Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
The washing machine.
They get double candy because people love it so much. Directions to make it here.
First: appliance talk.
Thank you for all of the comments and input on the appliance deal post yesterday. If you are considering appliances in the near future, read the comments! Such great suggestions and input.
I was excited about potentially being able to make over our kitchen for under $1000, but we have decided to get the microwave through this deal and to wait and find a deal from a different brand for the others. Will you alert me if you see a screaming deal on anything else?
We subscribed to Consumer Reports for one month for $5.95. They have always been right on for us when purchasing cars and other large appliances so why didn’t I think of them first?? Thank you for reminding me!!
Here are the brands they say have the LEAST amount of repairs reported:
Dishwashers: Hotpoint, Whirlpool, Kenmore
Ranges: Hotpoint, GE, Whirlpool
Microwaves: Frigidaire, Whirlpool, Kenmore
Side by Side Fridge: Whirlpool, Samsung, Kenmore
I know there can be a lemon in any brand, but I think I will feel better about purchasing Whirlpool for the rest.
I was itching to make some cute flower pins for autumn. I know you’ve probably seen these all over blogland and they are super easy to make. I finished all of these in about an hour and a half, but that was making lots of mistakes along the way too, and digging for fabric scraps.
This one is just taking a strip of fabric, twisting, and rolling into a circle, hot glue gunning along the way, and then adding a little bling to the middle. (an old earring I had)
This one is just taking a strip of fabric, twisting, and rolling into a circle, hot glue gunning along the way, and then adding a little bling to the middle. (an old earring I had)
I needed to escape one night after the kids were in bed. You know those days when you just have to get out of the house and you don’t care if it’s just down to Kroger to stuff your face with a Dove bar to grab some milk and bread? I was wandering down the magazine aisle and this one caught my eye:
Hello, and welcome! Here is my project for today:
Begin with a charger from Target’s Dollar Spot:
Give it a coat of white spray paint, then take a small piece of sandpaper and let the gold come through on the edges of the leaf. It kind of reminded me of rubbing leaves with crayons…
Begin with a charger from Target’s Dollar Spot:
Give it a coat of white spray paint, then take a small piece of sandpaper and let the gold come through on the edges of the leaf. It kind of reminded me of rubbing leaves with crayons…
Because we’ve been seeing a little of this:
We had to make these:
This recipe is from my mom and these are just “fall” to me. We all love them and they make a huge batch so you can freeze some for later or take some to neighbors. They are soft and so, so good.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
2 eggs
5 cups flour
2 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder
1 lg can pumpkin (or 2 small cans)
1 pkg chocolate chips
Mix all ingredients together, drop by teaspoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
Want some more fall recipes? Here are some favorites:
greatest granola . easy peasy homemade donuts . soft pumpkin cookies . caramel corn puffs . foolproof yeast bread
Happy (almost) Fall~
I saw this lovely on p.79 of this month’s Country Living, and look what it started:
When I opened an email from Williams Sonoma a few weeks ago and saw this glass hurricane, it took my breath away:
photo from Williams Sonoma
Isn't it gorgeous? I loved it.
So, of course it was on my mind. I wish I could empty my brain sometimes, but alas, it was smashed in there along with other useful tidbits of information that I want to remember later, like did you know you're only supposed to run cold water in your garbage disposal to make it last longer?
I was lamenting the fact that we didn't carve pumpkins this year, but the bright side is that they make great, simple porch decorations through Thanksgiving~Have a great weekend and if you haven't already, you have through Sunday to comment on my houzz interview for the chance at the $50 Target gift card. Good luck!
p.s. if you have photoshop elements and are wondering how I colored the pumpkins, here is a great tutorial.
I love fall magazines.
I love to keep them and pull them out with my fall decor.
I love to keep them and pull them out with my fall decor.
I got lots of comments on the pumpkins on top of my piano~I wish I could say I made them, but they were from Target fall clearance last year. But it did get me thinking...how hard would they be to make?
I loved Angie@The Happy Homebody's framed pear project and thought how clever it would be with a pumpkin for fall instead.
So clever and original, Melissa!
But guess who is already two steps in front of me?
Angie.
Turns out that if you can come up with a framed pear, you can make a pumpkin look even cuter. So much for originality, but here goes my version :)
Start with a pumpkin from the Dollar Tree, and a knife (a bit morbid looking, isn't it??
But guess who is already two steps in front of me?
Angie.
Turns out that if you can come up with a framed pear, you can make a pumpkin look even cuter. So much for originality, but here goes my version :)
Start with a pumpkin from the Dollar Tree, and a knife (a bit morbid looking, isn't it??
I wanted to bring you to my friend Marti's front yard~it is downright beautiful. I featured her last fall, and I couldn't help but grab my camera and start taking pictures when I was there. She's not only a decorator, but a gardener as well, and so it makes for a killer combination. Her husband is in agriculture, so he gets to bring home some amazing pumpkins.
Happy October (rabbit!)
Rhoda is having a Fall Party over at her place, and I'm joining up with some fall decor in my house:
Rhoda is having a Fall Party over at her place, and I'm joining up with some fall decor in my house:
I saw this $2 arrangement at a yard sale and it's not the flowers that caught my eye, but what was underneath it all..
It all started with a stack of end of summer outdoor clearance pillows from Target and Home Depot
I began to unpack my autumn decor and forgot about my little excursion to Hobby Lobby when all the fall went 90% off last year.
(For inquiring minds, it was the Friday before Thanksgiving, Nov 20 last year)
There I was, all by myself, 8 months pregnant and I just sat myself down smack in the middle of the aisle to go through the leftovers. Here is what I came back with:
(For inquiring minds, it was the Friday before Thanksgiving, Nov 20 last year)
There I was, all by myself, 8 months pregnant and I just sat myself down smack in the middle of the aisle to go through the leftovers. Here is what I came back with:
We have been busy enjoying fall festivities over the weekend and into Monday. We did a little of this:
I am not much of a "fryer." I think I have maybe fried something in oil once, maybe twice in my life??? I don't like the way it makes the house and clothes smell and it just seems like a lot of work. And I always laugh when I think of the line from Sweet Home Alabama when Candice Bergen tells Reese Witherspoon's mom "why don't you go back to your double wide and fry something" and then gets punched out. Oh, that makes me want to watch that now.
Anyway, for our little rotating preschool, I had the letter "d" and I found this super simple donut recipe. It looked so easy in fact, I was willing to fry. We tried it and liked it so much, we made them again for our family night.
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