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Mr. FL and I went to a costume party last night.  He was a nerd and he may kill me if he finds out I posted this pic (shshshshsh, our little secret, OK?).  I was the Gray Lady, a costume from the Martha Stewart website that I saw last year and just couldn't wait to do.  If you put it in your idea file, get more tulle than the instructions call for because I got 10 yds instead of the 8 1/2  it said, and the dress was just barely adequate to go around.  I'd also recommend wearing a gray slip or dress underneath instead of the white that the instructions have because since the tulle is so sheer, you end up seeing a lot of the underneath layer. I didn't find a gray dress, slip, or nightgown at my local thrifts, so I just went with the white, but I think the gray would have been much better.  All in all though, it was a fun costume, easy to make (no sew-Woo! Hoo!), and got lots of compliments at the party.  Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween with your loved ones.  We have one of the greatest neighborhoods for trick or treating, so it is really like a big street party with friends and neighbors and one of the "not to be missed" events of the year.

Until next time,

Welcome to my first ever tablescape post.  I fear it could be addictive.  What do you think?


It all started when I purchased this set of creamy white owl napkin rings in one of my favorite little junk shops.  I started looking at the thrifts for black or black and white dishes to add some pop to my almost 30 year old Mikasa dishes and found 6 of these little cuties for a couple of bucks.


I started getting the idea of using the white owls as a more subtle table dressing.  THEN I saw the little mercury glass owl in West End's catalog with 50% of the purchase price going to St Jude's Hospital for cancer research.  Being a mom of a kid with leukemia (in remission), that sealed the deal and West Elm got my $14 which included shipping, by the way.  I put him in a little birdcage cloche that I previously got from WUSLU deal a day (don't get me started on that-too much fun, too cheap, and way too easy to buy).  He nestled in with some reindeer moss from last Christmas and some little white pumpkins.  As you can see, several items are stacked to make the centerpiece with the bottom being a bride's basket that I've had for years.


My friend Michelle made the adorable tombstone tag that hangs from the top of the cloche.  She took actual photographs from when she was visiting an old cemetery and made a set of these great hangtags.  LOVE THEM!  They almost look 3 dimensional...

 

 Dustin Garrison

 

 

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Hello Friends,

I'm still into my black and white Halloween decor, so I thought I'd share a few things from my black and white living room decor for part 1 of this post.  I'll post part 2 on Thursday when I will feature my tablescape in the dining room.

I added the wonderful vintage clock face that I picked up from Etsy this year behind little baseball head (as my husband calls him).


On the other side of the room is one of my favorite places to foof up.  I found some cute free uploads of antique poison labels here and added them to some old bottles I picked up at an amazing sale a couple of weeks ago.  Colored water finished off the look.  I made it look like a drink station, adding some pretty glasses to the silver tray.  Love the way it turned out.  I couldn't resist more with the crow theme or Raven, if you will, and who better to preside over that than Edgar Allen Poe.


I picked up this cute little skeleton in the graveyard thing at the dollar store and added the banner from Graphics Fairy and the words, "Pick your poison".

Don't you love the hand painted feathers?  I got them from an estate sale a couple of years ago.


My funny little stairs just needed the little mice, cut out from templates found here. I think they are cute, don't you?


Come back Thursday for my dining room tablescape.

I'm linking up with Kathleen and one of my favorite parties, White Wednesday.  I can't wait to spend a little time looking at all the dreamy whites.  What are you waiting for?  You will love it too!

Until next time,


 

There are three things that I love to do. Watch football, play with photoshop and Relay. So why not combine all three. Relay For Life is event designed to celebrate survivors and raise money for research and programs for the American Cancer Society. I relay for a grandfather, a gradmother, two aunts, an uncle, and my mother-in-law that I've lost to cancer.

This year instead of bake sales I am making desktop wallpapers as my fundraiser. The wallpapers are 1920x1200 but I can resize them to fit your screen.  You can donate to my page at

 http://main.acsevents.org/goto/donaldmc79

 Dominique Brown 

 Will Stein

There are three things that I love to do. Watch football, play with photoshop and Relay. So why not combine all three. Relay For Life is event designed to celebrate survivors and raise money for research and programs for the American Cancer Society. I relay for a grandfather, a gradmother, two aunts, an uncle, and my mother-in-law that I've lost to cancer.

This year instead of bake sales I am making desktop wallpapers as my fundraiser. The wallpapers are 1920x1200 but I can resize them to fit your screen.  You can donate to my page at

 http://main.acsevents.org/goto/donaldmc79

 Tajh Boyd

 Andre Branch 

 Andre Ellington 

 Sammy Watkins 

To find out more about me or to view more wallpapers you can visit http://relaywallpaper.blogspot.com/

Thank you,

Donald