AUTUMN Inspiration: October 🎃

🎃 I tend to think of October as being 'Pumpkin Season'... maybe because I love pumpkins so much that I have created so many new versions of them! (Honestly, I am just not into scary / spooky Halloween - at ALL.)

I love the colors and elements that nature offers us in this season, and the ability we have to 'feather our nests' and make them cozy and welcoming for the colder months ahead. One of my favorite fall activities is harvesting natural materials and bringing them indoors to grace our homes before their life cycle ends. And I have always championed that we can diy our own autumn decor to make it exactly what we want, in our favorite colors, that expresses our own special style. 

I've rounded up some fun pumpkin decor ideas, projects, and tutorials below to inspire you this month... and if you'd like to see ALLLLLLL of my autumn diy projects from the past 14 years, they are here!

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home decor:

Autumn Decor Styling Tips & Tricks 

My Original Sweet Sweater Pumpkins TM make the perfect Treat for your special people - especially if you make them with happy patterned sweaters! Free no-sew tutorial here 


I've also created sweater pumpkins and embellished them with their own Halloween costumes! Details here 

Long before I ever created the first sweater pumpkins, I was painting furniture and tin cans to sell at farmer's markets and in my tiny store... these 'Painted Pumpkin Pails' are a fun way to share Sweet Treats with your Halloween guests. Tutorial here


My original 'Life of a Showgirl Pumpkin' series last fall was a huge hit (just like everything else to do with Taylor!) and is a fun way to decorate pumpkins with glittery glam style. See all four here

This jolly Funky Junky Pumpkin captures the fun of gathering up some junk and turning it into seasonal decor! See two ways I turned a fan casing (from my neighbor's recycling bin) into a pumpkin here 

Ping Pong Paddle Painted Pumpkins (Say THAT fast!!) My easy paint tutorial shows you how to paint pumpkins on one side of the paddles, and cactus on the reverse - find it here.

entertaining:

Easy tips for a Halloween dessert party - filled with Tricks & Treats! Find it here

sips:

I went searching for a fun Halloween themed drink to share, and when I found this one, I smiled... my Mom used to make this exact punch for us on Halloween when we were kids!

Make your own big batch of what I used to call 'Orange Julius Punch' with this recipe from the Seeded at the Table recipe blog. It's non-alcoholic, but you can always spike it with your favorite spirit ! (See what I did there??!😉 )

quote:

I photographed this gorgeous picket fence topped with small sugar pumpkins on a tiny island in Puget Sound, Washington over two decades ago. It reminded me of the fence around the gorgeous house in the film 'Practical Magic'. 28 years later, the second film is here and we're all swept up in the magic of October again! 

BTS movie trivia:
Practical Magic 1 was filmed in the town of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island in Washington state. I was able to go and see the town during filming, and they had painted every building on Front Street at Penn Cove pure white, to give it a more historic look. It was so charming!

And that gorgeous Owens sisters HOUSE we all love? It wasn't real!
It was a hollow wood and painted canvas facade, built on another island in Puget Sound - and disassembled after filming wrapped. The interiors were all filmed on a soundstage in Hollywood. It seems to have been replicated for filming for Practical Magic 2 in England, though! 


Can't forget my FAVORITE pumpkins - at Disneyland, and of course The Great Pumpkin Patch from Charles Schultz:

Wishing you a magical October, friends... 

Creatively, 
~Deb
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