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Pumpkin Topiary

October 19, 2009 By Michelle Barneck 14 Comments

I loved the idea of a pumpkin topiary so I kept an eye out for a big urn for a little price. I was lucky enough to find this one for $1 at a garage sale a couple weekends ago. The funny thing is I was carrying around a plant so another garage saler (don’t you love how I make up words) pointed it out to me. How nice is that! Thank you mystery lady!

Naturally, I was not a big fan of the strange tan/green motif so I painted the creases with brown to add some dimension and then went over the whole thing with a couple of coats of heirloom white.

Then, it was off to the pumpkin patch for those three perfect pumpkin stackers. The bottom pumpkin was just the right size and the owners goat had chewed off the stem so it was perfect! I broke the middle one’s stem off with my bare hands only to have a giant ear wig jump out at me. Those things creep me out!!! I promptly killed it and proceeded with the stacking.

I really liked the natural look, so I attached a pack of silk leaves from the Dollar Tree with double sided sticky tape and added a raffia bow. you could use piles of real leaves if you are lucky enough to have them. Our trees have not started shedding quite yet.

And here she is in all her harvest glory! I love my cute little pumpkin topiary! Still haven’t gotten my Halloween decorations out. 🙂 he he

I found the original inspiration idea from Grams via Ucreate.

I know, the palm tree welcome mat has got to go. I didn’t sweep, because hey it’s fall. Leaves on the porch is how it is supposed to be. And yes, that is sidewalk chalk on the porch. The rain can’t seem to reach it to wash it away. My little artist is “set in stone.”

Oh dear, it is 10:30 AM and I just heard a stool being dragged and “MMM cake, mmmm brownies!” coming from the kitchen. The pan of brownies I left on the counter top are in danger!

**Update:this is what I found in the kitchen.

At least he used a spoon. Ha! You’re caught!

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Finger Painting Fall Handprint Tree

October 11, 2009 By Michelle Barneck 13 Comments

I want to share a super simple little project to do with the kiddos that was inspired by those radiant fall colors, let’s call it Finger painting fall. I love a good alliteration. I love fall. It is my favorite season! The crisp air, the crunching leaves, the wardrobe change. I love the smells, the sounds, and the colors. Oh, the colors!!!

So here we go…

Supplies needed for you Kid’s fall handprint tree art project:

12 x 12 cardstock (mine was a very light grey)
Craft paints (Red, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green)
Foam brush
Disposable plastic plate
Hands (we all have a couple of those hanging around)

1. Start by squirting some brown paint on the plate and using the foam brush to paint the non-hairy side your little ones hand and arm brown. Then, place it with the hand spread wide in the middle of the page for form the trunk and the branches of your tree. Wipe arm and hand clean.

2. Choose your next color and squirt it directly over the brown. Mix it a little to give it a somewhat swirly look and paint just the hand this time. Stamp on two to three “leaves” pointing the fingers outward.

3. Repeat with remaining paint colors continuing to squirt and mix the paint and use the hands to stamp. We alternated hands and I wiped them off between each color to minimize the mess.

4. Once the tree has the fullness and coloring you like, dip just a fingertip in the paint to make leaves on the ground beneath the tree.

That’s it!! You’re done!

We loved ours so much that I framed it with a cheap wood frame I got from the craft store and painted black. Now our fall art project is proudly displayed in our kitchen for everyone to see.

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I’ve “Fall”en and I can’t Get Up!!

October 8, 2009 By Michelle Barneck 10 Comments

I know I have already shown you some of my fall decor, but I went a little crazy and well, I’ve “fall”en and I can’t get up. I can’t get enough of this season and I swear I have some sort of pumpkin on every spare surface in my home. They will be adorning my porch next as my front door is already taken. Here are a few of my latest projects I have proudly displayed.

I got this cute paperback pumpkin idea from The Craft Monkey. I have since added a stem and leaves, but was too lazy to take another pic.
Book 10 cents at a garage sale
Card stock, leaves, stick, and rhinestones on hand

We made a whole bunch of these easy paper pumpkins (Idea altered from Two Peas in a Bucket). We made some small and some big. The top pics are from my house, bottom pics from my sister’s place. She has a front room decorated with hints of giraffe. I love the tiger pumpkin in her tree.

The original idea for these signs came from this burlap boo banner on Everyday Chaos. My sis and I found Halloween colored burlap at Robert’s and decided to do “spooky” since we had enough burlap for that many letters. That evening her friend could only find black burlap. She glittered the letters and they turned out sooo cute! I plan on adding some spiders and things to spice it up.

My sis saw this next one at Ikea. All you do is melt a black candle and drip it down the sides of an orange candle. We put a small black candle in a jar and sat them on my candle warmer to melt. We covered some of the tops with black and left others just around the edge.

I found these corduroy pumpkins with cinnamon stick stems (so cute!) along with the vine and twinkle light adorned multi-candle stand at a garage sale. I stuck them in my fireplace since we never use it. I even cleaned it out with lysol wipes because my son kept sticking his hands in the ash residue. It looks extra festive at night with the lights on.
$1 for the pumpkins
$1 for the candle stand

Can you believe that I have not even pulled out my Halloween decor? These are all items I have made or collected this year. For heaven’s sake. Here are two more garage sale items in the works. They will be “fall”en soon!

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Fall Centerpiece

October 5, 2009 By Michelle Barneck 7 Comments

I really wanted a fall centerpiece to dress up my table. I saw these beauties at Dollar Tree and knew they had to come home with me. Not sure what they were thinking with the pattern on those candle pedestals. Nothing a can of spray paint can’t fix!

A coat of heirloom white, a little raffia, and a hole punch for the leaves and I had myself a budget fall centerpiece. Now, if I could just find some toddler repellent to make it stay that way!