This is weird for me. I usually don’t decorate for fall because the season is so short. But, it’s only short because I make it short. The day after Halloween is when I typically decorate for Christmas. Don’t judge.
This year, I was feeling really inspired by all the lovely things I was seeing on Pinterest and on my Facebook feed from friends and bloggers alike. I knew I couldn’t skip out on celebrating this wonderful season anymore.
I’m currently really loving a good bunting (w/ polka dots, of course) & I knew this was totally something I could tackle myself with some things I had around already. So I grabbed my scraps from Alex’s drop cloth curtains, circle poncers, and craft paint.
To cut the pieces, I folded a piece of leftover drop cloth in half, hot dog way and cut along that line. That gave me two strips of fabric. I folded those long strips in half and half again and again giving me 8 rectangles.
To give them that triangle cut out, I cut up the middle a few inches, then cut from each corner to the top of my cut up the middle.
After I finished cutting all of those (it’s really less complicated than it sounds), I got out my trusty paper plate pallet and circle sponges and got to stamping on some polka dots! I laid them all out to dry on a garbage bag.
After they dried, I made two slits in the top of each piece to thread my twine through.
I had enough for two buntings, one for my front door and one for my mantle.
I finished off my front porch with my Whooo’s There? sign and we (and by we, I mean Alex) also picked out some pumpkins at our local farm market, Butterfield Farms.
My wreath is one that I made a few years back. I still love it so I haven’t made a new one. So weird for me, but if it ain’t broke, right? I was inspired by this wreath over at Shanty 2 Chic. Love those girls; they are so talented!
My mantle was another pretty simple update. I painted a little pumpkin sign on some scrap wood and filled my existing glass jars with some navy beans and corn kernels.
I also added these really great glass pumpkins that I made 3 years ago at a glass blowing class in Pittsburgh with my mother and sisters-in-law.
I can’t believe I have never decorated for fall before. How silly of me to miss this beautiful season. Not that I don’t still love me some Christmas decor, though. I just might not be pulling it out until after Thanksgiving this year.
