Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Fall Fashions

Hey you know what I love about fall besides EVERYTHING? Boots, jeans, sweaters, and more boots! Here's some lovely fall fashions I daydream about...

Anyone want to go shopping?! Now, if only I had money right?

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Glass Thanksgiving Decor Tutorial

So I've been looking for some cheap and easy decor ideas, and I found one on Pinterest that looked super easy. This is the finished project:
Total cost--under $10.00
Total time--about and hour. Not too bad. So here's what I did:

I bought 6 of these glasses from the dollar store. They have many different shapes and sizes, these were just about what I was looking for.
Then, I used a black Sharpie to write "grazie" on them. Italian for Thank You. Don't ask me why, but I like to do things in different languages. It's just something a little different from the norm, and it makes me feel smart. :)

Next, I took a glue gun and traced the letters. Make sure you go slow and steady to try to get an even look. I wish I had a steadier hand, mine turned out a little more bumpy than I would have liked. The good thing about glue on glass, is that if you do mess up, it peels off really easily and you can try again! Also, try to get rid of all those glue strings when the glue has dried.

Then, I took them outside to get spray painted. I chose an almond color so it would stand out on my black shelf, but you can do whatever color you'd like!

Give them a light coat first, then give them a few minutes to dry. Don't spray too much at once or your paint will run! I did probably 5 or 6 coats before I felt like they were well covered. And yes, that's snow. Brrrr. Then I brought them inside to dry all the way.
When they were dry I just rounded up some fall picks and flowers that I already had laying around and arranged them all on my shelf. Like so:
It's nothing crazy amazing, but it was cheap and easy. And it filled the shelf. Have fun!
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Free Thanksgiving Print

Wow. It's snowing here. Like, really snowing. Grrrr. I was not prepared for that this morning! I am happy that it's November though, and the start of all the fantastic Holiday celebrating! Woo-hoo!! I managed to get all my Halloween stuff put away, and busted out the Thanksgiving decor! I made you all a little printable too. It prints 8x10 so it'll look great in a frame. I would show you a picture of it in a frame, but I of course ran out of ink, so I'll have to work on that. Here ya go, just right click and save.
This also happens to match my new Fall Printable Party Pack I just finished this morning, take a look:
This is available in my Etsy shop HERE!

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Friday, October 28, 2011

The Big Red Barn

Oh how I love Fall...I wish it could be Fall all year. There are so many fun things to do, like a trip to the Big Red Barn! Love, Love, Love this tradition...here's some pics:

Now, when at the Big Red Barn, there are some things that you must do. First, you must take the Hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

 You must ooh and ahh at all the yummy apple trees.
 You must pose for pictures in front of the miniature Red Barn.

And also in front of the maze.
Now, dance on the Hay Pyramid. That's right, dance.
 
Now, Search for the PERFECT pumpkin!
 
  








The best part of the pumpkin? The stem of course! Love these!
 

Say "Hi" to the animals wandering near.

Gather your pumpkins and ride back to the barn. Take some pictures along the way.


 Then you get some ice cream for the ride home. Such a perfect fall day.
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Friday, October 7, 2011

Popsicle Stick Puzzles Tutorial

My friend pinned this on Pinterest the other day:
And I thought, hey that would make a super cute toddler activity! And, how fun would it be to make some seasonal themed puzzles! I decided to make a set to send to my little niece since my kids are a little too old for these. Although, my eight year old had a blast helping me with these today! Here's what we did:

First we printed off some cute Fall pictures--just regular 4x6 prints from Walmart. I like to put my pictures on photo paper whenever I am going to glue them to something. Photo paper won't wrinkle or tear when you're working with it, and the quality of the finished product is just better!

Then, we cut the pictures into sections just a tiny bit smaller than the width of a big craft popsicle stick. 


Next, we Mod Podged the strips to the craft sticks.
And that's pretty much it! Here's a look at a few of the puzzles we made...


We just put each puzzle in it's own ziplock sandwich bag, and put them in a box. I think this weekend I will sew her a cute little Halloween purse to carry these around in. Such a cute and easy little project!
All of these adorable pictures come from Just So Scrappy which you can find HERE!
Have a great weekend!

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