Fall, fall, fall!

Guess what tomorrow is!? October 1st! Guess what that means!? It means it is now acceptable to decorate for Halloween! I am going to dig the bins out tonight! I am pretty excited about it!

I haven't blogged in a while! I haven't even showed you our fall decor for the year! It has been up since September 1st! I know what you are thinking, that is probably a little early..but I like to have it up for a month, and Halloween up for a month as well! Fall is my favourite season so it is always a little sad to see it packed up and away.

Here are a few shots from around the house of our fall decor...it was overcast and raining...so the pictures aren't the best quality! You will get the idea though!

Ashley

Outdoor Fall Decorating!

Here is my outdoor decor for the year!

It was very windy when I took these..the corn was blowing all over the place and I ended up with makeup all down my face because my eyes were watering...hahahahha

Mike surprised me one day with the beautiful white pumpkin! I love white pumpkins! He also grabbed some hay and corn stalks for me too!

We got the gourds and orange pumpkins when we went to a local farm a couple weekends ago! Here is a shot of me, looking like I am stealing a pumpkin. hahhahahh I was 31 weeks. I am now 33 weeks!

and here is one of my Sadie girl...posing very nicely despite all the wind!

 I love fall!

I am very excited for Thanksgiving this weekend! It is one of my favourite holidays!!

Ashley

P.S- I am going to show you guys the nursery next week! There have been a lot of people telling me they want to see it, and it is ALMOST done...so I think I will show you guys next week!!! It is obviously my new favourite room in the house!

Fall Decorating!

I love fall! I have had this decor up for a while now but forgot to post!! Sometimes I think it isn't up long enough since Halloween is right around the corner....sooo...I  need to put these up early so I can enjoy them! P.S Do you know what I am going to be for Halloween this year?! A PUMPKIN! hahahahah

I mostly decided to do the mantel this year and not go super crazy. I framed the printable I found HERE...that is my centerpiece. I added some leaves and gourds and of course the fall banner! I love it!

 I still brought out the fall pillow cover and added some stuff to the corner there.

 I love having a mantel. Especially in a corner. This is my favourite corner of the house mostly all year long...

I also added my GIVE THANKS blocks on the shelf over here...

 and added a fall-ish garland here, my acorn wreath and some acorns/gourds in the basket...I think this is what I did last year too.....(I went to go check but realized I didn't show you much of the fall decor....I had wedding brain, I am guessing that is why! hahahah)

 I added my FALL FRAMES on the window sill along with some colourful fall sticks.

 And of course have to update the chalkboard in the living room!

So, what do you think?! I love fall and all the pretty colours, so this makes me happy! I will post sometime this week about my outdoor decor too! Also you will probably see a Thanksgiving post in there too, since it is this weekend coming up. It is very early this year but I love Thanksgiving so I am not complaining!

Ashley

I joined the fall link up party at AKA Design
Go check it out! :)

The Plan for Fall...2012

So, it is September. I still can't believe it. September means back to work for me but it also means a change in season. It changes to my FAVOURITE season.....FALL. I love fall. I love the cool weather, the smells, all the pumpkin baking, Thanksgiving, decorating outside and inside and so on. Mike and I tend to do a lot together in the fall as well, maybe that is why I love it so much. We also got engaged and married in the fall! (We are coming up on a year! Can you believe it!?)

Here is my fall mantel from last year:

 I am not sure if I want to change it up completely or just change a few things. I guess it will depend on my energy level!  Here are a few things I found on Pinterest that I want to attempt this fall:

 I thought this wreath on the table was pretty cute. I think I can recreate that!

 some sort of a leaf pillow would look nice in the living room!

I thought this would be cute if I made a leaf banner. The leaves are made of newspaper

I found this free printable that I think would look nice on the mantel

I also found this cute fall printable bucket list. I think I am going to print it off. There are a few on there I know we wouldn't do (like go to a football game) but we do most of these things every fall! :)

 I would also like to try to make these yummy things:

 yummy pumpkin fudge!

pumpkin bread with streusel topping

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

And I will have to make these acorn doughnut holes again...they were a hit last fall! (and super easy)

I am definitely looking forward to fall! I am just curious how many of these things I will do/make since I will be pretty pregnant...I guess we will see!    :)

Ashley