jodilee10128 said:
Help Help Help. I need ideas. I live WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY up north in canada so we have no Shopping options up here except internet. I think I will have to learn to be crafty. Any ideas?
I'll see if I can help. Try making a few wreaths. Take a look around outside your home or area.
* You can make wreaths from grape vines.
* Fill a basket with pinecones that have fallen from the pinetrees.
* Visit the local flee market or nursery and pick up some potted fall plants like mums. Or get a bunch of Sunflowers or dried cattails to fill a vase. (You may be able to find cattails as well as other things like wild grasses on the side of the road. However make sure it's okay to take them).
* Visit an apple farm if there's one near you and pick some apples. Fill a basket or nice ceramic bowl with them and use as a centerpiece on your kitchen or diningroom table. (Don't forget to make a nice dessert or candied apples). There's a lot you can do with apples. Cut up the bad ones into whole slices, take a small paintbrush and coat them with a little water and lemon juice, leave them out to dry. Then you can make an apple wreath by gluing the sliced apples on cardboard cut-out in a circle or square. Then dress it up with a red & white check bow. (Got this idea from HGTV - holiday program)
* Get a few pumpkins. You and the kids could carve funny or scary faces on them and sit them outside your front door.
* Fill a bowl with fall scented potpourri to give your house a nice fall smell. Or you can make your own. In a small pot simmer water, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange slices or apple slices.
That's all I could come up with right now. I'm still trying to wake up. LOL