Halloween Decor And A Perfect Cheat!

Halloween Decor and A Perfect Cheat!
 

October 14, 2015

Adding Fall Elements To The Fireplace Mantel

   As I stepped back and looked at the display, I knew I had to do something with the orchids, which had lost their flowers.  I love orchids!  These were flowering for many weeks, but ultimately, they lose their flowers. They will bloom again as long as they are watered each week, but they are not so aesthetically pleasing.  Trying to decide what to fill the vases with, I considered chrysanthemums.  I think chrysanthemums would be too heavy…Then,

   I thought about buying another set of live orchids.  The store doesn’t have rust or orange-colored orchids.

Halloween Decor Inspiration Hits

   On a trip to Michael’s with Sophie, looking for flowers for her fairy costume this year, I happened to notice some silk orchids.  Then, I had a sudden epiphany!  Instead of buying another set of live orchids, I can just add a couple of silk orchid stems to the pots!   Upon further investigation, I found a stem of orange-colored orchids!  The stems and flowers seemed a little too large for my display, but it gave me hope that I could find orchid stems in autumn color at another store.  

Halloween Decor and A Perfect Cheat!

 

Hobby Lobby had the burnt orange colored stems you see in the picture above.  They were fifty percent off the regular price!  I bought four stems for six dollars!  Don’t you think they look great?  

 

Manipulate The Flower Stems


   The key to making silk flowers look real is bending the stems into a more believable natural shape.  Straight from the craft store, they are usually straight and stiff!  As you bend them into a more natural organic shape, they begin to look more realistic.

Do you have some silk flowers in your home right now that need this?  You’ll be amazed at how much more realistic the stems look after a little bit of manipulation.

Halloween Decor Color Distribution

   After the colorful burnt orange orchids were in place, it was obvious that the orange color was also needed on the right side of the hearth.  Even though the baskets and the pumpkin look heavy on the right side, the chair on the left balances the weight.  Remove the skull and the little vintage pumpkin on a pedestal adds the bit of orange the left side needs.

   Standing back, I knew that those colorful stems were the finishing touch to the mantel!  Achieve this Halloween mantel decor by using a perfect cheat!

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Halloween Decor and A Perfect Cheat!

 

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