Seasonal Decor

10.01.2020

Fun Fall Decor

The weather is getting cooler and the leaves are changing here in Indiana. It officially feels like fall here in the midwest. I rounded up some fun fall decor for you – everything from a yummy candle to a cozy throw so you can add some fall touches to your home!

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Pumpkin Chai Poo-Pourri

We’re fans of Poo-Pourri here at our home. and I love this seasonal version – Pumpkin Chai. One spray and no one will ever know…

Bat Wall Stickers

I’ve seen this paper bats taking over instagram, so I had to add them to this decor roundup. They come in different sizes with stickers, so you just stick and go. They look great inside or on your front door.

Apple Cider Fall Sign

I love this fall apple cider sign. The chalkboard artwork is fun and colorful while adding some character to any space – and it looks like it was handmade.

Pumpkin Spice Candle

Who doesn’t love pumpkin spice? Keep your home smelling good all month long with this yummy candle.

Dried Wheat

Create a pretty centerpiece with this dried wheat. It will instantly make your home look ready for fall.

Throw Blanket

These throw blankets come in a variety of sizes and are affordable and so cozy. The come in a huge assortment of colors.

Orange Velvet Pillow

I love velvet (I shared a roundup of my favorite velvet finds earlier this year), and these velvet pillow covers come in a rainbow of colors to match any style or decor.

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09.16.2020

Tissue Pumpkin Craft

I’ve shared this tissue pumpkin craft several different times over the years because it’s such a fun way to customize pumpkins to match your decor and style!

I have a 45 second how-to video in this post, but I’ve had a few mention that they weren’t successful on this project, so I created a VERY detailed (and long) video for those who want ALL the tips and tricks!

View the full-length video tissue pumpkin craft tutorial here:

Supplies Needed:

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Step 1:

Cut a hole for the pumpkin stem near the center of the tissue paper.

Step 2:

Cut off any excess tissue paper. You may want cut out sections of paper up towards the stem as well as extra paper around the bottom. It is helpful to not have too much overlapping paper.

Step 3:

Add Mod Podge to the entire pumpkin – be generous.

Step 4:

Add the tissue paper to the pumpkin. Notice in the sections that are cut out of the tissue paper in the image below. You can play around with the best solution for your pumpkin, but try not to bunch the paper too much. Use your hand to smooth out the tissue paper as much as possible.

Step 5:

Once the tissue paper is adhered to the pumpkin, add Mod Podge to the outside. Continue to smooth out the tissue paper.

Step 6:

Allow to dry fully – this usually takes 12-24 hours depending on the thickness of the Mod Podge.

Optional Step: I have found that the Mod Podge melts when I store these pumpkins in the attic. I added a finish spray (after the Mod Podge was completely dry) to try and prevent this from happening.

I also have a tutorial for these fun spray painted pumpkins, and you can see that HERE!

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10.02.2018

Simple Fall Decor

Try these Simple Fall Decor ideas in your home!

I’ve joined forces with 5 of my blog friends, and we’re sharing fall decor ideas (see their links at the end of this post).

I keep my fall decor fairly simple – mainly because it just isn’t my favorite season. Maybe it’s the warmer colors, but I just don’t go too crazy with my fall decor.

Today I’m sharing my simple fall decor ideas using these DIY open shelves and I’m also sharing some FREE fall printable sources. My friend Katie of Me and Mary is currently offering two gorgeous free fall printables. The first is this gorgeous calligraphy print:

And the second is this sweet little pumpkin watercolor:

Katie is only offering these fall printables for free through October 15th, so go here to download your own fall printables.

I added a lot of mini pumpkins (I think they’re actually goards) to the shelves which you can find at almost any grocery store and their fairly inexpensive.

I also added some faux leaves that I picked up at a craft store and coated with a light coat of cream spray paint to tone down the colors a bit.

I also hung my pumpkin patch sign. I share the customizable free pumpkin patch printable here, and I also share the full tutorial for transferring art to wood. I’ll be releasing a Christmas tree farm version per requests. I’ll share that sometime after Halloween!

Want to see more fall decor ideas? Visit these blogs for even more inspiration!

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09.19.2017

Fall Table Decor Ideas

I partnered with Kirklands and 32 other bloggers to share lots of fall decor inspiration on a fun blog hop. Today I’ll show you some fall dining decor ideas, and go to the end of this post for your chance to win a $1500 gift card from Kirklands! If you are stopping by from Little Glass Jar, welcome!

I love a simple set of white dishes, and these Bettina Dot White dishes from Kirklands are perfect. They can be dressed up or down and work through all the seasons.

I was too early for white pumpkins this year, and I really want a little white pumpkin to decorate each place setting. I found a bag of bright orange pumpkins and chalk painted them (I learned the hard way a few years ago to not spray paint pumpkins – they will explode).

The mugs from the Bettina White Dot dish set make perfect little vases for my flowers.

The moss placemats are from the dining room I decorated at the Indianapolis Home Show earlier this year. I love the texture and uniqueness they bring to the table.

The napkins are tied in a simple knot and the gold flatware is from eBay. The flowers are an inexpensive grocery store find and add a nice pop of color to the table.

I love to mix artificial pumpkins with my decor like these Natural Woven Cream Pumpkins. I can use them year after year!

This Be Thankful Wooden Wall Plaque is another Kirlands find. Although it is perfect going into the Thanksgiving season, it can be used beyond fall.

If you want more fall decor inspiration, go visit Shabby Fufu and check out all these other amazing fall home tours:

MONDAY

Seeking Lavender Lane Fat Hydrangea Blue Sky at Home My Creative Days

Little House of Four Making it in the Mountains Wife in Progress

TUESDAY

Town and Country Living Farmhouse on Boone Flatcreek Farmhouse Inspiration for Moms

On Sutton Place Sincerely Marie Designs

WEDNESDAY

Noting Grace Little Glass Jar Sincerely Sara D Shabby Fufu

Hunt and Host The Honeycomb Home Kendall Rayburn

THURSDAY

Christinas Adventures My Life from Home Worthing Court She Holds Dearly

Unskinny Boppy Hamby Home Tidbits

FRIDAY

So Much Better with Age Joy in Our Home Little Home Reloved Sand Dollar Lane

Twelve on Main The Everyday Home

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10.15.2016

Fall Pumpkin Centerpieces

These fall pumpkin centerpieces are one of my favorite fall crafts.

We are hosting Thanksgiving at our house this year, so I am going all out with fall decor! I love all the succulent pumpkins planters I am seeing all over Pinterest, but I did want to go to all the trouble and have the pumpkin rot. Luckily I found a tutorial for making a succulent pumpkin that does not require carving. Ideally, it should last for a while!

Here is what you will need to create these fall pumpkin centerpieces:

Pumpkin(s)
Succulents
Moss
Glue Gun
Spray Adhesive
Scissors

I removed the stem from some of my pumpkins but later realized they were easy to work around (as long as they were trimmed fairly short).

Moss was added to the top of the pumpkin.

And the succulents were attached to the moss. I found this tutorial on Simply Happenstance. This blog shows a detailed step-by-step tutorial for making these gorgeous succulent pumpkins. There are also several tips for how to enjoy your succulents post-fall. You can read all about it HERE.

My succulent pumpkins were made almost a month ago, and I have (somehow) managed to keep them alive. I mist the succulents lightly a couple of times a week, and I am crossing my fingers they make it to my Thanksgiving table!

My centerpiece includes one large orange pumpkin and two smaller white pumpkins.

It was not an inexpensive project due to the number of succulents I had to buy. However, succulents may be easier to find (and cheaper) depending on where you live.

I decided it was worth the investment – assuming I can keep them alive through Thanksgiving!

There is a way to keep them alive once your pumpkin rots. You can read more about it on Simply Happenstance.

I shared the tutorial (and a free printable) for the “vintage” pumpkin patch sign hanging in the background earlier this month. You can see all the details HERE.

I would love to know if you try these pretty centerpieces and if you have any tips for keeping them alive through the holiday!

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DIY

09.15.2016

Pumpkin Patch Print

I am excited to share this FREE customizable Pumpkin Patch Print, and I’m also sharing how to transfer and image to wood!

I have been slightly obsessed with large wooden signs and wanted to create one specifically for fall. I decided a “vintage” pumpkin patch sign would be perfect.

Last time I made a large wooden sign, I used my silhouette machine. Although time consuming, it worked well. However, I really wanted to try a different transfer method where you transfer a printed paper onto wood. I found this video on YouTube from DecoArt, and decided to give it a try! I created a printable pumpkin patch sign (the download is available toward the end of this post). This printable is sized to 8.5 x 11, and there is an editable version to add your own town and state. The pumpkin patch printable could also be mounted to a board with spray adhesive or simply framed. However, if you have a little more time and are up for a fun DIY project, join me in this fun paper transfer method.

For this project you will need:

Decor Art Media Medium Matte
Printed Design (mirrored/reversed)
Brush
Sponge (in place of the rag I used)
Spray Bottle
Sandpaper
Varnish
Cut-to-size Piece of Plywood
Furring Strips (for frame)

First, cut to size a plywood board to the size of the printed (reversed) image. I blew up my pumpkin patch print (I enlarged mine to around 20 x 24) and REVERSED the image so it would print backward. I had it printed at a local office store. Reverse the image because the printed piece will be placed face-down. Stay with me, it will make sense!

Cover the entire board with a thin coat of the medium and allow it to dry.

Tear the edges of the paper (according to the video this helps hide the edges).

Add a thin coat of the medium to the printed page and allow it to dry.

After both the board and the print are dry, add a thick coat of the medium to the board and glue down the printed art – face-down.

Allow everything to completely dry overnight.

The idea behind this process is to remove most of the paper so only a thin layer is left allowing the ink to be visible. To do this, wet down the paper.

The paper is scrubbed away. Since I didn’t have a sponge, I used a cloth (but the video recommends a sponge).

This process is time-consuming – especially on a large piece like mine.

The cloth wasn’t doing a great job removing all the paper, so I pulled out my dish scrubber.

Be careful with using something abrasive because I actually scrubbed through the paper down to the board in a few spots:

Once satisfied with the amount of paper removed, allow the sign to dry.

If the distressed look is desired, lightly sand the sign.

When it dries, the image does begin to fade.

You can add a varnish to help brighten the image color.

I used a weathered gray to continue with my antique, distressed look.

You can see the right side where I added the varnish.

The varnish helps bring out the color.

Once the entire sign is varnished, allow it to dry and frame it using furring strips (you can see more detail about that process HERE).

Below is the JPG file for this pumpkin patch sign. Just click and save:

I am also sharing two PDF files. The first file has an editable city and state and the second is like the one in my photos.

EDITABLE Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch Print

The printables are sized at 8×10 (printable on regular letter-sized paper), but you can blow them up to fit your need. If you want a large (20″ x 24″) already REVERSED pdf like the one I printed, then click on the file below:

large-pumpkin-patch-reversed

I would love to know how you incorporate this pumpkin patch sign into your fall decor! Email me or tag me on social media!

*All Sincerely Sara D. printables are for personal, non-commercial use only. Use it, gift it, but don’t alter it, sell it or otherwise distribute the print or the file.

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Seasonal Decor

09.28.2015

DIY Fall Leaf Garland

I’m excited to share the tutorial for this easy and inexpensive DIY fall leaf garland.

I wanted fall garland for my fireplace, and I made my own using leaves from the dollar store (I used two packages – a total of 100 leaves) and (thick) string. If you can’t find the leaves at your local dollar store, here is an Amazon (affiliate) link for the leaves:

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Here’s what you’ll need:

Fake Leaves
String
Needle
Scissors

I forgot to add a needle in the supply shot, so pretend a needle is there.

I measure my mantel so I knew how long of a string I needed and knotted the end. Then I just began hand sewing the leaves together. Just one big stitch in each!

Before long, I had a colorful and festive fall garland!

This garland would also look cute strung up over a doorway. The options are endless! And here is a little behind-the-scenes shot. While I was making this garland, my daughter was having a blast playing with the leaves.

*UPDATE* I ended up spray painting my garland gold to fit the decor in my family room.

To see more inexpensive fall decor ideas, click HERE. Happy Fall!

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09.22.2015

Unique Ways to Decorate Pumpkins

I am so excited to share these unique ways to decorate pumpkins.

While you guys are all excited about sweater weather, leaves falling and pumpkin-spiced everything, I’m freaking out. I hate winter so much, that I have trouble enjoying fall. However, as I blogger it is a given that I share a few fall decor ideas. I must really like you because I’m sharing THREE different DIY pumpkin decor ideas…

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For all three versions, I started with artificial pumpkins. You can find these at almost every craft store. (I learned my lesson last year. I painted and decorated real pumpkins, and they rotted a few weeks later.)

SPRAY PAINTED PUMPKINS

These are my Kate Spade-inspired pumpkins. They are so fun, aren’t they? Supplies for painted pumpkins:

Gold Spray Paint
Black Spray Paint
Cream Spray Paint
Painter’s Tape
Garage Sale Stickers

I began with spray paint (gold, black & Cream), painter’s tape, and garage sale stickers.

I painted the stems gold.

I’m not sure how I recently only discovered this, but you MUST buy an attachment for your spray paint cans. It makes spray painting even easier than it already is, and the attachment keeps your fingers from being covered in paint!

Once the stems were dry, I taped off the stem so I could spray the pumpkin cream or black (I did one of each).

After about two coats of paint, I let it dry. Once dry, I added the tape for the stripes and stickers for the polka dots.

I spray-painted each with the opposite color (cream was painted black and the black was painted cream.) I allowed both pumpkins to dry, and I removed the tape and stickers.

There was some seepage with the spray paint and tape (the ridges make perfect crisp lines next to impossible). So I fixed these lines with a sharpie.

MOD PODGE WRAPPING PAPER PUMPKINS

Supplies for Mod Podge Wrapping Paper Pumpkins

Wrapping Paper
Scissors
Foam Brush
Mod Podge

My supplies for this pumpkin were wrapping paper, scissors, a sponge brush, and Mod Podge. This was inspired by Susan’s amazing découpage pumpkins over at Between Naps on the Porch. You can see her full tutorial HERE. This is what I refer to as my happy pumpkin

TISSUE PAPER MOD PODGE PUMPKINS

This was the easiest of the three pumpkins – maybe because the tissue paper is so light and great for Mod Podge?

Supplies for Mod Podge Tissue Paper Pumpkins

Tissue Paper
Scissors
Foam Brush
Mod Podge

My supplies for this pumpkin were wrapping paper, scissors, a sponge brush, and Mod Podge.

I covered the pumpkin with Mod Podge and cut a hole in the center of the tissue paper for the stem. (This works great with the smaller pumpkins that one piece of tissue paper can cover.)

Put the stem through the hole, and you just work the tissue paper around the pumpkin.

You’ll probably have a lot of extra at the bottom. I just cut what I didn’t need, and I had a beautiful pumpkin!

I scattered them throughout my home.

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