A Celebration of Harvest and History
Halloween, also known as All Hallows’ Eve, is a delightful time of the year when creativity, spookiness, and history come together to transform our homes into enchanting, eerie, and fun spaces. It’s a time of year filled with spooky fun, but most of us prefer to decorate for a not-so-scary Halloween.
Halloween finds its origins in ancient Celtic and European traditions, particularly the celebration of the harvest. It was a time when communities came together to reap the rewards of their hard work, give thanks for the bounty of the land, and prepare for the darker, colder months ahead. Today, when we decorate our homes with pumpkins, gourds, and autumnal colors, we pay homage to these ancient traditions of celebrating the harvest. Halloween is a time to appreciate the changing seasons, the bounty of nature, and the joy of gathering with loved ones. It’s a reminder that even as the days grow shorter and the nights darker, there is beauty and magic in the world around us.
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Forget Christmas. For many, decorating for Halloween is one of the most joyous times of the year! Adding trick-or-treat decor indoors is one way to start your holiday decorating. However, you don’t want to forget about your exterior!
Your porch is the perfect place to be creative, add some festive flair, and embrace the spooky spirit of the season. When you create a haunting (or friendly) scene outside, it will be memorable for passersby and trick-or-treaters alike. Whether you consider yourself a Halloween buff or simply love all things fall, here are five tips for decorating your porch for Halloween. Continue Reading
Is it really here? Is it truly time? The time of crisp, chilly mornings, frosty nights, brilliant autumn leaves, hayrides, bonfires, apple picking, and fields full of pumpkins?? Is there anything not to like about this season that is Still Summer but has all the elements of Fall?
And , best of all in a few short weeks, there’ll be haunted houses, little miniature people running around in wild costumes, lots of candy, spidery-cobweb decorations, and frightening jack-o’-lanterns glowing on porch steps… Continue Reading
There is something nostalgic and heartwarming about this time of year!! For many of us, it calls to mind the “good ol’ days” when we’d be returning to high school or our college campus… Summer is having its last hurrah, with yards brown and crispy and potted plants and flowers absorbing every drop of water, instantly. We know that nature is just about to put on its most spectacular display of the year, and we can’t wait!
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