I love to decorate for the seasons of the year. I think the fall decorations are my favorites. I love pumpkins, and when Thanksgiving is over and it's time to bring out the Christmas decorations, I like to take my pumpkins outside and decorate the back border of our property with them, setting up colorful vignettes that I can see from the windows in my house. Throughout the remainder of winter, I don't have to wait for spring blooms to make their appearance in order to see bursts of color among the dead leaves or blankets of snow.I took photos of my pumpkin displays, and all of a sudden the idea hit me to recycle these pumpkins yet again by having a photo of one of my own pumpkin displays enlarged for framing. How exciting! I love it when an idea like that strikes me! The real fun was searching for the perfect "trash to treasures" frame.
In the end, these recycled pumpkins served as decorations for our home for a third time. First, the fresh-picked pumpkins decorated the inside of our home in the fall. Then they decorated the outdoors behind our house throughout the winter months. Finally, they re-entered our home as an image captured and a memory that lingers. If you're interested in the step-by-step how-to's, read on.
