So I must admit that I am not huge into decorating for Halloween. I much prefer the fall decor that can take me all the way through Thanksgiving. But I did make over our mantle with an Ode to October 31st! It was simple, cheap, and easy to do. Keep in mind what I am working with, girls. A very narrow mantle! I will admit to having mantle envy and hope to one day expand on what we do have. Until then, I accept the challenge of finding things that are less than five inches deep.
I am most proud of the $4.00 “boo” letters that I made while the kids were putting on their pajamas. Love a cheap and speedy decorating project. I used frames from The Dollar Tree. The striped background is actually a set of dinner napkins {$1.50} from Target I only needed two so I have a bunch left over for the holiday. I printed out the orange letters from the computer and outlined them with a black marker. Cut, glue, frame and ta-da! Added a little bit of twine and a spider to each. DONE! Five minute project.
I also added a $2.00 bag of candy corn to the hurricane and wrote on my chalkboard vase! This also happens to be one of my favorite transformations . . .needed a very narrow vase for my mantle. Hated the way it came, so I whipped out the chalkboard paint and it’s now a great conversation piece. I shopped my own house for the rest of the decor, so all in all I managed to get my “Ode to Halloween” up and running for just about $7.00. What have you done to get your fall on for very little cash? Would love to hear about your projects!
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Love it!!! Can't wait to try a Christmas version.
such a great idea!
Love it! Not too over the top and it looks super easy to transition into Thanksgiving afer the 31st. The chalkboard vase is my fav!
agreed. those little frames came together very niftily. and the chalkboard vase is cool too. your 5" deep mantle looks just great!
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I love it! Very simple and tastefully done…good job:)
I love those Boo Letters! Thanks for the great tutorial on those.
Amazing!! And the chalkboard paint on the vase?? Genius! Love it!
Hi…I wanted to say thank you for stopping by my blog. I'm glad I came over to yours, it's just wonderful. I, too, have a narrow mantel, maybe a little wider, but still hard to decorate. These ideas a great. Thanks for the inspiration.
Take care,
~Karern~
Very cute! I love that you used napkins. 🙂
It looks great ! Now I'm in the mood to decorate for fall too.
I love it!! I am a new follower, and must say I am just smitten with your blog 🙂
I think it looks great – I love Halloween decorations!
I have used those frames before from Dollar Tree for Summer, I painted the back of the frame and glued a seashell! I swear we are long lost relatives we think alike! I love what you did with the vase, chalkboard paint genius!
What a creative idea those letters are. Don't you love the dollar store?
I'm so glad that you joined the "falling up" party.
Love those boo letters.
Really beautiful and fun (:
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm not a Halloween girl either. I don't do scary & I like fall too much to waste time on Halloween. Thanks for coming by my blog, I'm your newest follower!
Stacia
Little Yellow Treehouse
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You may not have a very deep mantle, but it looks better than a lot of the full sized ones I've seen! Great job. 🙂
Love it all, love that it seems so easy too! found you through cottage and vine : ) happy fall.
~Stacey
I love it! You've conquered the challenge of your 5in mantel beautifully! Happy Halloween!
I love what you did and all on a budget, that chalk board painted vase is fantastic, I'll going to have to try that! Great job and thanks for sharing!
Well done on the simple, cute fall mantel. I love the boo letters and may have to try that some time. By the way, I have heard of people just adding a thicker board on top of the mantel you already have and paint it white to match your mantel. If it was only one inch wider it would add a lot of decorating potential, but just look like the next step in the boards that are already there. I hope that makes sense.
What a wonderful idea! I am now planning on making these for holiday decorating but with joy. I'll be sure to mention my inspiration when I post about it! Can't wait to do some hunting at a local dollar store 🙂