Pumpkin Carving

There are a few Halloween activities that come around every year that I never tire of: Eating a ridiculous amount of candy, carving pumpkins, and watching classic horror movies! 

I have already been busy eating all the candy I bought for the trick or treaters I like to buy a mix of peanut free and regular candy as there are so many children out there with allergies!

We have also been meeting weekly with friends to watch classic horror movies, so far we have watched King Kong, Psycho, The Night of the Living Dead, The House on Haunted Hill, The Mummy and Dracula. 

On top of all these I've been watching extra classic horror movies at home. Including Dial M for Murder, Rosemary's Baby, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, and Rebecca. So I think I have definitely done the classic horror movie tradition justice!

Last Halloween activity on the list? Carving Pumpkins!!! This past weekend my husband and I finally bought a couple of pumpkins for our front step!

Aren't they lovely?

We won't carve them until Halloween so they are fresh for Halloween night but I have an idea of how I'd like to do mine! My husband is going to a traditional style face but I think I'm going to make mine like this:

(I found this picture on pinterest but it didn't lead anywhere)

Drill different sized holes all over the pumpkin!! Here's hoping it turns out!!

What about you? What are your Halloween traditions? How will you be carving your pumpkins this year?

It's Another Crochet Bobble Blanket!

No I haven't tired of the crochet bobble blanket! If anything I think I've fallen more in love with them! They are just so pretty and warm and unique! And for the novice crocheter out there it is really a very easy pattern to follow!

(See my previous bobble blanket post here)

Isn't she pretty? I love the combination of pinks greens and orange!

This one also comes with a lovable little snuggley pal!

I love how the tiger turned out!!

And what gift set would be complete without a sweet little baby hat and mittens??

I love how the whole set turned out! And if you're looking for a fun gift you can pick it up here.

I know I'm having way too much fun with these lovely blankets! I've actually already started another one!! I may have a bobble blanket addiction!!

What about you? Have you become obsessed with crocheting or making a certain item? Have you given the bobble blanket a try yet?

The Tastes of Fall

One of the most wonderful parts to fall (besides the changing colors of the leaves and the back to school supplies) is all the flavors! I love the taste of pumpkin and cinnamon! They just seem to epitomize fall.

Fall is the time to bake and cook. The weather is getting cooler and you finally don't mind warming the house up by using the oven!

I love seeing the beautiful bins of pumpkins, apples, sweet potatoes and squash piled high in the grocery store. It's a great time to make soup, bake pies, roast turkey and brew special coffees!

It's a fall tradition in my house as the weather gets colder to do all these things! This year I plan on making a couple of pies, an apple crumble pie and a pumpkin pie. The recipe for the Apple Crumble Pie is here and the recipe for the Pumpkin Pie is here.

Doesn't the pumpkin pie look lovely?? It tasted great too! I plan on making the Apple Crumble Pie later this week! Yum!

I also made some lovely carrot muffins one fine evening and enjoyed amazing breakfasts all week! The house smelt so lovely after I baked them! I used the recipe found here with a few small tweaks!

They were so tasty! And a great way to start your day!

I also found a fun recipe for Pumpkin Spice Lattes made in a slow cooker (found here). I'm going to  make this one when I have company as my husband and I really shouldn't be drinking that much Pumpkin Spice Latte on our own. 

It was Thanks giving here in Canada yesterday, I hope all my fellow Canadians had a wonderful holiday and ate plenty of Turkey!! We definitely did! Look at all this! Isn't it lovely?

What about you? What are some of your fall favorites? Have you been doing much cooking/baking?

A Pot of Pickled Peppers!

Gardening is a wonderful past time, a great way to boost your grocery budget and add a little extra health to your diet! But what do you with all those veggies?? You try to eat as much as you can while it's fresh right out of the garden but invariably there is a ton of produce leftover and the last thing you want is for it to go bad and need to be thrown out before you can use it!

One of my favorite ways to use up all that good grub is to pickle it!! I love home made pickles whether it's pickled cucumbers, carrots, asparagus or hot peppers!! So much fun to make and eat in the cold winter months to come!!

  

I love munching on pickles and pickled carrots!

Pickled asparagus is so nice as a garnish in caesars! They add a nice flavor and are so fun to munch on!

This year I also added pickled jalepenos! Honestly I had some pickled jalepenos on a burger at a restaurant and fell in love! I checked the grocery stores but I couldn't find any! And when you can't find it in the grocery store you either pay through the nose at a specialty shop or you make it yourself!

Guess which way I went with it??

Don't you just love the Rhino? Thanks Target!!
What about you? Are you a fan of pickling? How do you take care of all that lovely garden produce?

Fall Delivery!

I love fall! Yes, it's sad to say farewell to summer with it's warm sunny days, trips to the beach, fire pits and popsicles but I have to say fall has a lot going for it too! You have the beauty of the changing leaves, the warmth and comfort of sweaters and blankets, the pumpkin spice latte and of course back to school supplies!!!

I don't know what it is about back to school supplies but I LOVE them!!! I wander from aisle to aisle oggling all the goodies. I really want to buy them but I have absolutely no reason to. I did buy a pack of pencils one year and it still sits in my office ready to use if I should ever require a pencil. Truth is I'm a pen girl but I loved the quote from You've Got Mail, "bouquets of sharpened pencils" and although I haven't used a single pencil I still love looking at them. They are like flowers that never wilt... 

Anyway! I was once again walking down the aisles and looking at the school supplies when I thought how fun it would be to send a fall themed care package to my sisters who live far away! And what I ask is more fall than school supplies?? 

I picked up just a few small things to put in the care packages that I think are super cute!

What do you think? Who wouldn't love to get a fun fall care package?