Wait. Did you say halloween is almost here?

My husband took the initiative to pull down the fall bins from the attic in hopes of jolting my out of my stupor.

Since Mom died last month, I haven't had a spit of creativity or motivation to fallify the house. 

Instead, I've watched with dread as the leaves turned and prepare to fall, knowing I'm facing the first holiday season without the person who taught me to embrace the those seasons with awesome, unique touches.

It just seemed like a waste of the little energy I have.

Then I got a surprise visit from my favorite little person, and decided to just get to it, because my family appreciates those decorative signposts of the coming holidays....and as I did, I found some of my creative muse returning.

(Robyn Rose just turned 6 months!)

Here's the results, readers.

Ready for Halloween and easy to switch out the scary-specific for rotund punkins and turkeys come November 1st.

 Get yerself ready for all-angle shots of my family room....

Lighted branches make me happy.  

Added browns to my kitchen hutch.

Little crafty thing I made last year.

 Twine wrapped votives left over from last my daughter's rustic chic wedding.

Gotta have birds, dontchaknow.

Please excuse the mess on my dining room table...too lazy to re-edit.

Shelf above the Black Beast.

Cozy-ness.

What one sees when walking in from the hallway.  

 What one sees from the dining room.

And a bit of fallishness in the entry hall.

So I finally got my fall on.  Er, I got the house's fall on.  Whatev.

Mom would be proud :)

See past fallishness here, here, here, HERE, HERE,  HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Wanted to say thank you all so much for your kind words after my Mom's passing.

I wish I could respond to everyone as so many shared their own pain in losing a beautiful person in their lives.

Please know I was deeply touched and received much cyber love and support thru your words.

31 Days: Day 4 Fall Hallway Tweaks

Today's post will also be linked up with Centsational Girl's Fall Craft Party.
(Also to Donna's Funky Junk Interiors Pennant Party)
That's why there's so many pictures.  

In case you're wondering.

And I also linked up at the Vintage Farmhouse's Halloween Linky & Giveaway (Love this Button!)

And finally, the lovely Sarah of Modern Country Style is hosting a Fall In Love linky!

Ok, so here's how it looked last week:

Wait....maybe I should show you what it looked like before we moved in.....

Dandy Do-Over:

 See?  I made a wee bunting for that salvaged thingy up on the shelf.

Just used scrapbook paper, twine, glue and stick on fuzzy letters.

Here you can see the blurry version.

And I added a big twig wreath, hung with wide jute ribbon from Michaels.

See Fallishness Pt 1 HERE (Mantel)

See Fallishness Pt 2 HERE (Here There and Everywhere)

See Fallishness Pt 3 HERE (Dining Nook)

See Fallishness Pt 4 HERE (Front Door)

4 down.  27 to go.

Fallishness 2011: Pt. 4 The Front Door

PSSSST...I'm no longer blogging here!

You can now find me at

www.acottagegirl.com

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Dang, I sure got my autumn decorating mojo on.
Two posts in one day!

Today I did some tweaking, and did up a door thang.  

Don't quite know what to call it.

I usually have a metal shabby basket full of fake folliage of some sort, 

so I thought of doing a wreath instead.

But then whilst wandering thru the piles of junk interesting pieces I've accumulated in my garage,

I found the other half of this:

Remember what I did with the first half?

So I took the other half and sprayed it white, sanded a bit, and glazed with a bit of walnut stain. 

Then I gathered the usual suspects....

I used a Q-tip to stain the wooden letters, then glue-gunned them on. 

Nothing like a glue gun to make ya feel like you've been truly crafty.  

Then did the "drape the silk and plastic branches over the top rung" game and frouffed.

Metal letter came from Restoration Hardware Christmas clearance a couple years ago.

Used to have a pale aqua cast, but now it's just kinda goldish-silver.  

Or silverish-gold.

Whatev.

Obligatory shot behind storm door:

Obligatory warmified shot from inside the house.

And the obligatory artsy-sepia:

If you're newish to ::cottage instincts::, here's where you can see: 

Fallishness Pt 1 (Mantel)

 Pt 2 (Here & There)

Pt. 3 (Dining Nook)

And here's where I'm a linkin' as well as my usual haunts: