Category: The Holidays (page 23 of 38)
Look what I’ve been pinning lately:
1. Thanksgiving Luminaries by Creature Comforts
2. Thanksgiving Florals, Design Sponge
3. Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake, Annie’s Eats
4. Cranberry Orange Sherbet, Vintage Mixer
5. Sweet Potato Pie, Joy the Baker
Last night we feasted on Butternut Squash Chili and fresh cornbread and ate Halloween cupcakes for dessert. All while watching Hocus Pocus and listening to the rain pour down! It was the perfect Halloween evening.
{The Chili recipe is from the lovely Jenny Steffens Hobick. We made it last year and just can’t stop making it! We have made a few changes to suit our tastes, it is a wonderful and easy recipe to make!}
It was very brisk outside today. We ran errands and had a cup of coffee. I love when we are off together and can just be in each other’s company. I am so excited that tomorrow is Halloween! We are making chili with butternut squash and a batch of cornbread, we have a whole Halloween line-up of movies to watch and we are baking some Halloween cupcakes to share with our neighbours.
In the spirit of Halloween fun I thought I would share this. I think this has to be one of the funniest Saturday Night Live Holidays skits ever. Enjoy!
I’ve been busy pinning some Halloween tricks, treats and ideas onto my Halloween Pinterest Page so come on over and join me there:
1. Halloween Pumpkin Punch from Honestly Yum
2. Witch Cupcakes from Country Living
3. Spider Cupcakes from Bakerella
4. Oreo Milkshake from My Baking Addiction
5. Hi-Hat Brownies from Dieters Downfall
1. Halloween Candy dishes from Martha Stewart
2. Papier Mache Puppets from Mermag
3. Bubblegum Necklaces from A Pretty Cool Life
4. Halloween Noisemakers from Martha Stewart
5. Candy Corn from The Purl Bee
1. Witches by Phoebe Wahl
2. Charlie Brown Poster Tumblr
3. Star Wars
4. Halloween Entertaining from Country Living
5. Frankenstein and his Bride
Well, its that time of year again. It is time for me to start working on my Christmas card. Which sounds just plum crazy when you say it out loud, but once I decide on a design and then shoot the photographs or make the piece, edit it and get it sent off to the printers, it is a process that needs to be started sooner rather than later.
I gave Goose Girl and Foxy a break this year and decided to go a completely different route. One of my favorite artistic mediums to work within is collaging. I was inspired by the lovely Phoebe Wahl and a set of Christmas cards she made (see below). Now, when I collage, I don’t normally make all of my pieces myself, I am inspired by other things and I use those to create the elements of each piece.
With my love of vintage patterns I set to work, finding just the right pieces to put the puzzle together. Finding bits and bobs here and there, in vintage wrapping paper and post cards, I slowly formed a collection. Below are the the first few bits I created. I played around with the potential design, but I have now settled on one and my Christmas Card is really starting to take shape.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Below is a little 4th of July round-up, enjoy!
1. Bakerella Snow Cones
2. Red, White & Blue donuts
3. Watercolor Flag Straws
4. Crayfish Party Hats
5. USA Cake
All pinned to my “Born on the 4th of July” Pinterest Board.
Still enjoying the leftovers of Easter.
We got a scrumptious nest cake from Our Daily Bread Bakery for dessert, the Easter tree for a baby girl’s first Easter and glorious truffles that my sister was kind enough to share some with me, they were heavenly!
Wishing you a blessed and joyous Easter!