Simple Fall/Hallowen Mantle

This morning the leaves on the trees outside my window are rustling in the wind, the sky is gray, and the air is cool.  {luckily I took this picture last week when the sun was still shinning!}  It definitely feels like a fall day, the first one of the year {so exciting!}.  I'm looking forward to baking something yummy in the oven later this afternoon to warm the house up and welcome my kiddos home from school.  I LOVE this time of year!

I recently decorated my mantle for fall...well mostly for Halloween.  After October 31st, I'll change some of the decor out to reflect more of a harvest/Thanksgiving theme.  Anyway, this is what I've done for now:

{A lot of this I had from last year, as seen HERE, except this year I get to decorate it on my newly remodeled mantle --my husband built it last December}.

+ Black spray painted branches from the back yard in clearance vases from Michael's

+ A pair of Goodwill hurricanes filled with about four big bags of candy corn and labeled "Pumpkin Teeth"

+ Two Goodwill plates, spray painted white with a mod podged black crow that I found online.  {just googled black crow and this image came up right away}

Simple right?  I love simple.  

This weekend our family is going to head down to a local u-pick pumpkin patch to pick a variety of pumpkins and fun lumpy gourds and I'll add those to the large galvanized bucket I have sitting on the hearth of the fireplace.  I can't wait!

Isn't fall the best??? 

Today I'm joining Layla's Fall Link Party.  Check it out for some amazing fall inspiration!