Fun Fall Tablescape and Leaf Banner

It's been awhile since I've done a tablescape. I thought I'd do one with adding orange and fall colors for a fun table.

 I found the brown jug at the thrift store, and filled it with grocery store flowers.

Check out Mr. and Mrs. Chipmunk salt and pepper shakers. Look at his little smile!

 All of the orange stuff and gold glasses and wine glasses were also thrifted.The little orange plates were Crate and Barrel via GoodWill.  The bakelite flatware was won at an auction.

 The brown woven placemats are from Walmart.I used a burlap table runner that I made a while ago. The brown edged dinner plates were my wedding china,

 I used woolfelt to make a new fall banner. My old one was eaten up by something in the garage.

 I cut 2 of each free handed leaf shape. Simple embroidery to the veins.I whip stitched the second leaf to the front.

 Sewed the leaves onto some vintage seam binding. Done!

 I didn't show this wall in the previous posts.In a future post,I'll be explaining how I got to this furniture arrangement in the family room. It took me forever to decide. You can see Bowie's doggie toys in the wooden bowl.

Lots going on around here and it's still around 90 degrees.Come on fall-where are you? Hope you'll are getting some lovely weather. Joining Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch where you can see tons of pretty scapes. Go check it out.
Leslie

Autumn has Arrived

Fall weather has finally hit Texas. It's cool and dreary out side, perfect for a nesting kind of day. Here's my  fall decorations. I love the chipmunk salt and peppers.

I love to mix in vintage figurines.

Simple wool fall leaf banner over the hutch.

A few pillows I made a while back.

Here's a fall leaf  and acorn penny rug that I've shown before. 

After doing up the Halloween mantle , I thought I'd keep it simple for fall this year.

Thank you, Dorothy from Dorothy Prudie Vintage !  I was the lucky winner of this great magazine and cute little extras too. Check out Dorothy's Etsy shop, she has a wonderful selection of great fabrics.

I'm making  chile and cornbread for dinner tonight. We ran all our errands this morning, so we can stay in and watch some football, and maybe I'll do some sewing later. I'm loving this weather and the feeling that autumn has finally arrived! I hope you are having nice weather and it's not too cold yet.

Leslie

Busyness as Usual

Hi All-I've been a busy little elf!

I have been working on a project for a really long time...
And am starting to get things together and organized. I'll let you in on my little secret soon!
I forgot to show you my fall leaf garland. I used felted wool sweaters for the leaves,
and little felt balls and real acorn hats for the tops. Stitched and held together with rick rack. I ironed on fabric with fusible interfacing on the back.Easy and fun.
Also I keep forgetting to post this picture. Remember a few posts back about the ginormous honey crisp apple? Well I had to caramel coat it, and of course I'm not satisfied until it has some chocolate and crushed walnuts on it.
It took us 3 days to eat that thing, but it was worth all the calories. Yum! I hope you had a great weekend-we were busy, cleaning the garage, going to Ikea, watching football and eating(too much). Just wanted to thank you all for wonderful and helpful comments. They really make my day!

Leslie