Halloween Decor
A couple weeks ago I asked Brad to get the Halloween tote down from the attic.
I learned a valuable lesson that day: never put candles in a tote that goes up in the attic,
especially when it’s not climate controlled and there’s a record setting heat wave that summer.
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| RIP candy corn-esque candles. I enjoyed you the 2 years I was able to use you. |
Yeah, so I’m hoping that I don’t have many more candles that made their way up into the attic…
Moving on… We don’t have a fireplace, therefore we don’t have a mantel. Instead, I use our entryway table as my mantel.
For the past couple years I’ve been going with a glittery purple, black, and silver theme. This year I decided to jazz things up a bit with a purple boa and a black light. Yeah, a black light. Try not to be jealous.
(Honestly, who has ever been to a highlighter party? You know, where you go to a frat in a white t-shirt and there are highlighters galore and everyone writes obscene compliments on everyone else’s shirts– mostly only visible in black light… but mostly not. Anybody? Anybody?)
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| Sorry it’s not the best photo, but I had to share the magic that is the black light. |
Here’s a rundown of my Halloween “mantel” decor.
black light: Walmart
purple pumpkin: Hobby Lobby
boo: Kohl’s
spiders: I want to say Kohl’s
fake tealights: Dollar Tree
purple boa: Hobby Lobby
big black pumpkin: Target
little black pumpkin: Michael’s
haunted: Target
skull: Dollar Tree
ghost: Hobby Lobby
How are you decorating for Halloween this year?
Feel free to share your highlighter party stories here. We’re all friends.
C
heck out more entryway table vignettes I’ve put together!
Wow, you get serious about Halloween decor! I sadly will admit I’ve been to a “highlighter” party (as we called them) or two back in the day. Pretty ridiculous. Even more ridiculous are foam parties ~ where the frats fill their living rooms with foam and you dance in it. Gross. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Both of my kids have blacklights in their rooms as their nightlights. I love your decor. I want you to come decorate my house. 🙂
I am LOVING the purple/black/silver theme! (Maybe because it’s also the colors of my alma mater? 🙂
It looks fantastic on your entry table (we don’t have a fireplace mantel either…boo).
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I haven’t done any decorating this year and probably won’t. I think I have a problem with laziness. Plus, from October through Christmas we’re gone or busy almost every weekend. Ugh. I think in our 5 yrs of marriage we’ve only had a Christmas tree up twice. Yikes. A shame really. I hope to enjoy/get into holiday decorating more when we have kiddos but for now it seems more work than worth.
That’s adorable and I love it!
I am in love with your mantel!!! It came out so good!
I’m guilty of putting candles in the attic as well. Luckily, I was reminded not to do that before I put the wedding box up there with the candles! I would have cried! So instead I have a big box in my dining room until August 2013 lol
Great decor! I really like the colors.
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Love your Halloween decor Chelsea! The colors and lighting are fabulous!
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I LURVE your little spider candle holders! OMG!
I love it!!! Purple is a great Halloween color!
Oooooh, the colors! I can’t tell if your mantle is black and pink or black and purple. Either way, it’s lovely!
Love the color scheme! And how cute are those tealight spiders?!?! Great job!
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Lovely decor…you did an amazing job! 🙂
I don’t have a fireplace either so I use my sofa table(s) for decor. Too bad your candy corn candles got disfigured! They are cute. Great decor. Thanks for sharing!
Very cute! Love it!
Jenny
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love your decor!!! The highlighter party sounds similar to some swaps we had at alabama! Ok first off a swap is a theme party with a sorority and fraternity (some people don’t know that word, swap… so I guess it’s a southern thing). Anyways.. it sounds like a combination of two swaps. 1 being the grafitti swap where everyone wears white shirts and writes obscene things but with sharpies. and 2. being the classic “Rave” party. All the girls spray paint white shirts w/ their sorority letters and such w/ neon spray paint and wear glow stick necklaces, bracelets and neon things. ha thought you would like to know all these details 🙂
Love your decor. The boa adds a fun touch!
I love the touch of purple and all the sparkle, my kind of decor 🙂
Very cool! Love the purple!
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That happened to my candles too. Mine were those layer candles with black, orange & white. Last year we pulled them down & they were all mixed together, I was bummed! Lesson learned, lol