FELT WREATH

I was able to squeeze out a few minutes this weekend to make this fall felt wreath.

It took 18 small circles of 6 different colors of felt.  I just pinched the circles in the middle and pushed a straight pin into it then into a Styrofoam wreath.  In all it only took about 45 minutes to complete and that includes tracing the circles ( I used a small bottle of mustard as my template), cutting them out, and pushing the felt into the wreath.

Now I just need to decide where I want to place it, on a shelf behind fall decor, under a pumpkin on a pedestal or on a peg on the shelf in my living room.

Any suggestions or preferences?

Oh ya,  I would also like to give one of these away to someone. 

Literally all you have to do is leave a comment and tell me where you would put this cute little wreath if you won. 

I will randomly pick a name in a couple of days.

I am participating in the Under $10 and Under 1 hour linky party at 320 Sycamore blog.

MILK CAN PROJECT FINISHED

I posted recently about a few projects I needed to tackle and one of them was this milk can I picked up for $1.98 from all places, the grocery store.

With some vinyl lettering and some fall foliage it is now this:

I know you aren't supposed to use flash when photographing indoors but no matter what I did to add more light it just glared off the milk can.  Hmmm, maybe if I am super-duper good between now and Christmas dear hubby Santa might bring me a new camera then I won't have to deal with mediocre pictures.

INSPIRED BY POPPIES AT PLAY

I was recently inspired by Andy over at Poppies At Play when she posted her Halloween blocks.  She offers a download so that you can make a set like hers, which is pretty darn cute.  I had some blocks of wood in different sizes than her download would fit on so I just used what I had on hand for my own version.

Here is Andy's original set:

Here is my version:

I may still download her printable and make a set like hers.  I just love it when someone creates such cuteness that I can then copy be inspired by.

NEW FALL PROJECT

 I kind of needed something "new" to go with my other fall decor.

Here are some of my favorite things about fall that I put in a frame. I used a piece of scrap booking paper for the back ground.

CHARGER PLATE REQUEST

 I recently had bloggie buddy SAIMI  ask for a reminder about some charger plates I made last year for my bazaar.

I posted all four that I made so that she could see several versions of what I put on the charger plates.  I got the chargers at Walmart last year but am not sure if they have them this year.  Any pretty plate will work but the charger plates are larger than the standard dinner plate.

If you would like to make one of these and don't have access to a vinyl cutter just shoot me an email (connie_hall57@yahoo.com) and I will make some for you.  The cost is $3 each plus $1.25 shipping.

A POST WORTH REPEATING

I made these fall topiary's two years ago and thought I would post about them again.  After all, it's that time of year again.   You know, when the leaves begin to change and the gardens are giving one last hurrah for the harvest.

I found these two garden pots at Goodwill and knew that they had potential, I just wasn't sure exactly what I would do with them.  Out came the black spray paint.

 After I sprayed the pots I stared gathering some fall decorations hoping that something would spark my creativity.

 I turned the pots upside down, the pumpkin seemed to fit better that way.

I just used a knife to cut away the stem so the next pumpkin would sit on top nicely.

I printed up some vinyl lettering to go on the pumpkins.

The vinyl lettering actually stuck well.

Here they began to take shape.

This is what the final product turned out to be.

Note:  I got the styrofoam pumpkins at Michael's but I have seen them many other places since then.