WEDDING :: Falling leaves inspiration board

Hello everyone & welcome to "Wedding Wednesday"!

  ::  placecard   ::  boutonniere  ::  cake  ::  centerpiece  ::  initial  ::  sparklers     ::  invite

      

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This week's theme is all about falling leaves. The leaves are changing everywhere around me and it is my most favorite time of year. One of the things I love most is the change in colors. The palette of colors that you can see on trees right now is just breathe taking, so alas, my inspiration for this week. Enjoy!

I am in so in love with the idea of writing the names of your guests, on leaves, and using them as placecards. It's a beautiful way to incorporate leaves into your fall affair. Carrying a bouquet of flowers accented with some vibrant leaves intertwined, creating a boutonniere for your man or designing a gorgeous display of flowers & leaves to use as centerpieces on the tables is the easiest way to celebrate the season. Love monograms? . .then this idea to create an initial with leaves adhered to them, is an amazing idea in using your new initial on your special day. Your guests will love lighting the night with sparklers from this quaint little basket adorned with some fall foliage. Make sure to set the tone of the day & evening by incorporating leaves into the invite you send out. Remember it is the first hint of what an amazing time your guests will have when they come to your fall wedding. ;)

 
Have you ever been to a fall wedding? Did YOU have one or are you planning one? Did they have leaves everywhere? What was your favorite element of the event?  I would LOVE to hear the details . . .spill below ;)

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RECIPE :: Thankful Trail Mix

Thankful Trail Mix
by Melissa

Now that Halloween is behind us, it’s time to start talking Thanksgiving! For my family, Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, football, lots of food and family!   

One of my MUSTS for a successful Thanksgiving is keeping the kids busy!  One way I love to do that is to let them help me put together a Thankful Trail Mix. Not only does it keep them busy making it, but also eating it!   While I am in the kitchen preparing the meal, they are all sharing the duties of the putting together the Thankful Trail Mix.   

What I like to do is put a handful of a lot of fun finger food goodies on plates and let the kids go crazy filling cute little treat cups.  These I found at the dollar spot at Target. I loved the owls and falling leaves!  

I like to use some healthy, some sweet and some salty snacks for a great mix!  I am using raisins or craisins, butterscotch morsels, peanut butter coated candies, nuts, fishy crackers, and popcorn in my mix this year.  Great color, good texture and great taste!  

 

Make sure the treat boxes are not that big so that they will save room for dinner!  It’s hard to resist the mix! Be warned, the adults might be sneaking some from the table also! 

BONUS TIP:  You can use these on the “kids table” for place settings. Here I used a cute paper pendant flag and wrote my daughter’s name on it. 

What traditions do you have at Thanksgiving?  I would love to hear about them! 

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Guest Contributor: Melissa Newell 

Melissa Newell has been planning and executing parties for over 20 years - parties have always been a passion of hers.

 Melissa’s motto is Go Big or Go Home! She celebrates with her children every chance they get - making each day a celebration of Life!

Creativity on a budget and the attention to the smallest of details is what she is known for.

You can follow Melissa: website

 

 

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FREEBIE :: Fall Gift Tags & Fall Bouquet

Fall is definitely in the air today! I live in Ohio & we FINALLY got a break from the 95+ degree weather AND the humidity & I couldn't be happier!! It's only about 70 degrees right now - which is perfect weather for me . . .jeans, my fave t-shirt and of course flip flops! lol Yup . . keepin it real with the BONUS "what she's wearing today" plug. ;)

Anyways, a couple of weeks ago I shared these fall gift tags with you as your monthly FREEBIE from me & hope you have had the chance to print & use them. If not, I have a super quick & easy IDEA for you!

This cute little fall bouquet is so simple to make & so much in fact, that my daughter did this one as she wanted to take some flowers into her new teacher.

We started with a tiny silver bucket/pail from the Dollar Spot at Target, some washi tape, floral foam, tissue paper, the printed gift tags and a bouquet of flowers.

First she put a piece of washi tape around the entire pail. Taped a gift tag to the front of the pail like this.

Then we inserted some floral foam, added some water & put the flowers in one by one, arranging them nicely as we went. She added some orange tissue paper to hide the green floral foam & tied the gift tag, with her note around it. Done!

Who wouldn't LOVE this sweet little bouquet? She said her teacher still has it sitting on her desk at school - so sweet! ;)

Have you used these tags for anything yet? Has this given you any ideas? I would certainly LOVE to know. Just leave me a comment below telling me what you may be using them for . . .thanks!

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FREEBIE :: Thanksgiving Subway Art

Happy November . . . a.k.a. "THE start of the holiday season"! (oh my)

I for one, am super excited about the holidays as I re-do by entire house's decor for it & you know me - I will definitely share photos with you!

Since you will be taking your Halloween Subway Art down soon . . .I couldn't let the day go by without providing you with a brand spankin NEW one for this month! These ALWAYS look fantastic in a white frame (or any color) & sitting on a mantle or table. Also could be great used as an accent piece at your Thanksgiving table this year!

As always, feel free to share & show me what you did with it! 

This print is sized for an 8 x 10 frame but could easily be enlarged to fit an 11 x 14 or whatever size you needed. Print it out at home or take it to a printer for a larger size.

Just download your 

FREE Thanksgiving Chevron Subway Art here 

& ENJOY! 
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I would LOVE for you to share this with your friends as well - everyone is welcome to this FREEBIE!

Have a FABULOUS day my friends & happy decorating!

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