Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Monday, 18 October 2010

Halloween...............

This is about the time of year when I just love to prepare the house for Halloween! (click here to see last year's effort!)


I am sad to tell you my usual decorations will be staying firmly packed this year
We have too much to do in the house to even consider 'Haunting' it like I usually do, and with our ever growing bump we are trying to tie up all the loose ends ASAP!

That said I just couldn't resist this gorgeous bunting from John Lewis






And it was a bargain too!

Lots of Love

xxxx

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Happy Halloween and a Spooky Swap!

Hope everyone had Happy Halloween!!!!


I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to reveal the swap package I received from the beautiful Beki and her DD Jess!
An absolute age ago we arranged a Halloween swap between my Cousin Marcus and Beki's DD Jess, we decided to maximise the fun by swapping between ourselves as well!
I am long overdue in posting about the fabby packages Beki and Jess sent us. Check out Bekis post to see what we sent here!

Marcus and I were so excited when our packages came through the post, 2 boxes filled with Halloween treats, you can't get any better than that!
Marcus couldn't wait to open his!!!
One he got through the spooky spiders webs that is!!!




Marcus was really pleased with all the things in the package, there was: Balloons, witches fingers, a Halloween tote, spiders, eyeballs, a dvd, a book, a jumping bat, chocolate skeletons, slime, skull stickers and Spiderman candy sticks. and a really nice card. thank you so much Beki and Jess!!
My package was equally as great!!!! All the gifts were wrapped beautifully! It seemed a shame to unwrap them!!! look!

Beki made me this pretty fabric cat! I'm very taken with her, I have called her Dotty and she now lives in my craft room, as you can see she is very comfortable on my chair!

Beki also sent me my fave DVD! I'm really pleased as my copy has gone walkies!!!, A book (Perfect for the train to work!), A yankee tart (pumpkin of course!), Some napkins and a black nail polish!
Some more decorations to add to my stash!

Beki also made me a lovely tote bag in a great autumnal orange with black lace trim! How pretty!
Look at this cool postcard!!!
I will be framing it ready to get out next year!!!!
Thank you beki and Jess we had great fun gathering your gifts and loved everything you sent us! When's the next one???? :)
Speaking of swapping, don't forget about our Secret Santa swap,


Victoria and I have been working hard to make sure that you all get your partners ASAP!
Any one who hasn't joined in that would like to, what are you waiting for! Just e mail me the completed questionnaire and please include your postal address (can't believe we forgot to ask for that on the original post!)
we appreciate that Christmas can be busy for all and expensive so remember you can choose a £5 or £10 gift option
We would like you to have signed up and emailed questionnaires to us by 2nd November so we can start letting you know who you are buying a gift for on 4th November Don't fear if you're worried about timings, we will take swappers up to the 11th November but remember you'll have less time to put your package together

As always please speak to Victoria or I if you have any questions!
Think that's all folks!
Need to get to reading and commenting now!!!
Lots of Love
xxxxxx

Monday, 19 October 2009

A Haunted House

With October flying by and everyone in Blogsville getting excited about Halloween I thought it was about time I got my Halloween decorations out and 'Haunted' the house!
I only started doing it last year and loved it, so this year they went up a week earlier and will stay put till the end of October
I thought I would share some photos with you of my 'Haunted House'

The sofas get black throws instead of the usual duck egg blue (I love the white sofas!)




And some Pumpkin friends come out to play!



Haunted houses, black roses and gravestones! Halloween Yankee Candles and can you spot the beautiful vintage lace gloves Victoria gave me last week?


Halloweeny pretties dotted here and there, pumpkins, candles, cauldrons and broomsticks fit for a witch!





Spiders webs on the tablecloth and buckets and bowls ready for Halloween treats (I dare not put them out now or the adult visitors to the house will eat all the sweeties before any trick or treaters even knock!)




Hope you enjoyed the tour!
Remind me to post some pictures when the living room has been exorcised and is looking pretty again!

Lots of Love



xxxxxxx