Autumn

Recycled Egg Carton Pine Cone Craft

by Marie September 26, 2011

We’re crafting egg cartons into pine cones, helping us celebrate and decorating our home for fall. Supplies for Egg Carton Pine Cones: one dozen egg carton brown paint paint brush paint bowl paper towels or newspaper scissors (adult) 1 brown pipe cleaner per pine cone 1. Cut apart your egg carton into single carton cups. [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Fall Projects

by Marie September 17, 2011

This is my favorite season, I love fall colors. Here are some fall projects from over at the M&T Spotlight that I’ve chosen to feature, each one getting me inspired. **Next week: It’s time for some sweets, so I’ll be featuring your sweet treats. Link them up at Spotlight. Book Page Pumpkin Fall Wood Crafts [...]

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Easy Fall Centerpiece Idea

by Little Birdies September 13, 2011

Our family recently moved to a new home which we are renting, completely furnished. Fabulous, considering we’re only here a year and didn’t want to bring all our stuff with us. What’s not so fabulous is not having all my fun decorations for each season! So lately I’ve been looking for inexpensive ways to decorate [...]

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Leaf People Finger Puppets

by Amanda September 6, 2011

Fall is the perfect time to get outside with your kids and stock up on the free craft supplies that Mother Nature provides for you. Collect twigs, pine cones, acorns and bark that has come off of branches or tree trunks. Leaves on the other hand have a limited crafting life. Because a leaf is [...]

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Candy Cups for the Thanksgiving Table

by Marie November 12, 2009

Guest Post by Jodi of Pleasant Home Last year I had a Thanksgiving Table Ensemble published in a CK Special Edition magazine called Holiday Home. The projects were simple ways to dress up your Thanksgiving table. Here is a quick tutorial on how I made the leaves for the projects in Holiday Home. For my [...]

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Thankful Leaf Place Settings

by Marie November 3, 2009

I’ve loved this post from Quince and Quire on Leaf Drawing. Even though I don’t have her artistic touch, I decided I had to make some myself anyway, taking a Thanksgiving spin on it. I wrote the names of people who will be at our dinner table, making each leaf a place setting. You’ll first [...]

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