If you’ve seen my fall mantel, you may have noticed the fall banner with book page leaves hanging down from the front. This little banner just almost told me what it wanted to be!
You see, I had the fall leaves already – well, actually, I had EVERYTHING already that I needed to make it! If you want to make a similar one, here’s what you’ll need:
- Some fall leaves (these came from the dollar store a couple of years ago, and I think they’re actually made from crepe paper!)
- twine
- book page leaves
- antique clothespins
I rolled out a long piece of twine, tied it around the heads of the clothespins, and clipped the leaves to the pins!
I had to fatten up the part that slid into the clothespins, but that was easy enough! I had some scrap cardstock that I folded small enough so that it wouldn’t show from behind each leaf.
There are 2 different shapes to the leaves, and I didn’t put a book page leaf on each one, just every other one. I like the variety.
And the cream color of the book pages helps tie everything on the mantel together – the white pumpkins, shutters, tray and the faux deer head!
And of course, the twine works perfectly with the twine pears that are sprinkled in the vignette. Ah, the twine pears – I’ll be in love with those forever. Here’s a look at how the mantel came together:
And here’s something for you to pin, if you’d like. I would appreciate it!!
Have a wonderful day!
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I really like this idea, I have to try it with my kids they like doing crafts so I can ad this to the next one.
Sondra, love the banner! It fills the bill for looking cute and Fall-ish!
Love this idea! Trying on my new home blog,
http://www.acaciaishome.com
Thanks!
I adore this idea! It’s so cute and easy and looks fabulous!
This is a great banner it goes very well with the mantel display. The deer is a gorgeous focal point. Very nice
Love the way this turned out!
This banner is so beautiful, it reminds me of vintage books stores in old Boston in the fall. I really love it.
Sondra! What a wonderful blog! It’s my 1st time here (Yvonne from Stone Gable suggested we come visit you!!) and I am impressed!
Your fall leaves garland is fantastic! Fall is my favorite so guess what I’ll be up to in the next couple of days?! Great idea! Thank you Ma’am!
Oh Lucy thank you so much!! It’s a pleasure to have you here!