Give Thanks

If you follow me on facebook you may have seen the link I shared yesterday.  I was going through my old posts from last year and came across this one and it was a great reminder for me to savor the rest of this amazing season.  Even though the stores {and my custom wreath orders} are telling me it’s Christmas, it still is in fact November and there is another important Holiday coming up that shouldn’t be over looked.

I managed to get all my Halloween decor down yesterday…woohoo!…and wanted to add a Thanksgiving vibe in.  I am working on being grateful for the seemingly simple blessings in my I take for granted and trying to write them down everyday.  I decided a little reminder by the garage door I go in and out of 100 times a day would be perfect.

I picked up this wood frame with glass at a garage sell about 4 years ago.  After I made my burlap mat for our family picture in May of 2010, I thought of putting burlap behind the glass and maybe adding a decal onto the glass…well here we were Nov 1, 2011 and my empty frame still sat.  So I took action and put a scrap of burlap behind the glass.  I knew I wanted these two words and remember seeing framed memo boards, calendars and menu boards from framed glass around blogland.  I also saw this cute memo board on Pinterest.

I tried a few times to  freehand it, but couldn’t get it right.  I then printed out the words on a sheet of paper in the font I wanted, taped it on the inside of the glass and traced it on the top of the glass with a sharpie.  ** I didn’t have a dry erase marker and I didn’t want to wait…I read that alcohol will remove sharpie from glass if I ever want to change it though, so we’ll see**

I really love how it turned out. :)

To give it more presence, I added a thrift store frame around it along with my grandma’s silver platters I used in my Fall display.  Some little gourd & pumpkin friends below and I have my thankful reminder/Thanksgiving vignette.

The weather is gorgeous here and I am loving all the fall colors that are around.  I hope you all are enjoying the rest of this season as well!

I am a day late but for the month of November I will be sharing one thing I am grateful for everyday on Twitter & Facebook again this year. 

Have you ever kept a gratitude journal?  It is amazing how it helps me be conscious of how blessed I am!  Or is there something else similar you do?

Happy November:)

                                                                                                                                                                  

Happy Halloween!

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Spooky Vignette

I’m getting ready to host a couple Halloween Parties next week…it’s getting pretty spooky!  Like I said, I am not going all out like last year but I am adding a few fun focal points.  Here is one of my haunted vignettes.

I absolutely LOVE Gina’s mantel and it inspired my crooked shutters.  If you haven’t seen her mantel she said a couple weeks ago, head over to The Shabby Creek Cottage and check it out…you won’t be disappointed! 

Once I had my shutters up (which I just hung diagonally on a single nail) I draped my torn gauzy piece haphazardly down them.  Add in some roses with moss and webs, a few dollar store skulls,  and some mice trapped in a lantern.

   

To finish it up I stuck up my Martha Stewart bats and I was finished.   Now on to planning some food!  Are you hosting any parties this year?

Linking up!

 

Outdoor Halloween

 Last year I went all out for Halloween (which I love to do) but this year I toned it down a bit.  For my front porch I kept my Fall Wreath up and just added in little black crows from the dollar store to give a haunting feel.   I also brought out my Dead & Breakfast sign I made last year with help from BH&G.  You can find more details about it HERE.

My girls love to help with Halloween so will be adding in our pumpkins and maybe some ‘webs’.

It’s been crazy busy around here…all good stuff though!  I hope you are enjoying the wonderful season of Fall!

Quick {inexpensive} Halloween Touches

Are you feeling like you just decorated for fall and the thought of going all out for Halloween seems to much?  By simply adding in these dollar store black crows to my Fall Wreath, Mantel, and Centerpiece I have given my home a spooky Halloween flair.  You could use bats or spiders & simple webs as well. 

In no time at all my home went from fall to Halloween.  Then when October is over all you have to do is remove your creepy friends and your fall decor will take you right through the Thanksgiving season!

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Is it crisp aired and fall like where you are?