Owls on our Front Porch

Whoooooo's ready for fall? I am, now that I've finished decorating our front porch. And even though everything is still green around here, I've filled the porch with all the glorious colors of autumn and a whole bunch of hoot owls!

Wooden owl made with a dremel | cottage at the crossroads

You may remember that about a month ago, we showed you this wooden owl that we created in the post using a dremel is a hoot. I knew then that I wanted to go with an owl theme for the porch, so I started collecting some owl items and came across some really cool vintage needlework at the auction.

Vintage owl needlework | cottage at the crossroads

This cute, golden owl was one of my finds.

And so was this piece of crewel. I got both of them for $5.

And on another day, I spotted this piece with the 3 owls. They look like they've been carved from wood, but it's just plastic!

And my sweet sister-in-law Jean got into the hunt and found this owl on a trip to Atlanta, and I turned it into a wreath for the front door.

Around the front door I have a grapevine garland that gets decorated for each season, and you can see some little owls that I made for it.

I cut them from felt and added a few embellishments such as some eyes made from scrap material and buttons for eyes.This little guy is perched on top of one of the red lanterns that we added last Christmas.

Old milk can dressed for autumn | cottage at the crossroads

The old milk can that always sits beside the front door got a new fall treatment.

I was fortunate to find this mesh ribbon which has some red in it along with other fall colors because the porch has a lot of red items on it. The ribbon was wide so I cut it in half so that it would go further!

Owl salad plates | cottage at the crossroads

The table is set with some owl salad plates that I wisely bought when I first spotted them at Walmart. The old wooden napkin rings got hot-glued with an acorn.

Vintage glasses | cottage at the crossroads

And I thought these vintage glasses that I bought at the auction went perfectly on my autumn table.

Owls on our fall porch | cottage at the crossroads

Now, you can't have a fall porch without a pumpkin, can you?

Vintage patchwork pumpkin | cottage at the crossroads

The centerpiece on the table is this vintage patchwork pumpkin that I found..........at the auction, of course!

Oh my! Don't you just love its shabbiness?

On the table that sits at one end of the porch, I put 2 purple fountain grass plants in burlap bags. They had out-grown their pots and my sister-in-law was going to dispose of them, but I grabbed them. I had just the place for them to go!

At the other end of the porch is our sitting area with some new pillows in the chairs. I was in the Carolina Pottery store in Columbia and spotted a bargain bin of pillows. I got two of these for $4.99 each. They are not outdoor pillows, but at that price, who cares?

The colors in them are a perfect match to the upholstery fabric that been on the cushions longer than I even want to think about.

Do you remember the cute red and white ticking shade that I made for the lamp on our summer porch? Well, I whipped up a burlap one for fall and I promise, I'll return soon with a tutorial on how to make one!

Another owl in the rocker is welcoming fall.

Cute owl from the dollar store | cottage at the crossroads

So is this little cutie that came from Dollar General! I think I'll name him "Hootie!" Anything as cute as that needs a name, don't ya think?

This vintage ceramic owl vase made its first appearance on our fall mantel several years ago.

From inside the porch, I can enjoy our topsy turvy jack-O'-lanterns.

Painted jack-o'-lantern | cottage at the crossroads

And another one of the cheap, plastic trick-or-treating pails that I turned into a planter has made it way onto the porch along with a stack of magazines. There is no better place for perusing magazines than a front porch!