 Feels Like Fall – Centerpiece
A Nancyfangles Whimsical Creation It looks like fall may be blessing us a little early this year. Between the cooler evening breezes and the energizing early morning temperatures, even the trees seem to be ready for the Autumn winds to blow. Some of the leaves are already starting to change colors and I have even seen a few fluttering on the breeze like a ballerina, spinning down to the still green grass for one last summertime dance. It won’t be long until pine cones will start to drop and the sound of acorns bouncing off of the roof will take the place of the crickets that lulled us to sleep during the long, hot nights of summer. Soon the harvest moon will light up the evening sky, and the summers harvest will be canned, pickled and preserved to enjoy throughout the long winter ahead. It’s a great time to invite Autumn into your home and start the transition from summer décor to the warm, comfy colors and cozy feelings of fall. This centerpiece started out as a jar full of tiny pine-cones that I sourced at Roots, a local charity shop that I frequent regularly to find bits and bobs to use in my creations. Some fall garlands and a few sprigs of dollar store flowers were added to complete the design. You can display it on a table top, on a mantel, a counter-top or on your desk, as a reminder that fall is truly on her way! Supplies: A Jar – Ball jar, jelly jar, pickle or pasta sauce jar... Jar filler (Pine cones, acorns, small stones…) 3 small sprigs of fall flowers/foliage Fall garland (wired) Tiny pine-cones (or other, for embellishments) Scrabble pieces to spell fall Tools: Hot glue gun and glue (always use with caution) Glue dots Design Directions: Clean your glass jar. Hot glue pieces of the garlands around the rim of the jar. I used a Bittersweet garland and a garland with small pumpkins. Glue on some tiny pine-cones to embellish. Attach the scrabble word FALL to the front of the jar using glue dots. Fill your jar with the filler. Arrange fall flowers/foliage in the jar using the jar filler to hold them in place. Enjoy! Matching Candle – Napkin – Cup Rings You don’t have to stop with your “Feels Like Fall” centerpiece. Surely you have enough supplies to create a few more pieces of matching décor. Even better, this one design can be used in three different applications or maybe more, if you use your imagination! Supplies: A few pieces of left over wired fall garland. A few extra tiny pine-cones. Tools: Hot glue gun and glue (always use with caution) Design Directions: Figure out what diameter circle you will need for your design by wrapping a piece of your garland around the outside of your candle stick, napkin and/or cup - leaving some extra inches to twist together… Cut a couple of pieces of each garland in that same size for each ring. Form the first piece into a circle and wrap the ends around each other to secure. Wrap the rest of the pieces onto the first ring until you get your desired thickness. Hot Glue on some tiny pine cones to finish it off. Repeat for as many rings as desired. You can create an entire table-scape using these few supplies!
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 Pump-up your Pumpkins
A Nancyfangles Whimsical Creation Take your fall décor to a whole new level by pumping-up your pumpkins! What exactly does that mean? It means that you can get a pumpkin at the dollar store, thrift store or local craft shop and transform it from ordinary to extraordinary! It doesn’t take much to turn a plain pumpkin into a work of art. A little time, a little money and even some common household items will do. Want to re-design a pumpkin to fit your fall décor? Here’s how… Supplies: Thrift shop pumpkins ModPodge or white craft glue Assorted mini doilies Tiny pine-cones A paper lunch bag Rubber stamp and distress ink (or watered down brown paint) Assorted fall embellishments Gold gilding wax A hot glue gun and glue (Always use with Caution) How I did it: *For the velvet pumpkin: The stem was broken, so I started by re-placing the stem with a wooden twig. I snipped out the center of a mini doily and hot glued it around the stem. I continued to hot glue tiny doilies around the pumpkin until I was pleased with the design. I also glued one to the bottom of the pumpkin. I finished it off by gluing a few tiny pine- cones around the stem to add some natural elements. *For the orange pumpkin: This pumpkin was a little beat up, it had a few dents and even a few holes, so I decided to decoupage this one. I found a complimentary decorative napkin and separated the layers so I had just the top layer. I ripped the napkin into workable sections. I covered the pumpkin a section at a time with ModPodge and using saran wrap, I smoothed out the napkin onto the pumpkin. I repeated the process until it was covered, including the bottom. Once it dried I gave it a few more coats of ModPodge to seal it, allowing it to dry between coats. I then hot glued some small pieces of glittery fall foliage and tiny pine-cones around the stem. I finished it off by applying a little gold gilding wax with my finger to give it a little sparkle. I loved the idea of the butterflies as both butterflies and fall are transformational. *For the Patterned pumpkin: This one was a challenge as it started out black and glittery. I started by painting over it to give it an even base to work with. I wanted it to be decorative but to have a nature inspired vibe. Looking around my studio for inspiration I noticed a stash of brown paper lunch bags and knew that was what I wanted to use! I cut the end off of the bag and cut down the seem to make one long piece of paper. Then I scrunched it up, un-scrunched it and scrunched it up again. I went to the kitchen and wet it, wrung out the water and scrunched it again! I ripped it into pieces, layed them out and stamped them with a patterned stamp and distress ink. I LOVED how it looked! I ModPodged the pieces of patterned paper onto the pumpkin, over lapping them a bit. I was sure to form them into the grooves of the pumpkin but still allowing the wrinkles to remain. I sealed it with a few more coats of ModPodge. I Added a few tiny pine-cones and hung a metal leaf around the stem. I sat them atop some candle sticks to elevate them to another level! And there you have it – a trio of transformed, Pumped up Pumpkins, for your fabulous fall festivities! Enjoy |
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