The Fickle Hobbyist

The other day when I hit up Hobby Lobby they had a ton of their fall stuff on sale.  Already?!  Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I picked up a couple of things to make a wreath for the front door.  I love making wreaths.  They have to be the simplest way to bring in a new season or holiday.  This was no exception.

I picked out a white, wooden pumpkin and some foliage at Hob Lob, but decided to get the wreath form and leaves at the Dollar Tree, because, well, they’re a dollar there.  The whole thing cost me under $5 to make.

I used one of the wicker type forms from Dollar Tree, and found a sprig of leaves, which I removed from their stems and wove into the wicker and hot glued into place.  I painted a monogrammed H on the pumpkin after seeing a ton of monogrammed fall things at Hob Lob.  I then glued it into place and stuck in two pieces of the foliage

.  The whole thing took me MAYBE 45 minutes while I cooked dinner.  The finished product is super cute, I think!  I plan on hanging this on the front door, but for now I set it on the buffet to take photos.

*side note* Look at that vase to the right.  I got that at Salvation Army the other day for $3!!  (when I say “the other day” it could mean anywhere from yesterday to like 9 months ago, just so you know)  The apples inside were $1 at GW a while back.  I love them.

I don’t know about you, but I am SO ready for the cooler weather that comes with fall.  Fall is probably one of my favorite seasons down here in Texas.  Not because we get a huge color change in the leaves or anything, but it’s finally cooling down enough to go back outside without sweating to death.  I enjoy the 60′s and 70′s temperature a lot.  Today it was relatively overcast and we had thunder on and off.  I love that!

Are you still clinging to summer or are you ready to move into the next season?

-Autumn

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