Decorate with me - Fall Farmhouse/ Vintage Mantel - Using Thrifted Items

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'm easing my mantel into fall.  Using some farmhouse/vintage décor that I have thrifted, the last few months.

I love my black and white gingham garland that stays on the mantel year round. To ease into  fall on my mantel I placed a thrifted copper tin, some books, amber bottle, a crow I've have for many years

A thrifted crock I left the sunflowers found this summer and added pip berries a diy ceramic pumpkins

amber bottles with sunflowers, I left the moss, added a faux pumpkin to the vintage cigar tin

To the left side of the mantel I added a little orange ceramic pumpkin that I gave a face lift to and a copper accent pumpkin I picked up a couple of years ago a thrifted crock with sunflowers and a black crow.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  So until the next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall October Harvest has Come to the Front Porch

Hi Friends,

I've have some time this weekend to spruce up my front porch for the harvest season. I have envisioned pumpkins, mums, sunflowers, cornstalks, a few twigs of bittersweet, etc.. 

So here I go.....

So, I left the sunflower from my late summer porch décor, trying to hold on to warm summer vibes.  Our night temps are in the mid 20's nowadays.

I exchanged the blue bench for a wagon that my daughters had when they were kids.  I purchase four odd shaped pumpkins and three small pie pumpkins to fill up the wagon. I was so excited to be able to use a few pumpkins from my garden this year. It always a gamble. The little green pumpkins in the wagon came from my garden.

I also purchases four mums pots from Walmart this year to add more orange and yellows to this vignette, they haven't done real well with the low night temperatures.

The milk cans and wire milk crates are treasure I have thrifted many years ago and are kept on my front porch year round.  

The cornstalks are from my garden this year.  

I added the thrifted tool box tray I found a couple of weeks ago while thrifting, against the vintage wire milk crate.

Thank you for stopping by.  I really like how my front porch turned out this year.

So until next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall has moved onto my Hutch - Decorate with Me -Thrifted Vintage Décor

 Hi Friends,

I had some time today to add a few fall touches to the top of the hutch, by bringing in a diy pumpkins sign, I made last fall.

 Using Waverly Antiquing wax I added a little weather aging to this faux pumpkin and I harvested some poppy seed pods from my garden and painted them.

A thrifted lunch box and oil can was added to the top of the hutch for some rustic charm.

I need to add a rooster here and there. and I have been collecting amber bottles, my collection is increasing.

I love to add bittersweet, sunflower

black/white check homespun

Harvest-  seeds, wheat  

The wheat is new this year I thrifted two large bundles about a month ago so I added a clump to the large clear jug.

My God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Two Farmhouse DIY Autumn Pumpkins using Dollar Tree Items

Two more diy project to add to my FALL decor

Using a Dollar Tree pumpkins sign

Gave this sign two coats of Waverly chalk paint.

gluing the fall plaid fleece fabric scarf from Dollar Tree added a piece of burlap to stem.  Then added fall leaves, twine, and raffia also purchased from The Dollar Tree.

After looking at this project it needed more, so I added also from Dollar Tree a metal welcome piece and painted wooden letters to spell out Fall and added them to the decor pieces.  I think the finished product turned out very well.

I made a second pumpkin sign using a pumpkin sign form and adding the fall fleece fabric plaid scarf to cover the pumpkin shape.

Using a sign piece from another pumpkin sign, I use my glue gun and made lines to imitate corrugated metal and put aluminum foil over top to make it look like a metal piece.

Hand painted Hello Pumpkin and added a little brown paint around the edge to make it look rusted.  I'm still practicing this technique and glued it to the front of the pumpkin shape.

Thank you for stopping by, And may God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Buffalo-Check Pumpkin - DIY for Fall Farmhouse Décor

Hi Friends,

 This week I have been obsessed with making Buffalo-Check pumpkins for my Fall décor.

Diy Project, putting my touch to a Dollar Tree pumpkin sign.

I a saw this technique done by one of my favorite you-tuber Tracy at Country Charm by Tracy she used paper to cover her pumpkin signs.

Using a couple of the Dollar Tree pumpkin sign, I painted them all with white chalk paint two coats 

then using masking tape I marked out where to make the black stripes going vertical then horizontal; the come out with this checker board pattern.

I add a few burlap leaves, raffia, jute string and a couple of silk yellow leaves to the stem and wa.. la..

Here is how I displayed the pumpkin sign in my Fall decor.

Thank you for stopping by, until the next project.

Believe in yourself, Vicki

DIY Yarn Pumpkin Garland

Old string garland refreshed.

I made these string garland a couple of years ago out out orange yarn, yeah I know pretty lazy looking project but the grand-kids enjoyed the craft.

I added strips of burlap ribbon I purchase from Dollar Tree and tied the strip between the yarn pumpkins.

I feel adding the burlap strips added another dimension to the garland.  I like how this project turned out.

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki 

Hello Fall

Hi Friends,

Outside the leaves are changing, light frost in the mornings, and a crisp coolness in the air.

My home decor is changing to FALL decor!

This year I'm adding orange pumpkins, bittersweet sprigs and of course the black and white check accents are everywhere. 

In a corner of my fireplace mantel I display a diy farmhouse FALL sign, a pumpkin picture from my granddaughter, a ceramic pumpkin from Dollar Tree that I painted and added fall color leaves, and a diy buffalo checked pumpkin piece using a sign from Dollar Tree.

More pumpkins in this little vignette, FALL garland and another diy hand painted buffalo checked pumpkin.

A tray on the coffee table full of FALL leaves little orange  and green pumpkins, dried corn cobs, acorns, sprigs of bitter sweet, and vine bowl fillers.

Another vignette with a hand painted buffalo checked pumpkin made from a Dollar Tree pumpkin form, stacked little orange and green pumpkins. Sprigs of bitter sweet and dried corn cobs tucked into a cigar box.

Thank you for stopping by to check out a few of my FALL vignettes, I'm sure there will be a few more diys to share.

Vicki

Cooler days, full moon, It's October! Changing my Outside Decor

 

Right by the front door sits the headless scare crow, his head vibrates and the eyes blink, and holding our carved pumpkins this year is my great aunt Rosie's' wheelbarrow.

Purple spider patiently eating her prey

Headless scarecrow at night quite scary.

Here is my spooky eye ball wreath I made a couple of years ago.

Thank you for stopping by, and catching up with me.

God Bless you, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage November Décor

Hi Friends,

I really enjoy decorating for Thanksgiving, I kind of go over board with fall color, I think because our winters here in the NW are cold, dreary and did I say cold?

This ceramic cornucopia I thrifted many years ago.  I have added old Indian corn that I also found thrifting, then I have purchased pumpkins and fall leaves and have collected the pine cones to fill in the ceramic cornucopia.

I have added fall leaves and pip berries to a few of the vintage finds I display above my kitchen cabinets.

 

Fall flower and pip berries arranged in a wooden whiskey box.

Another cornucopia with fall flowers I am not usually into sparkle or shiny but this year I used a few of the bronze flowers in this arrangement.

Here is a basket filled with pine corns sitting next to the fireplace hearth. (Side note: I'm always collecting pine cones.)

Another thrifted basket I use in my décor throughout the year filled with more purchased fall flowers

I love putting out turkeys I have only two would love to find more vintage turkeys.

Here is a California prune box I thrifted a few years back it sits on top of a kitchen cabinet year round. I just change it out seasonally.

A thrifted basket with this adorable fall liner.

Here is the other turkey figure this is a planter.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been up to.  

So until next time I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett