We’ve had a little teaser of fall temperatures, just enough inspiration to harvest some fall color around my Potting Shed! So I’m welcoming fall with open arms, along with pumpkins, gourds and mums! Oak leaves frame a bittersweet wreath and transferware lid hanging in greeting on the door. And my window box is liner-free and home for…
I have a potion brewing for you for Halloween, guaranteed to help you Eat, Drink & Be Witchy! I conjured Drink Up Witches Cups, from Pier 1, into witchy stemmed drinking vessels, (easier for long green, crooked fingers to hold :) with the magic of silicone adhesive and a Dollar Tree glass candleholder. Park your broom and join me…
I’m calling all witches, there’s a potion brewing for you, Bubbling with polka-dotted pumpkins and mercury glass too! A Dutch oven in cast iron serves as a cauldron for the table, While plates are dressed for potion-making, with an ingredient label. Add the aging blood of the black cat to your witchy brew, For best results, stir counter-clockwise, not…
I’m at the table with pumpkins, leaves and Autumn Nights by Mikasa Gourmet Basics. Inspired by the deepest shade of night, Mikasa Autumn Nights offers a modern interpretation for fall dining. Bold patterned leaves drift across square plates in a contrasting palette of autumnal colors. Lanterns are filled with a seasonal display of small pumpkins and gourds as…
Top 10 things Chloe & Gracie love about fall. . . 1. Sweater Weather! 2. The Smells Fresh Mulled Cider Make Your Own Mulling Spice The aroma of fall baking. . . Mini Pumpkin Pies Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt Cake 3. Halloween Treats! Howl-O-Ween Tricking Treats, from Three Dog Bakery Cookbook Made with canned pumpkin, vanilla, water, egg, whole-wheat flour,…
Apple Cider Sangria is a refreshing sangria for fall! An easy seasonal cocktail for a crowd, taking advantage of just picked apples, fresh apple cider, and ideal to mix up for tailgating or just because it’s fall! This sangria is infused with perfect combination of apple and ginger flavors and is refreshing without being overly sweet! I…
Are you ready for fall and pumpkins? We still have plenty of summer-like temperatures and warm weather ahead of us here in the South, but I began the count down to fall a month ago! Pumpkins are just starting to arrive at the garden centers and nurseries and I’m ready for a Happy Harvest and all things pumpkin! One of my…
I went apple picking at Carrigan Farms, a local pick-your-own farm in Mooresville, NC. You can take the kids for an apple hayride. . . Or they can walk the orchard and drag their bag of apples behind them. . . {insert *wince* and *grin* here} The orchard is open daily in September to pick Golden…
With Halloween on the horizon, are you feeling Witchy? Are you dusting off your broom? . . . Brushing up on your spells. . . Preparing to shake up a sinister Skeletini Cocktail. . . Or custom blending your potion stirring spoons? Ready to fuel up with some sweet treats for a long midnight ride. . . Maybe some Halloween Oreo Brownies.…
I’m transitioning from summer to fall, at the table with Pfaltzgraff Rooster Meadow Dinnerware. Sunflowers, poppies and black-eyed Susans, along with a strutting rooster and chick, border the plates in a cheery pattern and vivid palette of russet, gold, and greens! While a vibrant foundation of blooming flowers and leaves in bright fall colors, trail along the tablecloth. Goldenrod…