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This was a very quick craft with minimal supplies needed to create these four big rustic wood block pumpkins. I used left over lumber. These were just end cut offs from a long 6x6x12's.  The wood block pieces vary is lengths from 15" to 17".  I used Apple Barrel pumpkin orange paint, paint brush, glue gun and sticks from the woods for the stems.  Using my chop saw, I cut the sticks to different lengths. My favorite stem is the crooked one. I only put one coat of paint on the wood, because I liked the wood grain showing thru....

This fall avante-garde wreath style was a custom order that was inspired by a Pinterest post.  My customer asked if I could make this for her, but it needed to be  4.5" thick or less so it would fit between a storm door and a wood door. This was achieved first by keeping the greenery, bow and all by embellishments low on the wreath.  Second was cutting this beautiful pumpkin in half.  Yes, I did!!  I cut slits in the pumpkin skin in the back, peeled it open, removed half of the styrofoam and replaced the skin back down to give...

These four pumpkins are made out of left over 2x8’s and 2x12’s lumber. I made these last year. The heights of the pumpkins varied from 1 foot up to 2 1/2 feet. I selected complimentary colors to harmonize them all together, but make them all distinguishably different.  I really like the turquoise color pumpkin...adds a little pop! The plaid was painted using all three colors. I used decorative chocolate brown screws to put them together. The leaves on the tallest pumpkin are Dollar Tree fall paper leaves decoupaged on. For the pumpkins stems, I used sticks from my woods and...

Just a quick and simple star from left over materials.  First, a walk down the path in my woods for fresh air and sticks, than a little bit of hot glue, twine, white chalk paint, greenery, berries, burlap and yarn.....and there you go a cute rustic Christmas star.  This would be fun for kids.  Nice outing gathering sticks and then sipping cocoa while you all create these together.  I took this with me to one of my craft events to decorate my booth and someone ask to buy it.........well of course I sold it !!

These are some paintings I just finished working on.  The three 11x11 are for my office and the BIG magnolia is a gift for someone. My husband is holding the BIG canvas so I can show what the frame looks like.  These are painted on stretch canvas with water base acrylics paint.  It had been a while since I had did any canvas painting so I thought I'd "brush up" on my skills.  These turned out really pretty. I just love them!!