I usually don’t decorate much for Fall but it’s been such a long hot summer that I just got the itch to get more into the season this year and least ‘pretend’ the air outside is crisp even though it might still be 85 degrees ;) Gosh darn San Diego seasons. I mean, 90% of the time I love it…..but when Fall rolls around I just don’t want to sweat anymore, you know? Anyway, I’m that classic San Diegan complaining about the weather now so I’ll stop and just talk about my mantle. I shared this little set up in my instagram stories the other day and got so many questions that I thought I’d just share here too with more images. If you’ve followed me for a bit you know I’m a neutral girl when it comes to decor. Bright orange and black just don’t do it for me, so I always have to get creative when it comes to Halloween decor. Usually it’s nothing at all (which is so lame) or all white pumpkins…which is also a little boring if there’s nothing else to it. So this is about as colorful as it gets for me, but I really love how it all turned out.
Everyone was asking for a tutorial on the wreath that I made, but honestly, it was so simple it doesn’t really need a tutorial. I bought a metal wreath hoop (like this) from michaels for $2 and spray painted it gold. I also bought some fake little mauve berry stems that I liked from there too. Then I went to the floral stand down the street from my house and got a bunch of eucalyptus. (I also used a bit of dried flowers I already had at home). Then I just started attaching the eucalyptus to the metal ring using floral wire and layered that with the fake berries and dried flowers until I liked what it looked like! I added the same eucalyptus and berries to my mantle in between the pumpkins to tie it all together. My pumpkins are a mix of real and fake. You can probably tell the mini light green and peach ones are painted, but they definitely helped bring the color palette together that I was wanting. The others we bought at trador joes for a steal (honestly, save your money at the pumpkin patch and just go to your local trador joes! SO much cheaper). The finishing touches were this moon cycle banner and these candleholders (which are 25% off right now!). Oh, and that cute little polar bear is my favorite of all ;)