At the end of October, my church held its annual hoedown. The kids come dressed in their Halloween costumes and play games, while the adults have a square dance. Everybody enjoys delish BBQ and fixins all made by church members. My friend Amy and I volunteered to decorate. We had a blast and only wish we'd had more time and more lights!
We hung overlapping burlap on the stage and had strings of lights behind it. I love the idea (it was Amy's) but unfortunately we thought of it last minute because we had extra burlap. We did not have loads of extra lights... If I could do it over, I would have had strings of lights hanging from the top. I would also line the floor of the stage in lights. These were taken with my phone which, though wonderful, is not an IPhone.
The fall bucket arrangements with some of the most perfect pumpkins that I found at the Fresh Market (aka the greatest store ever!).
I had these purple lights that I thought looked like fall. Again the picture doesn't do it justice. Unfortunately, the chairs could not be moved out but were stacked against the walls. We tried to improve them somewhat by running lights and leaf garlands as if they had taken over.
Close up of the leaf/light garland with some pumpkins "growing" on the vine.
The tables were very simple because there was not a lot of extra space due to the plentiful bounty of "fixins". No complaints there! Again we used a square of burlap with hurricanes filled with tiny pumpkins.
We used (a lot of) burlap as decoration for the fall/barn feel. Here is the view that greeted everyone. Again sorry for the picture quality. I think it turned out well for a last minute job. Thank you Amy!
