Fall Door Banner

Hi Everyone.  It’s almost the weekend.  Do you have any fun plans?

First, I have to tell you about this yummy dessert.  I have decided to buy something new each time I go grocery shopping because I feel like I have gotten stuck in a rut buying the same things over and over.  I’m even trying new recipes.  This week I purchased this item.  I love Creme Brulee and saw this, tried it out, and it’s delicious.  Pretty close to the real thing.  Give it a shot.  I’ll keep you posted of any new items or recipes I find to be yummy.

I was thinking about pulling out my fall decor and decided I was tired of the door wreath I have been putting up for the last several years.  So, I came up with something a little different for my door.

There are some beautiful round wreaths posted on Pinterest, but I wondered what other looks were out there.  This is what I found:

Beautiful Ideas!

If you’d like to know how I made my fall banner here are the steps:

I gathered my supplies.  I purchased some wood beads and spools at the craft store and painted them in some fun fall colors.  I already had the burlap, mesh, and wire.

I found some cute paper at the scrapbook store in the colors I was using and cut them into strips.   I then adhered pieces of the paper around the spools.

Then I strung the beads and spools randomly onto jute string.  I made two strings of them.

I love seeing all the colors together.  I would be happy with just this, but I kept going.

I painted some pennant plaques I found at “The Wood Connection” and then traced around the plaque onto my scrapbook paper.  I then Mod Podged the paper onto the plaque and added some chipboard letters painted brown.  I also antiqued around the edges of the paper with a brown stamp pad.

I made some burlap and mesh banners just for a background behind the beads.  I used a zig zag stitch and attached the pieces onto the jute.

I layered all the pieces together starting with the orange mesh banner and then put the burlap banner on top of that.  I then topped those off with the beads and tied all the jute pieces together.  I placed wire through the “FALL” plaque holes and attached them to the bottom row of beads.  For a fun touch I made tassels for each end by combining pieces of burlap and fabric together and cutting them into strips and wrapping jute around the top to hold them together.  I simply hot glued them to the ends.

To hang I used 3M Command Hooks on each side of the door.

That’s it.

I would love to see your Fall decor.  I want to do some new things inside my house, too, and need ideas.

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