What I love about Fall & Giveaway Announcement!

Happy Friday All! Are you all into cooler weather, slower schedules & drinking hot cider while wrapped in a blanket!? Yeah...me neither! HA!

I do love a cool Fall evening walk around our neighborhood and some hot cocoa around a camp fire, but life hasn't quite slowed down for all of that yet. I am looking forward to this month. It is one of my favorites and so I share a few reasons why I love the Fall season.

#1 Oh the color!!

#2- Jeans, scarves & BOOTS!!

#3- Apple Picking, Apple Pie & Apple Cider!

#4- Mums & Pumpkins

#5- Crunching Leaves 

#6- Warm Bubble Baths

#7- Candles

#8- Warm Colors & Textures

#9- Creative Table Settings

#10- Cozy Blankets

Don't you just love this season?

On another note, this past week I hit over 500,000 page views! Thank you to all of you for following my craziness each day! I am very blessed to be able to share my dreams, talents, struggles, strengths and my love for decorating. So as a celebration, I have a fun giveaway on Monday. Come on back and find out what it is!

Have a fabulous weekend my friends!

Elegant Halloween Table Setting

Yesterday I gave you a little glimpse of my Halloween Table setting with my DIY Chalk Painted Chargers. I had so many great responses. Thank you to all of you who take the time to comment! I love comments! One of yesterday's comments even suggested making your own chalk paint and painting them in any color to match your home decor! I thought that was brilliant and might have to try!

Some might think that Halloween can't be elegant, but I disagree. Halloween can be full of goblins, ghosts, bats and lots of tacky Halloween decor, but if you pair it with the right fabrics and metals you can make your home elegant for Halloween.

As you can see in the picture above I gave my dining room a little spook, but also added lots of textures and metals to create some fabulous dinner party decor.

I used Golds, silvers and sparkling glass to add that little sophistication.

I also added some texture with burlap and black mesh fabric which gives the setting a little Fall feel as well as added some Spanish moss for that extra spook factor!

The beautiful Gold candle holders are from Target's new decor line. I just love the way the gold looks against the black mesh and white candles!

I tied the ends of the burlap runner with some twine to give it a more polished look. 

I love the black, white and gold look in our dining room. I might just have to keep it like this for a while.

Does anyone want to come over for a spooktacular dinner party!??

Have a wonderful weekend all!

Linked up at: DIY Showoff & The Inspired Room

Mantel Monday- Halloween Decor

What a Gorgeous weekend! I hope you all enjoyed some fresh air and outside time. I was finally able to dig up all of my old (dead) plants and add some new mums for a Fall feel.

I really love Fall. It seems like we say good-bye to the hectic dog days of summer and welcome a more calm way of life. I am super pumped for cooler weather (even though today is going to be 80 degrees) and all that the Fall season has to offer.

Along with the weather, I absolutely LOVE decorating for Fall. I enjoy the warm colors, pumpkins, colorful leaves and BURLAP! HA! I can't wait to show you more of my burlap projects.

This weekend I used a lot of items around my home to decorate my livingroom mantel for Halloween.  Most of you saw my black and white pumpkins from yesterday. They definitely made it into my Halloween mantel decor.

Check it out:

I really love how it turned out!

The spider candle was from pottery barn last year.

The white branches I spray painted and added some spanish moss that I picked

from our trip to Kiawah.

The black and white pumpkins were my weekend DIY.

I also made these little cutie tea lights using burlap, paint & glass tea light holders.

The Boo Banner was also made from....you guessed it....BURLAP!

All and All I was very pleased with the final product!

What do ya think? What projects did you accomplish this weekend?

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Fall Decorating Inspiration

I always deliver what I promise! Hehe! As I promised yesterday…Giving you a few Fall Decorating ideas is just the ticket! This cooler weather really has gotten me in the Fall mood and when you get me in that mood…..it is time for Fall decorations!

Each year I seem to decorate differently around my home. I get bored with the same decorations and ideas from year to year. I have not had time to really start decorating this year, but have been decorating in my mind! Do you ever find yourself doing that?

I sure do!

Here are some great Fall ideas that I found on Pinterest: ENJOY!

Loving those white pumpkins!

Great Lantern Idea for an outside space!

Gold painted pumpkins and gourds! LOVE!

Can't go wrong with decorating with candy corn! So Cheap!

Candle Sticks gone FALL!

I am so getting me some White pumpkins this year!

Spooky Staircase

Fall Mantel Ideas:



Fall Vinettes:

Fall Wreaths:

Fall Place Settings: 

That was a lot of Fall Eye Candy! I sure feel inspired....and behind! How about you? What idea is your favorite? What do you think you might try this Fall season??

Amy ©