I decided to put these three projects in one post, because I am rarin' to move on to my Christmas blogging. Can you say gifts and decor and great ideas?
Project 1-Here are the spooky Halloween branches from our front deck. By the end of a wild and windy week they were looking shabby and tired. But no problem!
Dollar Store clearance sale, two packs of fake leaves for a dollar. Score!
I took the cobwebs and bat garland off the branches and straightened them up in the urn with florist foam and duct tape. The urn, by the way, was a clearance item at Kmart for $1.66!! I added the leaves with hot glue and.......
I took the cobwebs and bat garland off the branches and straightened them up in the urn with florist foam and duct tape. The urn, by the way, was a clearance item at Kmart for $1.66!! I added the leaves with hot glue and.......
...voila! Now it is a colorful vertical accent in the corner of the living room. I like it alot. And when I switch to Christmas decor, a blast of my heat gun will loosen those leaves so I can add snowflakes, etc. A bit of fabric draped at the base hides the foam and duct tape.
Project 2-This project uses a Dollar Store vine wreath and satiny fabric in fall colors. I made oversize rosette flowers, two and a half to three inches across.
I wanted them bigger so I could use less of them. I love the shiny sheen of the fabric against the two cream muslin rosettes.
Hot glue is my friend. Way way back in the sixties I would have wired all this stuff in place.Thrift store leaf bunches are the perfect touch, but not too many so the twiggy wreath can show through.
Project 3-Here's a quick way to dress up and display your pumpkins, real and fake. Taking more of those Dollar Store leaves, hot glue them around the rim of a candlestick, of glass, metal or wood.
Or, glue the fake leaves around the bottom of your pumpkin. This gives it a nice ruff of color.
Perch your pumpkins on the candlesticks for a colorful display. Here they are on my baker's rack, all switched over from my black and white Halloween. I added gold berry picks and propped it on the top shelf, along with a bunch of leaves in a spray painted bottle and my silver button blingy decor ball.
Great ideas! I love the tree branches with leaves.
ReplyDeletepretty projects! I love using nature!
ReplyDeleteLezlee
Great fall decor! Your halloween decor must of taken days to dismantle. It was amazing. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI love all of it. Especially the fall tree. I'll have to remember that for next fall.
ReplyDeleteReally cute projects! I love that you are using those branches from Halloween until Christams, and maybe beyond since snowflakes are good all winter. : )
ReplyDeleteI have those leaves too! I LOVE what you did with them. :D
ReplyDeleteGabby
The...Late, Young Family
Hi, friend! I'm admiring all the creativity here. Can you please join me at my Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop? Hope to see you there :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a score on that urn!! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at Show & Share!
Thanks for the reminder, Ann. I have a branch I used for Halloween too. Gonna spray it white, I think. Love how we're on the same wavelength :D
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your loved ones.