Jumping ahead

Here I am, unable to decorate for fall until the temp was below 70, and I am going to post about Christmas wreaths in October. I have a good reason though. 

Next weekend is a Christmas Bazaar and I will have a booth. I am a little anxious, but all the preparation is keeping me too busy to worry about it much. 

 I welcome any advice on organizing and managing a booth. It's definitely helping me look forward to the winter holidays!

Making the most of it

What to do on a cold, rainy Friday, but bake bread?

Now I need to clean. But that should go quickly as I look forward to chilli and the yummy bread for dinner!

Hoping you can enjoy your Friday, especially if its rainy!

Babies, Weddings, and Anniversaries

October is usually a busy month for us, but it has been especially busy this year. At least we were not moving like we did during the Octobers of the last two years.

During the first weekend a friend and I threw a Baby shower for another friend from church. Emily is expecting for the first time and there are two!  Two boys will be arriving around the end of November if God decides to keep them in that long. She is doing well so far and we had an enjoyable brunch on the morning of Saturday the 4th. The theme was 'two peas in a pod' and Christin made the cutest peas by wrapping two green gumballs in green cellophane. We played a 'guess what's in the diaper bag' game by putting the items in a black bag and trying to guess by feel. 

The next day was the wedding of my good friend Megan. We drove to Columbus after church and picked up my sister from college on the way. It was a beautiful day. They had a very traditional ceremony and a reception about 20 mins away at a country club. The attendants were in strapless chocolate dresses with cream sashes and the flower girls wore cream flounced dresses that matched Megan's in style. 

This past weekend Rich and I celebrated our third anniversary (which was on the 8th).  We had a very full schedule for a Saturday on our own (Mom and Dad came to watch Jaren). 

Our first stop was the Frank Lloyd Wright, Westscott house in Springfield. They gave a very nice tour but we could only take photos outside. So you will have to go for yourself to see the interior. The house is fully refurbished to it's original beauty and is celebrating its centennial. 

This piece was not on the original build but was found with part of the plans. It is a birdhouse and is Rich's favorite part of the house.     

This is the garden in the rear of the house, enclosed with the wall and screen. 
This shows more of the lawn.
This is not the front of the home, but the entrance is on the left side of the building, along with the birdhouse and Mr. Westscott's bedroom balcony. The two servant's rooms are on the right with the bath in between. The library is on the left and the entry in the center on the first floor.

This is a shot of the side street with the garden wall and garage (Mr. Westscott made luxury vehicles).

I thought I had uploaded more pics, but I guess you will need to look at the website to see the front of the building. With windows all way across both Mr. and Mrs. Westscott's bedrooms, the house is a beautiful example of Wright's work. 

Here is Christin and my work on brunch.  Set up at church.

Mini cupcakes to represent the sweet peas Jon and Emily are expecting.

And finally, here are Megan and Tom Minturn. Right after their first kiss.

I thought this was so sweet
A very pretty cake. You will have to watch 'Fireproof' for the salt and pepper shaker analogy.

Our October does noot look  to be slowing down any time soon. Rich will be 26 tomorrow and we have the church harvest party to help with. Plus Jaren's Reepicheep costume to finish and the November Bazaar to be creating for. Its a busy season, but I adore it!

Fall Cleaning Saturday

While I clean out my hall closets, I thought I would share these inspirations for Autumn dining that I think are beautiful. They are graceful without being overbearing. Lovely and comfortable. They are also both from Create and Barrel's Fall collection. Let me know what you think!   

I need that wreath.

Enjoy your weekend!

Checking Out

Here are some titles that (because I can't afford to buy them right now) I will check out from the library again and again. I hope I'm not breaking some unspoken library courtesy rule about not renewing library books as many times as possible and then checking the book out again. But these, they are just too wonderful. So I will have to risk the disgrace. 

This is a book I saw on the first visit to our small town library and loved it immediately. It is by Cheryl Mendelson who returns to her homemaking basics, learned from her Mother and Grandmothers, after years as a lawyer. I appreciate her unabashed respect for the art of homemaking and thorough research, even in this modern woman's day, to create a completely comfortable home.

While I haven't used any of these incredible recipes yet (and I really need to get on that) I about drool over the beautiful photography. The preserves have a huge variety (I had never heard of chutney before) and include very interesting herbs, spices, and suggestions for gifting and serving. (did you know that pickled red cabbage can be served cold or hot? Well I didn't.)

 So those are a couple of the books I have enjoyed very much, and you may too.

Enjoy the day, wherever you may be!

Psalm 118:24 

This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Fall Decorating, as of now

I adore Autumn. It is the season I look forward to every year (my favorite, with Spring after). And I even took a week out of the fall semester so I could have my wedding on October 8th.

But, it still feels too early for me to decorate for fall. Its 91 degrees here in Ohio. And although it is September I don't feel into switching things up yet. Still riding on these days of heat and summer sunshine. The AC is still blowing. I think when I can open the windows and cool breezes start to blow, I will be able to get the Autumn mood. 

So instead of feeling behind in my preparations I decided to try out polyvore and create an Autumn-themed collection. Today I was in the mood for dresses. Here is my group of fall time dresses that I enjoy and would love to have in my closet. 

I am always in the mood to think about the next season in clothes!

P.S. I was featured on the home page of Etsy! It was so kind of  Tennekka to let me know the exciting news. It was incredible to see how many more item viewings there were and how many people made my store a favorite. I'm so thankful for the exposure. I'm sweetbunnyhome with the hugs and kisses pillow.

A little Family Vay-cay

We had a couple weekends of family time these past few weeks. I thought I would show you what we have been up to.

Here are Becca (Cassandra's daughter) and Jaren just having some general fun, romping time last Sat. The Dads were playing with the guitars and Bass amp (in background). 

Jaren and Becca ran around in circles singing for at least 5  minutes.

I'm so glad Jaren was happy to be at the Irish festival ( two weekends ago). We had a really great time with my family.

Some family shots from the garden. 

Celebrating the pulling of the carrots! I will pull them earlier next year. I was just glad to get the six that I did this year, so I let them grow for awhile. 

I've also been working on Etsy stuff and Finally got my shop up and going.  

Have a great Friday Friends!