Memoirs of a Fallen Angel

Well, all but a final coat of spray paint on the inside of the unit. I had the cheap metal shelving unit, cardboard, tape & acrylic paint.....all I need to purchase were 2 cans of spray paint from Walmart for $.99 each. Probably my cheapest prop yet!!

Is anyone else freaking out about finishing everything in time?? I need to have everything up and ready to go by October 14th. That's when they start the judging for the decorating contest. That only leaves 4 weekends to get it all done.....take away 2 of those weekends I'll be out of town and it doesn't leave much time left!!
Here's what's left to do:

- fix the cauldron of the stirring witch as it took a huge beating in the storage unit
- assemble the pumpkinrot ...

My goal for this past weekend was to start the new cemetery fence and toe pincher. I had no idea that we would have the energy to finish both projects in 2 days!! That includes staining the entire toe pincher.

Hubby and I made a great team yet again. Anyway, here are the pics.....and thank you again to Haunted Host for giving us the garden arch!!
The picture of the fence doesn't show great detail....but we bought the gargoyles and plastic skulls from the dollar store and ...

Okay with the spooky tree out of the way, it's time to start working on the smaller projects for this years display. After last years display, we retired our old cemetery fence, toe pincher and pumpkin head scarecrow......all had their share of years of weathering and abuse.

The new fence is going to be my design. I purchased these finials as I didn't want to go with the typical skulls. I bought gargoyles for the posts and I'll be trying a heating method to "bend" some ...

This year’s big project was to create a big spooky tree for my cemetery. I came across a great tutorial on one of the threads and decided this method would be the cheapest way to go about making this prop. It ended up costing me $13.00 to make.

Here is what I used:
Various bones and skulls (free, every good haunter owns tons of bones)
Aluminum Foil - not even half a roll ( $1.a roll at Dollar Tree)
¾ of a roll of chicken wire ($7. a roll at Menards)
Old ...