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Hi there. Today I want to share Halloween decor I put up in our apartment this year.
I have a several spots which I decorate for each season. Home decor is a real passion for me, but as I gave another passion, cardmaking, where all my paychecks go, with home decor I try to stay on a budget and not spend a lot of money on it.
I usually buy decor items at a Dollar Tree (DT), thrift stores, not expensive online stores (like Oriental Trading (OT) or Factory Direct Craft (FDC)) and something I DIY. I will make notes which item I got where, in case you’re interested.
There won’t be a lot of words in this post, mostly pictures and a video at the end of this post.
The first spot is our “mantel”. It’s an Ikea show cabinet, its counter serves as a decor surface. A printed Halloween wall art, framed and hung it on a wall above it.
Here I have a cylinder vase with black and violet roses with spiders (DT), filled with plastic spiders (OT). Witch broom, spooky word (thrift store). Glitter pumpkin and a couple of crows (DT). 
I like adding books to my decor. They help to place decor elements on different levels and books themselves are always a good idea for decor. I’m using books of corresponding theme and color palette. Here I have Pet Cemetery, Mallēus Maleficārum (in Russian) and Hortus daemonum (in Russian as well)
I printed several spooky labels (found in Pinterest), one of which I adhered to a three-wick candle jar (this candle is a chocolate one, its color match perfectly for this purpose). I adhered label on a stick glue, it’s not suitable for glass. But it holds enough for label to stay there for a couple of weeks, and then I can easily remove label with no tearing (so I can use it a next year) and no stubborn glue residue on a jar.
I have an empty frame on a wall column next to our “mantel”. I already mentioned it in previous home decor posts that I got it for $3 on a flea market and painted white.
I cut out several spooky animals using my silhouette. Owls, bats, cats. I adhered them to walls as additional touches. Here I especially love how bats colony turned out.
There is a skeletons garland (OT) i, they were bone color initially, I unevenly spray painted them white.
Here we have another awkward space, I have a chalkboard frame and a couple of skeleton silhouette portraits (printed). And some spiderweb.
On the shelf above TV area I have a little installation.
I placed some spiderweb in my all-year-around cylinder vase (thrift store) filled with wine corks. 
Added a couple for bottles with labels I mentioned above. One bottle has an original brown color, another is spray painted in black.
The small green bottle is from Michael’s (I got it on a final sale), an old candle jar with some candle left inside and several skulls placed in. And a DT pumpkin, spray painted in black.
I added several cats on the wall here, a spider web to branches (this was my very first home decor ever when I moved to USA, I got it from a floral store, but something similar definitely can be found during nature hunt).
On this shelf I added some spiderweb as well. Black and white paper straws, Halloween shoe I altered several years ago (before becoming CAS cardmaker I used to decorate shoes ;)).
A pumpkin is a cheapo from a dollar store, spray painted in white.
And here is a video-tour
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