Transitioning into Fall

 

Hello my friends,

It's hard to believe that Fall is not far off.  Especially when the temperature gauge is still reading in the 90's.

Still, there is a hint of fall in the brisk morning air.

 

Many of us have little thoughts of fall rattling around

 in our heads.  :)

 

Thanks to Amber from Follow the Yellow Brick Home a fun group of bloggers have come together to show you how we have began transitioning from summer into fall.

 



If you are coming over from visiting Carol at Art and Sand I know that you have already received lots of inspiration!

 



 I have alot of fall décor that I love pulling out each year.  However, it's still just a tad too early for me to bring out all of my pumpkins.

 

But it's not to early to start adding fall touches here and there.

 

I have a few floral tin trays that highlight the flowers of summer, but at the same time embrace the colors of fall.

 

I've placed them on our family room mantle and added a few of my favorite things.  I love this wooden shoe form.  I found it at our local thrift store.  I had never seen one with the addition of leather, and I love the number!  I have three cast iron basket door stops.  They are one of my favorite collections.  This one screamed fall to me.  I placed it on a stack of vintage books.

 

I found a package of wooden beads in my craft room, so I strung them on a strand of jute.

 

 

These two small trays were a thrift find as well.

 

 

 

 

I love sunflowers and have added them here and there throughout our home.  My friend, Amanda gifted me this giant head picked from her garden.  The framed barn artwork normally hangs in our basement.  I bought it a few years ago while vacationing in Idaho.  A local artist was selling his photography of  Idaho barns.  The golden grasses in the foreground

 reminded me of fall.

 

Our kitchen table is decorated in a watermelon theme for summer.  The addition of sunflowers adds a touch of fall.

The enamel coffee pot made in Belgium was a recent thrift find in Oregon.  I adore it's unique shape!

 

 

Who doesn't love a fall picnic?

 

I bought this cute watermelon toting girl off of Instagram last year.  I had to have her when I saw that her name was June.  That was my dear mothers name.  I think sunflowers that have lost their petals are still wonderful, don't you?

 

 

 

I love the warmth of tarnished silver for fall.  vintage glass door knobs, rag balls, old books, and another shoe form are a gathering of things that make me happy.  Sunflower heads are added to an old metal note holder I picked up at an estate sale.

 

There's nothing quite as eye catching as things that have accumulated rust over time.  An old metal crate, a splatter screen, and a belt buckle.  I corralled my small collection of brown bottles and one clear yellow capped one into the rusty metal crate.

 

I was digging through my boxes of fall looking for my faux sunflowers, (which I never did find) and ran across this small burlap pumpkin and berry garland.  They were gifted to me last year by a dear blog friend.  I pulled them out along with a few pieces of brown transferware.

 

Hubby and I took a ride up the canyon on Saturday.  I came home with some dried filler.  Now the vignette looks like this.  Not sure which I like best.  :)

 

 

This chippy red mailbox was another treasure I brought home from Oregon.  I found it at a consignment shop.  Pretty yellow sunflowers are from Trader Joes.  The bronze ones in the watering can are also from my friend Amanda's garden.  I've just started adding fall touches in the entry.

 

 

My living room mantle was decorated in a bee theme for summer.  I thought it would be fun to add a few fall b&w items that I had.

 

A checkered pumpkin and a rooster.  The rooster was just perfect with both the sunflower and the bee.

 

Sunflower Sue and her pet bunny sit proudly on the

 edge of the mantle.

 

Sometimes we need to look no further than our own backyards for fall inspiration.  I filled a wicker rolling cart with Yarrow and created a heart wreath with wire and Marigolds.  I hung it on the cart with a bit of lace.  I bought the cart at a yard sale in St. George, UT last May.  The man was asking $2, but I gave him $5.  He told me that his 90 something year old mother used it to walk 1/2 mile every day to get groceries until she recently passed away.  That story was priceless!  Plus, he threw in two old burlap feed sacks.

 

 

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my small touches of fall.

Soon I'll be pulling out the woolen plaid blankets and many more pumpkins. 

 

Now hop on over to Linda's at Itsy Bits and Pieces to see what fabulous ideas she has to share.

 

There's lots more to be shared by these other creative ladies!  You are sure to be inspired! 

 

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