Thanksgiving
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Turkey & Jalapeno Jelly Roll Ups
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ad #MakeHeartburnHistory #CollectiveBias It’s that time of year when turkey is in abundance along with amazing appetizers and mounds of baked goods! It seems that every gathering is centered around delicious food. I love this time of year but I also dread it. I like to sample and eat all of the tasty treats and selections but, often hold back knowing that I will pay for it later. I have to decide if what I choose to eat is worth having heartburn later. This year I am going to be prepared so, I…
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“Thankful for Neighbors” Pumpkin bread
I have some really wonderful neighbors! I am realizing that I don’t let them know how great they are very often! Over the weekend I decided to make a few batches of mini pumpkin bread to take to my amazing neighbors. I used this pumpkin bread recipe and added chocolate chips to it. Next I headed over to Google to find the perfect tag to let my neighbors know how thankful I am for them. I downloaded the free tags from best design options, she has a wonderful variety. While the bread continued to bake. I cut a few strips of fall patterned scrapbook paper at 3″ by 12″. After…
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Fall Orange Soda with a Treat and Free Printable
Before diving into our Christmas crafting we have to show you a few cute things we have found. How can you pass up these ideas and not make them? These darling Orange Soda bottles showed up in the design studio on Cricut’s website. I just had to make some of these for my new co workers! I picked up some Crush Orange Soda glass bottles at the store (12 total). whipping these up in no time at all! I had to have something to go along with the sodas so once all the paper, burlap & pumpkins were hot glued onto the bottles Krystal and I set out to add…
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Leftover Turkey stuffing Casserole
With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner we are always welcoming that big delicious meal, until the day after. What do you do with all this leftover food! Many years back I adapted this Betty Crocker recipe to meet my own families liking. It is a great for using up leftover turkey, stuffing and vegetables. It is like Thanksgiving dinner all in one pan. This meal is quick and cozy sometimes I will make it with canned or leftover chicken. Enjoy! Print Leftover Turkey stuffing Casserole Ingredients 1 can ) condensed cream of chicken soup 1¼ cups milk 1 bag frozen vegetable mix (or use leftover vegetables) ½…
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Gratitude Sign
My heart has pined after this gratitude sign for a few years! I just can’t pony up the $89 for it!!! You all know I am cheap skate! On my quest to create more fall and Thanksgiving décor for my home, I knew this sign was the perfect element that I was missing. I went out to the wood pile and found a few scraps of bead board. I sanded the bead board to give it a rustic look and then added some of my famous glaze to completed that rustic look. Next I set up a template with the wording on my computer. I cut the wording in teal…
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Trendy Aztec Pumpkin Decor
I am loving this Aztec vibe that is floating all over the world right now! As I was searching images on the Silhouette studio store, I came across this darling Aztec style pumpkin! I had to buy the cut file .99 cents later it was mine! I have been dreaming of ways to use it for some fall décor. I finally decide that the pumpkin is just perfect on it’s own. I found some boards in my scrap pile, they measure 9 1/2″ x 9 1/2″. I glazed one of the boards and painted the other one a cream color. I cut this darling pumpkin out of rust and…
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Fall Burlap & Subway art board
After I put away all of my Halloween decorations, I began to look around and realized I only have a few fall and Thanksgiving decorations. I was kind of sad! I think we often overlook Thanksgiving. I am on a mission to make some Fallish home décor. I love a good subway art board, found a similar one in this etsy shop of course they were no longer offering this item for sale. I needed to make my own, First I painted a scrap board white. Next I made up template similar to the subway art I saw. I decided to use orange and brown vinyl for mine. I cut the…
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Easy Fall/Harvest boards
I found the idea for these for fall/harvest boards at Simply Kierste. She is offering a free cut file and great tutorial too! I had a few wood scraps hanging around like always, I just adjusted the cut file to match the size of my boards. I mixed up my famous wood glaze, let it dry and then got to work painting these cute pumpkin and fall boards. Check out her site and give it a try.
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Advice from a Pumpkin Home Decor Wood Sign
Our friend Liz showed us this darling saying about advice from a pumpkin and she was just dying to make it! I have no idea where she saw it from for us to give credit but we were able to see a picture. Off to the Pallet yard Krystal and I went to find free wood (yet not necessarily pallet wood). We were lucky enough to find this insanely large piece of pine at the pallet yard for free! Take a look at this photo to see how large it is before cutting it! Imagine two women trying to get this home and then cutting it themselves on the table…
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Make your own 20 minute fall Deco Mesh Wreath
20 minute fall deco mesh wreath I love the look of the Deco mesh wreath’s. I really never thought about making one, until a friend asked me to help her with one. Doing a little research online I found a really amazing tutorial on Big Bear’s Wife The base only takes about 20 minutes to put together. Then decorate and glue in anything you desire. Here are 2 wreath’s we made for fall. The first one, I hung a folded paper wreath I made over top. The second one, I made the happy fall sign to place in the center of the open circle. I used a piece of leftover…
