Have you decorated for fall yet? Or maybe the better question is, do you decorate for fall? My hand is definitely up for yes, although I like to keep it pretty simple. If I put everything out in mid-September, it has to stay around for two and a half months, and that's a long time to look at the same things! So for me, fall decorating needs to be minimal, but still pretty enough to make the house feel like fall has arrived.

This week I've been easing into the season in other ways, too. I cut some hydrangeas to dry, cleaned and organized the freezer—and then went to Costco and messed it all up again. Such is life.

This morning I finally brought out my ages-old ceramic pumpkins from good old Target and my gorgeous orange pomegranate stems from Amazon. That's really about it for now, although things will get a little more festive as we get closer to Halloween. The week before, I'll hang my life-size plastic skeleton on the door and carve a pumpkin. Then, on November 1, the skeleton will disappear and my three little golden turkeys will come out for Thanksgiving.

And that's my kind of fall decorating: a little here, a little there, and just enough to make things feel special without turning the house upside down.

I got this little house basket from Target last week. It's fun to get new things for the house and this holds all our desk essentials so sweetly.

I cut my hydrangeas when the petals feel leathery and their color has started to mellow. I strip the leaves from the stems and put them in a vase with about an inch of water. I've had pretty good luck drying them this way, with about a 70% success rate. A few will wilt, but most dry beautifully over the course of a few weeks.

I'm using old bottles and tin cans.

This will be on my needles this weekend,

This used big needles and I'm sure will be a quick knit.

I've got one more project planned, and I've already ordered the yarn, so it should be here any day now.

Fall Berry Stems

Gorgeous beige silk flower arrangement.

Artificial Ficus Branches

Faux Burgundy "greenery"

Dried Baby's Breath

Orange Berry Stems

Fall Leaves Stems

Faux Pumpkins, set of 8

Ceramic Pumpkin

And lastly, my beloved pomegranate stems.

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