I made a faux wedding cake for the occasion complete with a vintage cake topper.




In honor of the state of matrimony, I displayed my Great-Grandparents marriage certificate along with another marriage certificate from the 1880's. Just like in the sorrowful tale of Miss Havisham, all of the clocks are stopped at twenty till nine, the exact time that she receives the note from her groom who she will never marry.





Time stands still...fruit is still left untouched except for the skeleton mouse who died while trying to get a bite.  Our Bride's lovely wedding bouquet has been neglected and a couple of spiders have taken refuge upon it. Fun fact: This is actually my wedding bouquet from 13 years ago.




Our bride mourns her lost love, and always carries his picture carefully in her skeletal hands and heart.




The once beautifully decorated piano, is now overtaken with spiders and webs.










 Our Bride waits near the piano, sounds of the wedding march echo tortuously through her mind.





 Each evening she begins her journey wandering through the dining room....









   Candles are lit...but everything else remains untouched.





The fresh roses have dried and shriveled up.




 Goblets have been knocked over by pesky rodents.










Cockroaches have over taken the left over wedding wine and feast, leaving no remains.








The mantel has become dusty with age and of course,  the clocks have stopped at twenty till nine.




Wedding bells have spiders crawling all over them. These are actually the wedding bells that my sister used at her wedding 20 years ago, and they still look great!





















Our mournful bride makes her way around the table, as she does each night.









Always mourning the life she did not live.











As the sun rises, she vanishes but will continue her eternal walk each evening as dusk approaches.




I hope you enjoyed my fictional tale of the jilted Halloween Bride! I love to have fun with Halloween and keep my decor as elegant and spooky as possible. I'm also into keeping costs down with decorating. The bridal veil is actually my own as well as the slip underneath the ghost girl's costume to create a fuller skirt. As I said before, the bridal bouquet is my own and my sister lent me her honeycomb wedding bells from her own wedding. I mostly shopped around my house for everything else! Have fun with Halloween, use your imagination and things you may already have.


Thank you for visiting and there is still more of my Halloween home coming up in future posts.

-Larissa

For the French style buffet in the foyer I decided to bring out this amazing iron pumpkin that I found years and years ago at a garage sale. This year I decided to paint it gold for a sweet Cinderella vibe.








I filled it with a faux eucalyptus garland and white pumpkins. I loved the look and decided to add dried pink roses and a gold frenchy crown for the large pumpkin.






I love the details...even the tiniest acorns aren't overlooked.






Next to the buffet I decided to fill a thrifted french cane back chair with the assortment of velvet pumpkins that I have created over the years.












The green one is actually my favorite and is the only one that I didn't make. I put my Grandma's green brooch on it for a vintage touch.










My spare bedroom is also a room that I decided to decorate this year. As you know, I love adding tapestries to my home as the weather cools off and I think this one just might stay forever on the fireplace.






I love creating cozy spots in my home, so bringing out my warm and fuzzy throws are a must, especially if they are pink.






No matter the season, fresh roses are always abundant inside my home.





This year I invested in some grapevine pumpkins. I really like their rustic look paired with soft candlelight and delicate roses.





The little gold pumpkin on my chaise I actually found at the Dollar Store for $5. It looks like real mercury glass, but is plastic! It lights up too which I love. Lol while I was in the Dollar Store I yelled,  "catch!" to my husband and threw it at him...it was funny and cruel at the same time. He actually caught it, but thought it was a glass pumpkin and that I had lost my mind. lol





I think I need to add more grapevine pumpkins to my small collection and maybe do a large grouping of them next year.





I love candlelight.









I'm very happy with the simple fall touches in this room.






In the living room I decided to display some sweet blush pink sweater pumpkins that I created in my vintage silver ice bucket.






Its just a simple display with acorns and pine cones mixed in with candlelight.





I added a vintage pillow with a lot of texture to my mix of velvet pillows on the sofa along with a velvet blanket. I love this cozy spot!









I hope you have enjoyed seeing my home! Next up is Decorate and More With Tip.




Thank you for visiting!

-Larissa

She is the newest addition to our Halloween "family". Today you will find her tidying up the library.





Both cats seem to enjoy her company...the skeleton kitty and our real life cat...Maleficent.





Hagatha is about to take her broom to these pesky bats that keep flying about her head! Watch out bats!




Fun fact, or maybe not so fun fact...but here at Welch House we do find a bat or two inside the house every year.😩 I had never even seen a bat until I moved here and it was quite the experience.




As Hagatha tidies up the library she is also in charge of looking after our adorable  skeleton baby.





You will be able to meet the whole skeleton family in an upcoming blog post.





Hagatha is quite short in stature and genuinely good natured unless you get on her bad side...




Then she is known to tease cackle and say phrases such as, "give me a kiss! or "So you want some treats??"




You may also see her eyes glow red...so tread lightly around Hagatha.


 Looks like Hagatha has gotten rid of the pesky bats with her trusty broom!
You will be seeing more of Hagatha in some upcoming posts...and our Butler Fred.


Thank you for visiting!

-Larissa