Gearing up for Halloween

This weekend marks the start of my Halloween decorating,

unfortunately, because of the new floors

going in HERE and my wife wanting to paint the walls,

we have everything topsy turvy.

Things I usually set or hang decorations on are

still out in the garage or covered with tools

and painting supplies.

But I did manage to get the hutch buffet started.

I start with Eden's Halloween table runner

that she made for us last year!

Followed by a new purchase that

I just received in the mail...

A Dept 56  Crows on Corn candy dish.

I found it online at Ghoul Gallery, I was lucky,

I bought the last one!

It compliments my crow candle holders

that I purchased last year.

get one here 

also from Ghoul Gallery.

It's the only place I've ever seen them,

and they were "retired" in 2005.

 The candy dish has a cute little

smiling pumpkin inside.

which leads me to believe there's more to this set.

Here's a dept 56 tea light holder that I saw online

that looks just like that pumpkin.

And these mugs...

see the same pumpkin there,

along with all these other charcacters?

image form ebay

And here's that same cat from the mug...

I feel this was an extensive unnamed line that

Dept 56 released just before they

stopped production of Halloween collectibles.
Here's more of the collection I was able to find
pictures of....

But I digress, Let us get back to my decorating.

Next I put up the fall wreath

and placed the Kron TV Lamp Owl on his perch...

CREEPY, huh?

Then, I carefully unpacked all the collectibles,

 and arranged them

along the buffet and on the hutch.

There's the crow next to the dish.

 Here's my Anna Lee candy corn elf
next to my

"Frankenstein Stein" mug

Designed by the talented people at

One Hundred 80 Degrees.

He sits across from my

Dept 56 google eye Bride of Frankenstein Bowl From
the "Frankenstein's Laboratory" line.

AAAAHHHHHH!

She is screaming at

 the Pottery Barn mice this year.
With my Halloween hutch/buffet almost done,

  I move on to the dry goods pantry,

I am a big fan of the

Fitz and Floyd "Halloween Harvest" line

The Halloween Harvest Haunted House

Cookie Jar is the biggest jar I own.

I received the matching cat and pumpkin

salt and pepper shakers

free with the purchase of the

cookie jar from FitzandFloyd.com many years ago.

The matching Halloween Harvest lidded box witch

I purchased a little later.

 I was fortunate to catch the
Halloween Harvest Dracula at a half off
sale on FitzandFloyd.com.  They are always
offering great sales.  He would have been way
too expensive otherwise.

get one here

I am also the proud owner this year of the
Glitterville stacking Halloween cake plates. 

 I just love the bright colors, and the little silhouettes

match the little silhouettes on the buffet table runner.

Sam won a little money at the slots this summer and

said I could get whatever I wanted, since I

had my eye on this for many years,

I figured, well now's my chance.

 

Now I just need to learn to make cupcakes.

I'm still decorating...I'll post more later.

Thanks for popping by!

Today I'm joining

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays

and

Happy Haunting!