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Halloween Decorations Set UP



 I begin decorating for Halloween in September.  I call it Septober.  It takes many weeks to unpack, unwrap and set up.  My kids love it (not).  Every year they ask "Why?" and my answer is "because I love it!" 

It takes a full day to get the bins out of the garage and bring them into the house.  There have to be at least 30 bins out there. There are also boxes of items that don't fit in bins.  Every year more is added.  I start planning and preparing the new items in the summer. 

We do a cookie party every October so friends and family can come walk through the house and see all the new items.  A hundred or so families come and walk around.  I make around 450 Halloween cookies.  

One of my favorite decorations is my orange tree.  I fill it with purple lights, spiders, cauldrons, witch hats, skeletons, etc.  (Sneak Peak I have purchased a black tree from a garage sale for this year). My second favorite is decorating my hutch.  My third favorite is decorating the fireplace mantel.  Another favorite is a Halloween quilt my mother-in-law pieced together for me.  It hangs on the wall all of October.  

Almost everything I have for decorations I have made myself or found at garage sales and thrift stores.  Lets be real I have four kids and adult person bills. So, everything I do needs to be inexpensive.  If I buy Halloween decorations from the store it is after Halloween when everything is on sale.  

Here's a look at the set up from a couple years ago.  I wish I had more current pictures but I just decided to start the blog and will need to take a lot of pictures when I get everything set up this  year. #halloween #spooky #witch 




















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