Halloween mantel in progress...

I'm still working on my Halloween inspired mantel...

I suspect I will be tweeking it often until the very end :)

for now though I'll share what I have thus far...but please forgive the dark pictures.....
dusk was making its entrance sooner than expected....

to start....everything you see here was already in my home....that's right, zero cost....
my goal was to create an elegant yet shabby scene that began with
 a few pillar candles wrapped with vintage sheet music and tattered ribbon....

accompanied by a few more pillars in vintage jars....

...and silver and shabby candle holders...

...a few spooks to make my girl happy....

...and a bit more vintage lace threaded with black ribbon and a smidge more vintage sheet music

snuggly wrapped around another of my "everlasting" candles....

all atop a stage of vintage lace...

casually, carelessly draped.....

a few more tealites to sprinkle throughout are still  in order...
and thoughts of other touches to consider....

perhaps a petite white pumpkin...
or another creepy crawler to finish the look....

finally....a collage of all my spooky-vintage love for a little fun....

well that's all for now my dear friends...

thanks so much for stopping by.

I am truly honored and humbled each and every time you take the time visit with me:)

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XO,

Linking up with:

The Stories of A to Z's Halloween Mantel Party

The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday

Twig's Harvest Link Up Party

Funky Junk Interiors' Saturday Nite Special

My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday

Nesting Place's Fall Mantel Party

Common Ground's Vintage Inspired Friday

Fireflies and Jellybeans' Show of Your Stuff

The Shabby Chic Cottage's Transformation Thursday

Blue Cricket Designs' Show and Tell

Faded Charm's White Wednesday

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Perfectly Imperfect's Style Feature Saturday

Little Red House's Mossaic Monday