Time for my second blog post! Yippee! Sorry I have been gone so long. I have been busy the last few days & haven't had time to put another post together. I just wanted to share a few more of my fall decorating ideas with you.
This is my center piece on my kitchen table. Please don't look to closely at the table. I very much dislike it. It is a 2nd generation hand-me-down. I would LOVE to get a new round table & chairs that are black, but sadly I just can't afford it :( Hopefully I will be doing a tutorial in the next few weeks on how to re-finish a table. Much more cost effective.
Sorry, I got a little off track again...lol. Back to my center piece. The orange thing is just dish towel unfolded & centered on the table. Then I layered a brown place mat on top of that, both from the Dollar Tree.
I filled a clear glass vase about half way with decorative river rock, then put a few foam gourds on top of that. To give it a little extra pizazz I tied some raffia around it & stuck some sticks that I broke in half around the vase. They didn't want to stand up straight, so I tried taping them, but they still didn't want to stay. I wanted to be able to use the vase later for another project so I didn't want to glue it. Besides, I kind of like the way the sticks lean over. Any way, the vase, rocks, & sticks all came from the Dollar Tree.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this bird!! I love the finish on it. I found this beauty on clearance at Lowe's for around $4. He was normally about $20. I couldn't pass him up.
A couple of cute pumpkins later & I have a super cute, inexpensive center piece.
I have had this vegetable dish display hanging over my kitchen sink for the last 4 years & I have really been wanting to change up my decorating style lately. My Honey tells everyone that my house looks like a Cracker Barrel. It's not quite that bad, but it is a mixture of country & antiques. So, I guess I could see how he could relate the two. I think I am going to try to go more for a Pottery Barn inspired style. I thought this would be one of the few places to start.
The first thing I decided to make was a cute little fall flower arrangement. I took a green bean can I had been saving for a fun project....
....cut out a square of burlap that would be taller than my can & used a rubber band to keep it in place. If you wanted to you could glue it on, but I was too impatient for that.
I got some floral foam & fall flowers from the Dollar Tree, can you tell I am a little obsessed with that place, so many possibilities! Stuck the foam in the bottom of the can & then arranged the flowers til I got the look I wanted.
I wrapped some super cute ribbon around the can to cover the rubber band.
Then I added this amazing flower I made. I absolutely LOVE it! I will try to add more on how I made it on another day.
Ta Da!! Here is my finished fall flower arrangement.
I have had this adorable picture frame sitting on a shelf in my guest bathroom for at least 3 years now. I always intended to put a picture in it, but some how never got around to doing it....
....well I decided it was about time I gave it the honor it deserved. I had the perfect place for it on my new fall display. I had this wonderful antique looking scrapbook paper with sheet music on it that I needed as a back drop for my picture of my great-grandfather, Mr. Harry Hickman. I LOVE this picture so much. If you can't tell he is in a horse-drawn carriage wearing a wonderful suit. I am so thankful & blessed to have so many pictures of my ancestors. I have a couple of projects I have added these pictures too & I will share those more later. I am VERY MUCH into learning everything I can about my family history. I just LOVE it!
I needed one more thing to add to my display, so I decided to cover a couple of books I had with more antique looking scrapbook paper & wrapped a ribbon around the stack.
Then it was time to put it all together on a freshly spray painted black shelf...tuck a few Dollar Tree fall leaves here & there...
...add a couple of cute little white pumpkins from the grocery store...
...and WA LA!!! My Super Cute fall display!!! EEEEKKKK!!! It's sooo cute!! I LOVE IT!!! It is SO much better than before! The picture doesn't do it justice!
Well, there you go just a few more inexpensive fall decorating ideas. I hope I inspired you to go out & see what wonderful inexpensive projects you can come up with! Please, be sure to share any that you come up with. I love seeing what creative things people conjure up.
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I hope you all have a blessed day! Happy crafting! :)
