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Halloween Tree in the DIning Room, 2021

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 Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

 
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
 
Just a reminder, I will be posting on Wednesdays and Sundays every week so be sure to check back on those days to see a new post...... 
 
 
And now for a few Personal Notes...
 

 
 Joe has some exciting news!!!
 

 When Joe left his part time job at Wegman's, we knew something better would await him when he was ready...
 
 
When Joe retired from the Post Office, he always said his Dream part time job would be to work at the Mohegan Sun Arena 5 minutes from our house or for the Wilkes Barre Scranton Pens.....
 
 
His Dream has come true!!
 
 
 Next week, Joe will start training as a new employee of the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins, working at the Toyoto Sportsplex....
 
 

"The Toyota SportsPlex in Wilkes-Barre is the official practice facility of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. But you don’t have to be a hockey star to have a blast on the ice. This ice rink offers hockey, figure skating, curling, and public skating for all ages and skill levels.

The Toyota SportsPlex is home ice for the Wilkes University hockey teams, the Wyoming Seminary hockey team, and the Wilkes-Barre Junior Pens, a youth travel hockey league for ages 8-18. They also host in-house hockey leagues, camps, and clinics for adults and kids."

It is only a 10 minute drive from our house....

 He will be working part time ( 20 hours a week) under the executive Chef of the Team at the Concession Stand and will hopefully also fill in at the Team Store when it reopens at this location....

He will not work on days that there are home games as they are honoring his 5 year Season Ticket Holder commitment....

His food training and cashier experience at Wegman's was a big part of the reason he was hired! 

Again, everything happens for a reason!! 

He is thrilled to death!!! 

This is something he always wanted to do in his retirement!!!

 I am also thrilled to death as it will give me some much needed "Alone" time!!!!
 
 
 
For those who have followed my Blog for years, you know that after I finish decorating the House for Fall and Halloween in September, I waste no time and start decorating the upstairs for the next Holiday.......

Since it took me a total of 33 days last year to decorate for Christmas, I HAVE to start early.....

For several years now, I have the upstairs completely decorated by the end of October.....

This year , I am actually ahead of the game and only have the Sitting Room left to decorate.....

Here is a sneak peek at what I have been up to......
 
Craft Room 

Tree #1


 
Tree # 2




 Bathroom
 
Tree #3
 


 
 
Hallway
 

 
Tree # 4



 
 


 Master Bedroom


 
Tree #5

 
Tree # 6









All I have left to decorate for Christmas upstairs is the Sitting Room which I plan to do this week....

It usually takes 3 days....
 
 
 
Before I decorated the Master Bedroom, I cleaned the windows after we FINALLY took the sir conditioner out.....
 



 I remembered to place the suction cups that I use to hang the Christmas wreaths from on the outside of the windows when I cleaned them.....


I took down the drapes and fluffed them up in the dryer and then I hung the lace curtains for the Winter.....



So that is what I have been up to.....


In the last few posts, I have been sharing how I decorated my Dining Room for Halloween....
 
  I shared my Witch's Potion Table in my spooky Dining Room.....
 




And how I decorated the Dining Room Chandy a bit differently this year.....

 Click HERE if you missed that post.....

 

I also shared the Halloween vignettes that I set up throughout the room..... 

 




 
 Click HERE if you missed this post......
 

Today, I will finish my Tour of the Dining Room by sharing my Halloween Tree......

In the corner by the Living Room.....


You may remember that I bought these Witch Legs at Dollar Tree....

I used them in an arrangement that I did in a pumpkin, that I spray painted black, was part of a topiary.....

I also added 3 of these light up black roses!!

 

 I have it on the floor in this corner by the Tree.....

A sweet Trick or Treater Bearington Bear on a pedestal.....

Other years, I decorated the Dining Room in more of a silver and black color theme for Halloween....

Over the past 2 years, I have been adding more orange to the mix!!

The window divider between the Living Room and Dining Room......

I like to hang seasonal decorations on the vintage window.....

This year, I made more ornaments using wood cut outs from Dollar Tree....

I used them on my Kitchen Halloween Tree....

And I borrowed some ornaments that I made a few years ago from this Tree and used them on the Dining Room Tree....

 
 I like the pops of orange on the silver Tree.....

Lets take a closer look......


I made the bow topper from 3 different types of ribbon....

The Tree is decorated with Skeletons....

Ghosts...

Owls....

Witch's Hats....

Bats.....

Skulls and Ghouls.....

 Black Cats....

Bony Hands and Jack O Lanterns!!

On the table underneath the Tree......

I made the Tree skirt from fabric in my stash!!

I made these vintage looking Trick or Treat Peat Pots several years ago....



A silver mercury glass pumpkin, that I added some lace and a bow to, sits in the center.....

The orange leaf lights came from Dollar Tree....



A cute tassel witch hangs from the clock......

To the side of the Tree on a marble top stand.....


A bird cage placed in a vintage milk glass compote bowl....
 

Many years ago, I spray painted a gold bird cage black, topped it off the a bow I made and a Crow/Raven and placed a silver skull inside of it!!

I surrounded the bird cage with a bittersweet berry vine.....

 
A black spider and skull and a cute Jack O Lantern box....





And this completes my tour of the Dining Room decorated for Halloween this year.....

I had a really great time doing quite a bit of crafting for Fall and Halloween this year...

I hope you enjoyed following along with me....

I have one last Fall/ Halloween post before my annual Fall/Halloween Home Tour post so I hope you come back on Wednesday when I will be sharing Nelson Crest, all decked out for Halloween...
 

 
 And a few more Fall decorations in the Den.....
 


 
And downstairs Hall.....




So I hope you will stop by to visit again soon!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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