Showing posts with label Fall Centerpieces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall Centerpieces. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

FALL | HOME TOUR 2016

I have had so much fun decorating our home for fall, and I am really loving having some seasonal decor back up. It's our first fall in our home, and I am ready for the fall weather to move in and some cozy nights doing nothing but watching a good movie/tv show with my favorite guy in the world, with our fireplace going!

Most of our decor is the same as last years, with a few newer pieces added in, thanks to Target's dollar section. I don't know about y'all but the dollar section just keeps getting better and better! I decorated for fall over Labor Day Weekend, that's what I did last year and it just worked for us. I have never had a lot of Halloween decorations before, but like I said the dollar section was really good this year! I picked up a few Halloween pieces and I'll put those out in early October and then take them down after Halloween and just let my fall stuff stay up until it's time to decorate for Christmas. September-December is my favorite time to decorate! 

I'll start in the living room...the vases on the mantel with the flowers in them are from Hobby Lobby a few years ago
The leaves banner is from Target's dollar section last year!
My favorite mugs that were used in our wedding as decor on our sweetheart table are from Anthropologie. The leaves on top of the mantel are from Wal-Mart.
The two vases on the floor are from our wedding and they are from Kirklands. I filled them with pumpkin string lights from Target's dollar section. The painting is one that I painted last year at my best friend's bachelorette party. I used my iPhone on these next two pictures...
I added a few fall touches to our bookcase
 I am in LOVE with the small pie dishes from Target's dollar section.
 Matthew's anniversary painting I gave him for our one year wedding anniversary, and our anniversary present from my parents. 
 This adorable block set is absolutely appropriate to have out this time of the year. Hail State!
On our end tables I added simple fall pieces from Target dollar section over the past few years.

Next up is the kitchen...I debated whether or not to share all of these pictures because we are still in the process of painting, so that's why there is still painters tape up and the outlet plates are still off, but I love looking back on my blog posts and seeing what things used to look like after we have finished up projects. It's fun seeing the changes we have already made so far and I can't wait to see the rest in the future. So just overlook all of the unfinished areas right now ;) 
This adorable sign is from Hobby Lobby last year, but I think I saw it again there the other day!
Most of the fall decor in our kitchen is from Target's dollar section. 
 The flowers are from Hobby Lobby.
 My mom gave me this thankful sign a couple of years ago.
I even added a few fall touches to our coffee bar
 I just discovered Rae Dunn a few months ago and I have quickly grown to love it. Whenever I pop in Home Goods I search for it and this past weekend I found this adorable coffee canister for less than $15...I couldn't grab it quick enough! I have seen this same coffee canister going for $50+ on Ebay and other websites, so I was one happy shopper.
 I found these adorable napkin rings in the Target dollar section. 
I added one small piece in our hallway, just to add some color...even though the different colored painters tape is enough color at the moment ;)
And here is our entryway...
and last but not least, our new wreath...
I knew after we painted our front door that a beautiful cotton wreath would be perfect for the fall and I could not love it more! You can find this wreath HERE, and I'll post more about it tomorrow!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

PUMPKIN CANDLE CENTERPIECES

One of my favorite parts about hosting special events is planning and decorating for the event. I'll spend quite a bit of time on Pinterest and blogs looking for ideas and then go from there. I shared yesterday about our Friendsgiving and today I am going to share about the centerpieces I made for it!



What you will need:

- Medium pumpkin
- Knife
- Pencil or Pen
- Pillar Candle
- Trash Bag
- Hot Glue Gun
- Artificial twigs, berries, and leaves (I found mine at Hobby Lobby for 50% off!)

Step 1 | You'll need to snap the stem off before you begin. It usually snaps off pretty easily and leaves a clean area to work with.

Step 2 | Using a pencil or pen trace your candle. Make sure it's in the middle of your pumpkin.

Step 3 | After you traced your candle in desired area you can begin cutting the hole out for your candle to fit!

Step 4 | Remove the pumpkin guts, as I like to call it. Make sure to get as much out as you can so your candle has room to fit.

Step 5 | Place your candles inside of the pumpkin at desired height. I recommend keeping them up pretty high so when you light them later it won't be too close to artificial leaves/floral stems and catch on fire. Learn from my mistake ;)

Step 6 | Start hot gluing artificial twigs, leaves, and berries all around the top. If there is room you can stick some in between the candle and pumpkin and it will hold it's place well.

Step 7 | Put it in the middle of your table for everyone to see!