Indian Corn Thanksgiving Decoration

Indian corn makes a wonderful Thanksgiving decoration, especially for outdoor decorating.  I purchased Indian corn at my local farmers market. 

To make my decoration, I used three dried corns and tied their husks together with a Bowdabra bow.  Super simple Thanksgiving decor!

I hung my Indian corn decoration on my gardening shed.  The leaves are changing (and falling!) here in New Hampshire and this Thanksgiving decoration just fits in perfectly!

The tutorial for making the bow can be found on the Bowdabra Blog.  I made the same style bow in my cornucopia tutorial.

DIY Rustic Flower Vase

It is fall here in New Hampshire and my yard has an ample supply of twigs and sticks in the yard.  Of course, I also have pine cones, acorns, and lots of leaves but they will have to wait for another day.  Mother Nature is kind enough to share her resources each fall.  And, I intend to use some of them!

I designed a tutorial at the Bowdabra Blog on how to make a twig and stick square flower vase.

I drink loose tea and it comes in square metal containers.  I have five recycled tea containers and I have been wanting to use them in a craft for a long time. 

Crafting with Nature: Twigs and Sticks Handmade Flower Vase via Bowdabra Blog (http://bowdabrablog.com)

 I love this style for either fall decorating, Thanksgiving table centerpiece, or even a rustic fall wedding!

Primitive Turkey Embellishment

Design a primitive turkey embellishment that would be perfect for hair bow centers, headbands, or even cardmaking and scrapbooking.  Create the turkey using hemp rope, add fabric feathers using bias tape, and finish with baby ric rac and mini buttons.

Materials Needed:
23" of hemp rope
6.5" of yellow double wide bias tape
7" of red double wide bias tape
7" burnt yellow double wide bias tape
1" burnt yellow double wide bias tape (for beak)
9.5" of orange double wide bias tape
red baby ric rac
yellow baby ric rac
Dritz Fray Check
mini buttons
hot glue gun
Thread

Instructions:
1. Begin by cutting 23" of hemp rope.  Roll 12" of the hemp and hold it in place with hot glue.  This is the body of the turkey.

2. Roll the other end, holding in place with hot glue.  This is the head of the turkey.

3. Glue on the turkey face.  Add mini buttons, a fabric beak (use Dritz Fray Check to keep it from fraying), and a ric rac snood.

4. To make the feathers begin with 7" of burnt yellow.  Fold the bias tape in half, at the crease mark fold the ends of the bias tape into the double fold.

5. Sew it in place.

6. Cut 7" of red bias tape and 6.5" of yellow bias tape.  Fold the ends in and sew in place.

7. Cut 6.5" of orange bias tape and an additional 3".  Sew the two loops together and add a third at the top.

8. Glue the burnt yellow to the back of the turkey body.  Notice the placement of the loops the curve is at the bottom.

9. Glue the red onto the body the curve is at the top.

10. Glue the yellow with the curve at the top.

11. Glue the three orange feathers to the top.

12. Add yellow ric rac feet.

13. Your primitive turkey embellishment is complete.

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