Fall-i-fying

Even though the temperatures where I live don't make me feel like it is Fall, I'm ready to move onto that next season.

                        I finally changed out my mantle decor...

(For more photos of the mantle see my post Masculine Autumn Mantle)

...and even re-did my Autumn wreath for the front door.

(If you want to see the how-tos for this wreath click Easy Autumn Wreath)

Now it is time to do more Fall-i-fying to

the outside of my house.

I painted the front porch urns brown to match the season
 and the front door. The curly willow branches that

 I had resuced from someone's curb last summer really
came in handy to make these arrangements have some height. 

Everything else came from the attic; saved from last season.

Even though the urns do not have the exact matching

arrangements, I tried to make them similar enough with

the materials that I had.

Also, I attempted to make them similar in color and materials
to the front door wreath.

Everything except the curly willow branches if faux. 

Here in L.A. (Lower Alabama), we are not known for our Fall color,

(as a fellow Alabama blogger, Beth @ Unskinny Boppy says "It's still as green as Kermit's ass here").  Everything in the urn arrangements

was just stuck down in the dirt...no floral foam needed.

To tie the mailbox into the front door decor, I wound Fall leaf garlands into the morning glory/passion vine/clematis

mound that has evolved around the mailbox.

There is also a mini pumpkin patch at the mail box too.

(View from mailbox looking to front door area)

The back door area holds the pumpkins that I love to see the most.

I found these "heirloom pumpkins" at Home Depot for $8 each.

                      

The cross on the door is made from muscadine vines.

I bought it at an from an arts and crafts fair from an old gentleman who makes vine objects .

 I added the  (faux) Fall leaves to it.

These are my prettiest pumpkins and I should put them in the front of the house

but I want to protect them.  I have not had a problem with vandals in the past

but just to be safe, they are at the back door.

I love 'gnarly" pumpkins.

The back porch holds the final flowers of summer 

with a mix of Fall.

The big faux white pumpkin was my splurge for Fall 2011.  I pulled the fake-looking

stem off of it and replaced it when  I found a real pumpkin stem in the bottom of a pumpkin

box at Home Depot. I think it makes the faux look more real.