Thursday, September 24, 2009

Welcome Fall!

My favorite season has arrived. Time to break out the flannel. Ok, just kidding. It's still 85 degrees here, but a girl can dream, right? I'm celebrating the start of Fall by going to our town's Fall Festival tomorrow. By the way, they were deemed last year as the Scarecrow Capital of the World. Fancy, huh?

Check out these yummy recipes to get your tummy ready for the cooler weather! I can't wait to try that apple crisp...yummy!

Rachel Olsen's Souper Easy Dinner


The Other Mama's Microwave Apple Crisp

To get your home ready for Fall, check out The Inspired Room's Fall Nesting Week. In Melissa's words,"Fall Nesting Week is how we get ourselves IN THE MOOD for fall."
I completely agree! I actually picked up some Dollar Store Fall-ish items to change out my door wreath. It's just not right to have hot pink flowers on your wreath once October hits.


Last, but certainly not least (in my world anyway) is the Pantone Fall 2009 Color Trend Report. In my former life of Interior Design, I used to LOVE hearing this report every season. Not that it affected my world much(banks are very set in their ways when it comes to colors, fabrics, and furniture styles!) As much as I love color and fabrics, this has always been very entertaining to me. Check out the color trends for this season (click on the color boxes for a larger, easier-to-read version):
Interesting, isn't it? Check out the new Fall clothing lines as well as the textiles (pillows, linens, etc.) the next time you are at the mall, Wal-Mart or Target. Do you think they are following Pantone's lead?


What is your favorite thing about Fall? Leave a comment letting me know and I'll have a random drawing for a GIVEAWAY on Wednesday, September 30th. Yep, aren't you glad you kept reading? Just a little token of my appreciation for changing leaf colors, cooler weather, and yummy, heartwarming foods! Happy Fall!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Happy Birthday Hillary!

Today is my friend, Hillary's, birthday and she is having yet another giveaway. Please head over to The Other Mama and enter the Basket of Hope Giveaway. It contains some wonderful items, including something from my Etsy store, Layne James Embroidery & Designs!

Hope you had a great day, Hillary, and thank you for allowing me to help sponsor your giveaway!

Monday, August 31, 2009

Hillary's Birthday Week (plus AWESOME giveaways!)

My friend, Hillary, over at The Other Mama, is having a ton of fun this week celebrating her birthday! She is letting us help her celebrate by hosting some really, really (and I mean REALLY) great giveaways this week.
Today is a giveaway for Homemade Gourmet. If you are like me and love food but don't love to cook it and try to get by with as little effort as possible, then please do as I did and go enter Hillary's giveaway. She's also being extra cool and giving you more than one chance to enter.
Go. Hurry. Click-click and head to The Other Mama.