The wreath and candle decor above are from the Thanksgiving collection at Pottery Barn. I love the rich Fall colors and how can I do a Holiday post without a wreath in there somewhere? ;)

This is the ivy "forest" in our front yard. I was shocked the first time I noticed that the ivy was changing color. ? I am still befuddled by it. Growing up in the Bay Area California we didn't really experience Fall like you do here in Utah. Where I grew up, there was mostly evergreens so even though I have been here in Utah for over 10 years I am still awe struck by Fall here.

Few, I finally made my sunflower wreath. It hangs on our side door and I love it!! I also love how the deep purple goes so well with these dried sunflowers. Here is how to make one for yourself...
First, cut the heads off of the stem leaving about an inch of the stem on.
remove the petals and leave in the sun to dry out. Takes a couple of days. You can also use them fresh, they are just a little more sticky where they were cut.

This is a sunflower wreath I made 2 years ago from my mom's old dried out sunflowers. It's that time of year again! While at my parents this weekend I went out in the garden with my mom and picked a whole bucket full of sunflowers. They are currently drying out in my backyard and I am going to make another one of these wreaths. I am going to take pictures as I make this so you can see how simple it is to do.

I just found a super cute blog called tatertots & jello. On this blog there is a tutorial for the most genius idea for a Fall wreath, you can find it here. What did we ever do before mod-podge?

...and I am sooo excited. I hate to admit it, but I think I like Halloween just as much if not more than Christmas.

Here is a sunflower wreath I made at my moms house. I used a medium size twig wreath, about 60 sunflower heads and wire. Et Voila! It took about an hour. I was amazed by how beautiful it looked, so I made another and hung it on the door next to this one. This was one of those moments when I stepped back and wanted to call myself Martha.