DIY Garden pot Scarecrows

 Today Im sharing a fun scarecrow project

Directions : 

 two 4" dia. clay pots

 two 3" dia. clay pots

 acrylic paint (orange, peach, yellow, green, blue, red, brown, white, & black)

 two 3/4“ dia. unfinished wood buttons

 raffia

 orange felt

 small silk sunflower

 bandanna

 12” length of ¹/₄“ dia. wood dowel

 paintbrushes (flat & liner)

 E-6000® craft adhesive

Paint one 4” pot yellow and one blue. Paint one 3" pot peach and one orange. Paint the buttons red. Allow the paint to dry.

Turn the yellow pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint the green plaid shirt design. Use the liner brush to add black detail lines to the blue pot  “jeans”.

Use the liner brush to paint the face (orange nose and black mouth and eyes); add white highlights to the eyes.

Turn the orange pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint hat detail lines. Allow the paint to dry.

For the arms, cut several 13" lengths of raffia; with the dowel in the middle, tie the raffia to the dowel with short raffia lengths. For the hat brim, cut two 5¹/₂“ orange felt circles; glue them together. For the hair, cut several 5” raffia lengths.

Glue the yellow pot to the blue pot; glue the buttons to the yellow pot.

Folding the ends to the inside, glue the raffia hair to the peach pot. Glue the hat brim to the peach pot; glue the orange pot to the hat brim.

With the arms sandwiched between, glue the peach pot to the yellow pot (if the peach pot is wobbly, add some small felt pieces between the pots). Trim the bandanna to 10" square; roll and tie on the scarecrow. Glue the flower to the hat.

Single Pot ....

Paint or paint pens

Terra cot pots

Flowers or accessories 

Modge podge for sealer 

You can buy new pots at any local craft. Hobby or big.box store. I like the small ones.  For decorating.  With paint paint the face and top band for hat. Glue on Flowers  or other decorations.  You can seal with modge podge to seal the paint.  

How to display: 

I like making a collection of the small ones  for decorating on table. But one large painted pot filled with Mums is a perfect Fall touch. 

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Hello Fall

 

My flower card celebrates Fall , I hope coming in soon. But in Louisiana that could mean November. But that doesn't stop me from decorating or celebrating Fall with Sunflowers. 

Happy Planner November

 November Happy Planner: 

This November planner I am using these amazing stickers I found on etsy. To highlight my planner. 

November Home

 Welcome to my Home this Tuesday 

I have decorated for the season!  I will have harvest up until Thanksgiving day, which is also my Mom's birthday. 

So this year I'm decorating on Thanksgiving to celebrate her birthday....She loved the holiday so much and many of my decorations was hers

Grapevine wreath for all season

This is a lighted deco podge  jar with a cardboard topper 

My dough bowl with candle 

My glass container : 

Day of the Dead : Sugar Skulls

Sugar art was brought to the New World by Italian missionaries in the 17th century. The first Church mention of sugar art was from Palermo at Easter time when little sugar lambs and angels were made to adorn the side altars in the Catholic Church.

Mexico, abundant in sugar production and too poor to buy fancy imported European church decorations, learned quickly from the friars how to make sugar art for their religious festivals. Clay molded sugar figures of angels, sheep and sugar skulls go back to the Colonial Period 18th century. Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments. Sugar skulls are labor intensive and made in very small batches in the homes of sugar skull makers. These wonderful artisans are disappearing as fabricated and imported candy skulls take their place.

There is nothing as beautiful as a big, fancy, unusual sugar skull!

Wooden from Dollar tree....

Cards....

Make your own Sugar skull 

Mold set from Amazon :  https://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Skull-Makes-Decorative-Skull/dp/B00NC6URV6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=15XLYJTZ2VSW6&keywords=sugar+skull+mold&qid=1667317219&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1Ljk0IiwicXNhIjoiNS43MyIsInFzcCI6IjUuMzcifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=sugar+skull%2Caps%2C451&sr=8-2

Sugar Skull Recipe: 

 Want to make your own https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/how-to-make-sugar-skulls-calavera-de-azucar/c12860df-02bc-4901-a2e4-46efbf570322

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All Saints Day in Louisiana

Louisiana All Saints 

The Origin of All Saints Day

The observance of All Saints Day goes back to the early centuries of the Christian Church. Initially, Christians would celebrate martyrs on the anniversaries of their death, because those days marked their birthdays unto eternal life with Jesus in heaven. However, as the number of martyrs grew during persecutions like that of Emperor Diocletian and his successor—which lasted from A.D. 303-311—it became difficult to assign a specific day to each witness who died for the Faith. Therefore, beginning in the fourth century, the Church established a common day to honor all martyrs, including in two cities in modern-day Turkey: Edessa on May 13 and in Antioch on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

In the year 609 or 610, Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon in Rome to the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs, choosing to commemorate the saints on May 13. Later, Pope Gregory III (731-741) dedicated a chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica to all saints and moved the celebration to November 1. Finally, Pope Gregory IV (827-844) made November 1 the official date for the Feast of All Saints throughout the entire Western Church, thereby also recognizing and respecting the same celebration of Eastern Catholics earlier in the year.

All Saints' Day is celebrated by attending Mass, honoring both canonized and unknown saints, and remembering deceased loved ones through visiting cemeteries and lighting candles. Celebrations vary by region but often include special church services, building altars, and sharing meals, with some traditions blending with or influencing other holidays like Mexico's Day of the Dead. 

 

Religious observances

• Attending Mass: 

  Many denominations, particularly the Catholic and Methodist churches, hold special Masses or services to honor saints. 
• Prayers: 

  Services often include prayers and responsive readings, and some people pray for the saints to intercede on their behalf. 
• Remembering the deceased: 

  In many congregations, the names of those who have died in the past year are read, and a candle is lit or a bell is rung for each name. 

Remembrance traditions

• Visiting cemeteries: People visit and decorate the graves of loved ones, often placing flowers on them.
• Lighting candles: Candles are lit at gravesites and in churches to symbolize faith and hope.
• Building altars: Families may create altars in their homes with images of saints, deceased loved ones, and offerings like food, flowers, and candles.

Other traditions

• Costumes and candy: 

  In the United States, some Catholic schools allow students to dress as saints. The holiday has also influenced modern traditions like Halloween, which originated in part as a commemoration of the saints. 
• Sharing meals: 

  Special meals are often shared with friends and family. In some regions, particular dishes are traditional for the day, such as il pane de morti (bread of the dead) in parts of Italy. 
• Regional variations: 

  In countries like Spain, Portugal, and Mexico, traditions can include performances or specific commemorations for the dead, often blending with All Souls' Day celebrations.