A blog about Decorating, fashion, gardens, the beach, gardening, cooking, photography, all influenced by my Italian and Argentine roots.

You'll have the creepiest stoop on the block.

I’m rolling out the pumpkins in welcome for Members of The Black Hat Society and joining A Fanciful Twist for the 8th Annual Witches Tea Party! The Witch is In and we’re gathering in the Pott…

Here are instructions on how to build a wonderful (and very Pumpkinrot-esque) scarecrow. (Now if I could only find a neighbor with grape v...

Hit your local thrift store and grab some spray paint to recreate these spooky Halloween figurines.

Get fun Halloween ideas, from pumpkin carving to outdoor decorations the neighborhood will love.

Funworld created Ghost Face, then Wes Craven saw its potential and made it famous with the Scream Franchise. We'd like to acknowledge his e...

Welcome to "Reality Shot Thursday", hosted by the fabulous Claudia at Mockingbird Hill Cottage! Just keepin' it real here in Bloglandia, by posting a glimpse at the little, un-styled, un-fluffed images that are normally not included in our posts. This image above is a snapshot of the "reality before the magic" as I was creating my floating pumpkins that were in a previous post. There's a lot going on in this photo... carving tools, the light that goes inside the pumpkin, glue (to fix "Jack's" broken tooth), graph paper with sketches of the jack o' lantern faces, plastic bags from the craft supplies purchased for the project... you get the idea. There's even a newly purchased Dash & Albert rug that I had thrown on the table the other day when I came home from shopping. Thanks for stopping by for a little dose of reality~~ hope I didn't ruin the magic! Hugs,

Let’s get down to business… so you want to learn how to make a paper mache pumpkin? You’ve come to the right place, so let’s get started. Here’s what you will need to…

Of the thousands of historic sites to visit in the northern, these are some of the most stunning