Getting Ready for Fall

I know its not fall yet, but I sure am ready!  I have had enough of this Florida summer heat and am ready for it to cool down just a little (although it won't even cool down a little bit until mid-late October).

I decided to get a jump start on my Fall decoration by making a wreath for my Front Door (or some door in my new home!!)  I'm very excited about my wreath and can't wait until I can start decorating for Fall!

I made this wreath using a green foam wreath form, 6 different colors of tulle, and golden ribbon.  I started with 1 yard of each color of tulle (yellow, gold, cranberry, eggplant, brown, and orange) and a single roll of gold ribbon.  I ended up going back and getting another yard of the cranberry, eggplant and brown and another roll of gold ribbon.  Once on the wreath the gold and yellow almost look the same.  I did end up having tulle left over. When I got the tulle home it was already folded in half.  So I started by rolling up the tulle into a roll, snipping off the end so the edge was even and cutting 1 1/2 inch pieces.  Once all the strips were cut I cut the them in half (where the tulle had been folded in half)  and then I cut the pieces in half again, the final pieces of tulle end up being about 14 1/2 inches long.  (From one 1 1/2 inch strip of tulle I got 4 pieces.)  I then just started tying the strips of tulle to the wreath.  (I originally tried to loop the tulle onto the wreath, the way you would if you were making a tutu, but the tulle wasn't long enough and was too loose.  I was concerned that it would fall off so I decided to just tie the tulle on the wreath which looked just fine.)  Every 1 1/2-2 inches I would tie a piece of gold ribbon which I cut to match the length of the tulle pieces.  Once all the green of the wreath was covered I just finished off the wreath with the orange glitter leaf!

(This is the wreath part of the way through.  You can see the type of wreath I used)

To Make a Tulle Fall Wreath:

1 yard yellow tulle (matte or shiny, I used shiny)

1 yard gold tulle (matte or shiny, I used shiny)

1 yard orange tulle (matte or shiny, I used shiny)

1-2 yards brown tulle (matte or shiny, I used shiny)

1-2 yards cranberry tulle (matte or shiny, I used matte)

1-2 yards eggplant tulle (matte or shiny, I used matte)

1 wreath form

1-2 spools golden ribbon

1) Cut the tulle into 1 1/2 inch strips by rolling up the tulle into roll and snipping off the end to make the edge even.

2) Cut the 1 1/2 inch strips into 4 even pieces (the pieces end up being 14 1/2- 15 inches long)

3) Cut golden ribbon into pieces that match the length of the tulle (14 1/2 inches long)

4) Tie the tulle onto the wreath form

5) Every 1 1/2- 2 inches tie on a piece of golden ribbon

6) When finished tying on all of the tulle and ribbon finish off your wreath with whatever fun Fall decoration you have, I used an orange glitter leaf!

7) Enjoy your wreath!! It's a simple and beautiful Fall decoration to make for your home!

The Move is Over

Well the last week and a half have been very busy!  We have finally moved and are kind of settled into our temporary home.  We spent a lot of time cleaning, organizing and packing.  After sorting through all of our belonging we came up with a decent number of items to donate.  This is only part of our donation pile! 

It was definitely bittersweet to say goodbye to the home we had shared for the last 3 years.  But Sunday morning we left our keys behind and drove away.  It was very difficult to say goodbye to my friends.  I have worked as a home health speech therapist for the past 3 years and some of the families I worked with have become very dear and wonderful friends.  I will miss seeing them on a weekly bases and watching the children I worked with grow and develop.   

I am looking forward to the future.  We have made out move.  Packed all our belongings into a 26' truck (which I drove!!)  Here was my ride.  All in all I have to say all the stress I felt about drive the truck was for nothing.  It drove really well and even though I had 26' of truck behind me, both the truck and I made it safely to our destination.  

Now I am starting my new job.  I had my first day today and what a change it will be.  Working with adults in a nursing home is completely different from my little children.  Hopefully I will check on quickly... 

On the Way to getting our Home

Well we received some information from our realtor yesterday about our possible future home and I am now cautiously optimistic that we will be closing on our First Home at the end of next month!!

Now the next week and a half of our lives will be filled with organizing, packing and cleaning!

http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/moving/packing/packing-secrets-from-the-pros/#page=1

Start of Our New Adventure

I have never written a blog before, but thought it would be fun.  I got married 7 1/2 months ago to my wonderful husband Chris and that started my Life as a Brave!

Since getting married my husband and I have been living in Orlando, he graduated with his Master's in Environmental engineering and I continued working at my current job as a home health speech pathologist.  About 2 months ago we decided I would look for a new job in south florida (since that is where I'm originally from) and our new adventure begins...

I am starting my new job in two weeks at a nursing home in Stuart, FL (this will be a big change for me since I'm used to working with children everyday!) Along with trying to pack up our house, say good-bye to all of our friends, Chris and I are also trying to buy a house down in Stuart.  Which has meant spending many weekends driving back and forth between Orlando and Stuart.  So the last few months have been just a little hectic to say the least.  We have an offer in on a house which we are hoping will be ours!  But we have already had one contract fall through so we are hoping that this home works out!!