Quick, cheap and easy Halloween decorations.

I haven't quite been able to go all out with Halloween decorations like I planned on.

However, what I did accomplish was done in a single day.

It took a trip to the dollar store and a trip to the thrift store.

All of my inspiration was from Martha Stewart.

 Martha Stewart does Halloween it right!

I started out with the pumpkins that I painted here 

and some owls(Mia likes to photobomb)

 and glass jars that I already had up on the shelves.

From the dollar store I bought a few bags of plastic eyes, a package of small spiders, a package of spider silhouettes, two large spiders, two crows, spiderwebs and some red candlesticks. 

(Sorry I didn't take more pictures!)

I purchased four brass candle holders for $2.00, two large brown candle holders for $4.00

and a small, gold frame for $1.00 at the thrift store.

Since we use it so often, we have a large collection of spray paints.

This is one of my favorites.

It's Rust-oleum's flat, black enamel.

Since it's flat it sticks to pretty much any surface.

If you don't like the matte finish, you can also get some of Rust-oleum's Crystal Clear Enamel 

and it'll be glossy, just like that! 

I really like using matte colors and then spraying over them with clear. 

The matte paint works as a primer and makes the gloss stick better and look just a bit shinier than your average gloss spray paint, it also runs less so you wont have as many drips on your surface. 

There I go getting carried away with spray paint.

On to the more interesting things.

Here are the shelves I decorated.

Project cost:

Red Candles =$2.00

Brass Candle holders = $2.00

Large Brown Candle holders= $4.00

Gold frame = $1.00

Bags of Eyes = $4.00

Two bags of eyes = $2.00

Bag of Spiders = $1.00

Two Large Spiders = $2.00 ($1.00 each)

Two crows = $2.00 ($1.00 each)

Pumpkins = Already had ($1.00 each at Walmart)

Package of Spider Silhouettes = $1.00 

Gold Apples = Already had

Spray paint = Already had

Wreath = from previous post!

Total money spent:  Around $21.00 plus tax 

Just under $30 if you count the pumpkins.

This is the first year that I decided to get creative with our decorations.

I planned on doing more, but more projects just kept popping up.

I'm pretty happy with how the shelves turned out. 

I've got a few pumpkins and spider silhouettes around the house, but otherwise I think I'm done with decorating for Halloween.

You can bet I'm gonna go crazy for Christmas.

Mia's going to love it just as much as I am!

Speaking of Mia, I realized I didn't mention her in my last post and that just wont do!

So without further ado, here's my baby posing for all of you!

*Also, I'd like to mention that October 16th was the 1 year anniversary of my very first blog post.

You may view that here.

Thank YOU for keeping up with all of my posts and for finding what I say type interesting.

I hope I gave you some kind of inspiration or at least entertainment.

I'd love to have a guest blogger sometime soon so if you have any crafts, diy's, recipes or even rooms you wanna show off let me know! 

Thanks again everyone! <3