Fall Kitchen Takeover on a Budget Part 2.

So, as I said in the original post, I am taking over my kitchen to be very fall themed. It has been quite the busy week for me, so I haven't gotten to catch up on the last few projects I had left to do.

Thankful Tree

This was one of the projects that required my entire house and all of our guests to participate in. Luckily for me, they were actually willing to participate in this one. Each person drew a hand and wrote things that they were thankful for on them. There was a pretty good variety.

Our tree is to the right. We used a variety of colors for the hands that
allowed people to express their personalities. We even had someone use a
glove to express what they were thankful for. 

Glitter Leaf Garland

This project I had seen on Pinterest and gotten the inspiration from this post from 6th Street Design School. I changed things up a bit and here is the process that I went through.

The things that I used for this project were:

- Artificial Leaves (Found a bag of 50 at the dollar store!)

- Various fall colors of glitter (I found some on sale at Michael's and paid $2 for a large variety of colors)

- Elmer's Glue Stick

- Jute String

- Single Hole Punch

- Clear Spray Paint

To start, I used the cardboard backing from the pack of glitter I had and laid a few leaves down on it. Then I went to town with the glue stick and completely covered it. Using a variety of glitter textures and fall colors, I covered the leaves using my finger to help spread the glitter while conserving it at the same time. I covered about 30 leaves. 

Next, I gave the leaves time to dry. (Really, I needed to go buy the spray paint.) When they were covered, I laid them all out on a box and covered them with clear spray paint. This step is optional, but it keeps the glitter from falling off everywhere. Once they were sprayed I made sure they weren't stuck to the box, and then allowed them to dry. 

After they were dry, I went through and used a single hole-punch on each of them near the top. This allowed me to tie the string through it. I slid the leaves through (so the first leaf I put on would be the top) and tie a simple slip not in it. I made four strands with 5 leaves on it and four strands with 3 leaves on it. I used one of the strands of 5 as the top base and tied the other strands off of that. (I did this after hanging the first strand on the wall)
To hang my garland on the wall, on the top strand, I created a small loop at each of the ends and used small command hooks.

The finished product.

This was the perfect project to liven up some dead wall space and add a little sparkle to the kitchen/dining room!