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Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Link Party 2017 Top 3 Most Viewed Posts!

November 2, 2017

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Happy November everyone! Last night we wrapped up the Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Link Party 2017 and a spooktacular time was had by all!

Here are the top three most viewed posts of the party!

Ann at Corner of Plaid and Paisley was Mixing Up Some Halloween Fun and everyone just loved her designs!

Kristin at White Arrows Home decorated her cozy log cabin with lots of family oriented Halloween decor which I am sure her family loved just as much as all of you did too!

With as busy as we all are these days, everyone loves ideas on how to simplify! Sheila at My Kentucky Living shared her simple Halloween kitchen decor and her post was the top viewed of the Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Link party this year!

Congratulations to these wonderful bloggers and to all of you who were featured this month! In case you missed the other party features you can find them here:

10/27 Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Featured Posts

10/19 Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Featured Posts

10/13 Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Featured Posts

10/17 Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Featured Posts

Thank you to everyone who shared for this fabulous party! Your hosts have all just finished up the Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Blog Hop and now we are busy packing away our Halloween decor and getting our homes ready for the upcoming holidays. If you missed our Halloween blog hop posts you can find them below along with 3 other talented bloggers who joined us!

Friday October, 27th

Welch House 1900 (via Follow The Yellow Brick Home)

Hallstrom Home

Reinvented Collection

Saturday October, 28th

Follow The Yellow Brick Home

Hip And Humble Style

Belle Bleu Interiors

Peonies and Orange Blossoms

See you next year at the Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Link Party!

Amber

Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Linky Party

Hauntingly Beautiful Vignettes: Halloween Decorating Ideas Using Vintage Treasures

October 31, 2017

Amber Lyon Ferguson

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Hello everyone! Are you enjoying the Hauntingly Beautiful Blog Hop so far? I am certainly loving all the different ways my talented friends have incorporated magical Halloween decor in their homes. When you are finished reading this post you can treat yourself to even more Halloween eye candy by visiting all the other blogs on the hop too. They are all truly inspiring!

In September I shared a full home tour for early fall and I am working on a late fall home tour for November, so instead of sharing my whole home today I am going to be highlighting some of the ways I use vintage treasures to create hauntingly beautiful vignettes. I woke up early this morning eager to start taking photos, but right away I noticed something very, very strange…

The sun was shining! After a week of dreary gray skies, it was quite a paranormal day! I snapped a picture of the anomaly of sunshine streaming down the stairs. The effect was perfect for a Halloween post, wouldn’t you agree?

A few weeks ago we started working on our bedroom makeover and since we are going with a more traditional and masculine theme, I decided to move my shabby antique dresser down to the living room by the staircase. It was the perfect piece for a hard to decorate spot that I really hadn’t been satisfied with since we moved in three years ago. I have styled the top with old clocks, vintage frames, brass candlesticks and a few other little trinkets for my every day decor, so it was really easy to create a hauntingly beautiful vignette by simply adding a few Halloween-y touches.

Christian Living

Halloween: Celebrate Or Participate?

October 31, 2017

Amber Lyon Ferguson

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In my latest post I discussed how I create “A Merry Halloween.” I shared some of my funny and festive Halloween decor and collectibles, and some ways that I continue to participate in Halloween activities without incorporating the darker aspects of the holiday.

For some believers (followers of Jesus Christ who truly desire to walk in His light and follow His example by faith, living a life as outlined by scripture to the best of our abilities through the enabling of the Holy Spirit) this subject can perhaps be a little confusing.

Should we as Christians participate in Halloween activities at all? Do we have to avoid the holiday altogether? What does scripture say?

Scripture clearly states that we absolutely are not to have fellowship with darkness of any kind… or even speak of it!

Hmm. What does that suggest about Halloween which glorifies all that is spooky and fearful?

Ephesians 5:11-13

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind.

Yikes! God clearly does not want us to have a spirit of fear, create a spirit of fear, indulge a spirit of fear or invite a spirit of fear! “Fear not” or “Do not be afraid” is referenced 365 times in the Bible! Enough for a daily reminder! Coincidence? Of course not!

Fabulous Fall Decorating

A Merry Halloween: Porch Decor And More!

October 30, 2017

Amber Lyon Ferguson

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Merry Halloween! That salutation sounds a little strange to us in modern times, but it was often used in Hallowe’en days of old. Antique postcards and vintage Halloween ephemera depict the sweetest and merry Halloween characters. Today I will be showing you how I keep my Halloween decor light and merry too!

What constitutes a “Happy Halloween” or “Merry Halloween?” For some, Halloween is a time to embrace evil, dark, and sinister things. A few folks pull serious pranks and use the day as an excuse for mayhem instead of merriment. Others embrace even darker things which should not even be discussed (Ephesians 5:11-13) For more on this subject see my post Halloween: Celebrate or Participate?

For most people however, it’s all about the candy, fun costumes, and nostalgia! We vintage decorators have lots of fun with Halloween. I love how my friend Debra at Common Ground blog explained in a recent post that most of us don’t “celebrate” Halloween, but we do enjoy remembering fun traditions and collecting nostalgic treasures associated with happy memories.

Who recalls these fun vintage cupcake and cake toppers? They are back from the days when no one was allergic to gluten, dairy or peanuts! Homeroom moms could surprise the class with cupcakes topped with little black cats and funny happy Jack-0-Lantern men without fear of lawsuits! Those were the days! I scored a bag of these little treasures for a quarter at a yard sale a few years back and I just love them. I can still taste the gluten and dairy butter cream frosting now!

Amber

Welcome to my blog! I love making every day beautiful in "My Old Kentucky Home," a 1921 yellow brick charmer in the (re)making. I truly enjoy sharing my creative ideas with others and I hope you will be inspired here. I am a music teacher and licensed KY Realtor with a passion for old homes, decorating, collecting antiques, gardening, and creating lovely things! I have a natural flair for designing cozy spaces with vintage style on a budget, and I love junkin' for unique objects to use in my cottage-style decor and garden. Look for my "Style Tips" in posts on decorating, home improvement, DIY and craft tutorials, gardening, holidays and entertaining. You can also find Christian encouragement, healthy recipes, and ideas for cleaning and organizing. There is always something going on around here! If you are looking for inspiration, just "Follow The Yellow Brick Home!"