This year, our fall season has started out very dreary and super rainy, so we tried to lighten the mood a little with some cheerful yellow mums and bright orange pumpkins. (And the most awesome geraniums ever. That crock was from my grandparent's house, and my grandmother was a pro at growing geraniums full of blooms. Every geranium we have ever put in there has bloomed beautifully.)
The mums are just starting to open up, so we are hoping that they last a while!
And, then it rained and rained some more. Being cooped up inside during the fall is not my favorite. But, an idea grew in my head of a fun halloween decoration that we could make inside and hang in between showers. During a trip to see a friend out of town, we were driving around a beautiful neighborhood and saw the coolest spiderweb/spider decoration hooked to the trunk of an old tree. The idea turned over and over in my head until I thought of a way we could do it at our house. This is what we came up with:
And, we absolutely love it! For a grand total of $5.50, we have an oversized spiderweb to grace our front porch! I think the irony is my husband just painted the ceiling "haint blue" to try to keep the spiders away. But, more about that when we finally get to hang up our new porch lights. (Did I mention it has been raining and raining?)
To make the spiderweb, we just took a roll of clothesline rope and worked and tied until we had a basic spiderweb form. Then we suspended our two spider friends with fishing line from the hooks along the ceiling for holiday lights.
After that, I was in the Halloween spirit and added bats flying up to the belfry on our wall pocket planter using some vinyl with my Silhouette machine.
So now, we are all decked out and hoping that the spiders don't fly off the front porch in a wind storm!
And one last glimpse of the geraniums with their creepy crawly friends!
How are you decorating for Halloween?
