National Maple Syrup day !

Welcome to class this Tuesday ! And it’s all about Maple syrup today … Bell Ringer?

How long before a maple tree produces syrup?forty yearsI

 for a maple tree to grow before it is big enough to tap. On a good growing site, and if treated well, a maple tree can be tapped indefinitely.https://vermontmaple.org/how-maple-syrup-is-made

Almost all of the maple syrup in the US is made in…

Fall Leaf Garland Supplies

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Jute twine

Faux fall leaves

Hot glue gun

Tiny clear Command hooks

Fall Leaf Garland Tutorial

Measure your length of twine based on the size of your mantel and how much you want the garland to drape.

Create a clean look from every angle by gluing the leaves together on both sides of the twine (create a “sandwich”).

Continue to glue the leaves to each other and the twine to create the fullness you desire.

Attach the hooks to your mantel.

Tie a loop at the each end of the twine, and attach the twine to the hooks.

Easy Way to Hang Garland

These extra-small Command hooks are perfect to attach garland to your mantel. I personally prefer to mount them to the underside of the mantel if possible simply because it’s a cleaner look, but it’s also fine to attach them to the top of the mantel.

The bright fall leaf garland adds so much color to the mantel! I still use it every year, and it’s held up quite well.

Another super simple decorating trick: Wrap plain vases or glass hurricanes in ribbon for a festive touch. The hurricanes in the photo below are wrapped in one layer of brown satin ribbon and topped with gold jute ribbon for additional texture. A small dot of glue or piece of double-sided tape is enough to hold them together. Simply slide them off at the end of the season, and swap with another fabric or ribbon combination.

Thanks to the drought, this year is different. Half of my favorite tree’s leaves dropped to the ground before they reached their peak color, and unfortunately it looks like New England’s classic fall foliage won’t be as brilliant this year.

Faux leaves certainly can’t replace the beauty of natural leaves, but at least we can use them year after year to add rich fall color to our homes.

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Enjoy these other fall ideas!

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Fall Leaf Monogram

Fall Decorating Ideas from Blogger Home Tours

Free Fall Printables

I made a trip to Dollar General to pick up the following items:

2 packages of Faux Leaves ($1 each)

Package of round party balloons ($1)

Project Total: $6.00

Tools: (items I already have on hand)

Mod Podge

Foam Craft Paint Brush

Blow Dryer

Tea Lights

Tongue Depressor

I blew up the balloons in 2 different sizes, a large one and a medium sized one and used a flower pot to hold the balloons in place.

I then applied the mod Podge to both the balloon and the leaves and layered them. Be sure to coat the leaves well when layering so that they hold together. I was having an issue with the leaves sticking together so I paused and used a blow dryer on the cool setting to speed up the drying process before adding more leaves. As your pasting the leaves, it best to use a tongue depressor to hold them in place as your drying them.

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I allowed the mod Podge to dry overnight. Once it has dried, release the air from the balloons and carefully peel away from the leaves.

Voilà… you’re done.

Here’s my FAUX LEAF ART BOWL!

What a beautifully crafted piece of fall decor!!

I’m obsessed with candles (as if you didn’t know), so I placed a small votive holder with a battery operated tea light inside of both of them to make them illuminaries.

   Happy Fall Y’all!!!

Bostik Blogger Autumn Craft.

Autumn has tumbled upon us in a rush and far from mellow mists and fruitfulness, it has mostly brought bugs and snuffles and a general sense of “gaaaaaaah, bring back summer!”

This did mean that I had the company of various of my children for the last two weeks which has many positives and some negatives in the form of getting work done. Or blogging. And my house looks awful. This may or may not…

DIY : Mr Leaf Man : Autumn Craft

Add another member to your family this weekend – Mr Leaf Man (yes he does need a partner).  This is leaf collecting, just as it says on the tin, not for the feint hearted I might add, leaves are very heavy, intellectually challenging, and require adults not to be hungover at all if this activity is to be taken seriously.

If you’re feeling clever, you could pop some googly eyes and stick glue in…