Hello! Welcome to Keeping Up with the Joneses. Thanks for stopping by! We're a young couple living in the East Arkansas/Memphis area otherwise known as The Delta, with a love for family, friends, faith and food.

We believe that some of the best memories are created at home around the dinner table, and when entertaining those you love. This little blog is where I share recipes, wine, our home and our life. Enjoy! -Kendall

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I love to try new recipes. In fact, I rarely make the same thing twice. I'm a bona-fide cookbook collector, Pinterest addict and magazine aficionado. On the blog, you'll see what I've got cooking.

I love wine, y'all, so from time to time I feature bottles I've loved. Crafts and decorating our little house are passions of mine, so you may see some of that. Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Party Decor!

Well the party was a success! We had a great time, and I've got lots of pictures to share. First up, let's look at the decor!

As you can see in my inspiration post, I was going for sparkly, bright colors like lime green, hot pink and bold orange.

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Here is the dessert buffet! I decked out the entry way of the house by covering the table in spiderweb fabric, hanging sparkly skeletons from the ceiling and switching out the painting for 4 cute shadow boxes:

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I was inspired by this post on Tatertots & Jello. They were a really fun project, and it would be cute to make something similar for other holidays!

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I made spider-y cupcakes and I loved the 2 colors of icing!

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These are brownie pops dipped in chocolate and rolled in Halloween sprinkles. Tasty!

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These little cuties are chocolate-covered Oreos using a mold by Wilton. They were easy, but time consuming, and definitely required some patience!

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I also had peanut butter truffles and jars full of pretty candy!

The skulls and Happy Halloween banner came from Target.

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In the dining room, we draped the hutch with a sparkly spiderweb and fuzzy spiders from Pier 1.

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The centerpiece on the dining room table was small, because we had so much food to put out! I used a haunted house from Target and little silver skulls from Jo-Ann.

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A Halloween party isn't complete without some of the good ole white spiderweb stringy stuff (it's a scientific term)!

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A view of the main part of the house, as the table was being set.

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I told ya, TONS of food!

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On the coffee table, I decorated with pumpkins from Target, and a Department 56 candy bowl. Being that the hubs is in dental school, this little item was a perfect addition to our collection a few years ago.

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Here's the mantel, which may be my favorite part!

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Mom and I made this wreath, the idea came from Sassy Santuary. We chose 5 bright patterns from Jo-Ann fabrics, cut them into strips and tied around 2 wire wreath forms. We wanted it to be large and really full, so we wired 2 forms together. This little project took the longest, but I love it and it should last a while!

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I spray painted and glittered a little wooden spider from Hobby Lobby and tied to the wreath. Cute!

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The candlesticks and black/purple pumpkins came from Hobby Lobby, the orange spider taper candles from Pier 1, and the black crows are from Michael's.

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Inside the fireplace, we tucked away two green glitter spiders from Target.

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The kitchen table become the drink zone!

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I love my cider server! My mother-in-law bought this Department 56 item for me a few years ago, and this was the first time I got to use it. I made a delicious punch with orange juice, vodka, triple sec and peach schnapps, it was a hit!

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I also found wine bottles that coordinated with Halloween.

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We added some rope lights and mesh outside and tied with Halloween ribbon.

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Outside, we made a circle with hay bales and put a fire pit in the center, and this table was nearby with all the fixins' for s'mores!

It was a lot of fun to decorate and prepare for, especially since I love Halloween so much!!! Up next, pictures of our costumes and all of our friends that came!

P.S. I'm entering this in Entertain Exchange's Handmade Halloween Contest:


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6 responses. Leave a Comment!:

jenn from midlife modern said...

Holy crumb, girl! You went all out and it looks absolutely fantastic! Your food spread looks amazing as do all of the decorations. Lucky guests!

Jamie said...

You are SO talented girl! Everything looked great :) Can't wait to see y'alls costumes!

Anonymous said...

Everything looks amazing!! Great job with the decor :)

Amanda @ Heart Tree Home said...

Everything looks awesome! Congrats on a successful party!

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Kristin said...

You are so creative!! Love all the decorations! And the food looks amazing!

Kendall said...

Kendall, this is too friggin cute! I am so impressed! I loved all the pics too. It looked like a fun party :) I wish I lived in Memphis so I could have come!

Loving all these recipe posts too! Don't always have the time to comment but I'm filing these recipes away for when I have time to make them!

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