A Haunted Halloween {Parlor Mantle}

With each passing season, the parlor mantle is one of my favorite places to transform.

I am having so much fun using the vintage double-pan scale.

This year, the lower mantle features a vintage microscope that I purchased from an antique shoppe in Carmel, IN. I added one of the preserved insect specimens to the slide. As a science educator, I adore vintage science-type equipment. 

A trophy cup filled with pheasant and peacock feathers and a framed creepy hologram photo add to the Halloween spirit.

On the scale I added a foiled pumpkin, a silvered skull dressed with a fancy chapeaux, and a glittered hand. 

A vintage kodak box camera adds to the vintage Halloween flair.

Vintage leather-bound books add to the vignette.

At the base of the mantle, the large clam shell hold glittered hands, glittered chains, and eyeball orbs. Spooky fun!

The upper mantle shelf features two new prints. More later....

Sources:
Double-pan scale: AKA Stella Gray
Vintage microscope: Carmel Antique Market, Indiana
Hologram photo/preserved insect: Hazelnut New Orleans
Vintage Kodak box camera: Thea's Vintage Living, Portland, OR
Skull/Eyeball orbs: Grandin Road
Glittered hands: Little Miss Muffin
Chapeaux: Razzle Dazzle

Haunted Halloween Mantle, y'all!