~ The Decorated House Halloween Decor - Mantel 2013

You can hear it all throughout Blogland right now, almost everyone loves this time of year. As I've said before, I am no exception.  For me it is another reason to be joyful and celebrate everyday. And to at last cool down a little bit and open the windows. And ..... to decorate the mantel for Halloween!
This I totally love doing. It's a chance to embrace magic and whimsy and just remember the fun of being a kid this time of year.

Welcome to my old friends and those of you coming by for the first time. 

I love sharing Fall & Halloween with you. I hope you enjoy your visit. 

Yes, it is black and white again this year. The art above the mantel this year is by the same artist that I featured last year. Many years ago when I first discovered her, she only worked in black and white ink and my guess is that is still what she does today since she did it so well.  This particular art piece is Sleeping Beauty. Since I spent so many hours in the library as a child reading fairy tales I have a great fondness for beautiful fantasy art. Since the colors this year are still mainly black and white, this was a most a lovely choice for over  the mantel.

Along with the pumpkin topiary that is on the left, this simple white pumpkin with a black and white butterfly sits on top of a harlequin urn over on the right side. The raven wears a matching harlequin  collar and is joined by vintage books, and silver, as well as a small glass pumpkin ornament.

Although everything is mostly black and white, but there is a tiny bit of mellow pumpkin color as well. Even the fallen maple leaf brings in a touch of faded charm. The black and white toile pillows with the stripe, and black trim are always perfect this time of year.

In the center rests a paper butterfly, a black painted baby size pumpkin sitting in vintage silver, while the silver mercury glass pumpkins is shown off by a white collar sitting in lime green reindeer moss in a vintage piece of milk glass. The little display is topped off with a little silver crown and a glitter spider.

The trick or treat banner is glittered like the spiders and is a fun touch to the French style "fireplace" and Beau Bunny Bandito appears on either side of the word "or" in the middle of the banner. For Beau there is no "or" in Halloween. It is always Snickers, and dark chocolate for him.

Come back soon to see just a little more Halloween Decorating for 20

 

See Y'All Soon~