Brrr, baby it's cccollddd outside!

 16. 16 degrees outside as I type this. Bbrrrr! I thought I left these temperatures when I left Nevada! I understand that they are at 0 degrees and are expecting -6 and -13 later in the week, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining! I took the picture above on Friday. Before it snowed! I couldn't resist the white caps on the water.

So what have I been up to?  Umm, NOT packing stuff up! haha! My friend Andrea came over and sewed the coffee sack pillows last week.

 She did an awesome job! The sacks were not the easiest fabric to be working with.

 She brought lattes from SB which was soo sweet of her.

 She is leaving in January... I am going to miss her!  Isn't that pillow Cu-ute?! So Pottery Barn ;)

 I have been trying to finish my Christmas presents for the year. I have made 5 necklaces for special people in my life...

 I can't show ALL of them, but can show you a couple.

 Thank you to my very sweet friend Jessica for teaching me how to make these necklaces, so fun to make. You may remember the purple one she made for me, which is perfect, I love the purple starfish that are in the waters here.

 It snowed Friday night, YUCK!

 We woke up to about 4 inches.

 And clear skies, which means COLD!

 The color of the water is soo blue with the snow and clear blue sky.

 The hubby shoveled Saturday morning.

 Sunset was gorgeous Saturday night. The hubby and I ended up having a HUGE crab dinner. I bought 5 pounds, just a little too much, so we had crab cocktails Sunday night!

 I finished my coffee sack bulletin board, it will be so pretty in the guest bedroom.

 I finished my pillow too! I failed to get a picture of my first batch of fudge for the season, but will take a picture of the next batch.
I went to my first and second Bikram Yoga classes, thanks to my friend Lisa for letting me go with her. I was worried about the heat, but I just breathe through the few moments of panic that occasionally hit me and so far so good! EVERY muscle in my body hurts though!

Today is a pamper day. Getting my hair colored and cut, and a pedicure and my nails done, woohoo! So no yoga, but I will go again tomorrow. This is the sunset from the front window Sunday night, GORGEOUS!
Have a great week, and stay warm!

Fall fun with the hubby

The first thing we did yesterday morning was go get our pictures taken by Carly Tee Photography for our Mini photo shoot. This time we took Koko and we got to wear Santa hats! All three of us! *giggle* Can't wait to get the CD in the next couple weeks... hoping we can use one for Christmas cards *wink* 
We dropped Koko off at home, this is her "why can't I go too" look? Doesn't she look sad. Unfortunately where we were headed doesn't allow doggies.

 After lunch our first stop was Bellwood Acres for apples, cider and mulling spices, YUM!

 The day was just perfect! Clear blue skies, 60 degrees!

 The apples were just HUGE and crisp!

 Loved the cute wire forms to turn your pumpkin into a spider. The hubby said he would make me one, so I didn't buy one. They used large washers for the eyes!

 Lots of pumpkins and mums for photo ops all around the farm.

 One of our favorite places to go in the fall!

 The hubby bought a caramel apple.

He said it was delish. I wouldn't know, he didn't even offer me a bite! haha!

 We came home with Honeycrisp apples, mulling spices, and cider.

Hope you had a chance to spend some time enjoying fall too! I'll be back tomorrow with the rest of our day!
Hoping to fly with the hubby today, and maybe a picnic lunch at Mt. Baker. Enjoy!

Welcome Fall and the spiders.

I am still waiting for the hubby to put up the GORGEOUS mirror I bought the other day at Home Depot! Martha Stewart has a new line that just came in! Stunning! The whole line! Anyway, I decided to show you my banner project anyway... finally played with my Cricut, it has been a while. Haven't finished organizing my craft studio so I had to bring it upstairs to the kitchen table! Haha!

I had some burlap I bought months ago, I cut some triangles. I bought the cool doily leaves at Dollar Tree the last time I was there, the time I spent $50.00! HA! I know... who does that?!

I placed my letters that I cut with my decorative paper and my Cricut on the doily leaves and added the glittery fall leaves that I also bought at the Dollar Tree on the same visit. I then added some buttons*grin*.

I had some coppery glittery Ric-rack so I hot glued that to the top then layered all the pieces back onto the triangle and glued them down,

I also cut an owl using my Cricut. I then topped it all off with a red button!

This is my fall mantle minus the mirror. I decided to go with just fall for now and will add a little bit of Halloween next month and Thanksgiving in November.

Picture that gorgeous black mirror up on the mantle. Now you may be wondering why I don't just prop it up there to take the picture? Well, let me explain. Umm, it is 1 inch too big, but I fell in love with it, and knew that if I brought it home the hubby could make it work. See the two little brick shelves above the mantle, well they leave an opening between them of 32 inches, the mirror is 33 inches. So the hubby is going to hang it from the ceiling for me so it will be in front of the two little shelves, which I hate by the way!

I am loving the banner! I think I need to make a couple extras for some people I know! Here are a few close ups! Enjoy!

Close up of the left side.

The close up of the right side.

September always means spiders here in Bellingham, at least at my house! Can you see him? From what I understand they are mating this time of year. They are everywhere outside.

Can you see him now? My camera was being difficult and would not focus on the spider for some reason, so he just looks like a blurry blob!
So we had a change of plans! I am not going to Vashon Island, but I am going to IKEA and Shipwreck Beads on Monday! Cannot wait! First stop will be Starbucks! Now I guess I better work on getting that kitchen painted! For some reason all I want to do is search the web for cottage ideas ;)
Have a GREAT holiday weekend!

Beginnings of Fall decorating.

Yesterday was a perfect Pacific Northwest day! Cold, windy, rainy, foggy, LOVE it! So when my friend Andrea wanted to meet for lunch we had to go somewhere on the water!

I ordered crab chowder with Caesar salad YUM! Then I happened to mention that I needed a new purse and wanted to go to La Connor. My favorite purse store is there. So we finished up lunch and headed south! Just like that!

Haha! I was looking for a brown or black purse but spied this one! It had a broken zipper inside that I would probably never use so she gave me $15.00 off!

I am preparing to decorate for fall... I just love each season, I could never pick a favorite! I am working on the front porch, the upstairs fireplace mantle and going to try to finish painting the kitchen.

Here's a couple little sneak peeks!

I went to Ross this morning, what a mistake that was! The line was like 20 long! So I put everything back that I had planned to buy and will go back this evening when hopefully it will be a little more quiet. I only had a few little things anyway, most of my shopping was done at home with what I already have.

Hope you are enjoying the beginning of the fall season too!