Friday, September 30, 2011

Decor: Fall Centerpiece


This was the inspiration picture I saw on Pinterest. 
I figured this would be a very easy thing to accomplish. 


I went to Hobby Lobby to find a vase, fake pumpkins, and the branches. They were all 50% off. Originally, the vase was $16.99, the branches $4.99, and the pumpkins $1.99 each. I ended up paying $14 for the whole project!!


I know that real pumpkins are awesome but I figured that if I bought fake ones, I could reuse them every year (low cost!). I found the ones that looked the most realistic. Unfortunately, they were mounted on sticks so they could be stuck in tall arrangements. Lucky me that those sticks pulled right out. Another bummer is that they have some glitter still on them from the pumpkins they were sitting by but it's not that noticeable so I'm happy!

Step 1: Put pumpkins in vase. =) This is what they look like in the vase (before I rearranged them).


Step 2: Insert branches all on one side of the vase & place somewhere fun!! (When I rearranged the pumpkins, I made it to where all the bottoms of the pumpkins face the branches.)



The finished product!!!! I hope you like it as much as I do. Now I just need to figure out where to put it. =)


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Changes

You may have noticed the change in this blog's name. Since I was failing miserably at 101 in 1001, I decided to update this blog into what I'm doing now. I have found a fantastic website and have started saving ideas like crazy. My profile has all the "corkboards" that I have created to save all the wonderful ideas that I have seen. I have gone a little crazy but there is no better way to me to find ideas and store them somewhere. Pinterest gives you a place to find crafts, recipes, and ideas. The "pins" are actually links attached to the pictures you see. This allows you to save ideas and not have to face the thought of "Where did I see that?!" I will start posting on here any ideas I pinned and then actually made. If it is a recipe, I will still post that on The Rodgers Cook but I will also put a link to that blog on this one. I want to share what I have found and taken the time to make. Hopefully, I can keep up!



P.S. The labels on these posts will be which board you can find the pin!