Black Friday FUN!!!

I couldn't help posting this picture. Bethany and I are pro's! We sooo know how to do this.

Tip #1 Bring your best friend/shopping buddy/sister - (they are few and far between! )

Tip #2 is be first in line. (Here we are a few years ago first of course!) 

Tip #3 Bring camp chairs and blankets, it will be a while.

Tip #4 Get a breakfast sandwich and very hot hot cocoa at the Maverick before you get to the store of choice (first of course =).

Tip #5 (MOST IMPORTANT) Have a blast! Really we do it just for the fun of it. We have laughed about our "Black Friday's" for years later!

Tasty Fall Treats

It is always tastier when the food is beautiful. I love to add little touches, like leaves to the pie, displaying food in a colorful way or serving on a beautiful serving dish. Little touches make it so much more fun to cook for everyone and it is amazing how it brings out the flavor :)

My sister in law made these fabulous candied apples! The kids loved them and they are beautiful!

Thanksgiving place cards

I love making everything festive on the holidays. I wish I had taken a close up of these they are so much more gorgeous in real life. I used a business card template in word and inserted a text box and then just used all different fonts for the names of the guests that were coming. We had used glitter modge podge on fall leaves and acorns that we had gathered earlier in the year an then glue gunned them on to the name tags. Simple but gorgeous! (When you modge podge the leaves do it on wax paper and let them dry. I did an entire 3' arrangement still on the branches. It was absolutley stunning especially in the evening light.)