Happy Fall Y'all!

Finally, cooler weather! It came on quickly down here in lower AL. We went from HOT to COLD in a matter of days. When I say cold, I mean lows of 49 at night, pretty cold in my opinion. All the cold weather  made me want to do a little decorating for fall. Every year I try to add a little something new to my decorations. Last year I made these adorable "trick-or-treaters." I copied them from Darby Stickler's blog. Here are her trick-or-treaters.

I took her ideas and ran with it. Here are my trick-or-treaters. 

My trick-or-treaters on the front porch. 

Close up of the kids! 

Making the trick-or-treaters was so easy. I took a tall (probably 4ft. tall) scarecrow from Big Lots. I cut all of the straw off of the bottom and the sides. I bought some jeans and shoes and pinned them to the scarecrow. I then cut a sheet to fit the bodies and painted a face on it. I attached the bodies to the post (that came with the scarecrow) and attached it to a small piece of wood for the stand. That is it! So simple! 

My new project for this year was my mantle. I used all of the pieces that I already have up there normally and added to it. Pieces that sit on the mantle everyday include the two blue vases from Target, 2 candle sticks from Pottery Barn, and 2 picture frames.  I added a little bit of fall "stuff" to make it Halloween ready. I was looking at the Nesting Place and loved how "the nester" decorated for fall. I particularly liked the black crows. She made a comment about how she found them at the Dollar Tree. I thought, "My Dollar Tree will never have those cute crows!" But guess what..... they did! 

Here is the Nester's fall decorations. 

Here is my black crow. I put one on each side of the mantle. 

This project was so easy! I went and picked sticks from the yard, put them in the vase and attached

the black crow! 

I also put a black crow on the straw pumpkin that a got from the dollar isle at Target. 

Throughout the rest of the house, I scattered mini pumpkins and gourds. These pumpkins and gourds will last well in Thanksgiving. Then I can put them around a cornucopia.

Happy Fall Y'all! 

On a side note - I mentioned that Gunter went snapper fishing Saturday with friends. They caught the limit of snapper! I can't wait to eat some yummy fish!