CRAFTING INTO FALL

A random Friday vacation day from work.

I wasted most of it sleeping in and cruising the web!!

I did get a couple of crafts completed

I started with this black frame I already had.

Painted it white

Picked up this box of plastic pumpkins from Walmart last night 

DRUMROLL PLEASE

LOVE IT 

My inspiration came from here  Becky Higgins 

Once I went back to link this I saw that she used a green background.

I glued mine right to the glass because my glass would not come

out of the frame. I will probably go back and put some green paper in the frame.

My other project

Started with all these items 

A little door dressing 

Inspiration found here

I hope to work on more of Coco's bedroom furniture this weekend.

It is supposed to be in the low 70's here in Arkansas. Which might mean a new adventure instead of working at home.

Of course we'll be rooting for our HOGS to beat Texas!!!

CORN MAZE

Today we met my sister with my nephews and niece to visit the new Corn Maze Pumpkin Patch in our area. We weren't the only ones with that idea. The place was so busy.

Coco wasn't to happy about taking photos. Y'all with the little ones feel lucky if you get some good shots because it doesn't get any easier as they get older.

Jake and Kaylee. Kaylee likes to pose

I just had to shoot what I could

I had my settings wrong so I couldn't get it to focus correctly

Dallas and Ethan shooting corn. That was really cool. For $1 you get to shoot 4 ears of corn.

Beginning in the corn maze. We didn't stay together long.

Tammy and I got to stay with the littles Ethan and Kaylee. They took us on quite a trip.

Something was quite funny

See I told you they don't get better at taking pictures as they grow up.

Ethan was the only taker for the cow train. He had so much fun.

Look at that face. Pure delight to this Aunt's heart

This is what I got when I told them to get with a goat for a photo. Too cool for school!!!

We had a great time and we didn't even make it to the actual pumpkin patch. Maybe we'll go again.

Blessings,

Pam

WEEKEND REPORT

I have been a bad blogger! Scott was on a mission trip last week helping build a chapel with Builders for Christ. I didn't realize how much I depend on him with Coco during the week. I will just say IT WAS A LONG WEEK!

 Coco and I were so excited for him to come home.

Coco came home from Nana's with all these cups so she built this for her Daddy and wanted me to take pictures of it.

Saturday she and her Daddy got out to practice shooting their bows. She got this one at Academy a few weeks ago. Don't all girls shoot bows and arrows while wearing pearl braclets?

Practice Practice Practice. Well until the arrows break!

I meanwhile was in the house readying it for fall. I had planned to have this completed last week but he had the storage building key with him in Kansas City.

This little area is my favorite. Simple and cute

Book shelves

Little scarecrow I have had for too many years to count!

After I finished I realized I don't really have anything that says Halloween. I might have to set a date with Hobby Lobby to remedy that this week. 

I forgot to take photos of the kitchen but I am watching DWTS so I don't want to get up. Maybe at commercial.

I will leave you with

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL

AUTUMN IN NORTWEST ARKANSAS

First I want to say Happy Birthday to Scott. Today was his birthday and poor thing spent it all sick and stuffy!

Late Saturday afternoon we went for a drive to the lake to look at all the pretty fall colors. I had also wanted to take some photos.

This is in the Prairie Creek area. Isn't it gorgeous.

Lots of deer just grazing in yards.

I love how the trees are mirrored in the water. Need to alter this one to get rid of the boat docks.

My little munchkin with her dimples just a shining!

My 2 dream homes. I can picture myself in both of these!

The water is really up at Beaver lake.

A little Eskimo!

This is peak week for fall foliage in our area.

Blessings,

Pam

P.S. My lesson for the day, don't give AZO to a 9 year old girl without telling her what will happen. Poor child she thought all kinds of things were happening to her! I on the other hand can't stop laughing .

Fall Decor

From this






To this

And this.

I saw this on another blog (sorry can't remember which one) and loved the black/white theme. Sorry for the blurryness but hope you get the idea. Aren't they sweet. I put them on my coffee table.

Oh I think I just deleted one of the photos.

This is on my table

in the kitchen. I usually have it full of green apples, but it looks great with all the little pumpkins.

HAPPY FALL YA'LL

PUMPKIN PATCH

After spending the past 2 days laid up with a viral infection ( I really think it was the flu). I knew I had to get out today because I had made reservations for my Girl Scout troop to visit the Pumpkin Patch. I didn't go to Coco's ballgame this morning so I could save my energy for the pumpkin patch. Thank goodness I did. It wore me out.

We had a hay ride, maze, photo shoot, they had a barrel ride and then we picked out a pumpkin each. We spent almost 2 hours out there. Lots and lots of fun. The outdoors did me good. I was actually feeling better after being out. Tired but better!

While the girls picked their pumpkin, I did some shooting. I love this photo of the pumpkin!
Coco on top of a hay bale. We both dressed for cool weather but it ended up being quite warm.

Coco and Gwendolyn in the maze. I think it was sorghum not corn or hay. I know it took us awhile to find our way out.

Coco's tiny pumpkin she picked out.

WOOOOOO PIG SOOOOOIE! Go Hogs. I was watching the game and we were ahead 37 to 13 against Texas A&M but something happened with the channel and now I can't find it. Dad burn it! It was good! Proud of our HOGS!!!!!

I Love Fall

Oh I am loving our weather here in Arkansas. The temps stayed in the 70's today and it is expected that way all week.

This just made me want to jump into my Fall decorating. Coco and I went to the local pumpkin patch after work today and came home with 6+ pumpkins for the porch and a few for her.

All I need now is a Mum and this little chair on the porch will be set. It is a old chair I found in my mom's storage building this past summer. I thought about painting it but I kind of like the old character it has. Looks like it has been around for awhile.

This is my updated Fall wreath. I couldn't get a good photo of it against the glass door so I took a couple. I was trying to stay out of the photo in the glare of the door.

A couple of the pumpkins we picked up. My summer plants are still going strong and I hate to dump them out but it is time for Mums. I found that the pumpkin patch is much cheaper than Walmart. All these were $4.00 each except for the white one in the first photo, I think it was $6.00.

I made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby at lunch today for a few pumpkins. All the fall stuff is 50% off this week. I will show you our after photo of this project when we are finished. Coco was excited to help.

Now if I can get Scott to stop long enough to move the honkin TV I will be able to get all my other Fall decor out for the house. He moved my hope chest into the living room to set the TV on and that is where I store most of my Fall / Halloween decor.

Blessings,

Pam

HAVE YOU BEEN BOO-D ???

I heard about this neighborhood tradition last year but I didn't follow through with it. Then when I was lurking around on Kellys blog she had posted the instructions with the poem and everything. I couldn't wait for it to get dark so Coco and I could deliver these under the veil of darkness.

We left them on 2 friends doors. I just hope Coco doesn't go to school and tell them it was us. The first house was easy because they weren't home. The second we weren't sure so Scott parked around the corner and Coco and I took it to the door, sat it down, rang the doorbell and ran like the wind. Well I really needed some wind and it was only 3 houses up the street. I thought I was never going to catch my breath. I haven't ran like that in years. I loved it!

This is #99 so you know what is coming up. I hope to post again by the weekend for my giveaway!

Hope everyone has a terrific Thursday! It will be my last day of photography class. Good thing they aren't grading or I would be going to summer school! I just can't seem to get it!

Blessings,

Pam

LABOR DAY

It has sure been a day of labor for me.

I have been hard at work since about 10am this morning. After watching hurricane news I decided to get some things finished that have been on my list all summer. I power washed the front steps and railings. Then painted the railings and front door black. My door had been red for several years and I have wanted to paint it black and my dear hubby will now hopefully get busy making me some shutters that will also be black.

I also started getting my fall stuff out. I remade a old wreath that I had in the garage. The glare from the glass door makes it kinda hard to see.

I put some pumpkins on the shelf I have in the dining room. This is the shelf I bought with some birthday money my cousins gave me.

I bought this little pumpkin the other day. I splurged when I went to Hobby Lobby to buy a birthday present and a secret sister gift. Isn't it cute, it is curly q cut outs. My favorite so far this season.
I feel great getting so many things accomplished today. I still have a few more things to do. Like put the sheets back on the bed, make dinner, ironing for the week since I will be working a couple of nights this week and vacuum up the mess I made working on the wreath.

I think God answered some prayers for Louisiana. It isn't over for them down there, but the hurricane slowed down to a category 2 instead of going up to a 5 like they were predicting last night. Praise God that everyone heeded the warnings and got out of town. But we can't stop praying, there are several more storms out there swirling around heading toward the US. Hannah is headed to our east coast sometime this week. I pray that she slows down too.

Hope everyone has a great week. I look forward to seeing all the fall decor on the blogs this week.

Blessings,

Pam