Planning our fall craft. Which is your favorite?

 We like to do a seasonal craft.  Fall is one of our favorite seasons with the cooler evenings and the light changing. Plus love fall colours. We have narrowed it down to four crafts. Let us know what your pick would be! 

For one of us their favorite season is coming up! Round-up

 Yep, one of us won't deny that fall is their favoriate season. The cooler nights, the leaves changing, activities back up and running. Yes, best time of the year (for her). So here are some links we are hoping get your fall juices going. If you have any sites/ideas you love please share in the comments.

Inspired by Charm always has beautiful ideas. There are some fall decor ideas we are crushing on. Love the shots of orang and the pumkins.

If you are looking for a more simple natural fall look check out this.

Autumn harvest fall sangria looking for a seasonal beverage here it is.

15 pumpkin desserts to make this fall if you love pumpkin I'm sure you'll find something here to enjoy.

Dollar store crafts for fall when September hits I have more energy. That means I'm up for crafting with cooler weather. 

DIY garland for fall if you like to decorate for the seasons check this out.

Halloween or Fall Decor ??

 We are having a debate over here with pumpkin spice latte as it is that time of year!  That said how do you feel about fall and/or Halloween décor?  When can you start decorating for the season? What can be included and what should be off the table! Here goes! We know this could be controversial. 

First pumpkins definitely fall into the fall (autumn) category. They are NOT just for carving at Halloween. One of us has a beautiful collection of glass pumpkins. They deserve to be displayed and yeah don't feel they are Halloween décor. So if you decorate for the season the consensus here is early September is when the fall décor should come out. That gives us at least two months to enjoy our treasures. Our pumpkins, wreathes, fall pillows, blankets and fall candles. 

Closer to Halloween you can add fun stuff like bats and/or Halloween décor. Say around October 20th.  Fall and/or Halloween décor rolls into November which we all know what comes after that. We are not talking about what comes after that right now. Just not ready for that. Back to fall.

Some people LOVE Halloween and want to decorate as soon as possible. Say October 1st - if that is your bag go for it. We just felt September was a tad too early for the bats to appear. But pumpkins! Put them out.

So what is your take on fall and/or Halloween décor? When is too early? Late? Mix it up? Let us know. This is all in fun.  The main thing is you do you and love your home at every season.

Fall or Halloween Decorating or both

 Decorating your home for fall and/or Halloween.  Debate is it the same or different?  Major problems here if we can debate this! lol.  We have a few opinions.  One is why are we decorating at all? We are putting that one aside.

Yes to fall decorating. Getting the fall candles out, the pillows and blankets. To adding those brown, rusts and orange colors to your home automatically warms it up.  Fall decorating can start right after Labor Day!  Few of us feel a tad too early could we not wait until at least third week of September. Fine. Whatever.

Debate came over Halloween Decorating - putting it out once October hits. Is it part of Fall decorating? A totally different theme? What?  Fall decorating can be done with no Halloween in sight.  Oh really what about pumpkins? Seriously? Are pumpkins just considered a Halloween thing or a fall thing? 

What about all our pumpkin spice! That is not associated with Halloween.  No, definitely not. Majority of us are not putting pumpkins in the Halloween category. Yes they can be part of Halloween but they are also part of Fall decorating period.

Friend has a beautiful collection of glass pumpkins she puts out in September until almost when her beautiful Christmas collection comes out.  There is no Halloween in site and it doesn't even cross your mind when you are in her home.  

So what do you think? Is Halloween decorating part of Fall decorating or it's own thing?  Majority rules here so, we are going with it's own thing. If you love Halloween do it (yes you can use the pumpkins, black cats, ghosts the works!).  Incorporate it into your Fall décor - why not? 

It doesn't have to be an either/or.  We are off to have pumpkin spice lattes and/or mulled cider.  Whatever floats the boat.

   

Autumn bucket list!

 

We don't always agree.  That said we all agree that A beautiful mess is one of our favorite blogs.  It has something for all of us.  Makeup, crafts and decor.  Elise posted her autumn bucket list and we thought "oh yeah we need one of those".  So here ours:

• pick apples
• bake apple and pumpkin pies
• go through fall/winter clothes
• carve pumpkins
• seasonal decorating (one of us collects pumpkins)
• enjoy pumpkin spice goodies
• drive to check out fall foliage
• find a fall scented candle - start burning
• corn maze
• hikes - best time of year for them

Would love to know what is on your autumn bucket list!  Please share!

Getting ready for autumn

WHAT happened to summer?  We didn't get enough beach time in, sitting on outside patios or time at the cottage. It rolled, no raced, into September. The summer fun list does not have enough boxes ticked. If you still have summer weather get out there and make the most of it. If you are ready for autumn (seriously?) here are a few things to start on:

• Pumpkins and gourds are out so if you like to decorate with these colorful items now is the time to pick them up.
• Check your candles and essential oils - do you have your fall scents ready? If not start picking them up. 
• If you didn't take your winter coats and jackets to the cleaners in the spring, get off your butt and take them in now (before you need them).
• We hate to actually type these words out but....... if you have an extensive Christmas buying list now is the time to start picking items up. We only have X many pay cheques before the big day.
• Check your fall/winter makeup - check expiry dates and see if you need to pick up any trending lipstick colors!
• September is usually the month when classes and courses start back up. Check your libraries, university and community centers for what is going on. 

Let us know what you are up to this autumn and anything we should be putting on out "to do" lists.