Happy Halloween!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to decorate to my heart's content!  I have several themes this year and I'm dying to share them with you! 

My coffee bar area is first on the list.  I have to admit, I'm a huge mug collector and had to make a hard decision as to which mugs to display and use this year.  Oh boy, it wasn't easy but let me tell you what I did...

So, what had happened was I went through all 40 something mugs and by process of elimination I chose the ones that I knew I would use on a daily basis for drinking and the ones I only wanted to use as display.  The good thing about doing this is I also decided what items I wanted to donate to charity!  

Next up are the two shelves above my sink.  I did a Disney theme here and it turned out great! On the top shelf is my Mickey Mouse pumpkin cookie jar canister I got from Marshalls.  Super cute, right?!  I added some fun pieces with it in the same orange, black and white color palette.  The bottom shelf it totally dedicated to Hocus Pocus!  I used some decals on a few of my Rae Dunn pieces (the Sanderson sisters and I Smell Children).  I painted one of the white gumball machines from Target Bullseye's Playground black and added small skulls.  This turned out perfectly!

Below I put bats on my kitchen wall for some added flair and dimension with the black haunted hotel and mansion (another nod to Disney's The Haunted Mansion).  On my island I created a mad scientist's lab, complete with potion bottles that light up and change colors, skulls, skeletons, spiders, a witch's garden and more!  I added purple lights inside the big cloche with the skull and spider (looks super creepy at night!).

The last area in my kitchen is where I decided to do some more decals on a few more Rae Dunn canisters.  I ran out of room on the island to place all my potion jars, so I made some space and added them to a tiered stand, along with a pumpkin light and a "tipsy" gnome, and a few Johanna Parker pieces!  

Decorating for Halloween this year was so much fun!  I hope you all had an enjoyable time decorating your spaces as well if you celebrate.  Happy Halloween and stay safe everyone!