Welcome Autumn!

I love Autumn.

The changing leaves always seem like a miracle to me, even though I've been a New Englander most of my life. I think, somewhere in my subconscious, that I associate Fall with starting a new school year, and I remember vividly shuffling through orange and gold and red leaves on my way to the bus stop. I was one of those kids who loved going to school!

Today I drove around my town, looking for the first signs of Autumn. It has been fairly warm around here lately, so the seasonal leaf change is just beginning. 

This row of Maple trees in front of a local school

always transitions into a blaze of color as the weeks go on.

A couple of early leaf changers..

 Next, I went to a local nursery and loved the

 decorations and display of mums.

I settled on a coral colored mum for the front stairs.

but will definitely go back for more.

I picked what I think are the last of my hydrangeas - but you never know!

I love all the shades of green, blue, lavender and burgundy

that appear as the summer winds down.

Since I last blogged, I've been doing some projects that were very enjoyable.

For my friend Amy's birthday, I made this necklace - just for fun.

It has all of her pets in a row - yes, it is amazing how many pets she has!

And I started doing a few paper collages, inspired by a post I read on the Ihanna's blog.

I made a cut-out on the cover of a sketchbook and inserted some artwork, something 

like what she did on her sketchbook. I'll share some collages in a later post.

This is a little embroidery I did on a car trip with my husband...

And these are some fabrics I dyed in a shibori class over the summer.

This was something I had never thought of doing, but I'm so glad I took the class!

I hope everyone who stops by here to visit 

is enjoying the beginning of fall.

Hope to see you again soon!!