Haunted Week

Halloween obsession: I have one of those.

Every year, my roommate and I transform our usually normal house into an homage to our favorite holiday. We have a huge party every year, with a theme. The invites, decorations, and costumes match the theme…

So far we’ve had some great ones…you’ll notice that the themes get more elaborate as the years go one!

First year: Dead Man’s Party—skeletons galore.

Second year: Vampires (this was before the Twihard craze ;) –invites wrapped around black roses

Third year: Pick your Poison—invites in small plastic glasses with skull-and-bones on them

Fourth year: Carnival theme-invites attached to red and white striped popcorn boxes. My costume was fun that year: the ringmaster. And I made what is still my favorite decoration: a life-size fortune teller “machine."

Daytime view

Lit up at night

Fifth year: Come in Pieces—Alien invasion

Sixth year: Twisted Fairy Tales—these invites were cool—some had poison apples, some had spiders—each had a creepy fairy tale quote from a different tale

This year: Heaven and Hell—a trip though Dante’s nine levels of hell. Our invites are pretty cool, and I still have them here, so I can take a picture!

Coming up next week, October 24-31, Haunted Week is hosted by Cheyenne at  {This Girl Reads}. I have enough to say about Halloween to post every day in October, so I’m jumping on board with some top-five lists, Halloween playlists, and anything else I can think of. I’m looking forward to visiting other blogs and immersing myself completely in my obsessive love for Halloween.

If you drop by please leave a comment and tell me where I can find you! J