Fall Flower and Plant Show

The Fall Plant and Flower Show at the State Farmer's Market in Columbia, SC was full of autumn goodness.

Loaded with pumpkins and chrysanthemums.

Plenty of decor to decorate the outside of the home for the season.

 

 

 

There was also a variety of garden decor.

 These pieces move beautifully in the gentle wind.

Some pieces were more whimsical.

 

Since we are in the market for a bench to go in our butterfly garden, these textured pretties caught our attention.

As always, the prices are amazing here.

I hope you enjoyed this look at the autumn offerings at the State Farmer's Market.

Thank you for stopping by! ~Val

Autumn Around The Yard

We still have plenty of flowers to enjoy in the Fall here like hydrangea.

A sedum that has become quite vibrant with color!

One of our clearance buys, echinacea, is still budding. I love the look of its buds before flowering.

Another $4 clearance purchase was lobelia (aka Fan Scarlet). This was supposed to be all red but much to our surprise after we planted it we are seeing pink on the same plant!

Its flowers can be a little messy looking but when they are perfect, they remind me of an orchid.

Our azaleas are ancient shrubs with flowers hanging on. I have given them a little TLC cleaning them up and will prune them some in the spring in hopes of making them flower well!

Here is one of the hostas we moved to the back from the front of the house. Its leaves were cut before moving and this is all new growth. It looks like complete success in giving them a happier home!

I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse of our fall pretties! Thank you for stopping by. ~Val

A Dollar Store Wreath

A $5 wreath! 

The foam wreath form I had which was a yarn wreath. After removing the yarn I spray painted it brown so no white would peek through. This was the same paint I used to paint the twigs in our entry way.

The $5 was spent on the flowers and leaves.

First I glued the mesh leaves to the form for coverage and loosely wrapped some natural rope around it for added interested and extra security.

With the flowers and other leaves I trimmed them so they could simply stick into the foam.

These were rotated around the wreath.

I felt there was too much open space left so I used the green leaves from the flower stems to fill in those spaces. Then I trimmed off any strange plastic stems sticking out!

Perfect!

Done! Much cheaper than the $20 - $30 ones I see for sale in the stores. It only took about 30 minutes total to complete.

I hope you enjoyed this Fall craft! Thank you for stopping by. ~Val

Autumn Images

On a gorgeous day this past week I took a stroll around the yard.

I never realized how neat these tall (taller than me) decorative grasses are!

We had 2 lonely sunflowers this year.

Here is what's left of the Boston ivy.

A azalea with its Fall color.

Vines on the wall.

One of my favorite subjects is the hosta leaves against the weathered wood.

 

Thank you for stopping by! ~Val

Autumn Around the Yard

Just sharing some Fall photos at home.

 

Coneflower Remains

Hostas on their way out

weeping cherry tree

wall of ivy

butterfly bush still hanging on

acorns that cover our driveway

dogwood foliage

ivy on the weeping cherry

the garage where we clearly don't park our cars!

I hope you enjoyed our Fall foliage! Thank you for stopping by. ~Val

Happy Fall

New Ear Wires

More new earring wires! These have a 22kt gold plating over sterling silver. They have a beautiful matte finish with a color close to 14kt gold. Available in my Etsy findings shop.

Blog Feature
A special thanks to bloggy friend Libby of Artistic Expressions by Elisabeth for doing this sweet blog feature on my business!

Libby is super creative in so many ways. She is also an amazing photographer! Check out her blog and youtube channel for how to's and more!

Autumn
Happy Fall to everyone! This is the 1 season I will miss when we eventually relocate to Florida.

I'm enjoying a dogwood out of the office window that is full of red leaves and berries.

There is also an evergreen shrub there too with red berries!

Bargain goodies
I got myself a much needed new shredder a couple of weeks ago! It kicks butt!

I almost bought one the same brand on the Home Shopping Network. I've never purchased anything through them before but stumbled on it while channel surfing. I was so tempted but found one just like it for the same price in a local store! I haven't tried putting a CD through yet but it eats credit cards quite nicely.

I found a Columbia fleece for $20! It will likely be worn around the house in the cold months since it is much warmer than a sweatshirt.

Ok, so it is boys size large and has a label inside for me to put my name in case I lose it on the playground. Hehe!

Then there are my cozy warm slippers for only $10!!! I've been enjoying these. I was going to look for booty style for extra warmth but could not resist the price and cushiness of these.

I also tried these vermicelli rice noodles. This was a new kitchen thing for me! They have 0 nutritional value but I love them anyway!

On the package it says they can be fried to make the crunchy noodles which I have only had in restaurants before. I will be attempting to cook them that way next time!

Ok, enough babbling. I hope you are all enjoying the season change if you are experiencing one!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week! ~Val