A great find at Anthropologie...

Over this past week, I had a chance to visit Anthropologie.

I love that store for all it's pretty and romantic goods.

I seldom buy anything, but I do enjoy looking.

And I always make sure that I check out the sales.

This week I found these...

~monogrammed candles.

They smell wonderful and burn for 40 hours.

I have looked at them before, but thought the price a bit too high for my tastes.

But this time:

Regular Price $30.00

Marked down to this:

Yes. It says '$3.95'.

Terrific deal.

I purchased one for our house....and picked up a few others for special people  for Christmas gifts or 'hostess' gifts.

When I got home, I placed our new candle in a little vignette on the tiny entry table by our front door.

I love how it smells by our front door.

This post is linked to these terrific parties:

The November Issue of Canada's Style at Home...

This issue arrived in my mailbox this week.

I adore it.

There are so many fabulous images.....

like~

~the front cover styled with things from Home Sense {Home Goods in the US}~

~this gorgeous white room with accents of a fresh green for Christmas~

~ or this traditional-looking room with exposed brick fireplace and the cozy, cheerfulness of the red~

This issue is wonderful~

There is so much eye candy and loveliness within it's pages.

Have you seen the November issue of Canadian House & Home?

Did you recognize the room on the front cover?

I did immediately.

It's the mudroom from Season 3 of Sarah's House~ The Farmhouse.

I think Season 3 was my favourite season of Sarah's house so far.

The Farmhouse is Sarah's family's winter retreat.

They spend Christmas here with family & friends.

And inside the issue was a peak of how Sarah decorates for the season~

I love the really tall Christmas tree and how it becomes the focal point of the room.

So pretty.

I hope Sarah & Tommy do another Christmas special this year.

Love, love, love her ideas and enthusiasm.

To read more about the career of Sarah Richardson {and to see more of her fabulous designs}, visit my friend Grace over at Sense & Simplicity~ she just wrote this amazing post.

Switching out decor....Thanksgiving to Halloween...

 Today was the "switch out" day.

I put away the Thanksgiving things and got out our Halloween things.

A month ago I decorated for Thanksgiving. Here is what the coffee table looked like then:

And here is what it looks like now:

I love trays.

They can make a display of items look so interesting.

This tray was a Goodwill find about 2 years ago. It cost me $7.99

I  also adore displays of apothecary jars.

{I have seen so many wonderful ideas in blogland with apothecary jars.}

The two tall apothecary jars are from Walmart about 3 years ago.

The three smaller vases are from Dollarama.

This morning I hit Walmart really early to buy up a supply of rats,eyeballs, skulls and bones.

Yummy.

These gummy worms are the only edible in this collection.

I had to have at least one real treat.

The stickers are from the Martha Stewart Collection at Michaels.

The entry table looked like this earlier today:

And here it is now~

The ghost was a gift from a friend last year.

The martini bar as it looked earlier:

And now:

Just a collection of things I already had.

Displayed differently than last year.

The framed Halloween picture came from Homesense {Homegoods} 3 years ago.

The piano all ready for Thanksgiving~

And now ready for Halloween.

The tin house came from Homesense a few years ago.

The "BOO" and the pumpkin are from the grocery store about 4 years ago.

And finally the little table in the corner of the living room was changed out from this:

To this:

The "Spooky" candle holder was a Homesense find.

And new this year~ Mr. Owl.

Love him for his sparkle.

And one last shot before I head to bed for the night.

Thanks so much for letting me share my 'project of the day' with you.

This post is linked to these wonderful parties:

 















 

Halloween Mantel Linky Party at: