All Together Dead Event 2011 Barn Decor continued

More of the inside of the barn. Our "Creatures" hung from the loft and added that spooky atmosphere. Good thing I sent out "Creature Survival Kits" to our guests ahead of time. I loved the soft spider webs I found for $.69 each.. they made GREAT table centers for each table. Then I used mix and match candlesticks on each one. Actually, I used a lot of Party Lite Brass candle holders that didn't sell at our Barn sale this summer and spray painted them all with black paint... well.. I know... way expensive, but they were going to go to charity anyways and this way I found a way to re purpose.





another view of the "ghost" before the tables were in place.



The Ghoul Gift Tent right outside of the Barn.


The drive was lit by candles ... next year they will be swamp jars inspired by Pumpkinrot.

The small cemetery on the right of the drive as guests came in heading back to the barn.

Witches Closet

When we transformed the house last year there was a slider door originally, instead of covering it over with sheet rock, I decided I wanted to turn the space into built in book cases, well a year later and that project still hasn't been finished, so we had a "dead" space to work with this year while decorating.

So what's a girl to do turn it into a Witch's Closet of course. I hung up a small collection of capes, dresses, a feather boa, hand bag, my favorite broom from my collection and more.

All Together Dead Event 2011 Barn Decor

This is our first event at the new house. We have a new space (10 stall barn) that we were able to utilize into a party space. After lots of work it turned out pretty good. When you walked into the door to the left you were greeted by a coffin and a few shelves with some potion bottles on them. I love these shelves from our "Season of the Witch" event a couple of years ago.

Next to the Shelves was the "Dead Man's Chest" filled with all of the different beers.

And next to the chest was our makeshift bar area... previously known as one of my work shop shelves.


and our Beverage Reaper watched over our the water and soda area all night long.

The view down the center of the barn. We walled off the stalls (empty barn by the way, needs redone, no animals in here other than the barn owl normally).

24 feet of tables on the right reserved for food, round tables down the left for guests. The white fabric above is that 20 foot ghost I blogged about a while back, he is facing the rear of the barn to greet guests coming in from the fire pit out back...


and the ghost view from the rear

The view to the right as you came in were a few more tables, and our DJ tucked away in the corner next to the giant reaper scarecrow that hid our Voting "BOO"th.

Werewolf Urine, a custom order

So, one of my team members was over a few weeks ago to swap out some Scentsy Wax & she LOVED walking through the house checking out the decorations. When she stumbled upon my "Werewolf Urine" bottle she squealed, apparently she has a co worker that is totally infatuated with them. She asked if I would make her a bottle for her friend. So, I obliged.


I even created a custom scroll that she can leave scrolled or frame titled "How to Identify a Werewolf" with tell tale signs of what to look for, missing large pets, horrendous odor, and of course purple urine....I can't wait to hear the reaction once she presents this item to her co-worker.

Create a Scene BATS

I purchased a set of these Create a Scene Wall art Bats at Target on Friday.
The whole set is only $10.

I put them up last night in one of the bathrooms that will be transformed into the "Bat Motel" by the end of the week after I get the rest of the items in there... photos to follow.

These were a FANTASTIC find and excellent price, I didn't expect there to be as many as there were on the sheet and really wasn't expecting the vast difference in size from about 2 inches all the way up to about 10. They went on super easy and were easy to remove and reposition, the only downfall they will be disposable so I see myself buying a couple of more sets to put away for other years.

Black & White Halloween finds

Adorable "Everyone has a skeleton in their closet!" 11x14 pillow embroidered. $24.99 local boutique here.

$19.99 black wooden curled bundles at Target.

matching black wooded curled wreath. $39.99 Target

Tall, Dark & Handsome VAMPIRES Welcome 11x14 pillow local $24.99

One Space at a Time

Concentrating hard on the inside this week....if I can manage to get it taken care of then I will find little relief as I begin to work on the bigger project on hand the outside and the barn......This display isn't as muted tones as I usually prefer but when I saw the wooden plank sign last week I couldn't resist and my wooden trio of "hoarder pumpkins" from the estate sale summer 2010 fit nicely here.

The China is Finished

Well it only took 24 hours, but it is finished. Actually it looks finished but I am sure I will rearrange it several times, take out a piece, add a piece, move a piece or two several times before the big event.





Unpacking this year has been a little bitter sweet, fond memories, gentle suprises when I come across something I forgot about or something new bought after the season, and sad when I come across something that didn't move well or hold up well in the new attic storage space vs the basement at the old house...


This is an older cabinet, and it is not lit inside, so I am going to also work on figuring out a way to light it up on the inside the night of... maybe little led lights perhaps hidden between the bottles. Notice Aldwyn found a friend too, I came across the little black owl that was the center of attention on the kitchen chandelier at the old house 2 years ago, TOTALLY forgot about him. And I added a lovely fuzzy spider to compliment the plaque "... and along came a spider"....


A little Bucky has taken up shop on the top shelf.... next to the "Blood of the Undead".

Bottom Shelf close up center. Glitter Skulls were from Target last year, on clearance... must admit I don't even remember buying them. The little Wooden "Boo" matches the "Trick or Treat" on the top shelf, both new additions this year.

Potential

As soon as I started selling Scentsy products I swore I would never burn another candle again. While this may be true, I couldn't pass up this black elegant candelabra today. Covered in wax, a sign that it served its former owner well, this treasure was sitting on an upper shelf collecting dusts at one of my favorite thrift store haunts... All for the price of $2.00, it will make a lovely addition to the All Together Dead house... now to decide what color tappers to put in it.

Hoarder Estate Sale

I stumbled upon an estate sale that was worthy of the show featured on A&E called Hoarders. The only difference is that there wasn't the filth, trash, and what not. It was just a simple case of a shop-a-holic hoarder.

I kid you not, she must have purchased at least 10 of everything. Tons of items stacked up in unopened boxes ordered from QVC in multiples. Piles in every room that were taller than me in some cases. Bags upon bags of items that were purchased and never taken out of the bags. There was so much it was impossible to go through everything. Some of the treasures I found....

A Trio of witches

I think I will call this one Stella

An entire table full of Halloween Loot

including:

One witch cookie cutter
2 chocolate candy molds
5 packages of mini pumpkin lights
12 strands of fall colored beaded stems for a wreath
2 packages of glow in the dark ants
a package of glow in the dark spiders
a tree votive candle holder glass
a witch votive candle holder glass
A large and A small spider/web metal decoration
4 metal wire pumpkin decorations

6 packages of silk fall colored leaves & 3 packages of ceramic tapper candle accents...

And this is just the beginning...