spinning in circles...

I am so loving the process of making pumpkins again!

Rosettes and bling and real stems and ohhhhhh

I have so many trinkets and flowers on my table right now!

I'm taking some cinnamon pumpkins to the shows too!

Our laundry and cleaning provisions are just as rewarding to make,

the stamps on the sachets have been my creative outlet for awhile,

and our home smells heavenly!

So where are we headed with all of our goods?

Tomorrow we will be right here on the Capital Lawn for the

annual fall farmers market!  Come see us at booth C19!

We are in the row closest to the building and on the right of this photo...

I am so excited!!!

Then, this weekend we will be here....

Uncle John's Cider Mill!  

I took this photo a couple of years ago when we went 

here for Max's birthday celebration with the family.

LOVE IT HERE!!!

On Saturday we are also going to be at Hudsonville for the

Septemberfest Arts and Crafts Festival!

How are we going to be at all of these places, you ask?

We are forming two teams of Heins!

Will there be a little friendly competition going on, you ask?

...but of course!

Don't forget that on Sunday we will also be two places,

we will still be at Uncle John's,

and at one of the last Sundays for 

Fulton Street Artisans Market!

You can visit their page on facebook... 

Sarah went around and took lots of pictures of the booths

last Sunday and posted them to the page.

Thanks Sarah!

WHEW!!!

Gotta get back to the sewing machine!

Thanks for stopping by!

love,

Theresa

xoxooxoxox

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grungy pumpkins, the tutorial...

pinch pot by Max

cinnamon pumpkin by me

want to make some?

here's another new favorite from none other than

Theresa Easy Peasy Hein

of course being as excited as I was to make these,

and being the bad tutorialist that I am, I did not take step by step photos.

(that is another reason why I like easy peasy)

step 1. buy some inexpensive faux pumpkins

step 2.  melt wax in a GW small crock pot

 I had some beeswax at the bottom of mine from last years beeswax collages and so

used that, but you could use broken white candles.

and you could use a double boiler over the stove but I like using a crock pot instead of my gas stove

.

step 3. Add some cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and maybe

a dash of nutmeg for good measure into the wax. 

and by add I mean dump. I wanted mine kinda grungy so I used quite a bit.

step 4.  stir.

step 5. using an old paintbrush 'paint' the wax goodness onto the pumpkins

I did a few coats to really cover the pumpkins.

I also dunked the bottoms into the wax... whatever works!

step 6. while the wax is still warm and sticky sprinkle more cinn. on the pumpkins

and by sprinkle I mean shake vigorously.

I started doing this step over the crockpot and I have to say that I loved

how grungy the last batch came out.

yes, I said batch, they were that fun to make!

the response from the visitors to the show was wonderful.

They smell like what autumn smells like to me.

well, minus burning leaves, which I love, but have recently discovered that Hannah thinks is awful!

awful, really?

Well, there you have it easy peasy and all autumn-like!

I'd love to know if you make these and what you think :)

I bet the craft stores will be having a mad clearance sale on the pumpkins

after Monday, and just in time to get some on the cheap for your Thanksgiving decor!

love, 

Theresa xoxo

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