Halloween Decor

It's no surprise to any of my friends that I'm a sucker for ANY holiday, and I LOVE decorating and celebrating in anyway possible. Obviously Halloween is one of my favorites (Anything involving costumes is always the best), and I try to take full advantage of the month of October. We've got baskets of candy out, pumpkins, fabric leaves strewn about our living room, and even this adorable table runner Kelly made...

We also couldn't help ourselves at the grocery while strolling through the seasonal aisle and ended up buying this acorn decoration to hang above the stove and a fall/thanksgiving themed decorative towel to hang on the over. We think the squirrel salt and pepper shakers are probably thrilled with the new addition.

Another habit I try to get myself into around holidays is the sending of CARDS! My family has always been big on this, and I usually get a card from my mom, aunt, and grandma, at the very least, for every holiday from Valentine's Day to Christmas. My best friend Ashlee has also always been SO cute about sending cards for various holidays or sometimes just because, and I know how much I love getting mail so I always try to return the favor and spread it to others. Now, a card would not be sufficient enough from my point of view, and half the fun in sending them is decorating the outside of the envelope! Here are a few I sent out this week...

I found the sparkly little stickers at Joann's in the dollar section, so obviously I had to buy those. I think the funniest part about the holiday cards is picking out which cards to send to which friends. Jenna always gets some form of "Princess" card ever since she told me she wished people would just call her Princess all the time. I usually send my best friend Katelyn some card "For Moms" since she's been the motherly one of our group all throughout high school and into college taking care of us when we happen to find ourselves a bit too intoxicated. Once you get into it, sending mail for stuff like this is usually even more fun than getting it! :-)

I'm sure you'll all be getting an update of our Christmas decor sometime in late November- and I can assure you THAT will be a post worth looking out for, because I think Kelly and I just may be going all out this year for Christmas in the Jungle. I smell a possible theme of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, stress the Rock. We'll be starting to get our Christmas cards together soon.