12 October 2010

Use What You've Got (or Can Find)

I love so many things about fall, but one thing that I especially love is that fall "decor" is all over outside and it's free.  Case in point:

Look what we found at a park area on a walk yesterday

We started loading them up in our stroller and a lady came running out of her house with a bag to snag some up too - I think she thought we were going to take all the good ones (there were hundreds of them).  She said that Martha uses them to decorate with - and I thought I was all clever to grab the horse-apples.

I tucked them in with my mum planters - love the contrast of the bright green and dark pink (can't wait for the mums to pop open).  Homey goodness on the porch - love it!  


What's your favorite "find" for adding a bit of homey goodness inside or out?
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9 comments:

  1. Kim12 October, 2010 04:47

    Cute idea. We have a buckeye tree outside our house. I think they would be very pretty in a tall glass jar, but I won't bring anything from outside in. One year we saved a ton of them up and put them in the garage. I thought in the winter I would take my duaghter out to put them in the yard for squirels. That year we had mice..so never again..lol.

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  2. jeswel12 October, 2010 05:15

    Osage oranges and the oil they produce are supposed to keep spiders away. I don't know how true that is, but I know several arachnophobes who will stop the car on the side of busy highway to pick a few up every year!
    I just think they're pretty. :)

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  3. jorrensmom12 October, 2010 05:32

    Osage apples DO keep away the spiders! Keep a couple tucked away in your closets and you won't have any spiders around. W call them monkey brains here :)

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  4. slip412 October, 2010 05:44

    I love decorating with acorns and slices of a small cedar tree that we had to cut down. Love osage oranges! We don't have any around here though.

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  5. Darlene @ PrairieCreations12 October, 2010 05:47

    We call them hedge balls or hedge apples here. Always put some around the house for decoration (and in closets to discourage spiders & crickets). They look pretty piled up in a wooden or crock bowl.
    I used some items around the house to create a display with my quilted ornaments - http://prairiecreationsornaments.com/?p=305

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  6. Clean Mama12 October, 2010 12:28

    Spider repellent? Love that! Thanks for sharing :)

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  7. Jess12 October, 2010 15:00

    My mom gets some every year to keep the spiders away. She swears that they work.

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  8. Tanya12 October, 2010 18:32

    Never heard of horse apples before...but they're pretty.

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  9. Stuff Parents Need22 October, 2010 07:31

    Oh my. I have these in my backyard (just moved here) and I had no idea what they were. I think of them as just a nuisance! :-) But I suppose they are sort of pretty now that you mention it!

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