Birthday Flowers in Transferware

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow is my sweet friend's Birthday and I have a special gift for her.  We both like the same things so I knew when I found this awesome Transferware Tureen </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">that she would love it too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And who doesn't love flowers?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I combined the two and came up with this!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s1600/IMG_6025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s640/IMG_6025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tureen is white with a pretty green pattern.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know it looks blue in some of the photos.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtTRjN1iAt7yE6bJi7uLLySCZGgD9iDbXVmshbIjwwLws3GDvsaIer7PWqm9lyzrpKo2GHp59TVu4H9K50OlgeoPuZQ_8EbcrNHcuFxBc0R-Enh60CATJYgMC1OQIis_ziugSgsqJstU/s1600/IMG_5998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtTRjN1iAt7yE6bJi7uLLySCZGgD9iDbXVmshbIjwwLws3GDvsaIer7PWqm9lyzrpKo2GHp59TVu4H9K50OlgeoPuZQ_8EbcrNHcuFxBc0R-Enh60CATJYgMC1OQIis_ziugSgsqJstU/s640/IMG_5998.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The lid has a raised pattern on it that I adore.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, there are no chips in it at all.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQK4BWI7W5F4XBFwut1i9luTsrJFU4xWKzHWNdfSm8P2E1ZBojlHnyOtpJ6M16OD1_kM1QDL1dsNyeZyABtAmYrOi2YIuxBToFUCtsxvHrBXxgDwlbnnbGOUWthXmm0T-5-AmvjtRDo/s1600/IMG_6000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQK4BWI7W5F4XBFwut1i9luTsrJFU4xWKzHWNdfSm8P2E1ZBojlHnyOtpJ6M16OD1_kM1QDL1dsNyeZyABtAmYrOi2YIuxBToFUCtsxvHrBXxgDwlbnnbGOUWthXmm0T-5-AmvjtRDo/s640/IMG_6000.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So let's start this tutorial!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's what you'll need:  Flowers (mine are from Costco), apples, floral foam, picks or skewers, ribbon, extra greenery if needed,  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJCFQcXK-6Lg9wMbsrwvwMLKPsD9AOREl84BnZdSFtOT1v1NcXyc1oKyDGRCW1MMVm8tcTIZBlD4CAkMnj0xeRyCjRGcTPZlF4Sx5mgRHl3rhP2es1GJvmJptLNOSJz7J4gf0Majt4o/s1600/IMG_5997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJCFQcXK-6Lg9wMbsrwvwMLKPsD9AOREl84BnZdSFtOT1v1NcXyc1oKyDGRCW1MMVm8tcTIZBlD4CAkMnj0xeRyCjRGcTPZlF4Sx5mgRHl3rhP2es1GJvmJptLNOSJz7J4gf0Majt4o/s640/IMG_5997.jpg" width="568" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">   I put some wet floral foam in the bottom and taped it down.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGLIIH56d4soj8CIyjhzBAdjwptRHxUGUIRxAyjG5h_DlWoqo415rfRF_p0tUAV0febRY5Lul82cypkVT1_c_44Cta9OfmCy_4wZqvhMsknOlJZYvyKKilnuB5e1oZ4EFkEnQI0CoDI4/s1600/IMG_6002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGLIIH56d4soj8CIyjhzBAdjwptRHxUGUIRxAyjG5h_DlWoqo415rfRF_p0tUAV0febRY5Lul82cypkVT1_c_44Cta9OfmCy_4wZqvhMsknOlJZYvyKKilnuB5e1oZ4EFkEnQI0CoDI4/s640/IMG_6002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to use apples because they always remind me of fall.  I put them on skewers and placed them in the bowl.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuTGDshuBNFP8wOPeXAu1381mJrZRBJMGo62qLmN5iCq5iZgVGNBzRVnHT7UO8kN1W1cXLje2Pg5pCI6DU4uK3Bc2H3JcHKx9-730X3wdYWfzcRtlAqXTNo3j8L1Lhil9_jEOgSe7G24/s1600/IMG_6003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuTGDshuBNFP8wOPeXAu1381mJrZRBJMGo62qLmN5iCq5iZgVGNBzRVnHT7UO8kN1W1cXLje2Pg5pCI6DU4uK3Bc2H3JcHKx9-730X3wdYWfzcRtlAqXTNo3j8L1Lhil9_jEOgSe7G24/s640/IMG_6003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now here comes the tricky part.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to incorporate the lid also, since it is part of the gift.  I set it sideways on top of the handle and the apples and wired it tightly.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Mg6d-BsgLAu_iULtrVmDCV7-W2wiGOZQ8PgXHl19KhUYSoRRXS0XBlCERZL8XWvJZp2ILQb-LkbBkVjFOYbTClFtGF4wcPKGxLjPnpHZGmGXCKAyD0j0tbmbviKL2fGCdlxQwKrSP8/s1600/IMG_6005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Mg6d-BsgLAu_iULtrVmDCV7-W2wiGOZQ8PgXHl19KhUYSoRRXS0XBlCERZL8XWvJZp2ILQb-LkbBkVjFOYbTClFtGF4wcPKGxLjPnpHZGmGXCKAyD0j0tbmbviKL2fGCdlxQwKrSP8/s640/IMG_6005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry, by the time we are done the wires won't show.  <b>Promise!</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_2CzIHtnGmzj5EFlqT2feUNjkwXPOMRPGd67JMWx-1NnCDiJ_wctAnZu0NpRrqCgFm-PUw2sgRKRLfMot0-lLMqVkx55A_Wla9WGxM1BDBDRa2qWXuzMQuznVmZl_7tfhgEeweaoa5o/s1600/IMG_6006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_2CzIHtnGmzj5EFlqT2feUNjkwXPOMRPGd67JMWx-1NnCDiJ_wctAnZu0NpRrqCgFm-PUw2sgRKRLfMot0-lLMqVkx55A_Wla9WGxM1BDBDRa2qWXuzMQuznVmZl_7tfhgEeweaoa5o/s640/IMG_6006.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to separate my flowers so that I know what I have to work with.  I usually start with the largest and work my way down.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWC1H2zWYYskHJS0z1DcBjtIpMmy0hpyx8faYCEkIES0vRKWII0WFjxQzZ4ZF4camDkpdoqTAKl1i-k7JuQ3JBFOh7EPYksSbsHf_d9xnQkAp_8I6cSjTg_VsKg6hHS0gEBOOwmnEYI/s1600/IMG_6007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWC1H2zWYYskHJS0z1DcBjtIpMmy0hpyx8faYCEkIES0vRKWII0WFjxQzZ4ZF4camDkpdoqTAKl1i-k7JuQ3JBFOh7EPYksSbsHf_d9xnQkAp_8I6cSjTg_VsKg6hHS0gEBOOwmnEYI/s640/IMG_6007.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The large gold spider Mums go in first.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like to work with threes for the larger impact flowers.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWh5Hdjv5qUmbW7Q3zhHxIWAWWUqHSw3klUUvfcEonur-u_GSrJXqzj3tyQiAWvi-JbtGaxfXEAYXuNC7CXdgO7yBia4uxR5ZWIOyX_WJSQFKfibC67y0NmWlMc6CmXYdxIucGyEaDOI/s1600/IMG_6008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWh5Hdjv5qUmbW7Q3zhHxIWAWWUqHSw3klUUvfcEonur-u_GSrJXqzj3tyQiAWvi-JbtGaxfXEAYXuNC7CXdgO7yBia4uxR5ZWIOyX_WJSQFKfibC67y0NmWlMc6CmXYdxIucGyEaDOI/s640/IMG_6008.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Then the pretty red roses are added.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EaiP8RnV1UWpr6n7l712w5z3VD6oHnIcR2usr8XMUS-X1zEDICvTXP7DgShwEQIddLyhPZEsgzYZ7c0i0Q3WdWgHaMhbVRif3xfVeLiGzmT931zfUYrvDzCFBchgehGYmT2bCf-qwMg/s1600/IMG_6010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EaiP8RnV1UWpr6n7l712w5z3VD6oHnIcR2usr8XMUS-X1zEDICvTXP7DgShwEQIddLyhPZEsgzYZ7c0i0Q3WdWgHaMhbVRif3xfVeLiGzmT931zfUYrvDzCFBchgehGYmT2bCf-qwMg/s640/IMG_6010.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed the large cattails in next and then started filling in with the smaller flowers.  The greenery will fill in any holes.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Gtqjco-j6sgFXIHGXAorr2BKflfk3Z1LFngy9VPQXfbzaVscaRJT-Z51NpTsIjVmQucQjpcWbB73gqXZYbyfr5W9EEveNaBtSO-OrXYgIqSS15z9qiovSekVV7v5kBEWokqanj5XoM/s1600/IMG_6011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Gtqjco-j6sgFXIHGXAorr2BKflfk3Z1LFngy9VPQXfbzaVscaRJT-Z51NpTsIjVmQucQjpcWbB73gqXZYbyfr5W9EEveNaBtSO-OrXYgIqSS15z9qiovSekVV7v5kBEWokqanj5XoM/s640/IMG_6011.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I filled in all of the spaces and arranged a large bunch of what looks like wheat over the handle.  I made a bow with some sparkly ribbon and put it on top of the handle but I didn't like it.  It was too much.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnz_J2q98eSa-i3cDv-3a7xR1CqvNmRrw3qpX4kiH9ne5HMcUaJD_8ZL0wljG-3JWSjlnhH2NFi_BPt8HoiN0VXxheyd0apzFXqj2ynW5iGRaZmezehSRUljTVB0bbENZxA4zDQTvaGU/s1600/IMG_6013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnz_J2q98eSa-i3cDv-3a7xR1CqvNmRrw3qpX4kiH9ne5HMcUaJD_8ZL0wljG-3JWSjlnhH2NFi_BPt8HoiN0VXxheyd0apzFXqj2ynW5iGRaZmezehSRUljTVB0bbENZxA4zDQTvaGU/s640/IMG_6013.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I tied some raffia on with a maroon ribbon.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still don't like it.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuozAXk5nKQsjtWYJtHTeO2B8iF0SqePYLtBBomueqhEayqnNXlf6g7j6lxgKSlQ5n7MOfavibvwlSJvHSIQhuuUmJG342GB6GeNW2N8miK0Zxg8DXO8tuhavm5dvMkDK4g9N8g_Qm6s/s1600/IMG_6019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuozAXk5nKQsjtWYJtHTeO2B8iF0SqePYLtBBomueqhEayqnNXlf6g7j6lxgKSlQ5n7MOfavibvwlSJvHSIQhuuUmJG342GB6GeNW2N8miK0Zxg8DXO8tuhavm5dvMkDK4g9N8g_Qm6s/s640/IMG_6019.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I ended up just tying a simple ribbon around the wheat.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think it's perfect.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwVEVAkiL_mBCN4LlIfiFH-dRQvsrTOnTVhuInLCCJEuLihge4jhxS1X1ggLJnnBC_A_TwVMvHBteTYAACyy3ApTJtq2WiUUsgZIx9ZDlruZt0zrZd4Noo00sz8KCx1kfNfRYFBiZpdo/s1600/IMG_6029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwVEVAkiL_mBCN4LlIfiFH-dRQvsrTOnTVhuInLCCJEuLihge4jhxS1X1ggLJnnBC_A_TwVMvHBteTYAACyy3ApTJtq2WiUUsgZIx9ZDlruZt0zrZd4Noo00sz8KCx1kfNfRYFBiZpdo/s640/IMG_6029.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Very Fall!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s1600/IMG_6025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P5fBumMUVlMDBVmjuyEFblrIs2wRa4reqO4ygjYDxpS7pDPer1LMnFEPqu8vozmGK0_Kqn6rNs0dG4CaFNLHGEL6ayyiJDqDJthqbC5NtKOeZ8ImGHJyS9MuO6MIoTI3HjbNvsBhJeA/s640/IMG_6025.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope she likes it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By The Way, Today is my beautiful Mother's Birthday!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She lives too far away to give these to but I sent her some!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I Love You Mom!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are the BEST! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div 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Birthday Flowers in Transferware

Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!   Tomorrow is my sweet friend's Birthday and I have a special gift for her.  We both like the same t...

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Deja Vu Decorating

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, folks ... that's right!  If I add something to our home that I absolutely love, don't be surprised if you see it appear in another space at the same time, as well.  Do any of you do that, too?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such is the case when I recently revamped our breakfast room (shown <a href="http://adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/2012/09/breakfast-area-gets-new-look.html">here</a>).  I knew when I spotted the fabulous fabric for the windows in there, that I also simply *had* to add it to our neighboring great room ... especially since we have an open floor plan.  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm really enjoying seeing pattern in here against our neutral furniture:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfoJ5KPekpEsYzOWmALDQmWtw8uDZl-MHUrWEQwMCAMKJFywUK-3a8ol65pfkaJtTi6_1vS05AL7x5vPp3a4cWgQuNDoomHYe88bBuIle1s6X8DzX4ETe017iYfDJ7VCJospAOhMzdg/s1600/fallgreatoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfoJ5KPekpEsYzOWmALDQmWtw8uDZl-MHUrWEQwMCAMKJFywUK-3a8ol65pfkaJtTi6_1vS05AL7x5vPp3a4cWgQuNDoomHYe88bBuIle1s6X8DzX4ETe017iYfDJ7VCJospAOhMzdg/s640/fallgreatoverall.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-n9XABe9TltrauvTYRMMM65ZX6TXZ7ZLrxKFcF9xuMr3VmiJqG_FiKMLA-tR2qyZ2lMTY9pqi74GQ1aiIiwKBjs6PC23-3wCgUDGay3b4lhM8mo1jKrEZTblLH6-FLMLEVIFhRhUQw/s1600/fallgreatcurtains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-n9XABe9TltrauvTYRMMM65ZX6TXZ7ZLrxKFcF9xuMr3VmiJqG_FiKMLA-tR2qyZ2lMTY9pqi74GQ1aiIiwKBjs6PC23-3wCgUDGay3b4lhM8mo1jKrEZTblLH6-FLMLEVIFhRhUQw/s640/fallgreatcurtains.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you're here, I'll share a few pics of our simple Fall great room.  When you enter our home, the great room is straight ahead ... with our buffet on the left side:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bI-ROInuTLh8Z_xZgnhNjuU8OeVH0cFJpsVABHlV1NNGhijXdBdqL0Uw5Cy2PMs3Il6jOJLxJThzf1ybJvLR8X1kwL8yN5p1z6yCTelr6WWAEjtnNen3xlnr75VO21PRLSLq39YkCg/s1600/fallgreatbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bI-ROInuTLh8Z_xZgnhNjuU8OeVH0cFJpsVABHlV1NNGhijXdBdqL0Uw5Cy2PMs3Il6jOJLxJThzf1ybJvLR8X1kwL8yN5p1z6yCTelr6WWAEjtnNen3xlnr75VO21PRLSLq39YkCg/s640/fallgreatbuffet.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I pulled out our Fall pillows ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIJUv0m_N_68aszcStTzeGwa-zhW4nqdHNquYXAgA6c6j8j0XqZwfgbfbJAJqen6fMxtC2pyR-VIMaY90O4ufY-Lo1pwmS94bE7BLlxqxlDWGJ_bkndC6iquBcEYPFiCMgdVWk4w2ZQ/s1600/fallgreatsofa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIJUv0m_N_68aszcStTzeGwa-zhW4nqdHNquYXAgA6c6j8j0XqZwfgbfbJAJqen6fMxtC2pyR-VIMaY90O4ufY-Lo1pwmS94bE7BLlxqxlDWGJ_bkndC6iquBcEYPFiCMgdVWk4w2ZQ/s640/fallgreatsofa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">adding a couple of new, patterened ones from Kirkland's:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwssp7bhFKVBZbpNXlhABtnNFKGt9L2CVKh60v7sImmIJez8kUYxPaogElVqKWtXy8dPPzsk4Sn9vGpRVSuN5OEwpi4Ah2Cuhpltg3DOHZQQI9K1wV6D-NDmJuqVvXr_uYiXXC-MRdA/s1600/fallgreatpillows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwssp7bhFKVBZbpNXlhABtnNFKGt9L2CVKh60v7sImmIJez8kUYxPaogElVqKWtXy8dPPzsk4Sn9vGpRVSuN5OEwpi4Ah2Cuhpltg3DOHZQQI9K1wV6D-NDmJuqVvXr_uYiXXC-MRdA/s640/fallgreatpillows.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's just about time to enjoy a nice fire!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwEaVpRmfHRaPwEyzWn4uge60hzbYZpiToc0-dSEKgw5sMZ40a6nEg7YgZ5A4NOaIFymCWSaJ85XDFc2Os71jM5xjRc8czjjYSqUrW3-VVm4rYm5sXKfdD50flkaqmY43M7IRGealBg/s1600/fallgreatfireplace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwEaVpRmfHRaPwEyzWn4uge60hzbYZpiToc0-dSEKgw5sMZ40a6nEg7YgZ5A4NOaIFymCWSaJ85XDFc2Os71jM5xjRc8czjjYSqUrW3-VVm4rYm5sXKfdD50flkaqmY43M7IRGealBg/s640/fallgreatfireplace.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After seeing lanterns on Pinterest (including my sweet friend, Kristen, from <a href="http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/">Kristen's Creations</a>) that are embellished with Fall goodies, I simply had to dress up one of ours, too:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIKJ0-MbCY1RQBt_OloXpA8I4rNDeEyxSOqzFbPoblficfrbll7lYJEjYikc3U9-RWYIr82F380UA5qeZwdf3FYTtXBz_ZZ8GaKUNaj68qPwGiK2936NHVsdlZ1Vn3bVC9o5YSzHUTA/s1600/fallgreatlantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIKJ0-MbCY1RQBt_OloXpA8I4rNDeEyxSOqzFbPoblficfrbll7lYJEjYikc3U9-RWYIr82F380UA5qeZwdf3FYTtXBz_ZZ8GaKUNaj68qPwGiK2936NHVsdlZ1Vn3bVC9o5YSzHUTA/s640/fallgreatlantern.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, I must thank my sweet Mom for suprising me with this gorgeous floor lamp ... she knows my taste very well!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdeD0cDbAGjC21oMGKhVmbfjyBeVBXsU0Om9Heu5-01QWlPkVP2FsKpObC8XLYDtg0b3mVoM6QTdhNmU-riEBXkzvi2sFJVCYtPAfSZYrVYByBmuginD7N7ym2uTiR-B1ciSVwNCJRQ/s1600/fallgreatlamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdeD0cDbAGjC21oMGKhVmbfjyBeVBXsU0Om9Heu5-01QWlPkVP2FsKpObC8XLYDtg0b3mVoM6QTdhNmU-riEBXkzvi2sFJVCYtPAfSZYrVYByBmuginD7N7ym2uTiR-B1ciSVwNCJRQ/s640/fallgreatlamp.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A simple apothecary jar filled with pinecones, corks and pumpkins helps our faux Fall foliage pop:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF88Ybztf42pmWahxlgL5nKxC3qeU6te8uhjGCzpkh9o6vnOKVhNWWerWc9RcSsqMFiec_116ykOW7TXI6l_IUVNwn64ed3qnooBQ1udzoff5xrgWbxqa4v-1ZYSzefYwBz2Sx_j5f_A/s1600/fallgreatcorks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF88Ybztf42pmWahxlgL5nKxC3qeU6te8uhjGCzpkh9o6vnOKVhNWWerWc9RcSsqMFiec_116ykOW7TXI6l_IUVNwn64ed3qnooBQ1udzoff5xrgWbxqa4v-1ZYSzefYwBz2Sx_j5f_A/s640/fallgreatcorks.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hard to believe I'll be trading the orange for pops of Christmas red in a few weeks!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Haunted Dining Room How-To's

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I shared my<span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/10/haunted-dining-room.html" target="_blank"> Haunted Dining Room </a></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with you on Saturday night.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I didn't share any of the <b>SCARY </b>details.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey, it was the weekend!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So cover your eyes if you must (but it's gonna be hard to read that way) and follow along as I show you how I achieved my <b>Haunted Dining Room.</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxP0nTg55rfZqBfLCRHaiqiYPJDudQ0Q1WvfMxjSGeIyoWPoT0tqqHM1tutzeTxq3wsfwTY7lWkSVW8eeaDfV4fN0KfiM65umOr8e9VFg9zg7btUNWOJwIespTYMhLfodvE-RY0nZhXU/s1600/IMG_5964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxP0nTg55rfZqBfLCRHaiqiYPJDudQ0Q1WvfMxjSGeIyoWPoT0tqqHM1tutzeTxq3wsfwTY7lWkSVW8eeaDfV4fN0KfiM65umOr8e9VFg9zg7btUNWOJwIespTYMhLfodvE-RY0nZhXU/s640/IMG_5964.jpg" width="406" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I cannot take credit for the Madame Leota Crystal Ball idea.  Miss Beaux and I were knee deep into this project when inspiration struck her like a bolt of lightning.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> My Mother In Law passed all of these fantastic cloches from </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pottery Barn to me this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had unpacked them all knowing that I wanted to use them </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for my Halloween Display.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss Beaux remarked that this particular cloche  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">looked like a Crystal Ball.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I agreed but wasn't sure how I could pull that off.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> She was set on the Disney Haunted Mansion Crystal Ball  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we Googled that image.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wadded up some black tulle with a skull to see what effect that would have.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just what I was looking for, so we printed off a picture of Miss Leota on Photo Paper and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">cut it out and placed it in there.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That was it!  </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, I will have to tell you </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I am mighty impressed with myself!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Easy and Effective!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You could use a fishbowl to get the same look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrRScWnP3P-oki5uaIKx5pRlecPTauSWTY_CD3sBt0g3aGbn1MmvAcYq78QTajlKZrYZORnwpvXq112fbxfQUMqGQACwW-oLdxxwbag5S-Iakq3aBnsnNmrEM142I8eqbsYoS8EMpDTk/s1600/IMG_5965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrRScWnP3P-oki5uaIKx5pRlecPTauSWTY_CD3sBt0g3aGbn1MmvAcYq78QTajlKZrYZORnwpvXq112fbxfQUMqGQACwW-oLdxxwbag5S-Iakq3aBnsnNmrEM142I8eqbsYoS8EMpDTk/s640/IMG_5965.jpg" width="586" /> </a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I was inspired by <a href="http://www.nellhillsblog.com/?p=2829&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tricks-for-treating-your-home-to-a-touch-of-halloween&utm_source=Nell+Hill%27s&utm_campaign=90a97285e5-WEEKLY_NEWSLETTER&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Nell Hill's Blog</a> on Halloween tips.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She had life sized skeletons at the dining room table.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It just stuck in my head as something I wanted to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was at Walmart looking for Cheesecloth when I ran across these handsome guys.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAcNaGgCen8Rx34bReVKwtSxlLLKhGK8j0rDxAdZKv45WaaUJ6z0pLBHx6o1GQ8d9KxZCpBBvxgYpN0beGhPzZ4jrsad9SS5nXj5IhGr_lasDlPWJPX2tzGSweM_pht_ywvetxG0IVbE/s1600/IMG_5962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAcNaGgCen8Rx34bReVKwtSxlLLKhGK8j0rDxAdZKv45WaaUJ6z0pLBHx6o1GQ8d9KxZCpBBvxgYpN0beGhPzZ4jrsad9SS5nXj5IhGr_lasDlPWJPX2tzGSweM_pht_ywvetxG0IVbE/s640/IMG_5962.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">   I figured I probably wouldn't find them any cheaper and there were only two of them so I snatched them up.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really hesitated buying them as they were $39.00 apiece. My go-to theory on whether or not I <b>REALLY</b> want something is to put it in my basket and walk around and keep shopping for a while.  If at the end of my shopping I <b>STILL </b>want it then I make the purchase.  Sometimes, I'm just over it and decide I don't need it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I bought two packages of cheesecloth for $4.00 apiece.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup_1ufB9gO622lB69sLPua6LrN1K0UyaQC7ONrX7dbk0c1zaRgTNGjQIOMfnMzGhnUTFb1qLvjtizI_rcz4n8APWwb8EGHP_I47EtpVvj-vvccfwt7riTqdLN3pEl4763Z9b9dbV4TYQ/s1600/IMG_5980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup_1ufB9gO622lB69sLPua6LrN1K0UyaQC7ONrX7dbk0c1zaRgTNGjQIOMfnMzGhnUTFb1qLvjtizI_rcz4n8APWwb8EGHP_I47EtpVvj-vvccfwt7riTqdLN3pEl4763Z9b9dbV4TYQ/s640/IMG_5980.jpg" width="632" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That was enough to cover up the Mr. and Mrs. and then tie a small amount around the backs of the chairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhymU_LlVpDWnpkM2dhNqCwTRyshXHHc2E0XFLXnYSKA48ZPmWLIixgrwutZmVTtntK52SwdDk1GbpJduFqZebbGHOXRpH6wtDJQee7X7f_PM6PiYIci5m34ihAdj0PCy_hYd0IeDVLk/s1600/IMG_5967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhymU_LlVpDWnpkM2dhNqCwTRyshXHHc2E0XFLXnYSKA48ZPmWLIixgrwutZmVTtntK52SwdDk1GbpJduFqZebbGHOXRpH6wtDJQee7X7f_PM6PiYIci5m34ihAdj0PCy_hYd0IeDVLk/s640/IMG_5967.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So much going on here for so little money.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0DCkqNbp842usvbOTT2hPIvEB3jZAyNJ087RaHeV9xj3woppxQdWv1lFugWtbbPqGXB8_yDF5j7oWctRPAbTAsuHU4fkEBgVSMTjBd9guudx8IxlcwnybNipYZHzVAWnda1zS1P_os4/s1600/IMG_5970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0DCkqNbp842usvbOTT2hPIvEB3jZAyNJ087RaHeV9xj3woppxQdWv1lFugWtbbPqGXB8_yDF5j7oWctRPAbTAsuHU4fkEBgVSMTjBd9guudx8IxlcwnybNipYZHzVAWnda1zS1P_os4/s640/IMG_5970.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found these stick-ons at Walmart for $2.97.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss Beaux had fun sticking it up there.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The webbing was from Hobby Lobby half price. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A little spider webbing goes a long way.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesMSfyCV6Fv4kNJEls6Yi7trByim4krREh5NhWmQPdd0oGoaXpaQlDYCX8f116B_ENiuDNaZv6gOaw4Z8B3U72F7o88iAFCLKlfcbQdxZplog3oxTYkeq3oakgs_wGVq2n2M6fvkhNxQ/s1600/IMG_5969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesMSfyCV6Fv4kNJEls6Yi7trByim4krREh5NhWmQPdd0oGoaXpaQlDYCX8f116B_ENiuDNaZv6gOaw4Z8B3U72F7o88iAFCLKlfcbQdxZplog3oxTYkeq3oakgs_wGVq2n2M6fvkhNxQ/s640/IMG_5969.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had these frames from Costco in the basement.  I printed out the photos from <a href="http://www.celebratemag.com/" target="_blank">Celebrate </a>and popped them in there. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A little webbing, a spider, and a dead rose looks pretty spooky.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You might remember my white pumpkins</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from my <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-closer-look-at-dining-room.html" target="_blank">Fall Dining Room</a> post.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed them on a silver candlestick with a bat cut out of construction paper.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRGnsjB2b3MXUqXOYhraz9D8vRCZSw3cSKzCKTHMXZ4zOiXXBQ0ATVec4NH4HgwuUT9E-v6EwI7nIrUaKusY_FdSTiid9ZanZ36NEff0_OqVnfTQr764gTug0B-RYk_XAkwAmeouFVPI/s1600/IMG_5972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRGnsjB2b3MXUqXOYhraz9D8vRCZSw3cSKzCKTHMXZ4zOiXXBQ0ATVec4NH4HgwuUT9E-v6EwI7nIrUaKusY_FdSTiid9ZanZ36NEff0_OqVnfTQr764gTug0B-RYk_XAkwAmeouFVPI/s640/IMG_5972.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The skulls were all from the Dollar store.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoETYzAUiIXYalNJL44GgAXRCOLpaBT93P1WWV_xJXq7dHx9HwszrOp-_yBOm2msxIROzNtbO8OPxIZqW49pr1PUlc6GuD9_BHN42_t58kGkTy2WFDiRQPWkAFHXjrG5CgxuxcvzMcfVA/s1600/IMG_5992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoETYzAUiIXYalNJL44GgAXRCOLpaBT93P1WWV_xJXq7dHx9HwszrOp-_yBOm2msxIROzNtbO8OPxIZqW49pr1PUlc6GuD9_BHN42_t58kGkTy2WFDiRQPWkAFHXjrG5CgxuxcvzMcfVA/s640/IMG_5992.jpg" width="326" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I know this is a terrible picture but it was really difficult to get a good photo with all of the reflection.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My "Bats in the Belfry" are cut out of black construction paper and tied onto a piece of Jute rope. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I taped the string to the top and to the bottom and put some spider-webbing inside to hide the tape.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0MnFhkbvxiEUruKzskKJDKdUEGpVc-ErjY7qKplKca2LgV_rTdtn-2AVVJ1KBdE76KCPjmZYlGYC1CN25SlvZIwTrCOtTJBKx_ZkGNMym_LdcNKP6f_3v1du8BpAITN_eIEb_bn8iio/s1600/IMG_5966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0MnFhkbvxiEUruKzskKJDKdUEGpVc-ErjY7qKplKca2LgV_rTdtn-2AVVJ1KBdE76KCPjmZYlGYC1CN25SlvZIwTrCOtTJBKx_ZkGNMym_LdcNKP6f_3v1du8BpAITN_eIEb_bn8iio/s640/IMG_5966.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Black Crows lurking overhead are all from the Dollar Store.  I went outside and found these branches and wired them to the light fixture.  The black cloth netting is also from the Dollar Store.  I looped it around the branches and the light being careful not to go inside the light at all.  I don't feel like calling the Fire Dept.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I threw an extra bat or two up there also.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyPaKhKNioNtdTQgpnhVdM5c60OWCaSqlmifGI8V_4O1AduSgfefgNXr4uq_Wk-RliHMKJbOYhSAUOig0BrEl6wquM1Xkhyphenhyphen1m8wqbDT_99V3m2ZPWK1olyNlYg_SLiTsWjxNy8uvqc5E/s1600/IMG_5974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyPaKhKNioNtdTQgpnhVdM5c60OWCaSqlmifGI8V_4O1AduSgfefgNXr4uq_Wk-RliHMKJbOYhSAUOig0BrEl6wquM1Xkhyphenhyphen1m8wqbDT_99V3m2ZPWK1olyNlYg_SLiTsWjxNy8uvqc5E/s640/IMG_5974.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept my place setting simple with black dishes from Target that I had and the white Fleur de lis chargers that I ordered from OKL earlier in the year.  We've had these black stemmed wine glasses since our wedding.  You remember when I found this silver at an Estate Sale?  Napkins are from Tuesday Morning.  I only had four so I gave the Host and Hostess a pair of red napkins.  A few creepy crawlers have invaded the table and are tucked into a silver napkin ring.  A white pumpkin adds a touch of contrast to the black dishes.  Everything here I already owned so I didn't have to purchase anything.  Lightning Bolt courtesy of Pic Monkey!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsye9yjMNCVa1HdBZCs7Ow7KBxlhYwNs_FVC4jaq74wDvuqQowaNXDV9A0oDvY1Hfq6eklb4jCtuCOnDehEprNlLFBdt6b1Fwi5nxFTGjRWRDg9T4cuRhWIyu3kO1t-tJSzDNoVZ8pAbQ/s1600/IMG_5979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsye9yjMNCVa1HdBZCs7Ow7KBxlhYwNs_FVC4jaq74wDvuqQowaNXDV9A0oDvY1Hfq6eklb4jCtuCOnDehEprNlLFBdt6b1Fwi5nxFTGjRWRDg9T4cuRhWIyu3kO1t-tJSzDNoVZ8pAbQ/s640/IMG_5979.jpg" width="446" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Anyone for Bloody Mary's?  I took an old wine bottle and printed out these labels from <a href="http://www.fantasyjr.com/printable-halloween-labels/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.  I wrapped some jute around the top to make it look vintage.  The dripping blood around my tarnished champagne bucket is from the Dollar Store.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ReWigphjSfTgmZ621YTf77gb6UhftuGg0S4sX5_C6O70td5i9ZNpjgsklh9hQH8cX7TLwb0BqxEIoTCSIMfwuy-oFCluosvpxBFFf-LF_qpDB__LHEme1eRvGgznfCpSavTVdOGO2-E/s1600/IMG_5989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ReWigphjSfTgmZ621YTf77gb6UhftuGg0S4sX5_C6O70td5i9ZNpjgsklh9hQH8cX7TLwb0BqxEIoTCSIMfwuy-oFCluosvpxBFFf-LF_qpDB__LHEme1eRvGgznfCpSavTVdOGO2-E/s640/IMG_5989.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Rat is also from the Dollar Store. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On a silver platter under a cloche with some lettuce garnish and he looks Delish!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8c0Vwquxi40LY4E05frPHlBUNyl9S71sSOyFG5H4yOoO7gWHjhyphenhyphenf-6llZese0dOHLMWu2Ar-WVn78FvnfHMxjggMxORwcFw207TV32_EXaJUH0P3L5bZCXDtidfcRPhh2XjrgzbC1KI/s1600/IMG_5977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8c0Vwquxi40LY4E05frPHlBUNyl9S71sSOyFG5H4yOoO7gWHjhyphenhyphenf-6llZese0dOHLMWu2Ar-WVn78FvnfHMxjggMxORwcFw207TV32_EXaJUH0P3L5bZCXDtidfcRPhh2XjrgzbC1KI/s640/IMG_5977.jpg" width="588" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My Bleeding Heart: again the Dollar Store.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A ripped up doily and some fake blood under a cloche makes it look delectable.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRQD0GdZpN_OLzYMKfiAmuHvVJh-u5rg8n5FIkxgTSA6PyN5kCCs8P8S07bQZJhCzHUvQDOXi0TVeBBd9Gb_GKR-9r3nb8qNL0ScGgKp3Ms3BVUTENYO06-eYFQYn7ggFBwn42lXJWek/s1600/IMG_5975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRQD0GdZpN_OLzYMKfiAmuHvVJh-u5rg8n5FIkxgTSA6PyN5kCCs8P8S07bQZJhCzHUvQDOXi0TVeBBd9Gb_GKR-9r3nb8qNL0ScGgKp3Ms3BVUTENYO06-eYFQYn7ggFBwn42lXJWek/s640/IMG_5975.jpg" width="408" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I found this candelabra recently at an Estate Sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was $35 which is actually a good price for this all silver piece.  What's funny was that Miss Beaux came home from school that day and saw it sitting on the counter with the price on it.  She picked it up </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"$35! Mom why did you pay so much?"  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm raising a Thrift Store Diva!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I set it on some old fake books that I had with black candles from Hobby Lobby.  Boney fingers are crawling around it, they are from Walmart.  I bought a whole bag of bones for $8.99.  Oh, and I can't forget my tiny crow peeking out from the middle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm39aytsu9hOYMCQQSmB2ubXYlIsmSwNiX5w7n82_tTrY-cyIdFhvwG_HLQkYzGOCcJm1G8erbZrDGpG3JPDjJ97XZb809EPrdnZGj57ksMf62FG7ZV_ScUqnM8JTaFElFBh0oZUS-sw/s1600/IMG_5986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm39aytsu9hOYMCQQSmB2ubXYlIsmSwNiX5w7n82_tTrY-cyIdFhvwG_HLQkYzGOCcJm1G8erbZrDGpG3JPDjJ97XZb809EPrdnZGj57ksMf62FG7ZV_ScUqnM8JTaFElFBh0oZUS-sw/s640/IMG_5986.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I've covered everything!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Haunting!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I want to thank all of my readers and followers for all of your kind comments and support.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at: </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stone Gable  <i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials, Tips, and Tidbits </a></i></span></i></span></span> </span></span></i></span></div>

The Haunted Dining Room How-To's

I shared my Haunted Dining Room  with you on Saturday night.   But I didn't share any of the SCARY details.   Hey, it was the weekend! ...

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Haunted Dining Room

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beware: </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Those of the Faint of Heart,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> for what you are about to see may shock and scare you!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2szMEdLTi0-F54yzc0kujVxP7D1uAamRNZrnYwonO7gtWrMrZOI9RJVZroyndP2w9tYX9AnKZdsrQe59RkuQsnA2oS3z8V9tnpfzrS3q31aXRnAdkWtFK-7e_p6n-DVCUhe_pIOKR2Q/s1600/IMG_5970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2szMEdLTi0-F54yzc0kujVxP7D1uAamRNZrnYwonO7gtWrMrZOI9RJVZroyndP2w9tYX9AnKZdsrQe59RkuQsnA2oS3z8V9tnpfzrS3q31aXRnAdkWtFK-7e_p6n-DVCUhe_pIOKR2Q/s640/IMG_5970.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My dining room has been transformed</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ The Ghostly Guests have arrived</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ~So let the Haunting Begin.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You have been warned! </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtSlO9CRvPJubvT94drQbWs05BpaiZo9rBXNrD5emhJus0RyjXtty6j-CHyEaOH8faCJmam5jqD1o1xC9HW-Kkf6_THI3ad8xexjYNV6sWQV1Ge0w35rpLdEIlOrAsxgb6ec2gsiwP10/s1600/IMG_5965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtSlO9CRvPJubvT94drQbWs05BpaiZo9rBXNrD5emhJus0RyjXtty6j-CHyEaOH8faCJmam5jqD1o1xC9HW-Kkf6_THI3ad8xexjYNV6sWQV1Ge0w35rpLdEIlOrAsxgb6ec2gsiwP10/s640/IMG_5965.jpg" width="586" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Host has taken his seat at the head of the table.</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxf434NP2y_tZFD_vLl4EHtRndNk3NKT8ea5IvebYqeiFkoTZ9CR1JKBtvSV7AL0EEc0h8f7CbCbHr4RrLNcgXP0mUK4gCTx0y9OT2hlL54x0RoxAnc9w_bOx59lvsGqZKKwKMpesnEc/s1600/IMG_5962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxf434NP2y_tZFD_vLl4EHtRndNk3NKT8ea5IvebYqeiFkoTZ9CR1JKBtvSV7AL0EEc0h8f7CbCbHr4RrLNcgXP0mUK4gCTx0y9OT2hlL54x0RoxAnc9w_bOx59lvsGqZKKwKMpesnEc/s640/IMG_5962.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the Hostess is holding court on the other end.</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeueLdc2hvBcSKbYc5m1Xm_jpGRCEo4nb7OAUKDl5ZDhFwc3bNcarx0HTDhINC59i3EkCpXFucYv52aiO9QVFt7J-YrmR5oiznNuZJVG8WVQm8tSHq7_lAh-hNRY-sJIDJcHk6RTXe1-s/s1600/IMG_5964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeueLdc2hvBcSKbYc5m1Xm_jpGRCEo4nb7OAUKDl5ZDhFwc3bNcarx0HTDhINC59i3EkCpXFucYv52aiO9QVFt7J-YrmR5oiznNuZJVG8WVQm8tSHq7_lAh-hNRY-sJIDJcHk6RTXe1-s/s640/IMG_5964.jpg" width="406" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">    Madame Leota </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ You might remember her from the Haunted Mansion</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ Is Headlining the entertainment for the evening. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_IkDnI_91D2MmdLm9jQare8DhvMqVVkFgJaf_YgCG18l8ewjF8Sd8t8Ml4rNWumuAD5bYcaFCQElHR6dW3GP5k3t4fAd4NM339jn2LbrZF5nkOmSJ5IFrtGH_5yrMRMTHPk5zDEXZW4/s1600/IMG_5966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_IkDnI_91D2MmdLm9jQare8DhvMqVVkFgJaf_YgCG18l8ewjF8Sd8t8Ml4rNWumuAD5bYcaFCQElHR6dW3GP5k3t4fAd4NM339jn2LbrZF5nkOmSJ5IFrtGH_5yrMRMTHPk5zDEXZW4/s640/IMG_5966.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  Beware of those "lurking" overhead!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CT84HZXLRkDOuxPK-g8iUByOulbsR3TI9Quh_z_SEuaZKYLF9mM_55tXOLEUtGJREYbhjc5tKbQCitcHmZLzmpePY8bEByhgXvDNYitCZYpxQ2cU457gMo0MfIOu78n01z7X4z392KU/s1600/IMG_5974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CT84HZXLRkDOuxPK-g8iUByOulbsR3TI9Quh_z_SEuaZKYLF9mM_55tXOLEUtGJREYbhjc5tKbQCitcHmZLzmpePY8bEByhgXvDNYitCZYpxQ2cU457gMo0MfIOu78n01z7X4z392KU/s640/IMG_5974.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The table is set in a Ghoulish  black and white theme with silver accents.  Be careful for creepy crawlers are ever present.</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUKInfuxGndZE9N3HkZQThopaIedne-3oOonI7BjdF8Mm2i1QWe1cUqlemQVSt6g6WgQiG790HoOQDkCjcwwkprU_unyNPo05cV614T5c4q5W-UQ-noXct1lQO1xQWUHt54XzvoDS800/s1600/IMG_5979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUKInfuxGndZE9N3HkZQThopaIedne-3oOonI7BjdF8Mm2i1QWe1cUqlemQVSt6g6WgQiG790HoOQDkCjcwwkprU_unyNPo05cV614T5c4q5W-UQ-noXct1lQO1xQWUHt54XzvoDS800/s640/IMG_5979.jpg" width="446" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We serve only the Best imbibements  at our Seances.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueFYaEQSMamd1ZSdIdzWaeYSnpqWfwChrPcenc7lTJNHdiI7nedijAw9Ou-NoCcoCABnn29wsmvygUNObmBdiQ6formGfTAqQmkvFX0mh0Cxqd_ZbaagIEP0CztYr2QbnrKNTYV6F9rY/s1600/IMG_5989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueFYaEQSMamd1ZSdIdzWaeYSnpqWfwChrPcenc7lTJNHdiI7nedijAw9Ou-NoCcoCABnn29wsmvygUNObmBdiQ6formGfTAqQmkvFX0mh0Cxqd_ZbaagIEP0CztYr2QbnrKNTYV6F9rY/s640/IMG_5989.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Come hungry!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rat under glass is the star of the menu.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp657ObCZaP5_fx4et09C1PtQfnAdZpf4BObCwabtpugIwNz3c-aqGnxRTWhg4r9IPwC9OayWDxyOi8GG-yEs8Aqqo7LKG7dZS52vG7jzqct-bZC-YZivAAXYIgHsPYJI1L_VvLfBPpNs/s1600/IMG_5977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp657ObCZaP5_fx4et09C1PtQfnAdZpf4BObCwabtpugIwNz3c-aqGnxRTWhg4r9IPwC9OayWDxyOi8GG-yEs8Aqqo7LKG7dZS52vG7jzqct-bZC-YZivAAXYIgHsPYJI1L_VvLfBPpNs/s640/IMG_5977.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Along with My Bleeding Heart!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq_BpfBSNmS8g1bLNU_Eqnf05iHbLBBIOV4yssVNBh-Y_xCb2edrgxSkbPBDB3jKwT3TBvGy7BQRDyNsyC2uhNO8wVjTDN2tDTl1loTjFrG2yC4msiDf9cXhMxBJRkA-AHC7xgiV0LEg/s1600/IMG_5975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq_BpfBSNmS8g1bLNU_Eqnf05iHbLBBIOV4yssVNBh-Y_xCb2edrgxSkbPBDB3jKwT3TBvGy7BQRDyNsyC2uhNO8wVjTDN2tDTl1loTjFrG2yC4msiDf9cXhMxBJRkA-AHC7xgiV0LEg/s640/IMG_5975.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The candles have all been lit and dinner is about to be severed. I mean <b>SERVED!</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48g83iJiNtH1J9nSlXzseiJxWboBjnRltto7kM8l45EXSR3u8rYT3Yi71PmO1QyBySTrcFmR_0sPp49gul2pRcQ8Xovqt-7hfW-RlUaMrl-oc-dkanZ1KWB8_Ibu35ypVPbTnJm2ex2I/s1600/IMG_5967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48g83iJiNtH1J9nSlXzseiJxWboBjnRltto7kM8l45EXSR3u8rYT3Yi71PmO1QyBySTrcFmR_0sPp49gul2pRcQ8Xovqt-7hfW-RlUaMrl-oc-dkanZ1KWB8_Ibu35ypVPbTnJm2ex2I/s640/IMG_5967.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some guests are with us only in Spirit.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1Dj4JZM8pzHKiEFQC7Y6FHvL4bgW19OtQM0f-GoFiidrwD2G8zF7f6jIZt-1VY0lXHS-ZThZNsZy5k7g3wNycADKpLwktgZo3sYwAejkdYgewUR8t3DFL4IaXex-Af3mpJHsgECuID0/s1600/IMG_5972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1Dj4JZM8pzHKiEFQC7Y6FHvL4bgW19OtQM0f-GoFiidrwD2G8zF7f6jIZt-1VY0lXHS-ZThZNsZy5k7g3wNycADKpLwktgZo3sYwAejkdYgewUR8t3DFL4IaXex-Af3mpJHsgECuID0/s640/IMG_5972.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> My favorite Uncle Eugene.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3B8XO0XKqsaJM2xIgrHMzgy5H0-oKyMA3E1swuBOOPbrD__F4PmZ66th3jGfzAXO1bkOoCrH_J03Hrov1yNh55BtEn9E9ETRTecziJDZteuNfkgsQ03QP48tJlLld_Sf85K3-bzOE5s/s1600/IMG_5969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3B8XO0XKqsaJM2xIgrHMzgy5H0-oKyMA3E1swuBOOPbrD__F4PmZ66th3jGfzAXO1bkOoCrH_J03Hrov1yNh55BtEn9E9ETRTecziJDZteuNfkgsQ03QP48tJlLld_Sf85K3-bzOE5s/s640/IMG_5969.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And the beautiful Aunt Bessie.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylvekk7o2vwgk-uUdB0cP8y5PDXtoSdi-nRskPAV8YnP58GvZZmdqSq-6ukHoQFbywFjIoQgHwDRIP-vEY-WR7x4mebJhUpvOuvDHw3e-QpAO5TOwahsKopwdoYzp5ZzAmsYn7Q2Lu0U/s1600/IMG_5992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylvekk7o2vwgk-uUdB0cP8y5PDXtoSdi-nRskPAV8YnP58GvZZmdqSq-6ukHoQFbywFjIoQgHwDRIP-vEY-WR7x4mebJhUpvOuvDHw3e-QpAO5TOwahsKopwdoYzp5ZzAmsYn7Q2Lu0U/s640/IMG_5992.jpg" width="326" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And even though you may have Bats in your Belfry </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsaBboEAqryKvaLJitxSldIN166zFrpqZXZDbQZ8-1fedmFdZ8Ey6mDKR6iJdJGKXY1HdcU9tDewOUo9i4zTh7l7F7qbiKzklN5ezvNUGfG2rXcSC5CelHo5vCSL0t2cOn18mV9pS17U/s1600/IMG_5986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsaBboEAqryKvaLJitxSldIN166zFrpqZXZDbQZ8-1fedmFdZ8Ey6mDKR6iJdJGKXY1HdcU9tDewOUo9i4zTh7l7F7qbiKzklN5ezvNUGfG2rXcSC5CelHo5vCSL0t2cOn18mV9pS17U/s640/IMG_5986.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You are welcome to dine at our Halloween 2012 table.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you <span style="color: #990000;">DARE!</span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-haunted-dining-room-how-tos.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Read the How To's and  Details </span></span></span></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-haunted-dining-room-how-tos.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Here!</span></span></span></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux 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Haunted Dining Room

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