!
    party inspiration

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  8. I love the edgar allen poe! Looks great. I am one of your newest followers. I enjoyed reading through your posts.

    tai @ taidye original

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  9. I love your mantel! Exp the chalkboard! Coming over from CG!
    Have a great weekend!
    Kristin

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  10. Hi! I'm visiting Centsational Girl. Very cute mantel!! I love the chalkboard paint.

    xo- M

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  11. Fabulous idea, I saw that too and thought how cool it was. I linked up too, hope you can stop on over and check my halloween ideas out!

    Megan

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