FALL DECOR: THE HUMBLE PUMPKIN GOES GLAM. Fall Just when you start to feel a little nip in the air nature heats up her colors But the true star of the season is the lowly pumpkin Pumpkins and Gourds are an inexpensive way to warm up your seasonal decor Thought I'd share some of the fabulous things you can do with them for Fall/Halloween (whether real or faux) Hope it inspires you! Pumpkins.....pumpkins....pumpkins....pumpkins....pumpkins Elegant freehand painted filigrees Harlequin! Polka Dots Flowers Dots and Stripes Florals Bugs and Webs Funny and Frightful Faces Black and Silver sequins Glitter! Crows and Paper Tags Ric rac Ribbon and banner Small pumpkins beneath a lighted dome A lighted message House number a warm welcome from Martha Stewart - drilled....
Stacked in an urn with fall leaves and berries they make an impressive decoration Silver Shades of Gold from elaborate designs to the simple jack o lantern, carving makes the humble pumpkin Disney Haunted Mansion Display something rather special both real and faux pumpkins can be carved I love this display - Le pool Disney's Haunted Mansion Holiday. Pumpkins at Disneyland. Disneyland Halloween Time. Skull-xl.jpg (JPEG Image, 400x420 pixels) Haunted House Silhouettes. With some jobs, when you’re burned out it’s best to take a break, to get away from the office and focus on something else.
With creativity, however, I’ve found the opposite helps: for me the only cure for burnout is more challenges rather than fewer. One such challenge came my way a few years ago, when I had an opportunity to decorate an entire house for Halloween. The homeowner had a strict $100 budget and insisted that nothing be attached to the house in a manner that would damage the exterior shingles. The place was newly purchased, and the homeowner had yet to install any window treatments beyond inexpensive paper "contractor blinds" on all of the windows. The challenge was at first daunting, not least because I was doing the project pro-bono, the materials budget was tiny, and the restrictions seemed stifling.
Katsuyo Aoki: Porcelain skulls. Katsuyo Aoki’s porcelain skulls make death a beautiful thing With Halloween on its way and so much death imagery everywhere, it’s refreshing to see Katsuyo Aoki’s take on ghoulishness. Her porcelain skull sculptures feature meticulous vanilla white curly patterned details, that look like they could be made of coral–or maybe icing. (Mmm?) And if you look closely, you can almost make out blissful grins. Bringing light to darkness, Katsuyo Aoki’s skulls reminds us that life (and death) is beautiful. See more of Katsuyo Aoki’s skulls below. Dimitri Tsykalov. Russian artist Dimitri Tsykalov uses fruits to curve carve out impressive and creepy looking skulls. Have a look. Highbury Cemetery, 2011. Well group, after months and months of planning and building and taking trips to Lowe's, the big day finally arrived.
Halloween. The nervous anticipation was palpable with everyone who was on hand to help out. And there were numerous people helping out this year! As we started setting up, Mother Nature was in a foul mood and opened the skies with a cold, miserable rain. And after everything was said and done, the clock struck six and we were ready to go. All in all, it was another incredible Halloween. A HUGE, HUGE thank you goes out to everyone who helped put this thing on this year.
Okay enough of the rambling, onto the photos!! Mrs. We all prayed for the rain to stop. My favorite shot of the night. Little Dustin Horner was playing his part all night. Abigail Harrington (my new FCG) worked flawlessly all night, shrouded in a dense fog (except in this shot) within her crypt. This year, the front porch was transformed into a witches den, complete with 4 terrifying witches.