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GONE PUMPKIN PICKING!

September 24, 2016

I was hoping to go pumpkin picking in my own back yard this year, but between the squash borers and squirrels, I’ve had my share of competition. However, they were were kind enough to leave my crop of butternut squash alone.

So, what have you been making lately? While making my ropekin, I found that the paint stiffened the rope, and the look was to my liking. I used the same “technique” to make this little autumn rope wreath. I may end up making a big one; if I do, I will certainly share my creation with you!

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Do you like my rustic little door? I would love to have a front door that looks just like this one, but it wouldn’t work with the style of my home, and would require quite a bit of reconstructive surgery to make it work. Anyway, I made this one from a deconstructed dresser drawer, and it will have to suffice as my dream door.

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Five little pumpkins sitting in a row…….

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These canvas and driftwood pumpkins are awaiting their debut at an upcoming fall fair I will be participating in. I love their simplistic and raw look; I hope shoppers will too!

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By the way, happy fall! I hope your weather is just as gorgeous as my weather.

Now, go get creative.

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LATE SUMMER SCAVENGING AND MORE…

September 13, 2014

Done any late summer garden scavenging? I have, and this is what I did with some of my findings. If you’d like to make something similar, then read on.

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I grabbed a ten foot length of scrap chicken wire, gently scrunched and twisted it, wrapped it around itself to double it up, then flattened it out and shaped it to my liking. I then simply shoved my findings into the twisted and kinked wire form.

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A scrap piece of triple-ply jute as an added embellishment, and I was done. Now, it’s your turn to scavenge around and give it a try.

These little garden jewel stalks are actually the fertile fronds of the sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis). Aren’t they pretty? They look like dark emerald beads on a stick, hence their other nickname, the ‘bead fern’.

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I also scavenged my basement for some stored fall decor. I grew the Oaxacan blue corn last year, the bottleneck gourds, about seven years ago. These dried props will be used indoors, most likely displayed in a shallow platter or bowl. I prefer an ‘au naturel’ look when it comes to fall decorating. No cute, store bought embellishments for me, thank you.

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I thought it somewhat amusing that throughout the summer I had been clipping off the spent Colocasia leaves as they declined in looks and performance; however, it is these very colors that are appreciated this time of year. I took the photo just because of that mere observation.

And finally…. who says chum pots are just for chum. Whoever says that is just talking chum.

Happy late summer!

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WHAT’S GORGEOUS NOW

October 15, 2013

There is so much intensely color saturated plant material to work with right now; I feel like a child opening a BIG box of crayons. I’ve consolidated my thriving summer container plantings, and have incorporated them with fall flowering plants and decorative accents. I will enjoy this show until it is time to strike down the set next month.

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