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Autumn Leaves Light Catcher

Autumn Leaves Light Catcher

I love Autumn (and Winter. And Spring. And Summer – okay, I love them all …). I love the crispness, the colors, the baking, the lack of mosquitoes, and the way the light changes. It is not quite Winter blueness, but not quite Summer intensity – kind of warm, makes you feel cozy, like you are being wrapped in a blanket.

DSC_0071Our trees are changing colors so quickly, and then shedding their leaves promptly – changing and moving toward Winter. I was looking out our back window the other evening, watching the light stream through our maple tree. The color was just so glorious. Knowing that the leaves would be gone in just another day or two, I wanted to capture a little bit of that gloriousness for a while longer, to enjoy the light in the leaves for a few weeks more. So – an Autumn Leaves Light Catcher!DIY Autumn Leaves Light Catcher materials needed:

  • an assortment of lovely fall leaves (collecting these would be a perfect opportunity for a Nature Walk)
  • a branch – this can be straight or curvy, your choice!
  • string (you could also use fishing line/monofilament to achieve a “floating leaves” look)
  • scissors

DIY Autumn Leaves Light Catcher

step 1:

tie the string to the stem of a lovely little leaf.DIY Autumn Leaves Light Catcher

step two: cut the string to the desired length and tie it to your branch.DIY Autumn Leaves Light Catcher

and continue these until you like the way it looks! I like the way staggering the heights of the leaves looked, but there really isn’t any “Wrong” way to do this. Just enjoy the process. :DAutumn Leaves Light Catcher Project

Once you have the leaves suspended the way you like, add one more string to hang the mobile with and find a place where the light will stream through. After that, just remember to take a moment or two every day to enjoy the beauty, let the warmth of color and light feed your spirit.

This could be altered in all sorts of ways – add feathers! Use paint pens to decorate the leaves! Or glitter! Really, the only limit is your imagination. :)

If you’re looking for other Autumn Inspiration, I have some lovely Autumn and Thanksgiving things on Pinterest.

 

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happy Thanksgiving!

happy Thanksgiving!

happy thanksgiving from thePathLessTraveled happy thanksgiving from thePathLessTraveledLovelies, we are so deeply grateful for you, for your support of our business and our family. You are a continual source of blessing to us! May your thanksgiving celebrations be filled with true joy, gladness, memories in the making, precious moments with your dear ones, and enough yummy eats to tide you over until next year!

As you go about your holiday and shopping this weekend, we’d love for you to use the coupon code “SHOPSMALL14” for 20% off of your order in both of our Etsy shops {thePathLessTraveled and PathLessTraveledHOME} and the code “SHOP” for 30% off of your order in our new shop space on 11Main.

 

Blessings and thanks to you all,

John, Elizabeth and family

 

 

*Etsy code valid through midnight on Small Business Saturday {11/29/14}

it’s that time of year …

it’s that time of year …

Thanksgiving in the US is over, and that means that it’s now officially time to bring out the Christmas decorations and shop the sales!! Thanksgiving pies | the Path Less Traveled{all while enjoying some left over pie – we may have enough to last for a few days!}

I don’t know about you, but I like to try to get all of the decorating and shopping done as quickly after Thanksgiving as possible, allowing me time to enjoy and savor the rest of the season with the family at a slower pace {and have time to make the crafts and gifts I’ve been wanting to :D}.

This weekend I’m thrilled to be able to offer you all a 20% discount on orders of $20 or more – just enter code BEMERRY13 as you are checking out and it will automatically recalculate the total for you. This is even good on the massive sale we are having on the popular ice cream makers! Just add another item{s} to your cart to bring the total to $20 :) Use this code for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and all the way through Cyber Monday!

One other thing – we’ve noticed that there are some issues with parts of the site, and we are working to fix them as quickly as possible. If there is something that you are trying to purchase and either having difficulty adding to your “cart” or receiving an error code on, please contact us at contact@pltmarket.com and we will be happy to set up a Paypal invoice for you instead of the website checkout. My apologies about this!

Thank you all for joining me here through the past year, for your kind comments and your encouragement. I’m so grateful for you!

some of my favorites

some of my favorites

Here we are, near the very end of November with Thanksgiving tomorrow – about time to post a round up of some of my favorite Thanksgiving printables!

There are some lovely versions to frame for your wall {or to use to decorate your Thanksgiving buffet with}, some beauties to use as tags to express gratefulness to the ones we hold dear, prompts to help us to remember the bounty we have been blessed with, and even a fun project for the littles at your gathering. So, if you need some lovely last minute pretties to add some festive color to your Thanksgiving celebration, look no further – you can print them off to use immediately {and they’re all free!}, too!

via a bird and a bean

via Jones Design Company

via Jones Design Company

via Honey & Fitz

via She Wears Many Hats

via Nest of Posies

via Nest of Posies

via Tom Kat Studio

via A Night Owl

via A Holy Experience

via I Heart Organizing

and something just for the kids’ table {or maybe the grown ups, too!}:

via Whatever Dee Dee Wants

 

Castles, Cousins, and Trains – & a few pictures

Castles, Cousins, and Trains – & a few pictures



Yesterday – Saturday – we went with the cousins to the Hillcrest Christmas Tree Farm. The owners have been working on the “Hillcrest and Wahtoke Railroad” over the years, adding a car or two and some track each season. Yesterday was the first day of operation this year.

Daniel, Dad, Ben, and me – courtesy coffee and donuts (courtesy of Dad) while we waited for the train.

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Paul and Aunt Lisa – Hillcrest offers a pumpkin patch with hayrides and a corn maze during the autumn months. A few pumpkins were left over and the staff let Paul take his pick!

Another farm feature – the swinging bridge – was enjoyed to its utmost.

Ummmmm . . . I think Ben is ready to be let out of the dungeon now!