Free Prints Wednesday....

Holy Cow do I have some great free Thanksgiving prints headed your way! Hope you are all stocked up on printer ink!

Go to Today's Creative Blog to download this place card from Sissyprint.  

 from Whatever Dee Dee Wants (tons more cute prints too)

from It Is What It Is

from Kiki Creates

from Blooming Homestead (there are other color options and prints there as well) 

P.S. Have you entered the Shabby Apple giveaway yet?! Hurry, click HERE! You don't want to miss your chance to win this awesome necklace....

Pumpkin Button Art

I have truly become obsessed with making things out of buttons! It all started with THIS egg. Then I made THIS, THIS and THIS. Well now, we have a button Pumpkin!

And here's how I made it...

I started with this frame that I bought for $1.99 at Joann's, 90% off, I knew it had potential! 

Can you believe the original price?! Yikes!

Here is a shot of the back...

I just ripped the middle piece out and then wrapped it in burlap and taped it. 

I found an image online of a pumpkin that I liked and I printed & cut it out and traced it onto the burlap using a fine tip sharpie. If you are using darker burlap, I would use chalk. 

Now it's time to basically put the puzzle together. I put the buttons down where I think they will look good and then switch them around until they fit as well as they can. 

Aren't these buttons gorgeous?! 

After all the buttons are put in place, I then use a little dab of super glue on the back of each button. The reason? It holds the buttons in place while you are stitching them and hot glue in my opinion would be a more painful and messy option.

When they are all glued down, simply lift the burlap off the board you taped it to and stitch all the buttons. I used 3 strands of embroidery floss. 

And then you have this.... 

Oh, and I may have forgotten to mention that I painted the frame white :) Did you notice? 

I love my pumpkin button art and I think it definitely looks better than the original :) 

I am linking this project to THESE parties 

Even more free printables!

 Seriously, blogland has exploded with free Thanksgiving printables and I am NOT complaining! I love them!!

Here are some more I have found......

It is what it is has three great freebies right now that are gorgeous for fall! The first one says "Give Thanks" in several colors that you can use for tags, etc. The second one you can fill in so that it says what you need it to. The third one is "Give Thanks" again but it's an 8x10 so you can frame it!

I love this blog, they have tons of freebies on the right hand side, so check them out!

Take the Side Street has another gorgeous printable that comes in 4 colors, love that!



Fall Jars

Choose to Thrive has a great tutorial on these Fall Jars. I love how easy they would be to do and how pretty they look.

Acorn

A Lemon Squeezy Home posted this adorable acorn on her blog. You can download the pattern HERE.



FREE Thanksgiving "Keep Calm" Printables

What is my favorite craft blog right now you ask? Ok, you didn't, but you should!! It's Craftily Ever After. They have been making the most awesome free printables and sharing them with us! I loved the ones they did for Halloween that I already posted about and now they already have 3 ready for Thanksgiving! The links are below......

Keep Calm and Gobble On

Gather Here with Grateful Hearts

Keep Calm and Cranberry On



Be Thankful Board

Oh The Crafting Chicks blog is always full of fabulous ideas! Here is another one with a full tutorial. Please click on their blog name to see the tutorial and items needed to make this.

 I have this paper and I definitely think that's a sign I need

 a make a board like this :)



Indian Corn Table Favors

Aren't these so cute and creative? Kelley Highway found the idea in a Better Homes and Garden Magazine from 2008. She took photos with her phone of the pictures (totally something I would do) and figured out how to make it herself. I am super impressed! We are going down south to Doug's families for Thanksgiving and I might just have to make these! I know Aunt Ann would love them. The best part? They were just over $1 to make!

Please go to Kelley Highway's blog for the whole tutorial.

Paper Pumpkins

I love pumpkins, who doesn't really?

Here are some super cute ones from Make Mine Lime a brand new blog I found from Someday Crafts. I love finding new blogs! Click on "Make Mine Lime" for the whole tutorial.

Fall Topiaries

Decor Chick! has an awesome DIY tutorial on Fall Topiaries. She saw some at Michael's for $19.99/each and they weren't that cute. So she bought the supplies and made 2 that are gorgeous for half the price of one. Here are some photos!

Check her blog for the original Michael's Topiary photo and the how to. These photos make me so excited for Fall!!