Fall Decor and a Birthday Boy

I got all of my fall decorations up this week. Although I am a reluctant celebrator of Fall, I always like the way they look. 

I made this wreath by wiring garland on a wire wreath form. It was a real pain and I'm glad it's done. 

I originally planned on putting 5 pumpkins on it but they didn't look right for some reason, so I settled for one little pumpkin! It's a little plain looking but I like the colors against the blue door. The more I look at it though the more I think it needs a few more pumpkins so I'll probably add them at some point. 

Here's the rest of the decorations. 

A few people in our park are going crazy with Halloween decorations. I thought this was clever. 

One of those giant skeletons with 3 spiders on leashes. Too cute! The house across the street from us is really going bonkers! I'll get some pictures and show you next time! 

In other news, our Levi turns 5 years old today! His party was Saturday and we had a lot of fun! We got him a child's video camera and he loves it! 

So fun celebrating this sweet and sassy little boy! 

That's it for me for now. See you the next time and thanks for stopping by! 

Plant Update

You may remember back in July I posted that I have decided to try to grow some houseplants. I already had a snake plant and a Thanksgiving cactus that I've had for a long time. 

The snake plant was way overgrown with the roots coming up above the soil and the plant going every which way. 

I cut all the roots apart and replanted it and it looked much better. 

 Here it is today. 

I looked on Google to see why the leaves aren't growing straight up and most of the websites said it's getting uneven light. It's by a window so I have to keep turning the plant every few days. Hopefully it straightens out. I may have to stake it. It's doing well though because there is new growth coming in. I just have to be careful not to water it too much. 

The next plant is this polka dot plant. 

It was nice and healthy when I got it. 

Then it started to get these long stems growing and they were getting flowers on them. This seems to me to be a particularly fussy plant! Supposedly it gets these long stems when it's not getting enough light, but if I put it directly in the window (still indirect sunlight) it wilts within a day or so. I cut all of the long stems off and put it back on the plant stand. It needs a lot of watering though. 

Here it is today. 

Not as healthy as it was when I first got it but I'm working on it! 

Then there is this star plant. 

It hasn't changed much since I got it. I think I was overwatering it because the outside leaves seemed to be rotting on the bottom. I cut them off and cut back on my watering. Also I moved a lot of the stones out of the pot. 

Here it is now. 

Then there is this crispy wave fern. 

And here it is today. 

I don't know about this one. No matter how much I water or don't water, move it to different types of light it just doesn't seem to be doing anything. I'll keep trying but may just give up on this one! 

The one plant I was worried about not being able to grow was the African Violet. Here is what it looked like when I got it. 

And here is what it looks like now!  

It's doing the best of all the plants! It's the easiest to care for in my opinion. I just keep water in the tray underneath it and it takes what it needs! 

I took a cutting from an Eternity plant and a hunk of a peace lily from the plants at work so I'm going to try to see if they will grow. 

In other news. I finally got my hair cut back to pre-pandemic days. 

 It's a little more work than just pulling it back into a clip but I like it. 

That's it for me for now. See you the next time and thanks for stopping by! 

Fall Craft

 A very long time ago I made a bunch of these little pedestals by gluing a small plate to a glass candle stick. 

I gave most of them away but kept this one for myself. I used it for holding jewelry on my dresser or once I even put candy on it for some family get together. Anyway, I saw a cute craft idea on Pinterest and thought I would finally get this out of the storage box it's been sitting in and try to make something similar. 

I got this fabric pumpkin at W@lmart,

And these silk flowers at the dollar store.

Then I painted the dish black. 

Added a little brown because I thought the black was too harsh. 

I cut down the stems of all the silk flowers and leaves and arranged them all around a piece of green styrofoam. 

Then I glued it on top of the pedestal and the pumpkin of top of that.

And there you have it!  

I think it came out pretty good and will make a nice centerpiece for our table whenever I decide to give in and decorate for Fall!  

In other news, the boys started school yesterday. 

Their teachers took these pictures and sent them to Shauna. 

It's going to be a great school year for them! 

That's all for now. See you the next time and thanks for stopping by!