Silhouettes On The Shades, Or Windows, Or Fireplace . . . .

Last year, 'long about Halloween time,
I decorated our Parlor mantel.

With bats.

 Lots of bats.

  Even sleeping bats.

I found the bat silhouettes at Michaels, all cut out and ready to hang; how easy was that decorating?

This season, if you want to go

silhouette-happy at a bargain basement price,

check out Dollar Tree's Halloween offerings.

Yes, I went silhouette-happy.

Big time.

They are smaller silhouettes than the ones I got at Michael's,

but they are also way cheaper.

So I plan on sticking them -- literally -- everywhere.

In a couple of weeks, you won't be able to look in a mirror or out a window

at That Old House without this looking back at you:

Don't you think these cunning lil' rodents are just the thing

to scamper up and down the conservatory window frames?

Anyway -- just a heads-up because you know how fast the best stuff at Dollar Tree sells out.

Is it odd to use best stuff and Dollar Tree in the same sentence?

That cute little pumpkin with the "Give Thanks" is also a Dollar Tree buckaroo buy.

It is really cute and can stay out till Thanksgiving.   We like multi-tasking.

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Can you believe the North East is getting battered by rain today?

Other parts of the USA need rain but it's the last thing we need right now.

We are not out from under the last storm; there are people in New Jersey still without power,

and many without homes at this point; their flood-damaged places have been condemned or need rebuilding.

Every county in the state has been declared a disaster area (and no cracks about New Jersey and disaster areas!).

And . . . all this rain is bringing down the leaves.  Too soon!

Go away, rain and wind.  Come back in 4 weeks, please.

Leaves on the sunroom roof.  Blargh!

Now I'm putting away my cheapo silhouettes in a safe place . . .

meaning I will look for them in October and not find them until Groundhog Day.

I hope I still have the ones I used last year!

Link Parties!

Marty at A Stroll Through Life hosts Tabletop Tuesday.  Click here!

At Coastal Charm, it's Linda's Nifty Thrifty Tuesday.  Click here!

I'm crazy late with this post -- almost didn't bother but I did want to share the Dollar Tree silhouettes.

Tomorrow?  Tropical Storm Irene and our Beach House  -- Cass

For The Birds. . . .

This past weekend, Howard and I tootled around New Jersey, picking up a few items I found on Craigslist.

In Bergen County, we got the Wedgwood vase I featured in Monday's post ($4!).
At the same house we got a little table that is destined to be transformed
from just plain shabby, to chic. Glamorous, even.
We also got a half-dozen little dishes. Bowls. Plates. Whatever.

They have birds on them. I love birds.

I think these fellas look rather 50s, maybe 60s. No backstamp.

We paid $6 for all six plates/dishes/whatevers.
They are a little shallow to be bowls, but a little deep to be plates.

What will they hold?
I see a baked apple sitting in a nice little pool of caramel drizzle.
Or Strawberry Shortcake, with real biscuit as the base.
Ice cream is always appropriate, with a nice Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie on the side.
(We just got our Girl Scout cookies yesterday.)

All the little birds are identified.
By their real names, not like "Moe" or "Frances."

There are a few repeats of individual birds, but no repeats of combinations;
every plate/dish/bowl thingy is different.

Yeah, I know. Hard not to make a wisecrack, isn't it?

There are an awful lot of birds that share this odd moniker.
Which ornithologist had the wacky sense of humor?

The bowl/dish/plate edges are thickly painted with gold.

And that's my Show & Tell for Friday.
Go visit Cindy at My Romantic Home for more domestic exhibitionism!
Click on highlighted words, or on logo, below.

(And come back Monday for that little table transformation. Va-va-va-VOOM!) -- Cass