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The month of September and October have been a whirlwind outfitwise. I was wearing lots of Fall inspired outfits but we had two Summer vacations (one at the beginning of September and the other at the beginning of October) so my outfits are a little mixed but the last few weeks have been very fall-ish.
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Nostalgic or Vintage Christmas decor is going to be one of the hottest decor trends of the upcoming season. I have seen it pop up everywhere and everyone raves about it, but what is it and how to decorate?!
Well if we think about nostalgia it is always something from the past and it is the same here. So if you have a grandma who still has her Christmas decor from 30 or 40 years ago down in her basement or in the attic you are heading into the right direction. Everyone else like me has to browse the internet to find some treasures on etsy or hope to make a gorgeous find at a fleamarket or an estate sale. The third option would be to go online and buy some new but old looking pieces. This will most likely be all of us.
There are millions of pieces to choose from so I am going to break down what´s really counting as nostalgic and what not. There haven´t been nude or beige or brown or minimalistic tree decor. A tree has to be so full with ornaments, tinsel and colorful lights that no branch is free. The more the merrier!!!
A great example for some nostalgic Christmas decor is the movie Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase. My number one Christmas movie and the perfect source to gather some inspiration. The Christmas tree is full of different and colorful ornaments and popcorn garlands. They have a wooden pyramid in the living room and the reindeer mugs for the eggnog. You can also find needlepoint stockings and Santa mugs.
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This has been the year of the years I have been waiting for so long – we were finally able to pull of the Addams Family family costume. Everyone has been a character from the strangest family on the planet. We even had little Victoria turn into Pubert, the baby which appeared in the second movie. She looked almost identical, it was the funniest thing. The two older girls dressed up as Wednesday and Pugsley and my husband and I of course as Gomez and Morticia. We even had Thing lend us a hand. 😉
To be honest, family costumes can get quite expensive when you have to dress five people and while I like to spend money on clothes I am not the fondest of spending so much on things we probably wear once or twice in our life.
Most of the pieces are from Ali Express but I am sure you can get everything on amazon as well if you don´t have the time to wait about two weeks for your package. These are the pics I have taken as
Thing
Available here on amazon
Gomez Addams Costume
Available here at AliExpress
Morticia Addams Costume and Wig
In fact you only need the long black hair and the dramatic tight dress with the long sleeves. Do not forget about the signature Red nails and lips.
Available here at AliExpress
Wednesday Addams Costume and Wig
Wednesdas Addams dress available on amazon / shop the wig here
The Wednesday costume we have is from a German discount store. I have ordered it online. In fact you would only need a black dress with the significant white collar and cuffs to achieve her look. The wig is from amazon.
Pugsley and Pubert Addams
I did not buy anything for these two cause can easily be recreated by you childs closet. I had a striped shirt and bike shorts (she refused to only wear bike shorts cause it was cold so we added black tights) and for the little pubert all gray and black things have been essentiel. The cute cardigan with spider print would have been so cool but to be honest it would have been a waste of money cause babies grow so quick and we head into Christmas season right after Halloween so it wouldn´t be worn anymore.
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My last baby turned 1 last week!! I am still in disbelief she is not a baby anymore but a toddler. Since she is this close to Halloween it definitely had to have a similar theme. I have found so many cute pink things so I went with lots of ghosts and the Spooky One birthday theme.
This might have been my favorite birthday theme yet, but I guess I say that after every party !!! The three main stores I have gotten my decorations has been amazon, TK Maxx and Temu. If you just write spooky one birthday party into the search bar there will pop up hundreds of very cute things. Since I have gotten so much blush pumpkins I went with a black, blush and white color theme with some pops of orange but a purple color theme would have super cute as well.
I just love a theme on a table no matter if it is lunch, dinner or coffee. The table runner and the sequin table cloth matched the birthday theme perfectly. I had pumpkin and ghost decor that looked great toghether and the napkins tied everything together.
Now let´s talk about this masterpiece. To be honest I thought this was his best work yet (but I think I am saying this everytime) with all the little details like the ghosts, pumpkins and the most adorable ghosts with eyelashes and glitter blush cheeks.
The flavor has been nougat – vanilla and it was do die for. So moist and delicious but not too sweet at all.
Now on to the cupcakes – stunning as they come. All the little details are so magnificent I still can´t believe we ate them all. The flavor of the buttercream was cassis and the the cake itself tasted like a piece of dark chocolate. Maybe flavors the grown-ups appreciate a little bit more than the kids.
The little witch hats and the bat / ghost sprinkles rounded up the whole Spooky One theme.
It was the first time I have completed the monthly photoshoot. I have 12 pictures including a newborn pic. It took me 3 kids and my panic that I will never get the chance to do this that kept me going and I was super happy I did. It´s just the cutest thing so see how she has changed a little every month.
I also had a little smash cake and the high chair decorations but she refused to touch the cake. She looked at us unwilling to believe that we would allow her to just dive into the cake with her bare hands.