Decorating A Halloween Mantle / Mantel

Hi Everyone,

Signs of Halloween have been popping up everywhere in blog land and in retail stores right now. While my Halloween decor is still neatly packed away in storage I thought it would be fun to revisit a couple of past Halloween posts. For those looking for some inspiration on decorating a halloween mantle (mantel), this post from last year may enlighten you.

This was my Halloween mantel from 2010 ….

I went a little nuts with the faux spider webs that year. I mixed in some creepy Halloween decor with my every day decor.

Decorating a Halloween Mantle in 2011……

I lost most of the spider webs and added some eerie photos of long lost relatives taken after a night out on the town. AAAAh, although sometimes I feel like one of those ghastly ghouls when I wake up in the morning, they are photos I printed off the internet!

The white Styrofoam pumpkins were Dollar Tree finds that I painted and added some “Spooky” letters to. The vintage skeleton images were from The Graphics Fairy. I printed them on card stock, tore the edges and displayed “as is”. Pretty simple.

In 2012 I went a little more “vintage glam” with a bit of glitter….

It’s no secret that I am a mercury glass fanatic. I am always adding to my collection even though I tell myself I have enough!

I found these beautiful glittered “haunted” houses on clearance at Marshall’s one year after Halloween. I also nabbed a set of three mercury glass macabre votive holders on clearance for $2! You can’t beat that deal with a stick!

The large pillar candles are from Michael’s, bought on sale. I think they look great on my everyday chunky mercury glass candle holders.

The bottle was bought at T.J Maxx and a closeup of one of the $2 candle holders from last year’s clearance bin.

I fell in love with this domed, black glittered haunted house when I saw it at TJ Max. I HAD to have it. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself and at $14.99 it did not break the bank.

The banner is a Do-It-Yourself Craft kit I bought a while back.

And here is the full on view of my Halloween Mantle of 2012. I love the creepy old man. He talks and his black crow sidekick flaps his wings and cackles.

And that, my friends is the end of the tour. Next week I will be posting some more pics of my home dressed up for Halloween (I hope I am done decorating by then!) If you want to tour my home all duded up for halloween of 2011, hop on over to my post A Halloween Home Tour

Thanks so much for visting today!
~Lisa
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