Views of my decorated front yard at sunset and at night. The set up took about 2 hours and most of the items my family had around the house. For the graves, I piled the fallen tree needles into 8 piles then placed a mixture of statues, wooden crosses and fake tome stones at the head of each pile.
But my favourite simple decor item was the "Soul Collector". I made this eel-like item by first wrapping newspaper into a wedge-shape. Then I stuck the newspaper into one corner of a plastic shopping bag. Then I taped more shopping bags into a long tail, leaving the handles free and attached it to wedge-like head. Finally I tied some twine to the head and the end of the tail, which allows me to hang it from bushes or trees. This item is really effective in the dark.
Me in my "Steam Era Guy" costume along with my "Morning Mandy" mannequin. "Mandy" is my dressmaker's mannequin fitted with styrofoam head, fabric arms and dressed in different pieces of costumes and fabric. My costume is pretty simple. I just took some of my dressier clothes and combined them together. The jacket was the only that I really altered by trimming the collar and adding lines of a dark brown fabric in certain pattern.
And finally, the community's fireworks display seen from my front yard.
