I don't want to seem like I'm tooting my own horn, but I'm just really excited about this idea I had to make a fall garland. My friend Shauna had a fall party at her house recently, and she asked if I'd help her with decorations. I started collecting a few leaves because I thought I'd put them in glass jars or something. There were so many pretty ones, that as I kept walking through my neighborhood, I collected tons of them, and just threw them in the bottom of the stroller.
I thought of paper chains, and then realized I could make a garland out of these leaves just by gluing them together.
I was just hoping that it would turn out as good as I had pictured it in my mind. And it did!!
Me, Shauna and Abby posing for pics post-party....
I took the garland over to Shauna's house the night before the party, and it looked perfect right in her front room; I collected more leaves in her backyard to make two more swoops, and I thought it looked awesome in her house because of her red walls. It looked gorgeous in person!
She took some funny pictures of me in her backyard that I'll have to post- 11pm, pitch black and me holding a Coleman lantern while hunting for more leaves. We were laughing pretty hard!
I'm so excited and proud of my finished product!! I'm definitely making another one of these next year. It looks very festive, and the best part is that it's free! Fall is my favorite season!
We had a great Thanksgiving-we had dinner with Abby and Todd's family, and everything was so delicious! We couldn't stop talking about how fabulous the food was. Unfortunately, we were so thrilled about the food that we totally forgot to take pictures of us with our spread! How lame...
Todd smoked a turkey with his smoker, and they made his famous rolls, mashed potatoes/gravy, corn, salad, and a cheeseball.
I made a cheeseball, pecan yams, 2 kinds of stuffing, (I wanted my mom's classic plus I wanted to try a new recipe which was also a hit) pumpkin squares, butter thumbprint cookies, and Johnny made a really good chocolate pudding pie which was also a new recipe I wanted to try just for fun. I LOVE Thanksgiving food sooo much! We got to enjoy the leftovers the next day with Shauna and Johnny's fam after some crazy Black Friday shopping. My friends and I got up at 2:30 to be at the stores to stand in line by 3:00 am. Yes, very crazy. So that was our fun weekend!
I thought of paper chains, and then realized I could make a garland out of these leaves just by gluing them together.
I was just hoping that it would turn out as good as I had pictured it in my mind. And it did!!
Me, Shauna and Abby posing for pics post-party....
I took the garland over to Shauna's house the night before the party, and it looked perfect right in her front room; I collected more leaves in her backyard to make two more swoops, and I thought it looked awesome in her house because of her red walls. It looked gorgeous in person!
She took some funny pictures of me in her backyard that I'll have to post- 11pm, pitch black and me holding a Coleman lantern while hunting for more leaves. We were laughing pretty hard!
I'm so excited and proud of my finished product!! I'm definitely making another one of these next year. It looks very festive, and the best part is that it's free! Fall is my favorite season!
We had a great Thanksgiving-we had dinner with Abby and Todd's family, and everything was so delicious! We couldn't stop talking about how fabulous the food was. Unfortunately, we were so thrilled about the food that we totally forgot to take pictures of us with our spread! How lame...
Todd smoked a turkey with his smoker, and they made his famous rolls, mashed potatoes/gravy, corn, salad, and a cheeseball.
I made a cheeseball, pecan yams, 2 kinds of stuffing, (I wanted my mom's classic plus I wanted to try a new recipe which was also a hit) pumpkin squares, butter thumbprint cookies, and Johnny made a really good chocolate pudding pie which was also a new recipe I wanted to try just for fun. I LOVE Thanksgiving food sooo much! We got to enjoy the leftovers the next day with Shauna and Johnny's fam after some crazy Black Friday shopping. My friends and I got up at 2:30 to be at the stores to stand in line by 3:00 am. Yes, very crazy. So that was our fun weekend!
2 comments:
I love your garland!! It looks fabulous!
What a great garland! It souns like you really had a great feast, and I can't believe you are a Black Friday shopper!! Where did you go at 3 am?
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