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Five Fall Creations

Sep

2012

Last week's link party had some great Fall Creations. {If you haven't gone through the links yet, you are totally missing out!!!} Here is just a peek at 5 Fabulous Fall Creations: Creative Monster Ice Cream Cones from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Son: The details on these are too cute to eat! "Boo to You" Tag Garland from Shaken Together: I love the squiggly edges for the ghosts in this tag. Also in this post is a cute pumpkin one too- you have to see it! Harvest Blocks from Just Between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: fall

Autumn Address Wreath

Sep

2012

by Jen 3 Comments

Happy Fall, y'all! I'm Jen from The House of Wood and I'm back to share another simple DIY project with you! Transitioning from Spring/Summer to Fall was easy as pumpkin pie with this Autumn address wreath. This wreath hung on my front door for the Spring and Summer seasons, but now that it's Fall (though it doesn't feel like it here, yet, with our 80-degree weather), I wanted to make it 'seasonally appropriate.' Here's what I started with: I purchased a couple of leaf garlands and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture & Decor, Outdoors, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: decor, diy, fall, Wreaths

Back to School Teacher Gift

Sep

2012

by Stephanie 13 Comments

Start the year off showing a new teacher some appreciation with this back to school teacher gift Easy, cute and useful! How to Get This Look: 1. Make Green Bean Casserole and save the can of French Fried Onions 2. Wipe out the inside really good and make sure the can won't make the classroom stink! (maybe this wasn't the best choice of recycled packages on my part! Use what you have!) 3. Cover the can with scrapbook paper & add embellishments- a ribbon, letters etc. 4. Buy a big pack … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: Back to School, fall, gift ideas, repurposing, school

Back to School Gift for Students

Aug

2012

by Stephanie Leave a Comment

I teach preschool from my home and I'm getting ready for the new school year. Our classroom has been cleaned, organized and set up and I have just about everything ready to go, but I wanted to make a simple back to school gift for students to help build excitement for the first day. Here is what I made: I had to drop off the registration packets last week, so I packaged a cookie with a cute tag for each student and delivered it with all the boring paperwork for the parents. This gave me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baking, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: Back to School, cookies, fall

10 Ways to Decorate Your Mantel For Fall

Aug

2012

by Todays Post 4 Comments

10 Ways to Decorate Your Mantel For Fall

Hello Somewhat Simple Readers! I'm Taryn and I blog over at Design, Dining + Diapers. A place where I share DIY tutorials, crafts, allergy-friendly recipes and a little bit of this and a little that. I'm so excited to be joining Stephanie's team as a regular contributor. That means you'll be seeing more of me around here. Can't wait to get to know all of you! Is anyone else completely shocked it's the last week of August? This month has flown by. While I'm sad to see summer come to an end, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture & Decor, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: fall, mantel