My Fall Decorations

I absolutely love decorating my place for fall. Even it's small, the little things that bring colors of fall makes the small apartment homey. I bring out my colorful futon cover that has warm colors and I make some handmade crafts to decorate with. On the banister that's over the staircase I have a cute arrangement where I have two glass jars; has potpourri and lined with fall leaves.

On of the end tables I bought huge leaves at a craft store and placed them along with a pumpkin and a votive holder.  

I made my kitchen counter centerpiece which is a big colorful platter that has leave pattern and I put potpourri and leaves lined around the jar. I place a tea-light on top of the potpourri and tied a raffia ribbon around the neck of the jar.

Skiing Buddies

These cute penguins were made out of fruit cups (any brand) usually they come in (4-pack) that were inverted. The top cup was one glued to the bottom and the bodies were painted white and black to look like penguins. Then I painted on colorful scarves and sewed little caps from Christmas socks and the skis were made from pieces of cardboard that were drawn into a oval shape, painted and glitter was used for a shimmer effect. I really enjoyed making these "skiing buddies" as I call them.

Cute Ideas for Autumn

This is the time of the year when I start my crafts.  I love Autumn and all the things that it brings; the warm colors, crisp air, and burning leaves (depending on your location). I had a blog before but like many  other people....I am human, and I didn't blog enough to keep it.   My other love is cooking and I collect fantastic recipes and together with my own concoctions I will be posting them here.  Here are some cute crafts for fall that are rather easy to do.

Autumn Ribbon Wreath


Cardboard form (12")
Wired ribbon (variety of fall colors)
Solid ribbon
Scissors
Hot Glue

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut from cereal box or anything that's big enough that will make a 10" or 12" circle with a 2 inch solid base  that will have the ribbon on.

2.  Get the solid ribbon as the base color and wind it around the cardboard form at  every  so and then intervals with hot glue.  I didn't measure ahead of time because I didn't want to run out of ribbon.  It was  easier to wrap the ribbon around.

3. With the other colored wired ribbon, cut 4 inch strips of each color  (you need many of them).  Curl each of the strip to make a curl and place on top of the wreath with hot glue.  Make  sure  you wear protective gloves with this project.  You are working with close corners here.

4.  Put  each  curl next to the other one, etc. until the  front of the wreath is covered.  The back of the wreath you don't need to put the ribbon curls because you will be hanging it where everyone will see it.

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Autumn leaves and Potpourri lined jar

I always have jars handy and I made one to make this lovely autumn jar.  It only took a few things to make it  and a pretty ribbon completes this cute tabletop or fall centerpiece.

MATERIALS.

1. Colorful fall leaves from any craft store
2.  Scented potpourri
3.  Wired fall colored ribbon (if you can find wired)
4.   Battery operated tealight

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Clean and dry a pretty sized jar.  Line the walls with colored fall leaves and make sure they are lining the jar and no spaces are empty.  

2.  Put your scented potpourri inside to the top and there's so many warm fall scents, I was crazy deciding to get.

3.   Make a pretty bow outside with the wired ribbon if you have the wired ribbon.

4.  Set a battery operated tealight on top of potpourri.  When you light the tealight, it will light up the jar and also give the room a slight aroma of the warm potpourri.