I love fall decorations that look beautiful without requiring a long list of supplies or hours of complicated work. One of my favorite ways to transform a simple craft-store pumpkin is to cover it with decorative paper napkins. Delicate roses, little autumn leaves, and vintage botanical prints can turn an ordinary white pumpkin into something…
I’m not usually someone who does elaborate nail art at home, I’m fine with a single coat of color and calling it done most months of the year. But this one earned a permanent spot in my October rotation the first time I tried it. It’s a simple four-look combination, solid matte black, a jack-o’-lantern…
I made my first clay ghost almost on a whim one October afternoon, mostly just wanting a small, non-scary Halloween decoration that didn’t involve a trip to the craft store. It turned out to be one of the simplest shapes I’ve ever sculpted, a draped sheet, two little eye holes, and it dries into something…
The first year I decorated my porch for Halloween, I bought a big inflatable, plugged it in, and called it done. It looked fine, I guess, but it also looked like everyone else’s porch on the block, and when it deflated into a sad nylon puddle three days later, I realized I’d spent real money…
Every October I end up with the same little pile of terracotta pots on my table, the ones I picked up from the craft store for a dollar or two each, and every year I tell myself I’ll do something more ambitious with them than I actually have time for. This year I finally kept…