Hi everyone! So glad that some of you were inspired by my Halloween decorating post yesterday and that you are getting out your fall decor! I was inspired by so many other wonderful bloggers to get mine out, so I guess one good turn deserves another as they say! And Grace, it's ok to put things out "before" October 1st hits...I'll even write you a note giving you permission! ;-)
Today, I thought I'd share with you how I decorated the window ledge above my kitchen sink...
You may recall that my mason jars used to be filled with white beans, but I decided to leave them empty for Halloween and drape fake cob webs over them to give them the look of an abandoned and haunted abode!
Mr. Tide reminded me that if we left the windows open each night, we would have plenty of "real" spider webs and could have saved ourselves $1.99 at Michaels buying fake ones! Mr. Tide is always so helpful that way! *cough cough*
And of course you can't have spider webs without a spider to create them right?!
Did you ever wonder why they are sometimes called spider webs (which can also be spelled all as one word) and other times they are referred to as cob webs? Well apparently it goes back to the old Middle English word for spider...coppe! So they were coppe webs, and eventually became known as cobwebs!
There are a total of three mason jars on my windowsill, each covered in strands of delicate webbing. I love how the sunlight illuminates the individual strands during the morning hours each day!
And although I love the mason jars and spider webs, this is my favorite part of the display. It's a vintage piece, also rescued from my parent's house. I had it sitting on the dresser in my daughter's old bedroom, waiting to use it this Halloween, and when my daughter came home a few weekends ago she promptly brought it into our bedroom declaring it was creepy and that she didn't want it in her room!
The only creepy things around here are my cool new watermark fonts! Did you notice the one from yesterday's post? And this one is called "Buffied"...I love using these spooky fonts for my Halloween photos!
Happy Haunting Everyone!
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