PUMPKINS!

I LOVE PUMPKINS! I love fall, and fall decor, and pumpkins, and the color orange, and pumpkin bars, and pumpkin pie...the list goes on...and on...

So I thought I'd share with you my fall decorations for no other reason than it makes me happy!

I shared most of these in a post last year but there are some new ones...okay, quite a few new ones. I am not totally at fault here for draining the bank account on pumpkins. Jeremy is a huge fan of fall decorations too!

Table Centerpiece. I put together these candles last year and the pumpkins were a "basement find." What's a basement find you ask? Well, it's when you buy something on clearance at the end of the season and put it in your basement only to be surprised when you "find" it the next year! I LOVE basement finds!

Here is the book case we got at Ikea this summer.

I filled up these jars with some 1/2 price glittery gourds from Hobby Lobby. In case you weren't aware, I also love glitter.

More pumpkins

And glitter

Still more glitter

Glitter-tastic!

The mantle. It could use something more but...you know...the bank account...

Oh! I almost forgot to mention these have glitter!

Seriously? I dusted this table LAST Thursday!

There are undoubtedly more pumpkins to be found in my house but you get the idea!

Show me your pumpkins! I'd love to see them!

Christmas Decorations

Fall decorations are down and Christmas is up! We got a new tree last year after Christmas and put it up for the first time this year. It is a little huge! Oh well - go big or go home, right?




This is how the table centerpiece originally looked. I got the greenery at Earl May. It is what they trim off the trees they sell and it was $1.99 for all that I have in these containers plus there was a little left over. The "cranberries" are from Hobby Lobby and were 50% off $1.27...whatever that is.






Then I decided to put water in them to keep the greenery alive and the plastic cranberry-looking things started to "melt." The water turned bright red and it started to smell really bad - pretty sure it was putting of some sort of toxic fumes. So needless to say I had to get rid of those and just have the greenery now. Maybe I'll look for some real cranberries to float in there.

Here is the mantel:



Bookshelves on either side of the fireplace:




And this glittery goodness is my favorite:



Show me your Christmas decor!