autumn vignette

27 October 2010

you remember my dollar store spring vignette? Well, of course I had to change it up a bit for fall:
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My Dollar Tree doesn’t sell this size of frame ^ anymore and I’m so sad I didn’t buy 20. I did have an extra though, so I just darkened it with some leftover stain and followed the same process of printing it out and then taking it to the copy shop to enlarge it to an 11X17. {see here}
october 2010 014 1 this is a real nest that was abandoned when all the construction was going on down in the basement. We filled it with mini pumpkins I’ve had for a few years from Target clearance. I couldn’t find any little white pumpkins for the life of me, so I spray painted some orange ones heirloom white.
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the letter balls were at Michael’s in their dollar bins, pumpkins are from class field trips to the pumpkin patch, and the picture frame with my girls I got from my mom forever ago. october 2010 011 1 Happy Wednesday~

25 comments

  1. Great vignette. Love your sign and the saying is wonderful. The wire stand with the pumpkins and the children's picture is fabulous. I also really like the little box with the nest and pumpkins. Just enough and not too much. Gorgeous. Hugs, Marty

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  2. I missed the whole dollar aisle at Michael's last night when I was there. I realized it after I got home and I was so made at myself. I was so consumed with the other stuff I bought and I really only went in there for one thing! I'll have to go back because I really like those letter balls you got. They have ceramic ones at Pier 1 and I think they are pretty expensive for one ball, so forget them.

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  3. This looks great. Love your spring vignette as well!

    ~Melanie
    www.theoldwhitecottageblog.com

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  4. How do you come up with this stuff??!! It looks amazing!

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  5. I love your little makeovers. I love the way you share the little tiny details with us. I love the way you find wonderful bargains that you put together in creative ways.

    Oh, and by the way. . .

    I love YOU.

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  6. Me again. . . just for fun. . .

    You know the work of this poet:

    The morns are meeker than they were,
    The nuts are getting brown;
    The berry's cheek is plumper,
    The rose is out of town.

    The maple wears a gayer scarf,
    The field a scarlet gown.
    Lest I should be old-fashioned,
    I'll put a trinket on.

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  7. Emily Dickinson! love it :)

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  8. I've never been disappointed in any of your vignettes! Lovely.

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  9. You always have such lovely vignettes!! The frame with your girls is adorable, and I love the idea of filling a nest with mini pumpkins. :)

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  10. So cute !! You really do have such a great talent of creating wonderful vignettes !! *Becca*

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  11. I love the simplicity of the art..it looks great!

    (I've got another free printable on my blog today!)

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  12. It all looks great. Wonderful sign...great vignette.

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  13. Absolutely beautiful! I love all the little details!

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  14. It all looks so cute! I love the sign. Such a great idea. Those tiny little pumpkins are so adorable.

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  15. I like the way the box looks with the pumpkins and the nest---the colors look great together!

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  16. Love the whole look! I especially like how you incorporated the nest. I love nests, but have only used them (artificial) ones in spring. Love the idea of using them with other seasons as well. Do you have to do anything to a real nest before bringing it into your home? You know, making sure it's free of any potential tiny critters??? Thanks for sharing . . . great inspiration.

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  17. I love that quote!!!
    Will you come and do my house for Thanksgiving and Christmas? Please!

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  18. See, I knew the Heirloom White would work on pumpkins.
    What a pretty scene!

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  19. I love the letter balls that you got on clearance. They're very cute!

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  20. Looks amazing!

    I think I have the very same cake pedestal but I never use mine since I can never figure out what to do with it. Your display is perfect. You've inspired me to dig mine out and play with it. Thanks!

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  21. I personally don't celebrate Halloween, but when those parts come out for Thanksgiving, I'll love it! :-) I'll be interested to see how you change it out. I love the box, too.

    I also loved your Spring vignette. Thanks for sharing how you did the printing of the sayings, too.

    And Richella--thanks for the Dickinson!

    Happy Thursday!

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  22. i really like the richness in the stain on the frame. my brain has been churning on this since i saw it this AM. simple and fantastic.

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  23. It looks lovely! I got some of those letters, but I chose our initials. I should have gotten Boo as well!

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