This year in the back parlor, I decided to go with a skeleton theme for Halloween. I wanted to create a not so spooky, but very sweet, Skeleton Family. We even have some skeleton rats scurrying about. I had fun dressing each family member in vintage fashion. The Mother skeleton is wearing a fur cape that I recently thrifted as well a vintage pink feathery hat. The baby skeleton is dressed in an antique baby christening gown and bonnet trimmed with lace. Our skeleton kitty is a new addition this year. We found him at the Dollar Store. Our real life cats, Jeffrey and Maleficent, love the skeleton kitty for some reason. I always catch one of them, or both laying next to it. The antique library table holds our skeleton phone, in case the family needs to make a call or two. Across the room, candlelight glows on the piano. Someone is ready to play a lively Halloween tune for our family. The piano top is elegantly decorated with black skulls donning gorgeous French crowns. Each crown is unique and beautiful. Lit candles provide a eerily beautiful ambience. Our skeleton friend is quite the musician. Each year I add a fun mask to my painting. Spooky elegance. Thank you for touring our Skeleton Parlor this year. More Halloween posts to come. -Larissa