Color for fall

And how to make those flower pumpkins

Hi friends.

And happy October 11.

The world is so scary. Here’s a way to brighten it, and that makes a difference, no matter how big or small the effort or result is. Our spirits get weighed down when all we allow ourselves is constant bad news updates. Take a breath and celebrate the beauty that we do have today, and even though pressed flowers glued to pumpkins won’t save anyone or anything, they might provide a second of lightness.

Here’s how to create them:

Pick your pumpkin. I love all the colors with all the colors. The perfectionist in me wants them all to match and be uniform, but my heart wants to see it all. So I went with my heart this year and got white, orange, and the pink.

I ordered all my supplies from Amazon. Traffic is too bad here to go out most days.

Flowers

Adhesive

Varnish

There’s really no way to mess this up.

• Pick and arrange the flowers you’d like to see on your pumpkin

• spray a coat of adhesive directly onto the surface of the pumpkin

• Place the flowers and allow to dry

• Spray a thin coat of varnish to help secure and give shine.

My sister and I had a blast making them!

This one is going to a friend’s house as a hostess gift tonight.

This one melts my heart.

Sissy did this pink one and it is a favorite.

We’re going to have to grab it and growl, at least for a while.

Joy, that is.

I will follow it, chase it, notice it, and respect it when it blesses me. I am in control of little else but my state of mind and the energy I allow myself to absorb. It’s even showing up in my wardrobe. I haven’t been a color person in many years. And I’m not going to go crazy lady with it, but I am embracing it as a sort of shield. Y’all know I love green, and it has never appealed to me more than it does these days — it is the color of growth, change, balance, rebirth, freshness, progress. I also feel like it repels negativity, as does pink.

the palette of fall.

Here’s a link to that performance at the John Prine celebration at the Country Music Hall of Fame the other night.

I’m so grateful for the safety of my family. I pray for the same for all beings.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Peace. Love.

Allison

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