Leaves and twigs are not just for the mulch pile

I'm totally cheating today and reposting a few ideas I had last December - which is when I first started blogging and no one was reading my blog then anyway :)...holy cow! I just checked and I totally missed my blogoversary! When I stop house-sitting I will have to do something spectacular to make up for that.

My mom is going in for some pre-op prep today (before she has shoulder surgery for the second time this year - on the same shoulder) so I'm going with her instead of sitting at the computer and coming up with a new and fabulous, clever and brilliant idea.

I have mentioned the huge oak that resides in my yard...it provides me with all sorts of great crafting supplies but this time I'm using the leaves which I spray painted (yes, really) gold and copper.


I also gathered up these little twiggy lumps and coated the ends in glitter to make them look more like winter than fall.

And then I used the twigs for embellishment and the leaves I used as gift tags - simply wrote on them with a Sharpie and tied on with a bit of jute string.

It worked fantastically and I've visited some people I gave gifts to that were embellished with these tags and noticed they kept them! I thought that was pretty neat.

I bet you never again look the same way at all that nature littering your yard. ;)