I am so excited to pull all of the decorations out for Halloween!  We've already bought our costumes, and my 3.5 year old is begging to hit up the pumpkin patches!

One of the things on our To-do-List this weekend is to build theses Ballard design inspired shelves to go above the new buffet (will post pics soon!)  We don't have a fire place (mantel) in our house so I plan on using these shelves to decorate as the seasons change.  They seem pretty easy to do and my husband has graciously agreed to take on *most* of the work ;)  Unfortunately I am the one in our marriage who seems to always underestimate every project we do (by cost and labor).  So I've often said, "c'mon this will only take you a 1/2 hour, you won't miss a minute of the Ohio State game" (when in reality it takes up most of the afternoon).  Oops.



Anyway, I've started to brainstorm a really cool Halloween inspired faux "mantel."  I saw this FREE Halloween Subway Art Printable, from the The Girls at Eighteen 25's blog and fell in Love!  I had it printed in 1-hour at Walmart in the 11x14 size (for around $6.00), and popped it in a frame that I already own.  I can't wait to finish the rest of the decorations for theses shelves!  I'll share when I do... hopefully by the end of the weekend if everything goes well..hehe.

What are you all decorating with this season?