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.
GLITTER LEAVES AND PUMPKIN WREATH
This colorful fall wreath was made with a cardboard form that I made myself. I added fall leaves from the store and felt pumpkins and pears in orange and yellow. I put the leaves in certain pattern and glued glitter on some of the leaves. I adhered the pears and the pumpkins and I glued some more glitter on the creases on the pumpkins and the pears
MATERIALS
Cardboard form (10" or 12")
Assorted sizes fall leaves (from craft store)
Hot glue
Glitter
Felt pumpkins and pears
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut from cereal box or anything that's big enough for a 10" or 12" circle with a 2 inch solid base.
2. On a plate before you put the leaves on the wreath, arrange a pattern with the leaves that you would like to see on the wreath. You can do it many times until you are satisfied with the pattern.
3. With glue gun ready, start placing the assorted colors and sizes of leaves onto the wreath on the pattern that you decided on. When they are dried, brush the veins on some of leaves with craft glue and sprinkle autumn colored glue to add effect.
4. With the orange and yellow pumpkins and pears, put them in any random pattern on top of some of the arranged leaves.
5. Hang your glittered leaves and pumkin wreath on a door window or mantel.
