Fall Decorating with a Glass Block

I've had this glass block kicking around my craft room for a while now waiting to come up with the right project - bought it just because I liked it! Working on Ronda's seasonal display table I decided to make a little sort-of diorama scene using some basic materials. First I found a free Thanksgiving word template online and printed it on cream cardstock. Trim to fit and then put in at the back of the block. Then add some pinecones, paper leaves, feathers, whatever you want. I dangled 2 paper leaves by thread (attached to the top with a glue dot) then covered where it hung over with a burlap ribbon bow. This will now be super easy to change for her table with the seasons - I'm thinking a snowman figurine and fake snow for December.

I found this at the craft store on sale, they have different sizes and stands for it too.

  A look down inside...

Curvy Keepsake Box Turkey

Last week I made a little scarecrow out of a Stampin' Ups curvy keepsake box die cut thing, now I made a super cute (well, I think it's super cute anyway!) turkey. These boxes are only a couple-three inches big so I made it much bigger by adding a tail using scraps of Ronda's fall themed papers and some corn husks. His little face is just a piece of orange cardstock beak with a scrap of red felt underneath, and 2 googly eyes glued on top of 2 light brown circles. Put a piece of burlap ribbon thru the handle and he's done. You could make this without the box if you want, he could be more one-dimensional by making the body from a flat piece of brown cardstock and either hang him up or lay him on your table - one on each place setting would be adorable for Thanksgiving.

Turkey Napkin Folding

Last minute idea for setting your Thanksgiving table. For our Thanksmas dinner I folded some napkins into turkey shapes - I just googled how to do it and found easy to follow instructions from Chinet.

I can't figure out how to post the actual instructions here, if you click above on Chinet it will you take you the written instructions with diagrams, and a video.

Each one took 2 dinner size paper napkins and were very easy to do, doesn't take long at all - super cute addition to your table!

file:///Users/jmpasant/Downloads/Turkey_Napkin_Fold_Diagram1.pdf

Thanksgiving Tree

Made this Thanksgiving tree as part of our Thanksmas decorations, saw the idea in a magazine but as usual I can't remember where..

I found a piece of wood in the yard that the tree trimmers must have missed and drilled a small hole in it to fit a branch that I collected on one of our dog walks. Cut some leaf shapes out of  plain and patterned scrapbook paper, wrote a few things that I'm thankful for on the plain ones. Hot glue the leaves to the branch and it's a Thanksgiving tree!

This is how I organize my scrapbook paper - works good for me. In a hanging file holder I have all the paper in different sections (cardstock, 12x12, patterned, smaller sized paper...) and in an expandable folder I keep scraps of paper - I find that I need a small piece of paper for lots of projects so I keep the leftover scraps to use so I don't have to waste a whole sheet when I just need a little. Then I have the paper standing on a shelf in my craft closet along with other types of paper organized in a standing file holder.