Posts Tagged ‘ fall ’

Fabric Chain Garland Tutorial

I’m getting really excited for Christmas. I’ve really been inspired to have a homemade Christmas and to make as many gifts and decorations as possible. As a child, my excitement in waiting for Christmas was always fed by a countdown of some sort. We had Grandpa Leibbrand’s daily countdown with gifts, sometimes there was an [ READ MORE ]

Ornaments: fall leaves and shoes!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Hobby Lobby has all of its fall items on clearance. I purchased some leaves and a few spools of ribbon. Viola! Ornaments that will remind me of my favorite season: I used a stick from the copse of trees near our apartment and one of my mason jars to [ READ MORE ]

Sunday Sugar Cookies

I recently purchased some snowflake cookie cutters. Since then, I’ve been in the mood to bake cookies. I really wanted to start making Christmas cookies, but Brendan told me it was too early. While Brendan was out shooting this afternoon, I tried out the sugar cookie recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. [ READ MORE ]

xkcd – Fall Foliage

One of my favorite web comics, xkcd, did a very applicable comic to our drive from this past weekend. The coincidence is amazing. Anyhow, it’s good stuff. xkcd – A Webcomic – Fall Foliage. The mouse “hover text” says “And I could replace you with older pictures of you, from back when you looked happy” [ READ MORE ]

An amazing fall drive on Cherohala Skyway

Today, Tiffany and I took a drive on a loop that we haven’t done in a long time. Cherohala Skyway goes through two national parks, Cherokee National Forest and Nantahala National Forest, thus “Chero-hala”. All but the last 10 miles or so of the road are in North Carolina, and the eastern end of Cherohala [ READ MORE ]