1. Spooky Details

    October 18, 2009

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    Halloween decorations don’t have to be expensive. I collect wine bottles and cover them with labels from the craft store, use battery-operated tea lights behind books and objects, and repaint hand-me-down decorations. Every year, I buy one or two new decorations, so that I slowly build a collection of pieces I really like (like last year’s finds, my glitter crackle ghost from Pier 1 and ghost tea light holders from a shop in Smithville, NJ). A final touch is stretching spiderwebs (re-used year to year) over everything.

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  2. Gardening for Halloween

    August 25, 2009

    Curb appeal is key at Halloween, even in the daylight. I like my garden to appear ever-so-slightly neglected and faded.

    Early October, I let my potted plants die and leave them in their pots for an element of neglect on the front porch.

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