Dried flowers and Greenery-SHORT

It was a  beautiful basket of flowers sent in condolence.  The colors were so bright and cheerful even at a gloomy time.

I've dried hydrangea blooms before . I decided to try my hand at these.

Greenery and blooms were dried for about 8 weeks.

The Results

The fragile flowers were unable to withstand

drying. Nor did I want to try pressing them inside a book. The roses did well.

                                                                            Greenery and what was a red rose. The greenery took on a silvery, sage hue. 

I may place a few glass beads in the bottom of each vase.

That's it***

Wall Grouping

 It started out with the bicycle picture below hanging above my bed.

But, then I thought it needed a little bit more around it. I searched around the Net for ideas. 

Things changed as they always do when I'm crafting.

A  paper clip as a hanger 

Laid it all out on the bed to get an idea

DEcided there was not enough yellow in the original picture.

BEFORE

AFTER

Went around the edges in yellow and added a couple of  flattened, ironed, yellow, silk flowers glued on with Mod Podge.

The final grouping

I'm pleased.

That's it.

The Bounty of the Harvest Part 2

A pictorial post

Fresh vegetables just outside the door awaiting harvest is a gift.

    It is even more valuable when you see these fruits of labor.

         Take another look at the garden of RM. She's an avid gardener who takes joy in what she does.  

If you missed  Part 1, scroll up one post .

Watermelon in it's early stages-
 strawberries-  Veggies of all types

Gardening beds

Trellising vegetables to save space for other plan

Take a rest on the red bench.

Flowers and butterfly take in the beauty
from the deck.

View the expanse and beauty of the Secret Garden.

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Random nature

COTTON ROAD   Wilsonville, AL
💚Many thanks to R.M. for allowing me to to share this beauty of  creation.

That's it***

Next week:  Did It Work?

Scarecrow Boy Has Lost His Head

 I got so excited with this project that I forgot about taking pictures for each step. There are only 4 pictures.
After mulching my flower bed with pine straw, I had an extra bale left over. What to do? Use it as fall decor. 

CLOTHING-  I went to the Thrift Store and bought a pair of jeans, shirt and tie that would fit a small child. The cost was about $2.?? for the 3 pieces.
I tied  the legs off with string so that the stuffing of plastic bags would stay in place.

BODY- I  used an empty Tide detergent bottle for his front and back. Nice and sturdy. To keep the clothes in place I used  safety pins. Not shown is the burlap oval I put on top where his head should be.






ARMS-This burlap was stenciled by me to resemble a burlap coffee bag. It was left over from a project that didn't  pan out but, being the recycler that I am, I saved it in case I could use it elsewhere. The burlap was hot glued into tubes, then stuffed with plastic bags and the wire. Wire was placed inside the arms to bend them  as desired.

Here he is finished.  I had raffia left over from scarecrow girl which I glued inside his burlap tattooed arms and at the end of his legs. Other than the Tide bottle, everything is stuffed with plastic bags. The flowers and berries were also left over from scarecrow girl. The plastic pumpkin I've had for years. I cut out felt facial expressions and hot glued them onto the pumpkin.  I kept him sitting up by tying a wire coat hanger to his shirt and the straw. The foam pumpkin stays in place with nails I placed inside the underside of the pumpkin then pressed into the straw. 

That's  it

Falling for fall

                                                                               (If you just want to see the pictures scroll down)

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 ***