Purple Chocolat Home's Eery Vintage Buffet and Giveaway

Welcome to Dracula's parlor.

Although Beaulah and I tend toward

non-spooky decor for Halloween

we decided to put together this more

EERY

vignette on the buffet chest in the living room.

I knew I wanted some fun word blocks to

set the tone, so my granddaughter and I

had a craft night and made these

EERY

wood blocks.

I was looking for some antique handwriting for the

background of the block.

I found this on Graphics Fairy.  It is actually from

an autograph book circa 1857.  I downloaded

it to my computer.

Then I needed some fun fonts and while on

Pinterest I saw this

featured on Shadowhouse Creations.

The font I chose was

Aquiline.

I imported the handwritten page into

Photoscape, then placed the letter on

each page while in Photoscape (a free program

that is user friendly that you can find here),

then just printed it out in a 5x7 on copy paper.

A thin coat of Mod Podge sticks the paper to

the wood block.  Let dry then apply another

thin coating.  Sand the edges if desired.

The word blocks are the perfect focal point

for our buffet.

Beaulah laughed and laughed when 

she saw this photo of my husband and me.

She said our noses are worse than hers!

I am the one on the left.  We always, always, always

dress up for handing out the candy.

This antique photo plays well with the

vintage look of the Halloween decor.

By the magic of a hologram, when you

turn the picture just a little, the baby

becomes spooky with white eyes and fangs.

The kiddies can't keep their hands off this piece.

Yes, you might have guessed it, we have more

than one hand around the house.  Here it

is presented under glass.

A black sparkly pumpkin is under glass also.

And even a crow with beady black eyes.

We tried another decoupage project this

year too.  This eery candlestick was

featured in Martha Stewart's Halloween 2010.

You can find the pattern here.

I just cut mine out of copy paper that I 

sent through the copier without anything

to copy so that I had a thin black paper.

Again, apply it with a thin layer of 

Mod Podge, then let dry and top with

another thin coat.

My vintage Victorian witch's boot and

a fringed shawl help fill out the vignette.

The jeweled  Victorian style cake stands are

perfect for showcasing Dracula's treasures.

Imagine yourself here after dark with the

black candles lit.

Beaulah pushed my photo out of the way

and made room for herself - she's not too spooky.

She doesn't want you to miss out on her

giveaway which ends Wednesday, October 19th

at midnight.

Click here to enter.

(photo courtesy of fancyflours.com  .

Beaulah had to doll it up to fit with the post)

She is giving away a Glitterville Stacking

Halloween Cake Platter.  Oooh, this is going

to look sooooooooo good in someone's home.

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