A Little Fall Tour~

Fall has finally arrived. My very most favorite season of all! I love the beautiful days, and the crisp cool nights. I love unpacking all of my fall sweaters and boots, being able to dress a little more cozily. It's time for pumpkin spice lattes, fall candles and soup simmering, all day, on the stove. It's the first fire of the season, shorter days and an extra quilt on the bed. It's a time to slow down and read a book, or stitch a little. A time for visiting with friends and a trip to the pumpkin patch.
And rain...my long lost friend. Welcome back, dear friend!

So today, I invite you in to my cozy home. My haven. My cozy respite in a busy world!

I painted my front door last month and think it looks a lot more inviting. I figure the green goes with everything, and every season...just not the 4th of July! All the pumpkins, save one, are from my garden. I get a little carried away at Costco when the mums come out! After they're done, I plant them in the yard and enjoy them year after year!

 

My pots have done really well this year, so I'm keeping them out!

A little chalkboard love!

My buffet in the entry. Got the copper pumpkins at Bellewood Acres.

Love the old typewriter...thinking I need a tall, skinny lamp in the corner!

My sofa table. I got the bowl of ornaments at Grandiflora last year and the big acorns at TJ Maxx last week. I LOVE those!!!!

Nice to have a little sparkle!

A little side table...

And a picnic basket waiting for a picnic!

The fireplace didn't change much. I love the big baking pans, jugs and suitcases, so I just added a little fall to what was already there.

I made this little family years ago, and they still put a smile on my face! I got the mercury glass pumpkins at Kohls this year.

Little orange pumpkin from Folktales.

My little bench with an old truck of my hubby's, and a scarecrow that I made years ago.

I really don't do much Halloween, but I still have a fondness for this cute, little witch! Also, the sweater pumpkin I won from Homeward Found. I adore this pumpkin!! (Thanks Deb!)

On my birthday last month, my friend Lynda took me on a lunch,shopping date and I found this adorable, orange cracker tin. Perfect color and rustic-ness! Filled with autumnal books.

The buffet in the kitchen...

My dough bowl from the Farm Chicks show...

Filled with the bounty of the garden and a little vine.

The fun, little shelf near the pantry with my favorite chalkboard...Soup of the Day!

And the hutch...still need to put lights in there somehow!

I didn't really decorate anywhere else this year...just the main living areas. Much faster and just the right amount I think!

Did a little on the back porch, because I had these delectable pumpkins  and squash from the garden!

I had fun growing the unusual pumpkins this year! My jacks (all three) are still dark green, with little chance of turning orange. I'll be buying those I guess!!

And another beautiful mum....those oranges and yellows make me smile!

Nature is at it's very best right now and I'm enjoying every minute of it! Baking, pumpkin farms, shorter days and cooler nights. And the rain...how I've missed it! Welcome back my friend!

A Little (lot)of Christmas Decor!

I thought I'd share a little of my Christmas decor with you. I'm a little obsessive and LoVe Christmas!!! I don't like to put it up and I don't like to take it down, but I love every second of the finished product!!!
I've been decorating for two weeks, and seem to keep finding things to add here, and there...enough already!!!!

Welcome and come on in!!!

Here's the tree! It's a mix of homemade and special ornaments that my Grandma gave us over the years. She gave us all, one each, every year for many, many years.

These ornaments are my favorite and the first things to go on the tree every year!

My buffet in the kitchen with my Starbucks tree next to it.

My dad got me most of the rolling pins and the crocks at a garage sale.

I got the icicle shelf liner at Grandiflora this year...I think it's my favorite thing! I got the sparkly trees and the old bingo cards there too. I collect cookie cutters and Thermos's, enamelware lids and kitchen scales too! I would like to get lights in here to make it a little brighter.

Another favorite thing...my Starbucks tree!!! So fun to decorate every year!

I took some old suitcases and spray painted them off-white and love how they turned out. The top one even says "holiday" on it! I received the santa for Christmas when I was four years old...love him!!

 A few of the things I've made recently. The red-work was really fun to do and I always love working with wool, especially these colors!

This penny rug was this year's project...the snow pail from years past.

A simple, spray painted, wooden bowl filled with ornaments.

A cute little chalkboard I picked up this year, sitting on a different buffet, next to the s'more trees.You can also see a bit of a winter quilt in the background.

The trees on the stairwell with lots of bears underneath. I made the ornaments years ago and really need to do something different, but I just keep putting it off!! Santa's undergarments hanging on an old door!

A little tree in the entry, with a wall hanging I had made for my mom.

I like to put these little trees in my sewing room...they add a little sparkle! I got the Merry Christmas tree skirt at the museum this year. The skirt on the bigger tree is literally a little girls skirt from the GAP. I got it at a garage sale and cut it up the middle. It may have to be sewn back together if a granddaughter ever comes along!!!

While this is just a snippet of my Christmas decor, I hope you enjoyed it!!


And of course the real meaning of Christmas, the birth of our Savior.

Blessings!!