Fall-ing

Recently I mentioned that it was nearly time to decorate for fall. If you know me at all you know that my belief system centers around the fact that fall is the beginning of the holiday season. My birthday is in September and therefore I decorate for fall the first weekend of said month. Jealous? Thought so.

Let the festivities begin! I have so many delicious things to look forward to this month! The husband and I will begin helping to organize a Tweed Ride (bicycle ride through the city wherein everyone dresses in period tweed clothes) and begin hunting for the perfect outfits. My mother is taking us to Geva Theatre to see Amadeus, my friends run a marathon and I have about one million fun dinners! So, in the spirit of celebration, I submit to you: these photos.

This is the first year that I've decorated my bathroom for fall. Running out of room for treasures? Who, me?? My love of small plastic doo-dads runs deep.

Happy Dangler.

Toilet Tableaux.

I got the bat candle holder at the dollar store years and years ago. I used to collect bats and vampires. No smart remarks about what I didn't collect. The book has the best cover. I got it at the Dome Sale last year for $1. I think the skull came from JoAnn's quite a while back. They used to have the best seasonal decorations! Not so much now though. I guess I wasn't able to single handedly make it profitable for them. Weird.


This little lady is new. Public market 2010. There was an entire box of them and it took everything within me not to buy them all. I should have. Great. Now I'm upset.


Lights from Avon, a birthday gift from my aunt. Yarn black cat craft, found at The Ronald McDonald ABC sale, one of the first times I went. Sign and metal cat swinger from The Craft Antique Co-op. Pipe cleaner skelly's made by moi.


Sometimes decorating this cabinet gives me a pain in the rump. It's shallow and tall, you gotta stack. Do you see the ghostly Belles haunting back there?

I forgot about the dollar store for many years. Last year we found each other again and stuck up a glorious love affair. Black glitter skull, one dollar. I'm looking forward to our upcoming rendezvous!

Nick gave me the giant glittery pumpkin one year for my birthday. Two things I love getting as gifts: Food and decorations. Please note the 'heritage' salt and pepper shakers.


Beware of the tiny pumpkins! LuLu made them for me. Doesn't the middle one look like he's about to start talking any minute? No? Of course he does! What's wrong with you?

This house is new. I found it at the last RMD ABC sale. I'm not convinced it will stay the course.

I made this at craft night once. I still love it just as much.

I find that this shelf is pretty hard to decorate because it's high up and has walls. But it's stinking cute.

Another dollar store find: Styrofoam tombstone. Antique orange calling card with a creepy font.

A purse culled from my mom's collection. It's actually velvet with a rose pattern and came with that great bird pin on it. The postcard is from my cousin Deb.

Another antique calling card. Just perfect!

That gorgeous cut glass handled goblet is from my grandmother. It has sterling silver on the rim and is quite haunting. The picture is from last year's RMD ABC sale for one dollar. I made the felt acorns.



Now go enjoy the season. Have some cider or some chai or some chaider. Donuts. Pie. Lumpkins!