Give Thanks Banner

Today I'm participating in the NewlyWoodwards Dare To Do It Yourself Party.  This week the dare is Dare To... Be Thankful.  I made this cute little banner by cutting out some felt to the size I wanted, gluing on some cute scrapbook paper and topping it off with some chipboard stickers.  I finished it off by hot gluing the felt to some ribbon, gluing on a few leaves and adding some ribbon.  It turned out cute I think, not really what I was imagining, but I don't think I have the tools to do what I wanted to do... oh well.  I was pretty lucky to have everything on hand already except the chipboard stickers and those only cost me $1 in the Target dollar bins.  Gotta love the dollar bins!  Head on over to the party and see what other crafty people are doing.

Thanksgiving Tablescapes

Well since November is well underway now and we are hosting a couple different parties I thought I should start thinking about tablescapes.  I love to decorate for the holidays and I love to host holiday parties, so I'm really excited this year to be hosting a dinner for friends and Thanksgiving at my house.  I have a few different ideas of what I'm looking for, but haven't been able to find a picture that has it all.  Even Pottery Barn, my mentor and inspiration, hasn't done it for me this year.  I still love you PB.  So in my vast searching of the world wide web this is what I found.

Courtesy of Country Living

I absolutely love the creams, ambers and use of silver pieces in this one.  Plus it helps that they are using my absolute favorite kind of roses in that silver urn.

Courtesy of Country Living

I love the rich fall colors and the use of nature in this one.

Courtesy of Country Living

What a cute idea.  I won't use it on the table, but my kitchen window would look great with this.

Courtesy of Pottery Barn

I did find this little beauty from PB.  So easy to replicate.  I'll be making a few of these lovelies for my home.

I guess we'll see what I end up using for my own tablescape, but I think I'm leaning toward the first lovely setting.  I really love the soft and cozy feel that it has.  It helps that all my dishes are of the cream family as well.  Follow me to see how my tablescape turns out.

If you're visiting let me know what you think since I love to hear others ideas.  I'm linking up to Today's Creative Blog.  Stop by to see lots of other great ideas.

A Sudden Change in Weather

On Monday we had a sudden change in weather.  We've been having nice fall weather, but on Monday it turned to cool fall weather.  Since this change our yard has undergone an amazing transformation.  I thought I would share our beautiful yard with you.  Enjoy!  

Happy Fall Y'all

Well fall is officially here.  It's actually quite late this year.  Usually fall hits the first week of September, but it's only cooled off in the last two weeks.  It went from mid-eighties one day to mid-fifties the next.  I hate those dramatic drops in temperature.  Anyways, the weather has been beautiful although about ten degrees cooler than usual.  I guess we just can't win.  Of course fall is my favorite time of year so it's a little irritating that I can't fully enjoy it, but what are you gonna do.  Since fall is coming so late, hardly any leaves have changed color or dropped.  We've had one tree change color so far.  I guess we need to go for a drive up the canyon to see any changes.  All our flowers are actually in bloom again, which is sort of odd.  Anyways, here are just a few cute decorations I put out.  I also thought my "spooky blocks" turned out so cute that I ended up making some "fall blocks" too.