I love decorating for fall and Halloween (I love decorating for Christmas even more, but we'll get to that later). This year is a little different because I don't get to decorate our own house; I am so blessed to be staying with my parents, but having to decorate so much more space has been a little challenging...especially when mixing decor styles. My mom and I are very different. I am looking forward to next year when we will hopefully have our own house and I can work in a whole display of black & white pumpkins, black crows and spider webs.
Framed Halloween word print. This was found on Pinterest. I think I have it saved under my Fall/Winter or Halloween board along with a few other prints.
I scored the star pumpkins at Marshalls and TJ Max for less than $20 each. They have a light bulb inside that make them absolutely adorable when the sun goes down.
I made a burlap 'Happy Fall' banner entirely of fabric and since I had some burlap leftover, I cut it into strips and wrapped it around some mason jars to hold tea lights. Simple and very cute.
When in doubt, place mini pumpkins and candles anywhere and everywhere! They can be lined up, clustered or can even fill a vase. These are also great if you want to add a different color to your decor. You can spray paint them or use a spray glue and dust with glitter...super cute!
I think these pumpkins are by far my favorite decoration this year. We had a really bad drought here in the midwest which made the white and Cinderella pumpkins harder to grow and for that matter even harder to find this October. I did find these however at a local grocery store (Kroger brand) and I may or may not have received some very interesting looks from people as I was practically crawling through the pile of pumpkins trying to find the most interesting ones in the bunch.
We will post about all of our Halloween events we plan on attending in the next week and you can see baby girl's super cute costumes!
My sister from Arizona always makes the best muffins and coffee cakes. She recently emailed me this Pumpkin muffin recipe that she got from the Jillian Michaels website and they are SOOOOOOOOO tasty---they're super moist because of the honey! My sister swaps out all purpose flour for whole wheat flour which she said makes it a little more grainy. She also adds in some wheat germ.
Like all the recipes we make, we usually only use Penzy's spices because they have so much more flavor and this recipe is no exception. It's suppose to make 12 servings, but if you're anything like me...then it will only serve 4 because I eat so many of them!
Pumpkin Harvest Muffins
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin, packed solidly
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)
Preparation
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger & nutmeg; set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat butter until light; beat in honey, egg & pumpkin. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until just blended; stir in walnuts.
Spoon into 12 greased or paper-lined 2-1/2 inch muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove muffins from pan to wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Makes 12 servings
**You could also throw some chocolates chips in with them, just toss your chocolate chips in a little bit of flour first then stir them into the batter with the walnuts. The flour will keep the chips from falling to the bottom of the muffins.
**You could also throw some chocolates chips in with them, just toss your chocolate chips in a little bit of flour first then stir them into the batter with the walnuts. The flour will keep the chips from falling to the bottom of the muffins.
