10 autumn DIY ideas with links to tutorials
Here’s a selection of DIY autumn decorations. I’ve deliberately chosen creations that are easy enough for me to make, so you can too. The aim is to make maximum use of the resources that nature offers us in autumn, but also of materials that we like to handle in autumn, such as wool.
Feel free to click on the links below the photos. Most designers detail their manufacturing methods.
1 – A herbarium of dried leaves
The easiest of all autumn creations, as long as you’ve got colorful leaves nearby. In the composition below, there are also green leaves. It’s important to know that they probably won’t stay that way. But that’s not a big deal, since autumn herbariums can easily be redone every year.
2 – Autumn wreaths
The easiest wreath is certainly this one, with hydrangea flowers.
I used a vine wreath that I made myself from the prunings of my vines. Then all you have to do is put hydrangea flowers on it. It’s very pretty in photos and in German or Anglo-Saxon culture, but I think it looks a bit like a funeral wreath.
3 – Pumpkins for flower arrangements
1 – Pretty pumpkins in old pink velvet – €29.95 – Lobéron
2 – Pretty decorative pumpkins. Transparent hand-blown glass – €44.95 – Lobéron
3 – Resin pumpkins, knitted motifs – 56.95€ – Lobéron
4 – 3 fancy resin pumpkins – 98.95€ – Lobéron
5 – Hand-painted polyresin decorations. A superb set of 6 pumpkins – 22,95€ – Lobéron
6 – 3 pretty pumpkins of different sizes in polyresin coated with an aged finish – 38.95€ – Lobéron
4 – Pine cone decoration
These little wooden flowers are cut and painted pine cones:
Method for drying and opening pine cones by Jaclyn James:
5 – Bouquet of pompons
6 – Autumn photophores
7 – Autumn decorations with wool
8 – Drawings and collages
9 – Bouquet of dried flowers
Read on Esprit Laïta: How to make a bouquet of dried flowers
10 – An autumn potpourri
