Not Your Average Dried Leaf

I found something else to use sharpies on....

 Pretty sweet, eh?

If you want to try this, you definitely have to use a fresh, pliable leaf. The old dried ones just crumble when you draw on them.  Draw on it first, then dry it.

You don't even have to be an artist to try this. Just trace the natural outlines and shapes on the leaf itself and add a few extra lines here and there to make it more interesting.

So there you go!

Now you can have leaves that are a bit more awesome than the average dried leaf :)

Dollar Store Wreath

Fall is in full swing and it's time for some fall decorating!  I opened up my small box of fall decorations last week and decided I needed to add a few more items to my stash, especially since I now have a whole house to decorate... not just an apartment.  I planned on getting a cheap vine wreath from the dollar store with some fall flowers to decorate it with, but the dollar store was fresh out of wreaths.  I assume everyone had the same idea.... that's what I get for living in such a crafty state...  :)

I bought three fall stems for $3 and then headed over to the thrift store to see if I could find an old abandoned wreath I could bring back to life.  I found a sad old spring wreath and bought it for all of $.75! oh ya- take that dollar store!

With the help of some hot glue and spray painted pine cones I fixed that sad wreath up and hung it on my front door.  Not bad for $3.75!

Fall Decorations

This week I've been decorating for fall!  Better late than never, huh?!  Not having money to spend on new decorations meant I had to get a little creative and use some things I already had.

Acorns and Pine cones are great to decorate with.  I went around my apartment complex and collected tons of them for free!

I had some old silk flowers and leaves hanging around.  The flowers were really tall, so I cut them down to fit my little vase.

I'm all set for fall, now on to Halloween decorations!