Thanksgiving crafting projects

To say this is a busy time of the year for us is an understatement.  Football, birthdays, holidays, work --  it all has us SO busy. Still, I make time to decorate our home with seasonal decor.  It's fun, it's cozy and at this point, it's become tradition.   When I asked Sweetheart if he thought I should bother with it, he looked surprised and said "you always do it, it's tradition".  So there you have it.  

The day after Halloween, I had Sweetheart pull out my Thanksgiving bins so that I could start putting out the fall/Thanksgiving stuff.  I spent last weekend working on a couple of quick projects and putting out most of the decor. 

One of the projects that I seem to be addicted to these days is wrapping yarn around white candles.  I tried it with the Halloween decor here.   I found the inspiration on Pinterest here.  It was super easy to do and the candles really do look great.  And the best part about it is that I can repurpose candles; I don't have to buy different color candles every time I want a change.   

For my Thanksgiving decor, I used a mustard colored yarn for the candles on the entrance way table:

And I used a burnt orange color for the candles on my pretend mantle:

I think they look great!

My other project was painting these acorns I bought at Target in January.  I found them on a clearance shelf.  I frequest the clearance shelves at the Target by my house and the one by where I work.  I always find the greatest things on clearance!  These acorns were regularly priced at $24.99 and I bought them for $1.99.   They sat in my craft room for nine months -- as most of my clearance items do -- until this past weekend when I was able to pull them out.  

I used a yellow mustard color (that I tend to be very much in love with at the time) and a brown color:

And this is the outcome:

I intended to post pictures of Thanksgiving tonight, however, I have another project in the works that interfered with my picture taking. We are expecting guests over the Christmas holiday so I'm painting the hallways to freshen them up and my painters tape and the ladder happened to make their way into nearly every picture I took! 

Maybe tomorrow......

Thanksgiving Style

Time for another tour.....

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I used the same wreath that I made in 2010 here and it's holding up pretty well.  Apparently, I was on a feather kick that year...

The entrance way table has Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim, one of many around the house: 

I love the colors of Autumn with the glow of candles...

Pumpkins and pine cones add that touch of holiday charm:

On the coffee table, more pumpkins and pine cones to give a hint of Thanksgiving:

In the dining area, I added some Thanksgiving subway art, pine cones and berries:

Along with more pumpkins, candles and  a berry wreath:

Another set of pilgrims: 

A simple centerpiece of pumpkins and gourds:

 I made this a few years ago too.  I hung this one on the garage door:

More pilgrim people:

A splash of color here and there with these cute pumpkins:

In addition to my pilgrims, I have Indians too:

And again, since I don't have an actual mantle, I pretend:

Autumn leaves and candles makes for a very simple, yet warm (pretend) mantle. 

I love having an entire month of warm fall colors to really get us in the holiday mood. 

Next up:  CHRISTMAS! 

Thanksgiving - frontdoor wreath

I love decorating the front door and entrance way when I decorate for the holidays. And I HEART wreaths. It's one of my vices. I will make a wreath for any occasion. I have a wreath on my front door year round. My sister says I have a serious problem...but what does she know?

Last year I was on a 'feather wreath' kick. I made one for Halloween that I tweaked this year here. I also made this brown one last year. I added a gold bow to it this year to liven it up some:

I got this cute tin sign on clearance at Michael's last year. I'll probably fill it with dried flowers next year. Possibly this year if I can make it to HobLob or Michaels before Thursday. For now, it look good as is:

I piled some pumpkins outside next to Mr. Duck:

Makes for a cozy, autumn-themed front entrance:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fall Decor

I can't believe it's already November. Where has the time gone??

I spent this weekend putting away my Halloween decor and pulling out my Thanksgiving decor. I have to admit that I wasn't in the mood for doing this but pushed myself to do it.

Entrance way table:


Dining table:

My cone tree project from last year:

Pumkin plate in the kitchen:

Pumpkins in the cake plate:

Have a great week!