Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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


6 comments:

  1. Wow, I love the themes. Sounds so fun! And man, that fortune teller. Those always freaked me out lol.

    We had a family Halloween party a couple years ago, and the best part was preparing and decorating all the treats :)

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    1. It is fun, and my favorite time of the year. The only problem with the themes and the crazy decorating blitz is having to top ourselves the next year!

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  2. Hey, I'm so excited that you've joined Haunted Week! I love how seriously you and your roommate take the holiday—especially those invitations. Those are amazing!

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    1. Hi Cheyenne,
      I'm so excited for Haunted Week! Thank you for hosting--I will definitely try to post every day.
      The invites are pretty crazy. You have seen us this year walking around Michael's searching for inspiration/affordable objects to adorn them with ;)

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  3. To be honest, while my family isn't opposed to celebrating Halloween, we don't do much to celebrate it either so I try to catch it wherever I can! And your Halloween homage ideas . . . LOVE THEM!

    I'm looking forward to reading your Haunted Week posts and will drop by to read them!

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  4. I am excited!! And I am participating in Haunted Week too. This is so much fun. I love Halloween!!

    Nice to meet you.

    All the Best,
    Rionna

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