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DIY Show Off Fall Festival #5 (Fall Mantel Inspiration)

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HAPPY FALL! It’s official!  I’m celebrating by heading to the Country Living Magazine Fair in Columbus tomorrow morning!  If you’re going, be sure to check out the DIY Club at the Gorilla Glue booth!  Woohoo!  I’d love to meet you and you’ll see our projects featured there!  So exciting!
I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
I went through the previous Fall Festivals to feature Fall Mantels this week.  Our tv is over the mantel in our living room so decorating is tough but here is what I did last year (remember when my walls were red?!).  Maybe next week I’ll decorate with the new wall color – can’t wait!  Last year:






Mantel shelves last year:

Looking for fall mantel inspiration? Check out these ideas.  Please click the link to be directed to the original post.

This is great inspiration for when your tv takes up most of the mantel space. Simple. Beautiful.
If you don’t have a mantel – create a similar look with a decorative shelf or existing nook/niche/ledge.

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Use a mix of existing fall decor to create a beautiful display.
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Who’s says you need a fireplace? Love this!
Now this is my kinda mantel! I could look at this for hours.  She did a beautiful job!
I love her word art!

So warm and inviting!

My favorite mantel maestro has always been Sarah from Pewter & Sage.
Beautiful!

More fall mantels linked in the party below!


Show off your Fall projects!

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DIY Show Off Fall Festival

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Great links of autumn inspiration last week!  Thanks for linking up and sharing your DIY fall projects.  I could just feel the warmth, smell the mulled cider and taste the fall treats!  DIY wreaths seems like a favorite fall project, so I went through the parties and grabbed the photos and links.

Raggedy Wreath shown left is by Thrifty, Nifty & Wise.

Here’s my DIY fabric wreath tutorial from last week if you missed it:

This week…using “S” hooks, I added a grapevine wreath and some leaves to the pendant light in the dining room:

Dollar Store Fall Wreath at House of Hepworths:

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Magnolia Wreath at Centsational Girl:

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 $5 Wreath in 5 Minutes at The Penny Parlor:

Pretty Yarn Wreath at Ready.Set.Plan:

Monogram Wreath at Petit Design Co. blog:

Champagne & Chocolate Wreath at The Answer is Chocolate:

Another Monogram Wreath at Pinkapotamus:

$5 DIY Wreath at Decor Roomies:

Twine Wreath at Beauty4Ashes:


Book Page Leaf Wreath at Mad in Crafts:

Fall Wreath DIY
tutorial at Cozy.Cottage.Cute.:


Frugal Fall Wreath at Frugal Mom x 3:

It’s Fall Ya’ll at Beautiful Misadventures:

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DIY Grapevine wreath at A Glimpse Inside:

DIY Fall Wreath at Fishin With the Trouts:

Do you have a DIY Fall Project to share?  
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DIY Fall Festival and Easy DIY Fabric Wreath

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Do you make your own wreath?  Looking for an easy tutorial?  This one is perfect.  Inexpensive, easy and DIY.  Easily customize it for any occasion but by using fall colors…I’m reminded of a pile of raked leaves.  Perfect for fall!

I made this from a straw wreath and fabric.

It’s a wreath…

or a centerpiece…

or a candle/lantern ring…

I love how it turned out.  It reminds me of a pile of raked leaves!  I love that there are so many different options.  This one is perfect for Fall but use different fabric to make one for Halloween or holiday fabric for winter or Christmas or Spring or to match decor. You could even match your clothes if you were so inclined.  I can’t wait to make another one! In fact, I’m working on another with different fabric and I’ll post pictures when it’s done (using my rotary cutter so it’ll be quicker and even easier).
Here are the instructions for making a larger wreath.  You choose the theme or design!
Materials:  1 yard of fabric, one 14 inch straw wreath (leave the plastic wrapper on)
Tools:  Scissors (or pinking shears), screwdriver

Optional:  Embellishments, hot glue, wire cutter, Gorilla Glue
Instructions:
1. Fold fabric and cut into squares.  Mine are 3×3 inch but you can go bigger and they don’t have to be perfect.  No one will know! (I chose a fabric looked pretty on the back too but it’s not necessary.)  This is the hardest part because cutting up a yard of folded fabric hurts!  But a rotary cutter would make it a lot easier.

2.  Holding a fabric square in one hand and a screw driver in the other, place the screw driver into the center of the fabric square. (It’s hard to get a picture because it takes both hands but hopefully this helps.)  ***Note:  Burlap is a little trickier. It helps to use the screwdriver to make a pilot hole, then fold the burlap into a square.  Dab Gorilla Glue into the hole and then using the screwdriver, push the end of the square that is all fabric (hold the fabric like a diamond, it’s the bottom part that is all fold) into the hole and twist.
3.  Poke into the straw wreath (with plastic wrap still on) and give it a little twist.  That’s it!
To keep things very secure, you can use a dab of Gorilla Glue before pushing fabric into place. It will expand inside the hole and adhere to the fabric and straw. This will keep the fabric from falling out, especially if the wreath hangs in a high traffic area such as a door.

4.  Repeat until the wreath is covered.  Place about an inch apart, filling in randomly or from outside in, whatever works best for you.  When done, go back over and fill in any ‘holes’.
5. Embellish with leaves, pinecones, a bird, etc. (or other decorative items depending on the season/holiday or look you’re going for).  I use wire cutters to cut the wire stems shorter or to cut off smaller silk flowers/etc. to embellish.  Creating a pilot hole using the screwdriver helps or attach using hot glue.  I also slid a twist-tie in the back/top underneath the fishing line looking string that keeps the straw wreath its shape to hang it. 

That’s it! Super easy.  Inexpensive.

So easy, I made a second decorative one from burlap and a smaller straw wreath.  Tutorial using burlap here.
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***Sharing my fall wreath tutorial at Centsational Girl.  🙂

Do you have a DIY Fall Project to share?  
Show it off!
Rules:
  • Create a blog post about an Autumn/Fall project that you’ve done
  • Add your project title to Mcklinky (example: House # Pumpkins)
  • Type in the permalink address, not your basic blog address. A permalink is the address that links directly to your specific post. (example: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/house-number-pumpkins)
  • Please use the DIY button or link to this post to share the party with your readers.
  • Although a tutorial is helpful, it’s not required. Anything DIY – autumn related is permitted.
  • Please follow all steps above or your link will be deleted.  If you notice that you’re link disappeared, please make the correction according to the rules above and re-link!
  • Enjoy and be inspired!


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