The start of fall is actually officially Saturday, but I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve, I just want to start celebrating now. Fall would of course not be complete without cardigans, tall boots, hay rides, pumpkin patches and colorful leaves crunching beneath your feet. As promised, here's your little dose of news to accompany today's fall-icious craft::
With the drought we've had this year, some Hoosiers are skeptical as to whether we'll have as colorful of a fall as we usually do. As a state with a lot of touristic parks that thrive in the fall months, will we see a decrease in visitors this year? Parks around the state hope not and are asking visitors to be patient. Some parks, such as Brown County State Park, are already seeing changes. A naturalist at the park, Jim Eagleman, says that the drought may not have affected the trees as much as people expected.
“The drought and the high temperatures back in the summer definitely had a stress on trees and they responded by premature leaf drop,” Eagleman said. “Some people say, ‘Oh gosh, there goes our fall color.’ But you know what? We've never been disappointed with fall color here in Brown County.” - Fox 59Brown County is the ideal spot for visitors wanting to camp out for the weekend and visit the historic town during the day. If camping isn't your cup of tea though, there are plenty of other fun fall events going on around Indiana. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival will be open October 12th-21st this year. It's Indiana's largest festival and always promises to be a good time. And of course there's always Seymour's Oktoberfest on October 4th-6th full of food, shopping and even a 5k run/walk. There are plenty more festivals around Indiana, to search for more go to Visit Indiana.
Now onto today's craft! To celebrate the start of fall I decided to decorate my apartment with a few new fall accessories. I made a wreath to hang up on our door and of course our dining room table need a makeover so I made some napkin rings and a new centerpiece.
I bought the two twig wreaths and leaves at the dollar store and the shower curtain rings at Walmart. The ugly plate on the right side came in a package with three different sized candles, also from the dollar store. All of it was purchased for $15. I also used some leftover spray paint from another project to repaint the plate. I also have a ridiculous amount of yarn so I used some of it to spruce up the wreath.Fall wreath:
- Since the two wreaths were sort of small, I tied them both together with string.
- Then I took the string of leaves and wrapped it around the wreaths, along with some fuzzy green yarn I had leftover from a scarf.
- This didn't really look like enough leaves to me, so I used some of the single-stem leaves and wrapped them around the wreath. The great thing about these is that the inside of them is wire so they are bendable, but once you wrap them around something they will stay there. Here's the finished project.
Table Centerpiece and Napkin holders:
- The centerpiece was red and pink and ugly all over, so with some leftover spray paint I painted it black.
- I used some of the leftover leaves and placed them on the plate and put the candles right ontop of it. It was super easy, and extremely cheap!
- Shower curtain rings come in sets of 12 for about a $1 at Walmart. If you put a piece of tape over the connecting area, they make a full circle and can be used for so many projects!
- After applying the tape you can use twine, yarn, fabric, pretty much anything and wrap it around the rings to make them into awesome napkin holders. I even added some of the wire leaves to a few of them.
These crafts took about 3 hours total. It depends on how many napkin ring holders you actually make in one sitting, but with 12 for $1 it's a super cheap way to make ring holders for any time of the year. If you have any other similar ideas be sure to post the links to them in the comment section! Also, if you have questions on anything made in this post feel free to ask.
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