Falling for fall

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I enjoy fall. The changing of the leaves, the crisp weather.  Deciding to decorate my front door, I needed some inspiration.  I consulted Pinterest, YouTube, and Google.

I decided on a scarecrow decoration  similar to the one  I viewed at Jody’s Craft Room 

Materials

$Dollar Tree items included:

Cream colored straw hat (I painted it light brown)

Light orange raffia

Fall colored flowers and berries

Wire edged ribbon

Other Items I already had on hand

A pair of old black & white clip on earrings with backs removed.

Small orange pom pom balls

Paper flowers with pearl center.

Orange and beige earrings

Acrylic paint and brush

Hot glue and glue gun

Newspaper, plastic bag, heavy string (for stuffing and hanging)

 The hat was an ecru color but I choose to give it a wash with brown acrylic paint for more of a fall look. Though it looks like straw, 60% of its fiber is paper. So, it should not get extremely wet or you'll have paper pulp.

 

Items used for facial features

Hot glued the raffia for hair

I added earrings but, they don't show up on the finished product.

I admit I had problems making the bow.

The back of the hat with a stuffing of newspaper inside a plastic bag to add weight. A string to hang it on the door hook.

The finished product on the door at night.

Close up

I later went back and cut the hair shorter.  Have a wonderful fall.

THAT'S IT ***

Lobsters, Wineries & Foods of New England...continued Part 2

Numerous delicious meals we were fed. Three meals a day plus snacks. That's not including the food and beverage tastings, at the different stops. One person described it as "food coma."

VERMONT

Cold Hollow Cider Mill

Apple mash being placed on cheese cloth to have juice
 pressed as demonstrated by the lasagna style layers.

Brandon Inn

It's a tradition to decorate the various posts around the town with scarecrows during the fall of the year. Here are just a few.

Vermont Country Store

Charles' Chips and Cookies, Evening In Paris Perfume, Garlic Shampoo
and Conditioner

Unsure as to what's in The Little Golden Book. Lifebuoy soap, White Shoulders perfume.

Ben and Jerry's Factory Tour

Ticket to the factory. View of the factory and tanks.

 No photos were allowed inside the factory.

It makes the cows jealous

We actually had a flavor called cotton candy.

 The Ben and Jerry Flavor Graveyard has monuments of flavors that are no longer in existence. It also shows its beginning and ending year.

Mourning the loss of the first B and J flavor I had, Wavy Gravy.

 There

 was once a Tuskegee Chunk.

The flavor I had that I haven't seen in stores is Hazed & Confused. It hazelnuts and lots of other good stuff. Delish.

MASSACHUSETTS

 I'll show you Massachusetts once I learn how to edit a video.