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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 10:59:09 AM
OK so I press some real pretty ones between wax paper, now what can I do with them? You know for decorations. Any ideas?
Nancy Jo
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| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Dec 07 2008 : 3:37:51 PM
Richere, I will absolutely keep that in mind! Thank you!
Monica
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| mothergoose |
Posted - Dec 07 2008 : 3:03:22 PM
Monica ask us next fall...I'd be happy to send you fall leaves! |
| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Nov 30 2008 : 1:09:42 PM
Mary Beth, The leaves are so pretty!!!Oh how I wish I had fall leaves around here, but there are no pretty leaves in the desert! I grew up in Ohio and there were all kinds of trees with different colored leaves in the fall and it was always so beautiful! I even asked my mom to send me some, but they never really changed color before the snow at her house!
Monica
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| mothergoose |
Posted - Nov 29 2008 : 8:41:39 PM
Hello everyone! I dried my leaves in-between paper towel in pages of heavy book then put them up around edges of mirror in dinning-room .Did same last year and they stayed nice till spring when I put them back in book.I re-used a couple of them.I used double faced tape.Some of them I stack to show off the colors and shapes more.TaTa for now... |
| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 8:22:42 PM
oh how i miss maple leaves! we have none here. very few things i miss about the lower 48 but that is a biggie! peace connie |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 6:04:29 PM
MB,
How pretty, love the red ones.
NJ
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 2:26:08 PM
I just picked some small fallen leaves. I think I will iron them and put a few sparkles on them and put them in a tiny vase. They look like they are glowing. In the mean time here they are.
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 01 2008 : 07:28:50 AM
Nancy Jo -- Here's a fun way to use leaves -- make them into butterflies & frame: http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/pressed-leaf-butterflies?xsc=eml_crd_2008_10_01
Aren't they pretty?
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 05:02:47 AM
You are right. I had forgotten about the sparkles. MB
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 11:15:12 PM
Yes mb you are right, I think last year I put a light coat of white glue on them and put glitter on. They were pretty. NJ
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 8:21:27 PM
Nancy Jo, Remember we did this last year. It was all so fun and we had pictures and everything. I will have to go way back and look them up. If you have a coffee table or any table with a glass top you could put them under the glass. MB
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 6:01:20 PM
Yes....great ideas but like Julie....our leaves are just starting to change here a little bit...like the sassafras leaves which are about the first ones to change. I like the garland idea with leaves and acorns too! My daughter and I absolutely adore Fall and we usually exchange a little box of "stuff" for Halloween/Fall celebration. That would be a very economical gift to include! Thanks for the great ideas....if I EVER have one (a great idea) I'll let you guys know!?!?!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 3:54:47 PM
Thanks girls, lots of good ideas. The leaves are such a wonder that I like to do something with them.
NANCY JO
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| Homespun Livin |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 1:25:46 PM
I absolutely love the paraffin idea!!
You could also "string" them with fishing line to make a very nice garland. Maybe alternate with acorns or pincones and even add some golden rod? Play around with it.
"Love one another." |
| 82kygal |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 06:33:55 AM
One year I dipped my leaves in parafin wax. They look good as new for a long time. I haven't done that in a while but I think I might this year and send them to my mom in Montana. Give her a little piece of my home.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 6:21:34 PM
Those leaves would look beautiful spread out on top of a lace tablecloth. The waxed paper would keep them from getting wet. Also you could find some branches and after cutting them out attatch them to a string and hang each from different parts of the branches.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 5:55:36 PM
I trim around them but be sure to leave a border of wax paper and hang them in sunny windows. I can't believe you already have leaves to press. Ours are still all green.
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| kmbrown |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 5:09:17 PM
I would put them on some pretty fall looking scrapbook paper or poster board then laminate it and make homemade fall place mats!! |
