Fall is in the air on my mind.
It is, sadly, not quite in the air since we are having a spurt of 90 degree temperatures recently. A girl can dream of cooler temperatures and changing leaves though, right? This year, fall starts right at my doorstep with these lanterns.
I really consider these Ikea lanterns, some white candles and ribbon to be the core of my interchangeable front stoop décor.
Let me show you what I mean.
During early fall, I still like bright colors but want the lanterns to match what is going on with the planters on the front porch too. During September, I typically switch out the geraniums for mums.
On my last trip to Michaels, I picked up some artificial flowers that looked like mums. Randomly, I chose purpose and yellow. When I got home, I grabbed some ribbon and measured it to fit around my candles.
The type of ribbon doesn’t really matter because it doesn’t show much. I picked a random plaid and just used the backside. Once it was measured, I grabbed my hot glue gun and glued the flower heads onto the ribbon.
I attached the ribbon to the candle using two straight pins and I was done.
In a few weeks, I’ll probably get tired of the flowers and want to switch it out again. No problem!
I also grabbed this garland and can easily encircle the candle with it in the lantern.
Or, I could use this pumpkin ribbon I started {but admittedly didn’t finish at the time}.
For Halloween, I’ll probably bring back my owl decorations from last year and maybe just make a few tweaks.
Once Halloween is over, but before I am ready for Christmas décor, I’ll probably just throw the plain candle in there with some of these cute little pumpkins.
So, there you have it. I’ve decorated my front porch steps from now until Thanksgiving with 4 Ikea lanterns (2 in each size), some candles, ribbon and a few small additions.
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Looks great and such an easy idea!
Jan @ Door251
Very cute idea! Stopping by from thee networking blog hop. Love your site, so now following!
Sooo cute. What a neat idea.. I LOVE it girlie.. Thanks SO much for joining the crawl, it’s sooo awesome to have you on board as always.. YOU inspire me..;))) Wishing you a beautiful day.. xo
Oh my goodness, I love things I can change around and just buy little things here and there. I love this idea. I am loving all of them, but my favorite is the Halloween/owl one. Cute! Have a great day.
Love me some lanterns! They look great and it seemed so simple to dress them up and change them around!
xoxo
kim
visiting from Southern Lovely. GREAT IDEAS! i have a bunch of lanterns sitting around and thought I should do something like this, thanks for all the great ideas!
These fall lanterns put you right in the mood for fall. This is such a creative post. I would love it if you would share this post at our WIW linky party. Hope you can join us. 🙂
Paula
ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
Love all your Lantern ideas! I pinned the one with the flowers, great job!
what a great idea…love the different looks you can get…thank you so much for sharing…xo
I love everything about this.
I would love for you to share this at my Flaunt It Friday link party.
http://www.blissfulbucketlist.com/2012/09/flaunt-it-friday-13.html
I’m also your newest follower. Come by and follow Blissful Bucket List when you get a chance. Can’t wait to share more ideas with you! 🙂
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this is a great idea,,,looks very nice 🙂
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Shannah… I love ALL of these ideas! So pretty! The pumpkin ribbon is my fave! Enjoy your weekend!
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Trish
Great little lantern!
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
What a great way to decorate for each season!! LOVE IT! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.:)
What a great idea. All of the choices looked great. Thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday.
Love all of your different lantern looks! Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
We have these exact lanterns and love what you’ve done with them! Especially incorporating the Halloween theme! We’ve used them for the fall, Valentine’s Day, and Christmas, but thanks to your inspiration, we’ll be adding Halloween into the mix!
Shannah,
LOVE THIS! I have seen these lantern all over town and just didn’t know how to decorate them. Now I can go get a few 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week. Have a great week.
Michelle
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Lovely–that owl is perfect 🙂
I love this!! Such cute ideas. Thank you so much for the inspiration:)
Katie
http://www.funhomethings.com
so cute and simple to do!!! I LOVE fall DECOR!!! :o) And I heart you for linking up!!! Thank you!!
Jaime
wow! so versatile… i would’ve never come up with all of those. the bat ones are my fave. thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday.
So cute! I love the lanterns, and the purple and gold flowers are prefect early fall colors. Who would have thought the lanterns would be so versatile?
Stopping by from Chic on a Shoestring’s Flaunt-it Frday. 🙂