a little Halloween decor and celebration

Last weekend I took a break from working on the master bedroom for the ORC, and decorated a corner of the house for Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays. I like it campy and not scary, and this year I am going for a black and copper look, inspired by a trip by some paper plates from Target for our traditional party.

I was never into the copper craze, so I do not have any copper accessories, luckily most things can be fixed by a can of spray paint! I had an older grey lantern in need of attention, and now it fits the decor perfectly.

I also slightly modified this cool Halloween banner from On Sutton Place. It is a downloadable and print banner. I printed it black and white (out of color inks!) then I rubbed on some brown stamping ink. I cut 1/4 inch wide stripes of copper contact paper (from Home Depot) and applied it around each letter.

After cutting them all out, I made some holes and strong them on the fireplace: perfect! Of course, the last touch is the food:

cheeses, "bones", cupcakes and mini apple pies!
Here are some pics of our previous Halloween Parties:
Here in 2016:
 
and here in 2015:

Happy Halloween!