Autumn is my favourite time of year. I love the dramatic oranges and ochre yellows that the trees produce, and how the colours echo through the landscape. I took this photo this afternoon after finding a stray branch lying on the ground. It didn't look anything special, but once I held it up to the crisp blue sky, it brought its colours alive.
Every year I collect beautifully coloured leaves from many different varieties of trees, and I press them in old chunky books. I never really know what to do with them, until I read this months CL. I was inspired by their feature 'The golden season' It has many great ideas, but the one that stood out to me, was this one below, where they have threaded leaves to make a garland. I'm going to have a go, and see what happens. I'll post a picture once I have perfected one!
Unfortunately the picture has not scanned well.
oak leaves - my absolute favourite tree. It's a great issue of CL isn't it?
Posted by: Pebbledash | 09/17/2009 at 10:13 PM