Decorate With Me for Halloween! Over The Top Halloween Decor!

Hey guys, and welcome back to my channel. I am so excited to be sharing today's Halloween decorate with me. This is going to be the best decorating video I think I've ever done, and I am just so excited for you guys to see it. And thank you to Cricut for being today's sponsor. We are going to create an easy and spooky sign using my Cricut Explore Air 2 later in this video. If it's your first time here, my name is Jessica. I do all things home decor, and I love sharing different ideas on how to decorate your home throughout the seasons. So if you're new here, please don't forget to subscribe. And if you are one of my returning amazing subscribers, I appreciate you so much for supporting my channel. And you probably saw some of the sneak peeks that I shared over on my Instagram at jess.giffin1221. I pretty much always share what I'm working on over there first, and especially for my Halloween decor because I just loved how it turned out and I could not wait to share it. For some reason, I always seem to start my decorating videos in my kitchen. So we're switching things up and getting started in my living room today. And I wanted to show you this beautiful picture that I found for my frame TV that I thought was just so perfect for Halloween. And then we're just going to be starting on my mantle with this pretty spiderweb drape. I found this at Spirit Halloween, and it came with this really pretty battery light. So I'm really excited to put that up. I'm really going all out with the decor around my fireplace for Halloween. So I wanted to keep the mantle itself pretty simple, but still add in some spooky decor. ♪ Keep thinking that I could've done something ♪ ♪ But now I'm left with an empty heart ♪ ♪ Now I'm making a man up beside you ♪ ♪ And holding you till we forget it all ♪ ♪ How could I know there was no second chances ♪ ♪ Like dominoes, my life got really scattered, you ♪ ♪ Couldn't keep the door shut ♪ ♪ And now the frostbite's creeping in ♪ ♪ Could've been a stone, since you left me here, so come on ♪ I found these battery powered mini tapered candles out antiquing, and I didn't know what I was going to do with them. But then I thought it would be really cool to tie them on some string and use some tape to put them up inside my fireplace, kind of to create a floating candle effect in here, and I think it turned out so fun. My Halloween decor theme this year is inspired by witches, some influences from Harry Potter, which is just my favorite movie series and book series to this day, and then also some influences from the movie Hocus Pocus. I'm actually going to Salem, Massachusetts on a girls trip next week, and I cannot wait. It's always been a bucket list place to visit for me, so if you've been and have any must have places to go, definitely let me know in the comments below. And to finish up my fireplace decor, I'm using some small bats to fly up the wall. You can find these little bat cutouts just about anywhere that sells Halloween decor, and they are a really simple way to get a cute, not too spooky look to your space without spending a lot of money. ♪ That I said came out totally wrong ♪ ♪ Can't speak of the truth when it's tainted ♪ I always like to dress up the kids' play cart when I switch up our seasonal decor, so I'm just wiping it down and adding this wreath that I found at Target a few years ago, and I'm using just a black command hook to attach it, and then putting up some of my old Halloween inspired pumpkins that I believe are all from the Target dollar spot. ♪ Mister ♪ I found these ghosts at Target this year. They come as a set of five, and I'm pretty sure they're supposed to go outside, but when I saw them, I thought they would look so cute kind of mixed in and around my shelves. I knew that for Halloween, I wasn't going to totally redecorate my shelves, so I thought the ghosts would just kind of add a fun, spooky touch here, and then I also found some small witch hats that I had used from previous years, and I'm just adding them to my vintage rocking horses, and actually when my kids came home and saw them, they thought that was just like the funniest thing, and that's one of the reasons I love switching up the decor and decorating my home. I love making it a cozy space for my family, and just especially around the holiday season, it's so fun to see my kids' little faces light up when they come home and see all of the fun decor. ♪ Mister Crow ♪ ♪ A wizard of Oz ♪ ♪ Completely out of this time ♪ ♪ I'm stuck in reverse ♪ ♪ I gotta get, can't seem to take the ♪ Over on my end table, I'm using my antique typewriter. I found this off of Facebook Marketplace years ago. I used it as one of our wedding decor props, so whenever I can bring it back out and use it, it's very nostalgic, plus I thought it would be cool to set up like a little spooky writing table here. ♪ There was no second chances like dominoes ♪ ♪ My life got really scattered still ♪ ♪ I find myself hoping that you'll find your way ♪ ♪ I've been stone cold since you left me here ♪ ♪ So come home that I said can't take the ♪ Moving on to my hutch, I wasn't going to change this space up at all for Halloween until I saw this sign at Michael's and was instantly inspired to turn this hutch into my own witch's apothecary. ♪ Can't speak of the 20s day and day ♪ ♪ Into a big black ♪ ♪ You got me stone cold ♪ I was able to shop our home for a lot of these items or just incorporate old like potion bottles and stuff that I had picked up from previous years, but I went through a lot of my kitchen items looking for glass bottles, and then I found some old books that I thought would be cool to add here, some copper pieces, just anything that I imagined would be useful to a witch brewing up a spell. ♪ I can see all the signs I tried to fill in the cracks ♪ ♪ That were spreading on mine ♪ ♪ But I was all out of hope ♪ ♪ Lost in an endless maze the emptiness had afforded ♪ ♪ Just like a void but you ♪ I love using signs to inspire areas like this one. And as I was going through my home looking for pieces for my witch's apothecary, I just kept thinking about how much fun it would be to decorate for movie sets. Like what a dream it would be to curate and decorate Dumbledore's office in the Harry Potter movies. Oh my gosh, that would be the best. ♪ And later it's funny how easily life can be torn apart ♪ ♪ Couldn't I simply see that I was sick at heart ♪ ♪ And I am in deep debt, the crime we did was unreal ♪ ♪ You made me so speechless, I just can't believe it ♪ ♪ Yes, somehow the flaming screamed out loud ♪ ♪ Because it felt impossible in my bones ♪ Okay, let me know in the comments how my witch's apothecary turned out. If you were a witch, would you shop here? I'm quickly wiping down my kitchen counters before getting ready to create some spooky spaces in here. The first is going to be by my stove. This sign was from the Target Dollar Spot at least two if not three years back and I thought it looked so perfect next to my antique cat mold that I found this season. I also love this black feather that I found at Hobby Lobby and I'm just putting it in a milk glass vase for a very simple but very Halloween-inspired vibe. And then just adding the matching wreath to the one I put on the kids' market cart just above my vent hood. I'm just gonna set it here and hope it doesn't fall off. I've had good luck with lightweight wreaths like this in the past, so I think I'm good. My pantry I'm leaving the same except for a very strategically placed witch's hat. I actually just happened to set this hat down here while I was getting the other two hats ready to hang and decided that it looked really good here next to the pumpkins and the copper cups. So sometimes all you need is just a simple little touch to create an entire space. Next, we're going to be working on a tablescape in the shelves behind my dining room table. Here is a sneak peek of the sign I made to go above my shelves using a chalkboard that I already had on hand. For this project, I'm using my Cricut Explore Air 2, a pressing tool, my weeding tool, removable white vinyl, and transfer tape. Signs are one of the best projects to make for beginners and what I suggest to anyone who is just starting out or is interested in getting their own Cricut machine. It's an easy project that makes a really big impact on your space, and I promise you will just be addicted to using your Cricut from that point forward. For this Halloween sign, I wanted to stick to the witch theme, so I'm in Cricut Design Space choosing my font, and then I also thought it would be cute to add a little stars all around it, kind of giving it that magical feel. And then I'm just measuring the length and width of the sign so I can size it so it's cut out to fit it the way that I want. I went in and weeded out the excess vinyl and transferred my image onto my transfer tape, and now I'm going in and using that big pressing tool to get it onto the chalkboard. I love how this sign turned out. I love using this chalkboard in my decor, so it was really important to me that the vinyl be removable so I can create another sign, maybe one for Christmas next time. Later this week, I'm making some shirts with my Cricut to bring to Salem, and I am so excited to share them with you guys. I will be sharing those over on my Instagram. I am seriously so hooked on this Cricut machine. I use it all of the time for so many projects. If you have a crafty person in your life, this would be a perfect gift for them. Okay, so on second thought, I decided to go ahead and show you the shirts. They turned out so cool. I made four of these for all of us going to Salem, and I don't know if you can tell on camera, but I made it with this white sparkly iron-on glitter vinyl. It's so cute. The only thing I wanted to go in and add is more of this star detail down the arm of the sweatshirt. I think that would be really cool. So I'll just walk you through it real quick, and we'll see how these turn out. So in Cricut Design Space, I'm adding a few stars to add to the sleeve, just in various sizes. Iron-on vinyl is different than the everyday vinyl that I used for my sign, because when you're cutting it, you're going to lay it with the top side facing down. So especially with text, you need to make sure that when you're cutting your design, the mirror image is on. And this is the heat press that we're going to use to transfer the vinyl onto my project. I'm heating it up to 330 degrees. On the Cricut website, they have a heat guide that's so helpful that you can go in, and it helps you figure out what temperature you have to heat it up to, and how long you need to press down. So for this project, it's 330 degrees, and I hold it down for 30 seconds. Let me know what you think about my sweatshirt. I think it's so much fun. It was really easy to make, and I was able to make it for so much cheaper using my Cricut and heat press than if I were to order it online somewhere. Now let's get on with the decorating. I found these witch hats on Amazon last year, and I used a needle and thread to go through the very top of the hat, and then just wrapped the other end of the thread around a push pin and pushed it right up into my ceiling to hang them. I think the floating candle slash floating witch hat just adds such a magical and fun look to your Halloween decor. ♪ We carry on, I got shades, I shine, my doubts are gone ♪ ♪ Oh mama, so you got it, we carry on, I got shades, I shine ♪ ♪ My doubts are gone, my doubts are gone ♪ While we're at it, I'm going to attempt to hang this little black broom from my chandelier using some light colored thread and just tying it around the broom onto the middle section of the light so that it looks like it's kind of levitating above the table. ♪ You and me stuck on the ocean now ♪ ♪ Nothing but waves and they're spilling in ♪ ♪ I wanna dry up a chew, just keep on going, don't you ♪ ♪ I don't even know how we got here ♪ ♪ All my reasoning have disappeared ♪ ♪ I wanna bury the hatchet and find the way back to our home ♪ I am so excited to put together a witchy dinner party tablescape. I'm going to be doing a Halloween-inspired dinner party like the one I recently made for fall. So stay tuned if you like that video because this one is going to be so much fun. I can't wait to see what we can come up with for a tablescape here. My vision is to have this white cauldron be at the very center of the table and then use a lot of earthy, woodsy elements around it. You know, things that witches might use to decorate their tables with. ♪ Inside this dome, not let us fade away ♪ ♪ It's not a price I wanna pay and it's not too late ♪ ♪ No, we lost our purpose, chasing all that surplus ♪ ♪ You were all that I need, I feel that we can break free ♪ ♪ We can still go back ♪ I decided to use my milk glass bud vases as candlestick holders for this look. I thought the white would really pop against all of the dark colors. And then I went to Hobby Lobby and found a ton of floral options. And I'm basically just going to be layering these together. ♪ To a place with no cares, we can turn this ship around ♪ ♪ We can turn this ship around all the way back home ♪ ♪ Chasing all that we don't have, chasing all that we don't have ♪ ♪ Chasing all that we don't have, we don't have all the way back home ♪ ♪ Chasing all that we don't have, chasing all that we don't have ♪ ♪ Chasing all that we don't have, we don't have all the way back home ♪ ♪ Yesterday we could be ourselves, didn't have much... ♪ Originally, I pictured using black pumpkins, but then I found these really deep purple and kind of rustic green ones at Hobby Lobby. I love how I gave the tablescape some color while still keeping the vibe very dark and moody. ♪ Nevertheless, we were true to each other ♪ ♪ But now we don't even bother ♪ ♪ I remember you being hopeful ♪ ♪ But the tall waves have worn us down ♪ ♪ And slowly we are drowning ♪ ♪ That's why you need to come with me, with me, with me ♪ ♪ Turn around 180 degrees and cross the sea ♪ I'm scattering around these twisty, little black sparkly vines all around, kind of on the side and on top of everything else. They're going to add a lot of dimension and really put in that woodsy, kind of viney feel that I was going for. Let me know if you think that this tablescape would be witch-approved. I cannot wait to come up with a menu for our witch-inspired Halloween dinner party. I'm thinking really fun drinks, using dry ice, some creative, fun appetizers, a spooky dessert, maybe even some games for the kids to play. So give this video a thumbs up if you would like to see a witch dinner party complete with recipes and games here on my channel. ♪ And it's not too late ♪ ♪ No, we lost our purpose, chasing all that surplus ♪ ♪ You were all that I need, I feel that we can break ♪ And I almost forgot to add some spiderweb to my staircase. Spiderweb is another one of those cheap, but really fun and spooky decorations that you can add for Halloween. I remember coming home from school and my mom would have this spiderweb all over our staircase and I would just be so excited and pumped for trick-or-treating. And I really hope my kids have those same happy memories from their childhood and, I don't know, just remember the cozy, fun decor when they get older. ♪ Did you ever stop and think ♪ ♪ Why spend too much time just getting ready ♪ ♪ Let me be honest, I don't know a single thing ♪ ♪ That I haven't done to make you notice me ♪ ♪ Let me be real here, when I see you my heart starts racing ♪ ♪ But I don't know if I like this chasing and playing and waiting ♪ Okay, so this seems backwards, but the last space I'm decorating is my entryway and guys, it will not disappoint. I love how this turned out so, so much. I found these light-up stars on Amazon and I got them because at Michael's, they had this really cool grapevine crescent moon, which made me wonder if I could create some kind of magical night sky look here. So we'll turn on these lights at the end, but I just wanted to let you know what the vision was. ♪ It's a shame that my head starts shaking ♪ ♪ All the time when you're around this time, this time ♪ ♪ Girl, I know what's bothering me ♪ ♪ I need somebody to love, oh, somebody to love, oh ♪ ♪ It's saying it convinced you to hang around ♪ ♪ There's so much that I'm still keeping to myself ♪ ♪ Cause you don't listen, babe ♪ ♪ But still you got me missing you ♪ ♪ When I see you, my heart starts racing ♪ ♪ But I don't know if I like this chasing and playing and waiting ♪ I'm adding in some more witchy items here with pops of orange and different textures. The Wicked Witch Inn sign inspired this entire look. And honestly, I wish I could find a Wicked Witch Inn to stay at somewhere. Maybe they have one in Salem that I could get a last minute reservation to. ♪ It's a shame that my hands start shaking ♪ ♪ But this time, this time, I don't need it ♪ So my husband rarely comments on my decor and even he was blown away by my Halloween entryway and just all of the cozy but still spooky spaces throughout our home. And I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I truly enjoyed putting this all together. ♪ Somebody to love, baby, crazy tonight ♪ ♪ So why, so why, why don't you come on over ♪ ♪ And be my somebody to love, somebody to love, somebody to love ♪ I feel like Halloween is a time I really step out of my normal everyday decor box and I can be the most creative and design spaces I wouldn't have normally designed on a day-to-day basis. If you like decorating your home as much as I do and wanna see more inspiration, be sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell so you never miss an upload. As always, thank you so much for watching and all of your support on my channel and I will see you in my next video. ♪ Somebody, somebody, give me somebody, give me somebody ♪ ♪ Somebody, somebody, give me somebody, give me somebody, give me somebody ♪