Fall-ing Into Place

I got really excited when a friend of mine asked me today to help her plan for a fall-themed party at our church. That means leaves, nature, burlap, and pretty colors! :D

The first two photos are of a decoration I want to hang a few strands of from the doorways. I found a wooden leaf at Michael's and used that to trace and cut out the shapes for the leaves on cardstock sheets with the color palette I picked. Then I just punched a small hole at the end of each "stem" and tied a knot so they wouldn't all fall into each other. This might even work with a tree branch hanging above them...if there's a way to get it to stay up there!

Next is a bouquet I picked out as a centerpiece. Michael's is having a 60% off sale for these flowers this week, so they came out to a great price!

The next picture is the container for my edible contribution...I'm going to make some kind of a smoothie or milk shake or something like that and put them in these cute jars! I thought the tag was a good idea so people can write their names and they won't get mixed up!

The next few pictures are of the candle jars I picked out—I really liked the texture on the glasses. I also thought this would be another good idea for a bouquet, which is even cheaper and includes the exact colors from the leaves. It's the same technique I used for the one on my dresser. Basically you just pick out some fallen branches, cut out some circles and string them on.

I also wanted to include a photo of these really cute pumpkin baskets I found. These were also on sale (yay sales!) at Michael's so I bought these for my own fall decorations. I love that they're made of such rustic elements like burlap, branches, and wicker.

For the tablecloths, I'm thinking a brown checkerboard with a burlap table runner. But we will see about that. I'll post more as I go along!