Monday, October 12, 2009

Halloween/Fall Decorating

Over the weekend, Clint and myself finished putting up our holiday decorations inside and outside our home.  Thought you would like to take a peak!

Let me start off by telling you our family tradition of apple picking.  We go to the same apple orchard every year, Apple Charlies.  Below are a few pictures from the trip.  Of course afterwards, my mom made an awesome apple pie!

First picture is of Clint reaching with all his short might :-).  The middle picture is of my brother, his girlfriend, and my parents.

Of course, no trip would be complete without a trip to the Barn of Blood! 
So the reason I am telling you about our apple picking trip first is because we picked pumpkins there as well.  My family all decided to get with normal looking pumpkins.  Not me!  I found this little guy sitting all by himself and had to have him! My family thought I was nuts!  Why would I want a green pumpkin?!?!  Duh!  Because!  Look how incredibly cute it is next to Clint's on our front porch!


On to our house:


We put up a few gravestones, cornstalks, hail, spider web, and spider lights.

Go Blue!  Anways, back to decorating...
Inside, I love using our fireplace as a focal point in the room.
 

Next is our book shelves.  I do not over do it on the shelves because I hate clutter.  So just some fake leaves spread out is enough for me.

On our dining room table, I decided to use the corn from the corn stalks as a decoration, as well as some of our apples from apple picking.

So that is our house all falled out!  O I almost forgot!  Many years ago, I bought this very funny pillow that Clint thinks is evil.  You tell me what you think....

10 comments:

doahleigh said...

I went with my family to our "every year" orchard this weekend too. As long as it doesn't snow, I can accept Fall now.

jen said...

We did the orchard over the weekend, too. So fun! As for the pillow, it is cute, not evil. But I love the face Clint is making at the "evil" pillow. He looks nervous. Or like he might punch the pillow. Ha Ha!

Karla@TheClassyWoman said...

Danielle, I'm glad you liked my post on cupcake cuteness and thanks for stopping by! I really loved those adorable costumes too. If I have a girl one day I will definitely have to put her in a cupcake costume (if she is willing!) :)

It was great to see your decorating post. I actually just blogged about this a few hours ago:

http://theclassywoman.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-decor-inspiration.html

I am just beginning my fall decorating myself! :)

Marcy Tate said...

Apple Charlies!!! I miss that place!! Go Blue all the way. Love your mantle. Clean and simple :)

LizzieBeth said...

Super cute, without being to kitchy!!

I saw the Michigan flag. As a member of a PennState family, I had to growl a little. Just so you know ;)

Cute blog ;)

LB

Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog said...

I love the way that corn pops on your table. Beautiful decorations!

Anonymous said...

Your house looks great and so festive! The only thing I'd change would be that blue-and-gold rag at the corner of the garage. (I'm a fellow BigTen fan/alum! ;-)) Your mums are beautiful!

Danielle and Clint said...

Hey now! That flag is all Clint. lol. I am not a huge college fan. More of a NHL fan. Go Wings!

Anonymous said...

cute! that pillow is funny! it looks sort of sweet, not evil :)

Nicole said...

love, love, love your fireplace! i miss having one and tend to drool over everyone else’s, especially around the holidays when they're all decked out with pretty holiday decorations (like yours is).