oh autumn, I see you peeking around the corner...

,

    Once the weather takes a little dip like it has the last few days,

all I can think about is FALL!

I love it,

everything about it...

o.k. raking is not my favorite thing, but the rest of it?

love.

Sweaters, and boots, and apple orchards, and cider,

 and pumpkins and fresh donuts from the mill, and the colors,

and the crisp air, and the Halloween costumes, and the candy ;-)

you get the picture.

I love fall.

There I said it! 

No season needs to feel slighted though,

because every time the seasons change,  

I am ready, and I love the next one making it's appearance!

love,

Theresa xoxo





I LOVE AUTUMN...

Wow I hope your weekend was as wonderful as mine was! I had every one of my kids home and we spent Saturday at the apple orchard. It was both picturesque and over-commercialized but I relished every moment! How could I not? I was with my favorite people in the whole world...
Cider and doughnuts...
and fruit flinging! I love the concentration on Cams face, he always did that when he was coloring pictures too :)
All of my kids are funny, make me snort laugh funny and well Danielle was really humoring me by posing in front of the restroom sign... the lady doing the pee dance was too funny! And why was the weekend extra special with everyone home?
Because Max turned 8! He was quite surprised when his cousins showed up (I told him a little fib and said that they weren't going to be able to.) Don't judge...these are the cousins that if I told him on Mon. that they might be able to come over on Fri. than I would have 4 of the longest days ever with a million questions and on and on. So my brother actually does the same thing on his end, just trying to live a peaceful life people!
Max loves guns.I mean LOVES them, him and his buddies play army every chance they get. I have tried to talk him out of it but to no avail. So he got nerf paintball and Cam is giving him a lesson on paintball safety. After that lesson he tried to convince him to be a moving target! He is a great big brother I promise! But a big brother in all respects, and that means a little teasing too!
Today was spent at the work table again and tomorrow I will be taking pictures of all of the goodies. Thanks again for all of the support and wonderful feedback about the pumpkin patch, they are selling as fast as I can list them and so I will be replenishing the store tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo

My version of a pumpkin patch...

I hope your not sick of seeing the pumpkins yet, cuz OH MY GOODNESS I have been having fun making some for a local store...
They are so fun to make, seriously fun :) and they are even more fun to decorate! I was on a roll and completed all of these in between work, kids and making dinners. Unfortunately I cannot in good conscience add cleaning the house in there because I did not, and I make a huge mess when I am creating, so my dining room table is covered in wool and doodads and so is the work room, the kitchen table is full of a sewing machine and all that goes with it. So tonight I need to clean up and then...
you guessed it, make more pumpkins! Now I need to make them for their second store! WOO HOO! I hope they sell, the owner seemed to like them, I hope her customers do! I hope to get some finished for etsy too, gotta fill the shop!
Still on the rosette kick too...
This one is loaded with vintage millinery and a cool bird pendant, and it is huge, I made it with the body of the sweater.
An all white grouping, I made a couple with vintage tinsel, love the white and tarnished tinsel together, perfect for the upcoming holidays.
There are so many ways to decorate them, but ofcourse my favorite way is with vintage BLING!!! It's vintage, it's jewels, whats not to love? ;o

So putting on my cleaning music now and gonna try to find the top of the tables and maybe even the floor! wish me luck!!

I am linking up to a couple of wonderful parties so get your party hats on and come along for the ride... Debra @ Common Ground is having her vintage inspiration friday party combined with a fall porch party only a true partier can handle 2 parties at one time!!! Thanks Debra!
Also Cindy from Whimsical Musings is holding her Creative Spirit Challenge, come be inspired by all of your fellow bloggettes!
Also @ Tea Rose Home for her weekly link love party, thank you Sachiko!
If you would like to make your own pumpkin patch scroll down a couple of posts where I posted the blog that has the tutorial.

Thanks for stopping by the pumpkin patch! Theresa xoxo

Pumpkin Crazy!

Happy Sunshiney Sunday! I wanted to pass this tutorial on to all of you who have scraps of wool, sweaters, maybe even a burlap bag or grain sack on hand...
they are way too much fun to make and are going to help me in my "I haven't made anything new for autumn" dilemma! The tutorial is genius, I have made wool pumpkins before but these are so cute and well get this... no sewing!

Can you believe it? Really, unless you need to make your own tube shape - meaning you are not using a sweater sleeve or bag - well then it's rubberbands and string. crazy.
Ofcourse I started with the sweater sleeve like the tutorial shows but then well, one thing leads to another and I catch a glimpse of a grain sack out of the corner of my eye and well, I can't help myself from making one out of that too :o
This is the first one I did, a cable sleeve with the stem wrapped in green and pompoms.
I googled pumpkin leaves and found a great green sweater to make leaves out of and then added a little bling.
This one is a pretty small one, the sweater was felted pretty small but it's just too adorable!
So get on over to Hummadeedledee and see for yourself, some of you may already know Deb, as for me I just came across her blog because of these pumpkins and well I'm so glad I did! I sat staring at my computer screen for quite a while in total awe of her talents. AMAZING! Then I got busy making pumpkins! So for some inspiration and some fun... check her out and make some pumpkins!

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo