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Published: Harvest Crafts

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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0pt;">These three crafts were super easy to make and inexpensive. We will start with the twine pumpkin.</span><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Pour white glue into a bowl. You will need about 5-6 tablespoons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Measure about 3 feet of twine and cut. Measure about 14 inches of twine and cut. Place pieces into the glue and coat well. Does not have to be heavily saturated, just sticky/tacky. Measure a six inch piece of twine and set aside for later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Wrap the middle piece of twine around the pencil in a spiral. This will be the “leaf.” Wrap the longer piece of twine around the glass covered in plastic wrap. Do not overlap but keep the spiral tights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Allow the twine to dry overnight. Slowly unwrap the twine. It should stay formed into a spiral shape.  Take the  smaller piece of twine you set aside earlier and loop through the center of the spirals and tie. Spray paint the small spiral green.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Once tied and secure, I spread out the stiff twine loops evenly around the center to form a complete pumpkin. Add the cinnamon stick to the center. You can use hot glue if you’d like to secure it better. Then tuck in the green twine spiral. Again you can hot glue this one too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Spray your jar lids with orange spray paint. You can leave them natural colored if that will fit with your decorating scheme or use a different color altogether.  Allow them to dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">Once lids are drip loop twine through the center and secure tightly with a knot. Spread them out evenly. Add cinnamon stick to the center and tuck in your burlap leaf. Can be hot glued if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If you are a reader of Lake Wedowee Life then you will know that 3 of my favorite things to craft with are burlap, twine and mason jars. ...

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I love a good Holiday wreath. I also love when I can create something different and unique. Last year at our Southern Holiday Life t...

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working on the current issue of <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/" target="_blank">southern holiday life</a> magazine made me itch to try out a recipe by one of the contributors Stacey Little of <a href="http://www.southernbite.com/" target="_blank">Southern Bite</a>. he has a cookbook coming out early next year and this recipe will be included! anyways i HAD to <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/2013/11/a-little-family-christmas.html" target="_blank">make this coca-cola cake recipe</a> that is featured in the <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/p/southern-holiday-life_11.html" target="_blank">2013 issue</a>.</div>
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it was delicious! get the recipe by following this link: <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/2013/11/a-little-family-christmas.html">http://www.southernholidaylife.com/2013/11/a-little-family-christmas.html</a>

Coca Cola Cake

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Southern Holiday Life Launch Party 2013

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please join us and check back tomorrow here on my blog for the release of my new crafts!</div>
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hope to see y'all there!</div>
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Southern Holiday Life Launch Party 2013

join me tomorrow for the southern holiday life launch party . our digital issue will be released as well as all the features in print. ...

Southern Holiday Life now accepting Contributor Submissions

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Southern Holiday Life magazine is now accepting contributor submissions. Here is what they are looking for:</div>
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on my first stop i spotted this red two foot sleigh.</div>
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(this particular thrift store is notorious for that...but it helps me get a better deal in most cases)</div>
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ended up bargaining for fifty cents! </div>
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among the other bits and pieces i picked out</div>
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i got out of there in under three bucks!</div>
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when i saw this piece i instantly knew what i wanted to make.</div>
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since im giving away my holiday owl wreath i made for <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/" target="_blank">southern holiday life magazine</a> in their<a href="http://lwl-southernholidaylife.blogspot.com/2012/11/southern-holidaty-life-25-week-days.html" target="_blank"> 25 {week} days of christmas giveaways</a> the first week of december....i needed a new holiday wreath for my front door....especially since this is our first christmas in our new home!</div>
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all the elements along with this piece were left over from previous projects.</div>
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i used netting left over from a wedding veil i made last year.</div>
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the "evergreen" swag was leftover from <a href="http://www.southernholidaylife.com/" target="_blank">southern holiday life</a> projects as well as the berries.</div>
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the little bird was in a grab bag i got at another thrift a few weeks ago for twenty-five cents.</div>
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this wreath complete in under two bucks!</div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US;">At our house we do not have a fireplace for Santa to come down the chimney, and we can’t just leave the door unlocked! For the past 5 years I have hung the Santa Key that I made outside the front door on Christmas Eve so that Santa can get into the house and deliver his gifts. </span><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua"; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can download yours </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Yf-A1HgvE2dzFDUWhJTWtXVk0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Enjoy!</span></span><br />
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