The Pretty Side Of Halloween

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When my boys were little we would go all out with our decorations for Halloween.

Young families would walk their children around the neighborhood in groups. I would always have hot cider in  To-Go cups for the parents. Friends would stop by, and visit for a few minutes.

 It was so much fun, and has given us all some sweet memories.

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One thing I never liked was scary decorations. There are too many precious little ones out there in costumes waiting for a treat, not a scary trick. 

I did not want to traumatize the sweet little ones in Cinderella, or Spiderman costumes.

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Since Halloween is right around the corner I thought I would show you the prettier side of Halloween. 

Let’s look at the cute, pretty, and in some cases sophisticated side of Halloween……..

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Go to Goodwill and find some inexpensive items to spray paint black and add some cute little pumpkins with happy faces!!

Speaking of black spray paint!……….

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This is my kind of Halloween decorating. Again, go to Goodwill and purchase those inexpensive vases we all have seen and spray them matte black! This is one of my favorite ideas for my home.

If you prefer a little more glitz and bling in your decorations check these out…………

GLITZ, SPARKLE, AND SHINE,

 OH MY!

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I love the ghost with the gold chain, so cute!!

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Real oak tree leaves were sprayed and attached to a white pumpkin, this is so pretty and elegant.

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This is not only pretty, but a fun way to display your address.

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By using a band of sequins this pumpkins becomes fun, and glitzy!

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STACKING PUMPKINS

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Take your pick of which golden treat you would like for your pumpkin.

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Stacked pumpkin in a bookcase with the silhouette of a tree painted on them! Now this is clever!!

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"Enjoy The Process" Of:

Decorating Your Homes For Halloween

 

Something I Am Loving At The Moment

   

Do you  ever see something that just catches your fancy? 

You know that you have seen it many times before,

but for some reason, all of the sudden it becomes something that is very appealing to you. You start noticing it more, and more as you look around blogland.

That is how it has been lately for me, with paneled walls. Not the old brown paneling that our parents had in the 60’s and 70’s.

A fresher look, one that adds dimension, and interest to a room.

Let me show the paneled walls that are really catching my fancy right now…….

These are the type of 

paneled walls I am finding very appealing right now.

 

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These walls are a little more complicated, and traditional than the last image. This is true judges panels, but not just as a wainscoting, the entire wall. Love this!!

WAINSCOTING

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This is a wainscoting treatment that has the squares and rectangles mixed. So pretty.

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A simple treatment is used here.

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If I ever had a staircase I think this is the treatment I would use.

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It doesn’t have to be the full wall to be effective.

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A more contemporary setting using color on the paneled wall.

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This is a little different treatment than using the squares, but equally as interesting, and appealing.

This is on my Someday List!

I have been looking around my house to see where I can use this treatment.  Not sure hubby will agree, but I think I see a paneled wall in my future.

How about you, do you like this style of paneled walls?

To see other elements that I am liking at the moment you can go HERE to my Pinterest board!

 

The Importance Of WORDS

   

Since I am a blog author it is pretty obvious that words are important to me. 

You wonderful people out there that are reading the words I write must think words are important too!

From time to time I do a little internal evaluation. You know the kind where you check in on yourself, and evaluate how things are going on in your own personal life.

When I do my evaluations I get little internal messages in the form of words. It might be a saying I have heard before many times, but for some reason at that moment in time it becomes my own personal message.

Last year this is what came to me…….

I started putting this at the end of some of my thought processes, and it would quickly put things into perspective.

For instance…….. I am going to get those darling new

shoes, and then what?

Well, if I am being perfectly honest, nothing life changing. 

They will eventually just become another pair of shoes that I get rid of because they are no longer in style or don’t feel good on my feet.

See what I mean? It kind puts things in perspective of importance, doesn’t it. 

It also helped me evaluate how much time, and personal energy I put into things.

When it was all said, and done it was the people in my life that really fell into the important column.

 This Years Words

This year is a little different for me. I am not quite sure why this thought process comes to my mind so often, but these have become my words for this year….

I know this is a biggy, and not always so easily practiced in our lives. 

I know we like to think that we are always true to ourselves, but we have so many influences in the media that tell us to be one way, or another. With fashion and design trends we can get lost.

If we are not careful our true self never will emerge.

Along with this saying I have read a few other sayings that go hand in hand with this one that I would like to share with you today………

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For me I must always  remember what is at my very core….

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So my dear friends I am going to continue to try, and be true to who I am, and more importantly, who God made me to be……

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What words have you been hearing lately?……

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Always listen to your own personal words they are there for a reason.