My Favorite Holiday

Bats!

Halloween is my favorite holiday. It's kind of ironic because I do not like scary movies, haunted houses or disgusting/scary costumes. I like Halloween's whimsy. I love the creativity behind it it and the fall atmosphere.

This year I decided to host a Halloween party. I did this for a couple of reasons. One was because I wanted to be able to drink and let go without having to worry about my boyfriend or me driving anywhere. Another was because I wanted to see all of my friends from different social circles in one place.

The biggest reason is that I love hosting. I love coming up with food and drinks to serve that I know will be a hit. I love decorating.

On the menu I served pumpkin seeds, puppy chow, pigs in a blanket. For drinks I served Sangria and my roommate served an alcoholic sherbet punch.

For decorations I hung orange and black garlands running across the ceiling and the fireplace mantle that were inspired by a beautiful holiday ribbon garland I found on pinterest. Making the garlands took the longest. I cut strips of black and orange felt and tied it in a basic knot around a rope or strand of christmas lights. It was very slow going and I watched a lot of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to pass the time.

I set up a photo area with witch paper as a background and labeled food and drinks using a moonlight GellyRoll pen on black card stock. I also cut out mice out of black cardstock in put them up in the kitchen.

The bats got the most comments, and quite frankly, they look amazing if I do say so myself. They were inspired by a tutorial I found on pinterest that was posted by Dana-made-it. They were really easy to cut out and put up. I loved how cheap it was to make ($4.50 on cardstock plus the cost of tape) and how adorable they look. My living room isn't nearly as beautiful as Dana's dining room, but they did their job. My friends are joking that I should just keep them up for the rest of the year and put christmas hats on them. It's very tempting.