Did Some Fall Decorating This Morning...

And it sure is making me smile. *Ü*

I've checked out the thrift stores and didn't see anything that grabbed me there, so this morning I headed over to Hobby Lobby to see what they had. Would you believe I hadn't stepped foot in that store in weeks? (I used to go in at least once a week) Anyway, I knew they had their fall decorating items for 50% off and I took advantage of it. I then scooted over to Michaels and found a couple of more things I liked (on sale).

On the breakfast bar (which got cleaned off yesterday):

I had the placemat and the jars already. I just got goodies to fill them. The wooden pumpkin is from Hobby Lobby. I loved the design on it. I filled one jar with candy corn (obviously), the jar behind the candy corn is filled with pumpkins I found in a mesh bag at Michaels. Next to the pumpkin jar is a one stuffed with ribbon. I found the spool at Hobby Lobby. And the other jar is full of leaves. I picked up a garland at Michaels and ended up pulling off the leaves. Then I cut those into individual leaves and put them in the jar. I had some left over and just placed them around the display. I'm really pleased with the effect.

Outside on the porch:

The placemat is felt and I found it at Michaels. The goodies you see here are from Hobby Lobby. I found a couple of picks I liked and used them for the backdrop, a few leaves from that garland I cut apart and the pumpkins were just some I liked. The larger pumpkin on the side of the basket I fell in love with.

And for the hanging planters I had been thinking of pulling down and putting away, I'm glad I didn't. Michaels had some picks on sale for $1.49 so I got three. I got a long garland (20ft) from Hobby Lobby and cut it into thirds. Then I wrapped it around the picks.

I didn't want to get much that was specifically Halloween as my plan is to keep these out until Christmas time, that way I get more bang for my buck. That being said, on the railing on the porch I do have some pumpkin lights I picked up at a thrift store for $2. Only I didn't take a picture of that. Oh well. I will if you want, though.

I'm totally playing hooky from housework today, but I figured with all the work I've been doing recently, it's okay. All work and no play makes Jeanne a dull girl, right? And a tired one!

One final note on things that make me smile. One of the cabinets we have under the breakfast bar is a huge dark cavern. Our breakfast bar was made by the previous owner. Actually there was a whole wall there and the previous owners knocked it down to open up the kitchen. As a result, they had to modify the cabinet situation. So this particular cabinet is rather large and it didn't have any shelves. Guess what it became? A dumping ground of stuff. I've long wanted a shelf for it so I could attempt to neaten it up in there but I always put it off, not being able to come up with an inexpensive idea. That is, until this past weekend. I asked Steve if he had any left over plywood. I knew we had some brackets. My thought was to hang up the brackets and put up a shelf on them. Steve didn't think it would work without tipping over (the brackets could only go on two sides, the back and one side of the shelf). But he thought we could use a two by two as a leg to support it. That led me to decide to not use the brackets at all and just 2x2s. We didn't have enough of the 2x2, but a quick trip to the Home Depot fixed that. Steve had a spare piece of lumber that we used and he screwed the "legs" on. In a matter of minutes we had a shelf for that cabinet! (believe me when I say I've wanted to do something with that cabinet for years). So simple! I'm tickled to death about it. (It doesn't take much, does it?) Anyway, when I pulled out all the stuff from the cabinet, I found the jars which led to the decorating spree. See how it works? LOL

I'm done now...have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!