Black paint: my new best friend

Oh, Halloween, I love it!  I have always decorated for this freakish holiday but unfortunately, after many years, my decorations have broken or look old and in disrepair. Thankfully, with the help of pinterest, I have new found excitement in making decorations. With a can of black paint, some finds from Goodwill and the Dollar Tree, I was able to add to my trove of decorations cheaply and creatively.





I found this sconce at Goodwill for $3.
I am not a gold filigree type of person
but thought it would be a perfect
medieval candle holder





Inexpensive flat black paint from Walmart.

A feather pick from JoAnn Fabric,
a black crow from the Dollar Tree, some
spider webs and......

My sister found those awesome candles.  They are battery powered and I love the red blood dripping down.

My next project was this spooky village found from this ladies blog here.
I loved this idea and so I went right down to the local dollar store to buy 5 houses, some trees, and some towns folks.

They look too cute and Christmasy

First coat of paint. You can still see the underlying
colors.

A spooky mansion.












The Church with a couple of grave diggers.














The bridge in a sea of fog.  And what is that man
carrying on his back?

I put down some wrinkled black tulle, then some "creepy cloth" and twinkle lights, covered it all with spider webs and here is the finished village.  All for under $15.