Fall Decor - the beginner's handbook

I've never really decorated for fall before. 

Yes, I usually do the whole Hallowe'en thing

(and quite well thankyouverymuch)

but never just for fall. 

Then I was looking around the house and realized

 that it looks the same all.the.time.

I saw these mason jar leaf candles here (go here for the tutorial)

 and I knew not only that I could do it,

but that I had all of the materials already.  

Free craft!

I gathered all of my materials to see what I had to work with.  

Artificial leaves. Check. Flameless tealights. Check. An abundance of jars. Checkity-check.

First I tried applying the leaves to the inside of the glass

 with mod podge, thinking it would dry clear.

Not so much.

Fail. Big Fail.

But luckily they came off easily and the glue washed right out. 

For the second try I used my glue gun. 

I’m not going to tell you how many glue burns

 I got shoving a hot-glue covered leaf into a narrow-mouthed jar. 

Let’s just say it was a lot.

The result looked more like a candle and less like

“your spaghetti sauce is growing mold, you might want to throw that out”.

I dug out my beloved twine and some old potpourri

(from a long ago Thanksgiving centerpiece)

and fancied up the rims.

It was a little annoying getting the tealights in and out,

but easier (and safer) than using real candles.

Ready to go. 

But then! 

I thought, what about smaller candles?

  

There is a candle that I absolutely adore – cinnamon pecan swirl by Candle-Lite. 

Candle-Lite

Oh my gosh, it smells so good. 

There is only one store in my town that carries them so I stock up when I can. 

I have a shelf in the linen closet full of them, but in my defense the closet smells really good.

Like crawl-inside-and-take-a-nap good.

Back on topic. 

I always keep the jars after the candle is done.

You never know when they might come in handy. (Like right now!)

And they were the perfect height for this project.

Just a few leaves, some twine and "fluff",

and I had a lamp that was way easier to get the candle in and out of.
I'm kind of crushing on the proportions of the little guy.

Now for the money shots. 

I could stare at them all night.

What do you think?  

Suitably fall-ish? 

Something you’d want to try yourself? 

How would you tweak it?


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