Gearing up for fall

Thought I'd try a few new things for fall decorating and I loved many of the ideas from Sand and Sisal.  They used MDF letters, but I wanted to use things I had on hand - so I cut some letters from cereal boxes.  I might use a thicker box if I decide to re-do them, but this worked pretty well.  Now that I look back at mine and the example, I might adjust my ribbon lengths, but I used all items I had at home (boxes, ribbon from another project, scrapbook paper, fall leaves from fake flower bouquet and Modge Podge) so this didn't cost me a penny!

I like the topiary from Sand and Sisal too, but while I was at the Dollar Tree, I found some small craft pumpkins and thought I'd try something with them (there are lots of cute ideas on Pintrest, I tried spray paint like Wild Ink but before I spray painted, I did a little decorating with puffy paint...not sure how well it shows up in the pictures, but the only thing I would do different is get a glossy paint for the black one, or add a glossy coat (which I may still do).  For now, my little pumpkins are keeping watch on the porch ledge.