Fall Decorating - A Belated Tour

Well, it's almost the end of October & we had a bit of snow this weekend.

That means that winter is just around the corner & with that comes the beginning of the Christmas season. Yay! I'm excited!

But wait! I haven't even shown you my fall decor for this year. 

I realize that many of my readers are in the U.S. & you have yet to celebrate Thanksgiving so you may still be interested in fall decorating. 

Come! Let me show you around...

I used my recent purchase of these apple boxes in my living room & the vintage vibe is just right for fall.

I kept my wreath decorated the same way as last year because I just like it that much.

These little woodland creatures followed me home from Target this fall. 

(See the little squirrel in the photo with the apple boxes above? And look at the owl in the photo below.)

The Thanksgiving holiday is over for us here in Canada, but I keep my Thankful banner up until I switch things out for Christmas.

Happy Fall Y'all! I love how versatile that chalkboard is!

On top of the bar top in between our living room/dining room & our kitchen is my pumpkin pie plate with some embellishing....

...Complete with an owl autumn garland.

Our warm & cozy living room has been a wonderful hang out this fall. 

If you'd like to see how I decorated for fall the past couple of years, click HERE & HERE.

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Enjoy Your Day!

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Grateful Card {Happy Thanksgiving!}

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! 

Products used:

• Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
• Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye (ledger) & Bo Bunny (polka dot)
• Chipboard leaf - Basic Grey
• Baker's Twine - My Mind's Eye

I'm grateful for each of you. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, friends.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. 

Give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good. 

His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

Psalm 100:4-5

Thanksgiving Card

Here in Canada, we're only a couple of weeks away from Thanksgiving. Mmmm. This time of year is filled with wonderful memories of the past as well as opportunities to make new memories with friends & family. In preparation for Thanksgiving, I've made a couple of Thank You cards in autumnal colours & themes. Here's the first. I'll share the other design with you next Monday.

Products used:

Cardstock - Michael's

Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny (polka dot), Close To My Heart (plaid)

Stamps - Bo Bunny (swirl), Making Memories (gratitude)

Stamp Ink - Stampin' Up!

Chipboard acorn - Basic Grey

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subscribe by email (sign up on the right sidebar), or follow along on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter. 

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Enjoy your day!

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Don't Mess with My Pumpkins!

  Fall decor is lovely... until it gets stolen!! Grrr! Last night, my husband came home from an evening meeting to find one of my lovely pumpkins (previously residing on our front porch) smashed in front of our next door neighbour's house. I'm positive it wasn't my neighbour's doing. Likely some passing kid thinking it was funny. Don't get me going. Just let me start & finish by asking you to please teach your kids to respect other people's property. I will stop my rant there.

  I'm trying to just forgive & move on. But to protect my remaining pumpkins from harm, what can I do? I thought I might carve something like this into them...

What do you think? Perhaps throwing some explosives into the mix would help as well?? 

I'm trying to enjoy my day. Enjoy yours!

"Thankful" thanksgiving banner

  Well, here in Canada, Thanksgiving is coming up soon. This weekend, in fact! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie... Mmmm... is it dinner time yet, Mom? :) We're so blessed to be invited to my parent's for Thanksgiving dinner on Monday. It's one of my favourite times of year. 

  For Thanksgiving, I like to add some extra touches to my fall decor. I made this Thanksgiving banner to display at this time of year. 

  I started with 8x8 squares of patterned paper. Then, I wanted to round the corners off to make them look "leaf-ish". I actually used a soup bowl to trace the rounded edge & free cut them. 

Then I:

-inked the edges 

-cut the letters with my cricut 

-stamped leaves in fall-ish colours & cut them out

-gathered all my fall type stickers, etc.

-started decorating!

  Then I punched holes in the top of each "leaf" & used ribbon to connect them into a banner. I hung it under my bar top between the living room & kitchen. 

  Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! 

I'm thankful for:

My loving Saviour, Jesus Christ

My wonderful husband

My precious children

My warm, comfy home

My fabulous friends

My great church family

And really, what else do I need?

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Enjoy your day!

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