Friday Favorites - Week 339

Happy Friday and Welcome to FALL!!! It's time for cozy sweaters, snuggly blankets, fire pits, crunchy leaves, mittens, pumpkins, pumpkin spice, candles and my favorite, decorating for fall!!
The latest DIY project, that was posted on the blog this week is below, click on the photo to take you to the photo tutorial. 

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Cinnamon Crumble Maple Cheesecake from Quirky Inspired

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Caramel Carrot Cake from Lou Lou Girls

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Cheesy Potato Soup from The Gracious Wife

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Gingerbread Fall Leaves from The Monday Box

 

Maisy at Becoming Alice Uses for Apple Peels from Little House Living

 

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How To Make Chinese Lanterns From Soda Cans by Our Peaceful Planet

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Haunted Gingerbread House from Quirky Inspired

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DIY 10 Min Wreath for under $10

The very last piece missing from our front porch fall decor

was a wreath for our front door. So I put this one together

for under $10 in just 10 minutes!

I had picked up a few of these grape vine bundles 

at AC Moore when they were on sale for $2.50

each and had one left. I used two of them on my

Tee Pee Trees and hung the other above the doorway.

First I snipped off the tags and then loosely unwrapped

and rewrapped my vine in a simple circle. I used garden

rope twine to secure the end in place and then tied two more

sections of my wreath form to firm everything up.

The burlap ribbon, I purchased for $4.99 and a 40%

coupon and three leaf bundles came from the Dollar Tree.

I snipped off three 12" sections of the burlap, triple

folded, tucking in my end on the back of the wreath and hot

glued it into place. I didn't even use an entire glue stick on this 

project! After covering up my garden twine with the burlap

pieces, I snipped off the leaves that I wanted to use

and saved the other ones for a future project.

 I placed my leaves along one side first and then with just a drop

of hot glue on each back, stuck them in place. I wanted to be able

to reuse the vines in the future, if I get tired of this wreath, so

didn't use as much glue as I normally would. 

 and Taadaa...a completed Natural Fall Wreath 

for under $10 in only 10 minutes!

DIY Wooden Pumpkins

Okay y'all, I've stepped out of my paper cut comfort zone, into the world of wood and scary saws...

and I am in LOVE!!

I picked up some small picket fence boards and snagged a few pots of 50 cent clearance paint from

Home Depot and got to work.

I knew I wanted to make two pumpkins, one big and one small, so I separated my pile of wood 

accordingly, grabbed a piece of scrap wood and screwed into each picket section from the back.

It'll shift on you, if you leave it as such, so grab a smaller piece of scrap and diagonally fix it to

your cross bars.

I took a pencil and rough sketched out a pumpkin on the backs, next time I'll put my sketch on the front since the cross bars were a bit in my way. Lesson learned and I wouldn't learn if I didn't try!

My work station all set up on our driveway, I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy! 

I clamped down one side of each piece and taking a jigsaw, cut off the extra pieces along my rough

sketch. I have to say it was quite satisfying with each section that dropped to the ground. 

I flipped the board over, re clamped and cut out the other side of my pumpkins. 

Next the sanding, over the entire fronts and sides...buzzzzzzzzz...I rounded the bottoms a bit more 

with the jigsaw, until I was happy with my pumpkins.

Couldn't pass up the steal on paint... I snagged 6 pots for 50 cents a piece...colors I know I'll use for

future projects and even it I don't, I didn't break the bank!

Not sure why in the bottom right photo the paint looks grey, it's a brown...

I cut the end off of a cheap brush to make it firmer and sort of tapped, dry brushed with that, finishing

up with a paper towel to blend. (Just on the brown pumpkin to give it more detail.)

A quick clear coat of poly and they are proudly displayed on our front porch. I'm just excited they

won't rot and I'll have to throw them away!

 If you have a pile of scrap wood lying around, give these a try, they sure were fun to make!

Fall in LOVE with Decorating

Swung by Wally World today to snag a few of my favorite

glass jars (yup, I just said Wally World) and to my surprise, 

I found a few other fun items, to get me in the mood to pull

out the dreaded but fun orange topped tubs from storage...

Two pieces of black 'creepy' gauze, One large glass jar, One 

black large pumpkin, A sparkly BEWARE sign, A large black owl

and A roll of black sparkly tulle were the only purchases. 

The rest was tucked away, nothing got broken in the move, woohoo!!

I didn't realize my hubby had a fear of rats until last year,

when his co workers would leave them in unsuspecting places

and he'd end up chucking them back at them...haha

...let's see if he can find the two in our house! 

A little bit creepy, a little bit dreamy...

and a lot of fun, don't you think?

Fall Tags for Treats

I made these cute tags yesterday to adorn some yummy chocolate chip banana bread loaves. Think outside the box with your stamps...how can you use them differently?? Etc. The leaf print stamp is actually meant to wrap a chocolate nugget candy BUT, with a square punch, I notched out the bottom and then with a foam dot, I added a different saying... Yum, instead of Give Thanks. Added a few leaves made out of coordinating paper and can you say CUTE?!

Orange Organza Fall Wreath

I've been so inspired by all the fun wreaths out there in internet lala land that I decided to make another to add to my fall/halloween decor. I picked up everything I needed at Joann's Fabric Store (only because Hobby Lobby was closed that day) and got to work cutting strips of organza. 

I started off tying two dark, one light orange and so on...until I ran out of organza and there my wreath sat (for about two weeks, mind you) till I remembered to pick up two more rolls.

The black flower was in the dollar bin at Joann's and I picked it up, thinking it would be a fun addition to just pin onto the finished wreath. After fluffing and spinning the knots this way and that, so as to disguise them a bit, I hung this sweet little "fall" paper banner behind the wreath, with bakers twine.

And here's my new DIY creation hanging on our front door...the perfect Welcome when we arrive HOME (and don't enter through the garage, haahaa)

Happy Fall Y'all!!

I'm entering this wreath at the following blog linky parties:

Create and Inspire with A Night Owl Blog

Twirl and Take a Bow with House on the Way

Make the Scene Monday with Alderberry Hill
Sundae Scoop with I {heart} Nap Time
Whimsy Wednesdays with The NY Melrose Family

Show Me What Ya Got with Not Just a Housewife

Tuesday Time Out with Reasons To Skip The Housework

Featured at Alderberry Hill

LeroyLime was featured over at Alderberry Hill, along with a FABULOUS collection from other crafters, DIYers, chefs and just plain amazingness! We all linked up to Make the Scene Monday #43, for a chance to show off our goods and inspire other crafters. 

(just the top left 4 mini pics are mine, from above)

Thank you Sarah, for featuring my Fall/Halloween Decor. I'm pretty sure I squealed with delight, when I got your note! To see the full post, please click HERE.

Fall/Halloween Decor

Growing up, we didn't celebrate Halloween...or decorate for it. My Mom would however let us put on a face mask (mine was either Strawberry Shortcake or a cat) and knock on three or four of our country farm neighbors doors. One being my Grandparents, who would always act like they had NO CLUE who we were but would fill our hands with all sort of yummy hard candies and pennies. As I got older, I grew to LOVE fall, all the warm colors, pumpkin pie scent (Starbucks coffee, yes please!) and making our house feel warm and cozy with fall decor. 

Now, I'm not one for the creepy part of Halloween, I won't let my kids pick out nasty costumes with blood dripping out of their mouths, knifes poking through their heads or aliens, gasp. That's a story for another day. But I do enjoy adding a bit of 'fun' creepy, if you can call it that, to salt and pepper our fall decor.

 I picked up this little black box at an antique shop a few years back. Usually I stand it up and place mini pumpkins and small paper signs in it but this year, I stuffed it with packing paper, threw some moss on top and then places these creepy hands here and there, I LOVE how it turned out!

Look closely next to the little fence...red beady eyes are peering back at you. I giggled as I put this little touch in our hutch, just knowing that my hubby would probably get a little shock the next time he grabbed a scotch glass!

Thanksgiving is part of fall too...I put it all out at once and then remove the Halloween bits after October is over.

Look what I found to put in my DIY shelf. I placed one of my necklaces on the little lady, adding some spider webs for a more creepy effect.

The little owl, white pumpkins and black tree are a few items I purchased this year, I had everything else packed away in my orange tubs, just waiting for new life and placement in our new home!

My pumpkins add such a warm glow, love 'em! The pre lit bulbs went kaput a few years ago, so I just stuck a few strands of Christmas tree lights in them to give them their life back.

Oops, forgot about the mummy...my son was dancing along with this little guy in the store, so I just HAD to bring him home, thought he looked great with the creepy hands sticking out of the ground.

Some fun towels for the kitchen, one of the first banners I listed in my LeroyLime shop and a glow in the dark rock.

What's your favorite??