5 Ways To Change Your Décor in Minutes for Halloween

Hello, friends!  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!

Are you super-busy like me and sometimes are absolutely down-to-the-wire when decorating for a specific holiday?  Well, today I would love to share with you a few quick ways I changed up my décor for Halloween this year, lickety-split!

1.  Change your floral arrangements. I find the easiest way to add seasonal charm is to add spooky elements to my existing floral arrangements.  I try to change the arrangements to match whichever color theme I am utilizing that year.

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2.  Change your linens.  If you are a tablecloth kind of guy or gal like me, a simple way to update your décor for Halloween is to add cute or kitschy linen with a Halloween motif.  Here in my entryway, I have changed out my blues for purple and black, the colors I am using this year. 

I began by setting a solid base linen,

then I added a fun overlay linen with a Halloween motif.

You can also change out your pillows.  Store away those everyday pillows and toss your chairs, sofas, and love seats with themed pillows.  So simple, and so quick!

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Add embellishments.  Another easy and super cute way upgrade your décor is to add a bit of kitsch.  Here, I’ve added a lacy batty element to the curved arch of my bench. 

I also covered the lampshades throughout the house with spooky lampshade covers:

3.  Add coordinating lighting.  You can add super inexpensive lighting such as these mini-colored lights

or change out your lamps with a coordinating-colored bulb like this one.  Both of these were found at The 99¢ Store! 

A black mini Halloween tree with purple mini lights

For a more elaborate update of lighting, I use these Halloween lanterns.  They are remote controlled.  I was lucky enough to find these at a local Savers years ago, but I think there are similar options on QVC or Amazon. I adore them and have used them every year since.

They have the option of setting time-blocks, one specific color, interchanging colors, and brightness.

4.  Make a simple wreath in coordinating colors.  A wreath with florals, mesh, and ribbons is super easy to put together, and costs next to nothing to make!  The forms can be purchased at The Dollar Tree, and there are always an abundance of mesh, florals, and ribbons available at The 99¢ Store as well as The Dollar Tree.   There are tons of tutorials available on YouTube with different methods of mesh wreath making.  

Here, I have given you an example of each.  On this wreath, there is mesh, floral, and ribbon.  You can create a wreath in any combination of these elements.  This one took less than 5 minutes to make! 

5.  Set the table with a coordinating theme.  Admittedly, this last tip is a bit more time-consuming, but setting a pretty table shouldn’t take longer than twenty minutes or so, and even less if you already have an idea of what you would like to use ahead of time. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, and happy haunting!

Until next we speak,

—Y

From my collection:  

Black tablecloth, ornate black chargers, and buffalo runner, lampshade covers, round table linens, all, Amazon

Purple plates, Party City

Black and white transferware, Spode England Black Room, Filigree pattern. local antique

Black plates, Housewares International, generic

Black flatware, Cambridge Beacon Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Smoky crystal goblets, Shannon Crystal Collection by Godinger

All pumpkin accoutrement, faux bitter berry, spider web ribbon, batty lace, Halloween throw pillows, and spooky trees, all, The 99¢ Store

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Set Your Table With Flair--A Yameii Halloween

Hello, dear lovelies in the bloggerverse and beyond...once again it has been a long time since I have posted.  As three of my eldest children have begun the process of leaving the nest, life has become so busy!!

Of course, though, I cannot let the spooky season slip by without sharing the goings on at the Parsimonious House...we celebrate fervently this time of year no matter what!  I love the last few months of the year, from Fall through Winter!  It is a magical time of year, isn't it?

If you have been to my blog or any of the social media I am on such as Pinterest et cetera, you are well aware that I am an ardent music lover.  I am always interested in the arts, and never run out of curiosity in regard to what new innovations artists and the industry create.  

My newest obsession is a Vocaloid artist named Yameii.  

Have you heard of Vocaloid?  It is a singing voice synthesizer software with which artists can program the "voice" to speak or sing melodies, usually from a bank of a large range of voice sound elements. Most Vocaloid artists or software utilize a mascot to represent the software or artist, and they even perform virtual concerts!  One of the most popular is Hatsune Miku.  She was one of the first and is very popular, especially in Japan.

My post today is about the Vocaloid artist Yameii.  While most Vocaloid artists initially were programmed to "sing," Yameii is a both a singer and rapper.  She is the mascot created by the graphic/visual artist Sean-Tyler Thomas Walton, who makes his art under the pseudonym Osean.  Yameii's music is created by the artist Grant Andrew Decouto, under his pseudonym Deko.  The collaboration of these two young artists resulted in Oseanworld, the fantastical imaginational world in which Yameii resides.  Although I am typically a classical and rock-n-roll type of gal, and I've yet to delve completely, I find the music catchy, intriguing, and the artwork adorable!!

Here are a few more pictures of  Yameii:

From Baby My Phone, the most popular and viral Yameii song to date.

Supercute.  The Yameii plush pillow available on OseanWorld here.

These next few are all from the song Cyber Baby Angel Part 1, which I heavily based my tablescape on.

Supercute!

To begin my tablescape, I decided to use lots of black and purple as shown in the Cyber Baby Angel video.  It also coordinates well with the purple and black theme in my house this year. 

A black tablecloth with a runner of purple and black buffalo plaid were the foundation of this table.

Ornate black and silver chargers

were set with purple plates, black and white transferware salad plates,

 

and black dessert plates.

Smoky goblets were placed at each setting.

A large floral arrangement of black, purple, green, subtle pink, and white.

Black candelabras were set at each side of the table, and I placed purple taper candles in each.

Black trees and pumpkins dance down the center of the table, along with some mini pumpkins in sparkly purple.

Each flatware service was set with a purple napkin and black flatware which was tied with a small bit of sheer purple and black spiderweb ribbon.

Finally, to add a whimsical (Yameii!!) element, I added a pastel pumpkin at each setting,

sporadically here and there down the center of the table,

and in the floral arrangement.

Completed tablescape.

Place setting.

I hope you all are well wherever you may dwell, and Happy Haunting!!

From My Collection:

Black tablecloth, candelabras, taper candles, ornate black chargers, and buffalo runner, all, Amazon

Purple plates, Party City

Black and white transferware, Spode England Black Room, Filigree pattern. local antique

Black plates, Housewares International, generic

Black flatware, Cambridge Beacon Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Smoky crystal goblets, Shannon Crystal Collection by Godinger

All pumpkin accoutrement and spooky trees, 99¢ Store

If you enjoy this post, please visit the archives!  You may also visit my full profile to view my other blogs. Connect with me on my Facebook Page, Parsimonious Décor Darling.   You might like to visit my other blog hubs,

The Marvelous Maison, a lifestyle blog hub and 

Frugal Fab Fashionista, my fashion blog hub. 

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