Festive Fun for the Fall

Yeah! It's Autumn! I've already made my first apple crisp and corn chowder. I've also been busy with some fun fall projects. Last weekend my mom and two younger sisters were in town, so we set up shop in the basement and went to town.

So... this first project is from last year, but somehow it didn't make the blog. This is our Hochstrasser Halloween Countdown! Each box is filled with... CANDY of course! I used a canvas as the backboard and painted it green and sprayed glitter on it. I did all the decorating with a Halloween themed scrapbook pack I got from my Grandparents. I believe the S.E.I outlet in Providence has a good deal on fall paper right now. The boxes are those clear wedding favor boxes you can buy at Michael's. Using my staple gun I attached the ribbon to the top, and now it is hanging ready to be opened.

I had to reattach some of the boxes this year after the move... nothing my glue gun can't handle though!

Okay... so I had some left over Halloween Paper and I saw this idea on the Super Saturday's With On The Avenue blog I follow. And sure, I already have a Halloween Countdown, but I just loved the idea too much to pass it up.

I couldn't decide if I wanted to count down or up, so the base block is reversible so I can do it different each year if I want to. Thanks to my Super Smart sister Wendy the blocks can count down from 31, not just from 20. Tricky stuff.

My mom came up with this idea and had us put it on the list of things to do last weekend. These beauties are made from glass jars, tissue paper and mod podge. Oh yeah, and a little glitter too!

Any size jar will do, and if you don't have tissue paper we found that crepe paper will work just as well. These would be darling with an LED candle inside them too.

My door is no longer naked! Yeah! I have officially made my first wreath. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a little of this and a little of that. At home I trimmed, and fussed and weaseled everything into just the right place.

I even added a monarch butterfly.

Here is another idea from Mom and Wendy. They showed up at my house with lovely white pumpkins.

We got out our tissue paper, mod podge and glitter again and got crafty.

I was surprised at how different each of ours turned out.

We had a great weekend together, and we sure missed you Melissa! It was hard taking a sisters picture without you.