Burlap Pumpkins with Natural Dried Stems - Save those Pumpkin Stems!

 

2 Corinthians 5:17

NIV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (NIV)

 



I know Pumpkin Season is over and Christmas is all the rage

(as it should be)

 

 

 I wasn't going to post, but then I thought some of you may still have your pumpkins hanging around. Save the stems! Dry them out and use them on your "Craft" pumpkins next year.

 

These are the Burlap Pumpkins I made this year using the Dried Pumpkin Stems my Son saved me last year. I just threw them in an open box and forgot about them, they dried perfectly!

 



Since I'm on a Spending Freeze, I wanted to use the things I had... the burlap I bought last year for a project I never did... I have a stock pile of  things for projects I never did, I'm sure some of you have similar stock, just waiting to be used. So instead of buying, I'm digging out the old to make some new things. I'm being thrifty.

I used an old bed pillow for the stuffing, and a ball of twine I had from the Dollar Tree.



I just "pulled" off some stuffing and gathered it into a pumpkin shape. Cut the Burlap into a large Square and brought all 4 corners to the center and secured with a rubber band. The I just tucked the raw edges in, and squished the pumpkin into shape, added the twine, which came off the roll already Curled!

I made several sizes to use as a grouping. I used my hot glue gun to glue the Natural Dried Stems to the top, easy peasy!

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Fall Harvest Mantel - A little Paint is all it takes

I finished decorating my Mantel for Fall

I just kept it simple this year, total cost $0, since that is what my budget is

I had everything I used, I did paint the pumpkins and Shutters, I wanted to go with Fall colors, but not bright. I mixed a little rust paint with yellow, added a little brown, to make the mustard color. Added  some un-sanded grout to make it "chalk" paint. I think I like the results

I spray painted an old gold candlestick black, then saned off some of the black to expose the gold

The Indian corn I picked up over the summer at yard sales for 50 cents

The deer horns are my husbands, old books, an old camera, brought in from other rooms in the house

 

An old cage sits on spray painted candle holder, both previous thrift store finds

 

The dried hydrangeas and pine cones are from my yard

Beside the fireplace is an old Army Locker (I think) from my Grandfathers garage

 

The Goose is from my Dad he had a small collection of Duck's Unlimited carvings

I haven't finished the hearth, yet...

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Rusty Mailbox Memories

 

 

 

 

 759, the address of the Home where I grew up, below is the mailbox that stood at the end of driveway. My Dad's name proudly sits on top, still in the original white paint, still the original numbers, everything the way it was so many years ago, with the exception of the location. It now sits (as of a few days ago) about half way back our little lane, on an old stump, beside my Father-in-law's old mailbox.

 

 

 When my Father-in-law passed away over twenty years ago my husband saved his mailbox, then when my Dad passed away about five years later, I did the same. It didn't seem right to just pitch them...and I always new I'd find some way to use them.

  

Last Christmas I grabbed the one and used it in a outdoor display, and then it was tucked away in the shed that has been their home  for years.

One day I saw a picture of a stump with flowers on pinterest, and immediately knew, what I would be doing with our old Family Mailboxes. They finally have a home.

  

Side by side they proudly sit, a gentle reminder of the past, I see every day when I drive back our little lane.

I can't wait to deck them out for all the up-coming Holidays

I think it's important to remember our past and pass those memories onto our Children and Grandchildren.

and I love to combine decorating and memory keeping

 

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5th Glimpse of Fall - In a Vintage Suitcase

 

I've been shopping in my attic again, I discovered 4 Vintage Suitcases, I knew they were there, but just getting around to bringing them down...

 



 

This one, my son used as a little boy, he kept toys in and sometimes pretended he was going on a trip

 

Once he out grew this phase of childhood, I kept his school papers in, and as he got older it was moved to the attic, to make room for other things



I filled it with squash, plastic gourds, pine cone, faux leaves, a little rusty gear, and a thrift store gold frame



 Total cost for my little vignette, $0, lucky because that's about what my Fall Decorating budget is!

The suitcase sits on a little folding stool, I got this summer at a yard sale for $1, the Candlesticks I've had forever, although they did come from a yard sale, for $6. The Globe was a earlier thrift store find, for a mere $6. Bargains that last and can be used over and over again, I love it!

This little corner, with it's stone steps is one of my favorite places to play...

Well, I lost my race with time again tonight, my goal of a Fall post a day, is slowly fading, but I'm not giving up on it yet, I'm getting there, an hour late today, but I did it!

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