DIY Pear Stems for Fall

I saw some of the most gorgeous pear stems the other day and thought how I would love to have some to use in my floral designs.         At $28 per stem,    they were out of my price range since I would need a least 3 of them to put in a vase or tuck in a  floral design.

I went to Hobby Lobby to see if I could find anything in the floral department  that I could use to make my own version of the pear stems.

I found a sack of 6 pears for $10 that  were reduced to $6 by using a 40% off coupon.      I took the existing stem off which left me an opening to insert a stem that was on the branches....... that I also found at HL      

Here is a close up of how I inserted the stem into the hole in my pear.      The stem fits into the opening pretty tight so I didn't feel a need to add any hot glue.

The stems I used to put my pears on were on sale half off........so the 3 stems were only $3.50 each.

SO,   my total cost for the 3 pear stems was $16.50.      They are not identical  to the ones I saw for $28 each,    but they're close enough for me and in my budget.

I put my pear stems in a large pitcher that belonged to my mother and placed my design on a end table in the sun room.

I don't decorate every room for every holiday or season,   but I do try to add a touch or two to each room. 

   In the sun room,  I sat a truck filled with small pumpkins on the coffee table.      And that is the extent of my fall decor in the sun room.....lol!

I took a few photos around the sun room since I was in there already photographing my pear stems.

Here is the deck that you can walk onto from the sun room. 

   Again,   only a small touch of fall......a pumpkin on the coffee table.

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