I’m feeling very inspired, there is something in the air in the fall that motivates me to find my inner Martha Stewart.  The fall, crisp, clear air and the fact that I got the latest issue of LIVING magazine in the email this week have gotten my creative juices flowing.  I’m ready to be decorating, cooking, cleaning, organizing and knitting.

I started with a walk in the woods on Sunday but really, all it took was about 5 minutes at the edge of the woods to find these goodies.

Then I turned them into a fall centerpiece for my dining room table.

Goldenrod, Crab Apple branches, branches with dried leaves

While I was out spelunking I grabbed a bunch of dried branches for another arrangement, also inspired by a project I saw in LIVING magazine. Arrange a set of branches then wrap brightly colored yarn or roving around parts of the branches and voilà!

I used some green/brown, bright yellow, soft yellow, dark orange and red.

Fall Colors

A couple things I might change about this even as it sits in my living room:
- the yarn I picked doesn’t show up as well as I had hoped against the dark branches. I might either swap some of these for brighter yarn or just add a few more places with some brighter yarns
- I was very concerned about overdoing it and adding too much yarn, but then looking back at the pictures in the magazine I could definitely add some more  and I think I might!

Still a very fun, easy, and quick project!