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This weekends easy project was to add glitter to some old faux pears to give them an update for the holidays.
I will be using them from Thanksgiving thru Christmas
All I had to do,
was take pears I have had for years, and spray them with an adhesive spray and sprinkle with glitter.
I am all about low cost and low time commitment crafts. This was both. I used inexpensive gold and copper glitter and Elmer’s spray glue and it took maybe 30 minutes.
I sprayed each pear one by one ( outside on the porch, with gloves on, that stuff is super sticky!) and then brought each one in and sprinkled glitter aground most of it.
My little biscuit kept me company until he got bored.
I didn’t worry about the glitter being perfect or the same on each one, it doesn’t have to be perfect to be pretty. I just did a nice dusting to make them festive for the holidays.
I also added glitter to a white “S” initial (for our last name) that was just lying around in a drawer.
I think these colors are beautiful for Thanksgiving, don’t you?
For Christmas, I will add some candles or greens or both, which I think will be oh so pretty. And I love things that can serve double duty from one holiday to the next!
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Its early October and It’s starting to look like Fall.
Even though some of the leaves are turning red, some of the flowers are still holding on.
By the middle of November, the trees will be bare and it will be turning towards winter around here.
Lets enjoy the view while we have it, shall we….
These are some shots from the yard on yesterday’s cloudy day.
The top photo is part of the view from my Kitchen window ( shown here).
This next one is our back yard, or I should say, our dog’s back yard.
The metal sign on the fence is from Terrain. We actually have one of the two stores here, but this is the online.
Some of the florals around the place;
And this is part of the view from my living room window ( shown here) . The sun rises on this side of the house, so if you are an early bird, you can enjoy a beautiful sunrise everyday.
How are things looking where you live?
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While I was doing a small amount of Halloween decorating in the kitchen, and making some blackened jars for votives,
I also put together a Halloween wreath that I am using on our front door this year.
It has had a bit of a makeover….
Initially, this wreath was hot pink. Yup. Hot pink. I used it for Valentines day once, years ago. Since then it has been an attic dweller.
Having a light bulb moment, I pulled it out, dusted it off and changed it up to give it a new life.
Repurpose, reuse, recycle, y’all!
This is the color it was before the makeover, in all it’s pink glory.
All I had to do was give it a really good coat of spray paint (a can or so is plenty) making sure to get all the angles to cover the original color. And I would suggest that you pre-fluff your wreath before spray painting, to avoid having to touch it up later.
This is the wreath after it was coated with Krylon black spray paint. Much better already.
When it was dry, I added 4 pieces of glittery Halloween Swag. I am a huge fan of all things glittery!
I took apart the largest, the bat, to make 2 pieces out of it, and attached them with some floral wire.
The pieces cost one dollar or less each and the paint was about $3.50 per can, so total cost for the wreath was around $7.00. That is thrifty if I do say so myself!
Now, it has a shiny, festive new life!
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