Let's Add Sprinkles: Late Summer Sunflowers and Bees/Summer To Fall Transition

Hello, Friends,

How are you? I hope you are well.

It's been a long time since I've blogged. I started a post in July for the Fourth but I never got around to finishing it up.

Here in East Texas, we have had a pretty mild summer, however, I get tired of temperatures in the 90s by August.

In the transition from summer to fall, I always pull out some sunflower decor. If you have been around for a while, you might remember that my classroom decor was sunflowers and bees for many years. I love this type of decor to bridge the summer to fall decorations in the house.

Let's have a look around.

I'm going to start with my cute Honey Pie. I had no idea that a honey pie was an actual recipe but in my search of images for inspiration, I actually found that there is such a thing.

So I created a faux pie using a mini pie dish from Hobby Lobby, foam, muslin and paint.

Don't forget the glitter!

As far as I know, there isn't another one like it on the internet. I love making these faux pies. I adorned it with a little "prim" tag, some scraps and a cute little bee button. I didn't move a lot of my craft supplies so I've had to essentially start over. I'm sure moving a few little bee buttons wouldn't have loaded down the moving van but they did not make it to the new house. I have no idea what I was thinking except I was feeling overwhelmed with the move.

I copied the recipe onto a bee recipe card and created a vignette on a wood riser that was made by my brother in law at Zander Wood shop. This was a birthday gift from them.

I added a little prim bee and a decoupaged sunflower box. This was my fourth attempt at a bee that I loved. The box was made from a Michel Design Works napkin.

Because we never use it, the breakfast room table has become the location of some large centerpieces that are changed for the seasons.

The sunflowers were ordered from Walmart. My collection did not survive the summer of our construction. I guess there were just a few too many Daddy Long Legs on them for Bill's liking.

The lights came from Hobby Lobby online.

I adore the little pillow. I used transfer paper to copy an image from The Graphics Fairy.

This other little pillow is one in which was successfully printed directly onto fabric.

This is the best of the lot because it is printed instead of using a transfer method.

It was nerve wracking experience because I didn't want to jamb the printer.

I styled it in the gravy boat painted by Bill's grandmother. My Le Creuset pie bird is nestled in with paper shreds and a crochet sunflower. This is my second pie bird because I broke the first one. I found it on eBay.

I usually dangle an ornament from the knobs on the corner cupboard. These are a set from The Round Top Collection.

The theme would not be complete without some honey pots.

The breakfast room buffet got a vignette.

The bee hive ornament came from Hobby Lobby. I found the glass bee and sunflower garland last summer. I cannot remember where I found it but I love it so much.

I created a couple of vignettes in the living room.

The clock faces came from an antique mall in Sulpher Springs. More paper shreds elevate the clock faces. I got the idea from the YoUniquely Vintage You YouTube channel.

The new little shed porch got a sprinkling of decor.

The screen porch got redecorated.

The potting bench had been tucked back in the new shed. It needed a thorough cleaning but I'm so glad it's out in the open again.

The front porch got some pillows

and a few faux sunflowers.

Here are some more photos.

Finally, say hello to the newest member of our family.

Rufus showed up at the beginning of May. According to a comment on my Nextdoor app, he had been dumped or abandoned by his previous owners because they moved. He could have been hiding that day but who really knows. He showed up in the yard. I think to eat birds feeding at the feeder. Bill fed him (saved the birds) and the next day he came right up to me. He was very thin but he is in good health. We got all his shots, flea and tick treatment and got him fixed. The vet thinks he's about a year old.