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Pumpkin Crumb Cake, Yum!

by Filed Under: fall, pumpkin, pumpkin crumb cake, pumpkin recipe, recipe-1, recipes 61 Comments

One of my favorite things about Fall is all the yummy food! I love to cook and bake, and this past weekend I decided I’d give a tasty recipe I found a try! Pumpkin crumb cake, hello! Here’s what you’re going to need :

For the cake batter:
  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup ( 1 stick ) unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts ( optional )
For the topping:
  • 2/3 cups rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
For the topping, begin by mixing the oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon together. Start to add the butter, creating a crumbly consistency. Set aside. Preheat your oven to 350. Grease a 9X5X3 inch pan. Begin to mix flour, pumpkin spice, baking soda, powder and salt together in a bowl. Add your butter and sugar together, while slowly stirring in your eggs one at a time. Mix well. Add pumpkin puree and vanilla. Slowly begin to stir in your milk. Add walnuts, if you choose. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Voila! A simple, delicious Fall dessert sure to become a family favorite!
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Charming Fall Banner

by Filed Under: banner, book pages, diy, diy project, fall, fall banner, fall leaves 96 Comments

I’ve, slowly but surely, finished my Fall mantle! And thanks to my charming fall banner, it now looks complete 🙂 I found this wonderful idea for this banner at Simple As That- The Blog. Please be sure to take a look at hers, too! Ours are very similar, as I’m sure yours will be if you re-create it too. So, lets get to it.. Here’s what you’re going to need:

  • Unused book, at least 10 pages ripped out
  • leaves ( real or fake )
  • craft glue
  • scissors
  • double sided tape
  • jute
For this project, I used 10 pages. Begin by trimming your pages to your desired size and cut a pennant shaped design at the bottom. /  When trimming your pages, keep in mind you will be folding over the top, so leave about a half inch for this. Once your pages are trimmed and cut, begin to glue on your leaves. I opted for fake leaves. We don’t have very many trees around us and I wanted to be able to re-use this next year! I bought mine at Jo Ann Fabrics ( 30 pieces for $1.99 ). You can use your desired craft glue, I just used Elmer’s because it’s what I had around 😉 Let dry. Measure how long your jute will need to be. I left about two inches on each end of mine and about a half inch in between each page. Fold the top of your page over the jute about a half inch, and use a piece of double sided tape to adhere. Continue for your remaining pages. Hang and you’re done!!
I just love it!
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Welcome to the I Love My Online Friends ‘GFC’ Hop. Last week we had 157 link ups. Our goal is still that magic number 180! Let’s see if this is the week for it. For more info on the hop and guest hosting, please read HEREWell, are you ready? Let’s go hopping! RULES FOR THE HOP 1. Please follow your host and the fab five on Google Friend Connect (GFC). Tami @ The Things We Find InsideFotini @ Glamorous, Affordable LifeRachel @ Caribbean DaydreamingMyranda @ Pretty Living PDXMelissa @ Keeping Up With The RheinlandersJill @ Create.Craft.Love.2. Link up your homepage and start hopping around. Remember, this is a blog hop, you’ve gotta do some hopping in order for it to truly be worth your time. When you get a new follower it’s always nice to return the favor  Visit their blogs, leave them a comment and/or return the follow. 3. You are not required to, but it would be great if you could tweet/like/pin/share this post and/or grab the button and share it on your blog. The more people that see this hop, the more blogs for us to visit and the more followers we gain.

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DIY No Sew Pillow Cases

by Filed Under: diy project, fabric, linen, no sew pillow cases, pillow cases, wheat wreath design 55 Comments

The other day I posted my inspiration for my Fall mantle. I really loved the wheat wreath pillows that I found, but they were Ethan Allen and $134 each, no thank you! So I was on the search for something similar! I went to Hobby Lobby, Marshalls and TJ Maxx….Nothing!! I ended up at Jo Ann Fabrics and picked out two fabrics I liked.. I was going to attempt my first pillow cases… These were going to be no sew, of course!

I was feeling brave.. I was going to attempt the wheat wreath design that I loved so much! You’re going to want to start by measuring your fabric and pinning it to the pillow. I determined the middle of my pillow and taped my letter “R” stencil onto the fabric, and removed the pillow. I did this because I didn’t want the marker I was going to use to bleed onto the pillow. Yes, that’s right, I said marker… I pinned a couple things on Pinterest recently about using permanent marker on fabrics, so I decided to give it a try. Worked like a charm! I placed a notebook under my fabric and began to trace and fill in my stencil. Remove your stencil when finished. Next, I was on the search for a good sized item I could trace in the shape of a circle. I opted for a large plate, and traced it in pencil. I added “leaves”, mine look more like arrows, to the circle in pencil as well. Once completed, I carefully went over the entire design with the marker. Grab your pillow and situate your fabric evenly. I used a no-sew, no-heat fabric glue for this project. I folded the extra fabric on the back of the pillow sort-of like a present and glued each into place. Let dry.
For my second pillow, this was just a rectangular throw pillow I hadn’t used for awhile, so I decided to give it a makeover! I chose a beautiful, chic quatrefoil design in turquoise and cream. Again, I measured the fabric to the pillow, cut and glue. I took an additional piece of extra fabric and tied it into the center, vertically, to create a “cinching” look. With another piece of extra fabric, I made a bow. All done!
So, I made two pillow cases, so far, and I have plenty left over to make at least one more of each.. My total fabric cost was under $8. That was for 2 yards of linen and 1 yard of the quatrefoil design.
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Southwestern Style Quesadillas

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I didn’t know what to make for dinner tonight.. It’s one of those nights where I want something good, fast and easy! I browsed the fridge and pantry, and here’s what I came up with… southwestern style quesadillas. They were delicious!! Here’s what you’re going to need:

  • tortillas
  • mild or sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • corn
  • canned black beans
  • sour cream
  • lettuce, onions, olives (for toppings)
  • taco sauce, optional

Start by warming your skillet and spraying with a light cooking spray, fill half of the tortilla with cheese, corn and black beans. Fold over. Let cook until each side is lightly browned. Repeat for your desired amount of quesadillas. Top with a dollop of sour cream, onions, lettuce, olives and taco sauce. Or any other preferred toppings. This dinner is super delish, quick ( took me about 10 minutes start to finish ), and the kids loved it!

{ Falling for Fall Mantles }

by Filed Under: blog love, decorating for Fall, fall, Fall mantle, fireplace, mantle 13 Comments

I really love to decorate for Fall! I find myself constantly browsing for great deals to add to my collection. I tend to decorate through-out the year with a lot of the same colors so some things serve for multi- purposes!
This is the first Fall we will spend in our new home, so it’s exciting getting to decorate the whole house! Our fireplace is the focal point when you walk into the living room, so I’m aimed towards “awe-ing” each visitor that walks into our front door! I’m crazy about white pumpkins, so I’m leaning towards neutral colors with details in burgundy and rust orange. I’m in the search for some fabulous mercury glass pieces too! I will be on the search this week for all those right pieces to complete my Fall mantle! In the meantime, take a glimpse at these beautiful inspirations!



Shelterness
Adventures in Decorating
Craftberry Bush
A Diamond in the Stuff
A Place For Us
Bungalow
My Blessed Life

Pretty, Painted Pumpkins

by Filed Under: arts and crafts, craft paint, diy, fall, home decor, painted pumpkins, pumpkins, stencil 50 Comments

I’ve been so excited to do this project! We had just went to the pumpkin patch in the early part of the week and I could just barely wait to paint those pumpkins 🙂 I headed to Hobby Lobby to pick up my supplies for this project. I opted for a pearl finish, metallic silver, antique gold and midnight blue craft paints. These were 30% off at the time (making them about $1.15 each). I also grabbed a cute stencil in the same isle for $2.99 ( I will use this for lots of other projects!) I browsed the ribbon for something that really stood out to me. I didn’t find the exact color I was looking for, so I went with this navy blue and white design that will go well with my paint colors ( originally $3.99 but I used a 40% off coupon, making it $2.42).
Once I was back home, I grabbed a painters tarp and my two large pumpkins and headed to the deck. I sprayed these with a cheap, white spray paint I bought at Walmart previously for $.97. While those were drying, I grabbed a few paper towels and small tupperware lids and got to work. I like to use the tupperware lids for my paint because they wipe clean really easy and you can re-use them over and over! I started my first pumpkin with the chevron design. I used about a 1.5 inch piece of painters tape cut in half to arrange the design. The first color I used was the metallic silver, and I brushed it over the entire top of the pumpkin including the stem. I did the top of my small pumpkin with the silver as well. Once the silver was (somewhat) dry, I painted the bottoms with midnight blue. I grabbed one of my large pumpkins I sprayed white and tapped a stencil “R” in the middle. Let me tell ya, stenciling a pumpkin was a little bit of a booger! Any who, I also used the midnight blue for this; carefully remove your stencil. Feeling a bit discouraged from the previous stencil, I gave it another go and taped the designed stencil next to the “R”. For this, I used the antique gold paint and carefully filled in the entire stencil, removed and did it to the other side.
 I was so anxious to see how my chevron pumpkin turned out, I started to remove the tape… It started to pull the paint off 🙁 Oh well, it’s not the end of the world and I decided to just go over it will the antique gold to blend it all together. I also painted one other medium pumpkin I had with the gold, as well as the middle of my small pumpkin. Next, I went back to my large initialed pumpkin and began to use the pearl finish as a glaze over the entire pumpkin. It gave it a beautiful glow!
I finished the pumpkins off by embellishing them with the ribbon I picked out! This project took me some time, but I’m happy with how there turned out! They aren’t perfect, but I didn’t expect them to be 🙂
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