I always think of September as a kind of transitional month: I'm not yet ready to jump into Halloween or Thanksgiving motifs, yet I'm ready to move away from summer. So I made a super simple Fall mantel to get me in the spirit, as well as a front door hanging that will be easy to change out once the leaves actually start to fall. (As I write this, it's 80 degrees here!)
For my mantel, I wanted to complement the red in my furniture, so I chose a pretty apple from Silhouette (
find it here) and cut it from red paper.

Then I got out a page of cardstock and made the Subway Art by writing out my favorite seasonal words, and then using lots of different fonts. I cut the whole thing out of the cardstock, and used a wet-erase chalkboard marker to stencil it on the board. (I think this would be a great use of the Sihouette stencil material, I just didn't have any on hand.) One tip about stenciling fonts: some of the more decorative fonts (like Circus, for example - used for the words, "Country Fairs,") have lots of little parts and when I went to cut them, the cardstock just got trashed. So I went back and cut those fonts using the "Cut Edge" Cut-Style option and then filled in details wherever I could freehand. I then looked among my stash of frames and artwork I have collected over time and put up a few that complemented the season and color scheme. (I find cheap but really pretty artwork by using pages from a calendar or downloading [copywright-free] images from the internet.)

My door hanging was a super simple throw together using a cone, ribbon, late-season hydrangeas and some mossy sticks I already had on-hand. I found paper leaves I had made for Thanksgiving last year and wired those on, as well. (I used the
8 Fall Leaves design for this.)
(I do love a mossy stick...:) )
I hope you enjoy and are finding inspiration this late summer!