I actually have 2 different sets of Halloween decorations. I have all the crazy Halloween party decorations and they fill up a whole shed full of plastic storage bins. And then, I have the regular house decorations that take up two small, black and orange storage bins. These are all the fragile, sentimental and cutesy decorations that don't usually go up for the party.
And now, my Halloween putz village is part of those decorations.
We have 2 fireplaces in our new house! I always told Michael that I want to have a mantel someday, so we have a place to hang stockings. And we ended up with 2 of them!
The one in the family room has the tv directly over it, so I really can't put much on it. But the one in the living room is what you see right when you walk in the front door, so I cluttered it all up! I have my putz village on it, which now includes the two little ceramic houses I found at Walmart about 5 years ago. Down on the hearth, I put the smashed witch feet and legs and our 3 pumpkins that we'll carve on trick-or-treat night. Also the two jack-o-lantern stands that Michael got for us this year with electric, blow mold jack-o-lanterns. I love them!
I almost forgot about our American Gothic candle holder! The tops of their heads hold candles, but I like them just as a figurine. They're ceramic and all the black parts are flocked with a velvet-like substance.
I got these goofy little guys at the 96 cent store. I saw them last year, but couldn't bring myself to pay a whole 96 cents for them. So, I got them for 48 cents this year! Lol! Isn't that ridiculous? When I got home and was telling Michael the story, I realized how dumb it sounded. And they came in a pack of 2. Geez, I should go back and get the weird-looking ghosts too...
I love this trio. They're on the mantel in the family room. The skeleton nutcracker was sent to us last year from Michael's Mom. The black cat is from when my Mom use to do piece work craft painting for a place called Robin's Nest back in the late 80's. And the skeleton push puppet I found at Cost Plus about 11 years ago when I bought my condo.
It was so much fun to open up these storage bins and see these decorations! They've been in storage for nearly 4 years, and I missed them all. I'm very sentimental about holiday decorations and I can't wait to share them all with Korben.
He's already getting into it. He loves the stuffed black kitty that I had in with everything else!
