A Scarecrow!

This one is going to be a super short post! I was looking through some pictures and came across this scarecrow. He was made in those days before this blog existed. There are no photos to help you out, but he was pretty simple.

 

His head is made from two "head shapes" cut from fabric and sewn together, but not all the way, because...

you need a hole for the stuffing.

His eyes are made from buttons.

His nose is a piece of scrap fabric

His mouth is drawn on with a marker.

His hat and hat accessories came from the dollar store.

 

You can't see it, but he is on a stick.

There is a stick going into his head and another stick nailed or screwed to it.

His "straw arms" are made from raffia and tied to the stick.

The chest "straw" is made the same way.

His scarf is made from scrap and his flannel is one Jim no longer wore.

Really, the hardest part about him is deciding where to put him.

He hasn't yet found a home this year. He is sitting at the top of the attic stairs waiting to go outside.

That translates into, he's waiting for me to make up my mind!!!!

ha ha ha, hey it is true!

Once he finds his place this year, I will share him again.

Perhaps my next post, I will link back to other Fall posts.

In the meantime, let me know what you think of my not so scary scare crow.

Do you have a scarecrow?

OH!!!!!!

Get ready for a giveaway.

Better late than never right???? 

Going to have a belated blogiversary giveaway!

Stay tuned!

Hugs

Jen

P.S. I chuckled when I looked at these pictures. There is a big whiskey barrel sitting on the porch these days. It looks a little different.

linking up at
The ArtsyGirl Connection for the Fall Crawl
Someday Crafts Whatever Goes Wednesday

Welcome Fall! Part 2

Hello Blogger Friends! I have found the dining room!!! I sure hope I am not the only one that makes such a message when redecorating the house. The bathroom needs some finishing touches, or maybe it has the finishing touches and needs the big stuff, either way it isn't finished, but the couple pieces left to go in there don't make too much of a mess! I have my ladder in the living room left to decorate and then I think that is it. Then it will be time to take the totes back upstairs until October when it will be time to do it all over again for Halloween.

Remember the drawers? The free ones? Here is how one of them got put to use!

There use to be a couple crates on this dresser.  The cycle begins.  They were displaced to make room for the drawer.  The crates now sit here!

 YEP! I was serious, I had the big ladder out!!!! I am way too short to reach on top of those cupboards!

On to the dining room. This is my favorite time of year for our dining room. The colors of fall go perfectly with the light!

 Yep! That is a victrola in the corner! Between both our families we have been given some pretty cool treasures that have been around for quite some time and have pretty neat stories to go along with them!

 I must confess that for some reason I was amazed by myself with how this turned out!

Patches wanted to be in another picture so he made his way into the dining room!

This is how we are welcoming fall! It has been too many days since I've played with paper so maybe the next post will have a paper creation.

As always, Thanks for stopping  by. Let us know you were here. Have a good week!!
~Jim and Jen

Welcome Fall!

 Hey Everyone! I thought it was time to get the sunflower stuff out. Well, some things just didn't look right and I didn't have solutions for others. So, one thing led to another and all the "fall totes" came downstairs. The mantel is done! I wish I could say the same for the rest of the house, but it is a process for me. I don't mind too much that it takes a couple days to get it all done. Those couple days are the couple days a month you hope your Mom doesn't stop by because the house is trashed a creative mess. Still working out the details for what will go IN the fireplace, but the mantel is now welcoming fall. I am pretty pleased with it. I will share pictures of the progress in other parts of the house as it happens.

Here's the 'blank canvas!' WOW! It looks so weird this way!

 I asked Jim to build me a couple cubes. Before he could get them all built I changed what I wanted them for. Production is stopped at one for now, but I'm pretty sure we'll be getting some more of these cubes, boxes, crates, whatever you want to call them, in the future.  The best part? FREE!! Made from pallet wood!

 I'm calling this side the top. Pretty cute huh? Maybe I'm just weird in what I find cute.

Check out this bear!!!! Isn't he sweet? My friend Geri over at Sister #5 Designs picked this guy up for my birthday! She got him at a yard sale. Yard sales are perfect for treasure hunting. I love him! He's made out of someone's old quilt. How sweet! I hope Patches can be a boy's name because I think that is what I am going to call him.  Thanks so much Geri! He's perfect!!!!

 Here's the end result! Isn't the scarecrow cute sitting on that box? Kinda like a hay bale??? I'm going with it!


The star on a stick in the middle of the mantel and the crow on a stick to the right of the mirror are both things Jim made. Both were made out of things already in the shop! I'm pretty sure more stars and crows will be popping up around the house!!!



The whole picture! I'm quite happy with it!!! 

 A different angle. The barrel is something I purchased from Geri at the consignment shop where she has a space! Until yesterday, this was is in the dining room. I love being able to change our look just by moving pieces around. A new look doesn't require shopping, just shuffle things around. I do it often and love how just a couple changes can change the look of the piece and of the room.
The wheel is a family heirloom and the rocking chair was given to me by Mom!


A couple more pics!

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave a comment and let me know you were here. Follow the different links above and give Geri a shout out too! Happy Fall Ya'll!!!!!  ~Jen

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