The Great Pumpkin!

Last week, we made our annual trip to Tuttle's for all of our pumpkin needs. It was a little chilly, but still a beautiful evening to go! David needed to find the perfect pumpkin, and had fun checking them all out. Molley was just a long for the ride. :)

David pointing out the p's

Not so sure about it all.

 The great pumpkin!

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Last weekend, we went on our trip to Tuttles to get our pumpkins. We went with my parents, sisters, and the boys. Fun was had by all! It's was much colder than we anticipated. Maybe not so much cold, as windy. They boys still had fun picking out pumpkins, riding the pony, and going on a hay ride. Nate even picked up a pumpkin so he can make his homemade pumpkin pie from scratch. It is so good! I'll post a recipe and picture when he makes it. For now, enjoy the pumpkin patch from the warmth of your own home. :)

Where to start....



A white one just like at school!

I'm taking this one home!

Justin picked this one

Last, but not least...Jackson!

Dad pulling the "manly" wagon

Such a good big cousin

Back to warm up

Pony rides!

Hay ride

New Door Decoration

I decided to make something new for our door this fall. I wanted something different, and not round. So I headed off to the craft store for some inspiration. Here is what I came home with:

I found a plain wooden frame that I thought would be perfect with some burlap wrapped around it, so I bought a yard of that. You can't just have burlap, so I bought some fabric to make rosettes. I thought my rosettes might need a button center, so I got some buttons (turns out that they didn't). I also thought that I would make my rosettes replaceable, and bought some allegator clips. After I made them, I discovered that the clips were too big, so I didn't end up needing them either. Total cost was $7.

I started by cutting my burlap into 1 inch strips (I didn't actually measure, just eyeballed.). (Look here for a great step-by-step in cutting burlap in a straight line.) Then I started at one corner and worked my way around, attaching the burlap with my hand dandy hot glue gun. The corner were the hardest to get to lay flat, but I eventually made it work with minimal burns to my fingers.

1/2 way there

All done!

Then I started my rosettes. A Girl and a Glue Gun  has a great video to help you visualize this. Again, I managed to escape with minimal hot glue burns.



When it was all done, it looked like this

I really like the way it turned out, but don't know if I love it on my door. It still needs a ribbon or some burlap to hang it. I wish I had used a thiner and bigger frame, but hindsight is 20/20, right? It will probably end up on my door, or with a picture added and hung on the wall in my bedroom. For now (since my Halloween wreath is up), it is sitting on a shelve while I determine it's fate.