Seasonal Wall Art

Seasonal decorating is a thing on social media. Not wanting to fall by the wayside whilst also not wanting to follow every trend going, I have decided that I will do it if I feel like it and I do put pressure on myself to home make everything so that does slow me down a bit. It does go without saying that Christmas is seasonal. I mean, you are not going to miss the Christmas bling even if you are feeling a bit grinch in the extended run up to the the big day. So, back to the seasonal decorating theme, that’s winter sorted.

Autumn has also had a valiant effort with a autumnal wreath. I had a million projects on the go and didn’t really have the time to make it but decided that it just had to be done so just stopped planning and prevaricating and got on with it. I was really pleased with it in the end so we ended up with one for the holiday cottage and one for home. They could both do with some further embellishment but that I can do nearer the time this year (or, true to form, just before they are going back up).

Halloween also had a little bit of homemade fun. I had big plans but not much time so just did some ghostly buns for the cottage guests with a little bit of second hand halloween themed decorating to at least give the ghostly cakes a reason to be there.

Ghostly buns

I have always wanted to do a floral wall hanging and when gifted with a workshop for my birthday last year I found a local quilters guild workshop that exactly fit the bill. It was quite a wait for the workshop (from a birthday present perspective) but it was so worth it. I could probably have worked out something myself but developing a pattern takes time and it is quite inspiring working in a group of like minded people and to just get on with it. Of course it wasn’t finished in the day but I cracked on and finished at home. I now have a lovely spring wall hanging giving some springtime cheer in the holiday cottage. I really need to do one for us now, but maybe a bit bigger as the wall in the dining area is huge. It’s on the ‘to do’ list!

Now, for a summer theme. At the moment I’m drawing a mental blank but will do some research (ie googling) to give me some inspiration.