Real Leaf Table Runner

Every year we pick up and press leaves. I saw some blog posts about dipping leaves into beeswax or decoupaging them to make them more supple and bring back the color. We tried the decoupage on the leaves, and it did make them look great. Then we thought maybe we could layer them and decoupage them together into a table runner. Well.... they moved too much to decoupage them. Then I took some Tacky Glue and spot glued the overlapping tips of the laid out leaves together, then weighted them down with a couple of cookie sheets until the glue dried. THEN we decoupaged them. Turned out pretty well. I might take it to my Mother-I-L's for Thanksgiving.