Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fall Decorating Idea Tutorial

This is an idea that was inspired by one of my favorite magazines, Country Living.  I'm always on the lookout for something quick, affordable, and easy to create. 

                                            
  Here's what you'll need:

1 Hurricane Glass Candle Holder (I got mine from Dollar General for $2.)
1 orange candle
1 bag of candy corn
a piece of twine



Fill the bottom of the candle holder with candy corn.




Place the candle in the center, and add more candy corn to support the candle to keep it from leaning to the side.


                                             

Wrap the piece of twine around the candle holder and tie in a pretty bow.

For Halloween you could add a spider ring to the twine and sit it on a table runner.

                                

Every once in a while I forget that I put the spider there and I jump when I see it.  So, if you're deathly afraid of spiders, just skip that part. 

For a Fall table scape you could sit them in between pumpkins as I have done here.

                                      

I found these pumpkins 50% off at Hobby Lobby.  I also found the sunflower floral pick 50% off there, as well.  The quilt on the table is one that I made several years ago (and wondered why in the world I made it).  Last year I was looking around my house for a fall themed table cloth and I ran across this quilt (from the bottom of the stack) and it went perfect with my pumpkins.  The adorable leaf table runner I found on sale at K-Mart pulls everything together.



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  I love to decorate my home for the seasons/holidays and sharing my ideas with you. 

Today is my birthday.  This is the first time in many, many years that my husband has been home for my birthday. We usually celebrate on a weekend that he is home, and I end up spending my actual birthday alone.   Tonight we're celebrating with my kids and grand-kids so it will be loud and fun!!!  I can't wait!!!

20 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday to You, and a blessed and great year to come. Loved the tutorial on the Halloween table setting, it all looks great and the best part, not expensive. Thanks for sharingdomicu

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  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Amanda!!! How nice that hubby is home for it. Your decorating is always wonderful...and this table is no exception!

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  3. Happy Happy Birthday Amanda !!!! Have a great day with your hubby and kiddos !!!!

    .....and your table looks GREAT !!!everything goes together just PERFECT !!! What a good idea with the candle and candy corn! LOVE IT !!!

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  4. Happy Birthday!!! and thank you so much for the great idea! your table looks great! I hope you have a wonderful birthday surrounded by your family.

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  5. Happy Birthday glad to see you hisband home to share it with you and your children. Love the Halloween tutorial.

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  6. Happy Birthday! Great idea for the candle!

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  7. Happy Birthday!!!!
    Really cute tutorial! I might just give this a try. Its really simple but festive! :0)

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  8. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!! I PRAY GOD BLESSES YOU ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY AND THE YEAR THROUGH. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INSPERATION TO DO SOME FALL DECORATING, AND THE GREAT IDEAS. I JUST LOVE YOUR QUILT THE COLORS ARE SO WONDERFUL THEY MAKE ME HAPPY !!!!

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  9. First of all - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Glad you shared that it was your big day!

    Love the candle idea - really cute!

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  10. Happy Birthday Amanda! Great table decorating, although I don't think candy corn would last long - even if I could get it here in Oz - LOL. That quilt makes a beautiful table cloth...

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  11. Way fun! So glad you emailed. I'm so far behind in blog reading! I probably would have missed this. I absolutely love it. :o)

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  12. That is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Happy Birthday to you!! Have a wonderful celebration!

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  13. Beautiful table. Happy Birthday - enjoy!

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  14. Happy Birthday! I love the quilt you have on the table and thanks for the candy corn idea. Such a great simple idea!

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  15. Happy belated birthday, Amanda! How nice that your husband was home with you! I love your candle - I can see that idea for several different holidays - and the table is fantastic!
    Cheers!

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  16. That is so so cute. Hope it was a good day. You always have such great ideas.

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  17. A belated happy birthday! Somehow I missed this post, darn it! I had to laugh about the spider--I did the same thing. I hooked one of those spider rings over the stem of a small pumpkin and when I was cleaning about a week later and it caught my eye, I about ran out of the room before I figured out what it was! LOL!

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