fall decorations | The Mace Place

I seriously just typed y’all, I don’t even say that word. Florida may be rubbing off on me afterall. Anyway, Halloween is over and it’s time to plan for the next holiday aka Thanksgiving. Can’t wait to stuff my face and hang with family, but in the meantime I figured I would throw some fall decorations up to get us pumped up for the upcoming festivities! First off I packed up all of the Halloween decorations, except a few pumpkins that will stay to help celebrate Thanksgiving. Once I had everything packed away I headed out to the store to get some supplies for some decorations I was thinking about putting together. I stopped at JoAnne Fabrics and Hobby Lobby and came home with this…

Yup, got a butt load of stuff. Everything was on sale though, I’m not that crazy, I spent about $25 for everything here. I got the branchy thing with yellow looking berries from Hobby Lobby for $3 and it ended up here…

To be honest this may hang out here year round. I am really diggin the way that it helps fills out this little nook area. Here’s a view from the other side…

I heart it. I wasn’t finished there, oh no. I still had a couple other quick crafty projects up my sleeve, oh yes.

I previously had this glass cylinder from Justin’s work Christmas party, believe it or not. They always have nice little centerpieces and they let every couple take one home each year. This guy was filled with pine cones and ornaments last year. I have seen them at craft stores for around $5 though if you’re interested in picking one up. I also grabbed a cylinder candle from Target, that was on clearance for $4.

Lastly, I picked up some beans. Yes, beans.

Navy beans in particular, never heard of them. I just liked them because they were white. You can probably see where I am going with this idea now…

I poured some of the beans in the glass cylinder and then plopped the candle right on top. I shimmied it around until it was level and centered then poured in the remaining beans.

I really wanted to try to stick with a white/tan theme for Thanksgiving this year, so I went with the white navy beans. You could also use split peas or kidney beans or even acorns. Anything your heart desires I guess! Here is where this one ended up…

On the TV console. I had one last project in mind, here are my supplies…

See the wheat looking stuff? I picked that up at Hobby Lobby for $3 also, the ribbon and mason jars I already owned. I started by splitting up the wheat bunch into smaller pieces. The bunch was held together by wire, so I had to use our wire cutters to do so.

I was left with this…

All of those little extended pieces are wire, I tossed this guy right in the trash. Next I plopped a few of the bunches into a clear mason jar.

I thought this was looking pretty good, but I didn’t care for the way the bottom of the bunches looked unfinished in the clear jar. I then grabbed a bag of white rice we had in our pantry and just poured some right into the jar…

Much better!

I also added a burlap bow on each…

Fancy, huh? These two went to live on the mantle…

I also put a couple creamish colored frames and a few votive candles up there as well. This project cost me $3 total because I had everything on hand except the wheat bunch. If you had to purchase everything to replicate these I would say it would run you about $10. Not bad for a quick decoration project.