More October Fun!

Can you tell I LOVE this time of year? It's always been a favorite...as a child, as a Mom, and even now...Look what I found over at Tip Junkie...Laurie has a lot of great ideas to share...these are just a few of the ones posted..to see more just click the link....as always, Carpe' Diem

Getting ready to go to the Montrose Orchard for a family gathering...This is our second get together for the pumpkin/hayride fun! Hoping to make this an annual event! I haven't tried this recipe yet, but they looked sooo yummy...Let me know how they turned out for you! Carpe' Diem..Raylene

Impossible Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes
1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup evaporated milk
2/3 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 cup muffin tin with silicone liners, foil liners sprayed with cooking spray or just spray the cups with cooking spray. Either of these three methods will make it easy to take the cupcake out after it’s cooked. Paper liners make it difficult to remove the cupcakes.

Mix the pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and milk. Add the flour, pumpkin spice, salt, baking powder and baking soda to the mixture. Fill each muffin cup with 1/3 cup of the mixture. Bake for twenty minutes and let cool for twenty minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle more pumpkin pie spice on top and serve. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Here's more fun for Fall...check out The Lettered Cottage...



There's links to go to so you can get some great ideas for fall decor! Have a beautiful day filled with sunshine and love...carpe' diem..Raylene

Good Morning! There's a chill in the air as the leaves begin to turn...I love fall..you can smell something in the air.With Halloween right around the corner, I found a cute idea to share..carpe' diem

I've been terrible about writing here...I realized it how long it has been and decided to drop in and jot a few thoughts down. I've been doing a "blog" so to speak for the business I work for...it's fun and I'd like to get a bit more personal with it. The New Year brings many resolutions for so many..I chose not to make any one in particular, but rather just be a better person all around.We have a new addition to the family and she is sweet as can be! Cecelia Louise Wassink was born in July, 2012 ( I said it has been a long time since I've been on here!) She is perfect and beautiful, as is all her cousins...As I have been going through the other blogs I follow, I have started to get the "project" bug flowing again...I have so many waiting for me I can't wait to get started. I rearranged furniture and did a "spring cleaning" of sorts and am now ready to start weeding through excess! Carpe' Diem, Raylene

Stools

Remember the bar stools I did last fall? Well, I've been wanting to finish the seat with some sort of lettered print. I've found all sorts of wonderful designs but never an easy method to apply, that didn't require a lot of time and/or a steady hand....until..I found this wonderful, and I mean fantastic, wonderful tutorial from Angela at unexpectedelegance ! It was just what I was looking for to do this project. Thank you Karen at graphics fairy for posting your 12 different ways to transfer things on to different mediums. Here's the direct link http://www.graphicsfairy-diy.com/2012/01/12-easy-image-transfer-methods-for-diy.html. The hardest part of this DIY, was deciding which design to use! Here's some pics of the process.

So simple! All I have to do now is a quick seal and my stools are done! Check out the sites for the exact how-to's...on to the next project! Hmmmm, I have a pillow sham calling my name... Carpe' Diem, Raylene

Happy "Hump" Day!

I've decided to paint the living room. I'm tossing a certain look around and I'm 95% sure of the color I want on the walls. I've been searching the web and all my favorite blogs for ideas and colors. Rene' @ cottage and vine had a link called My Colortopia Answering a few simple questions narrows the choices of what fits your personality. Unfortunately for me I like all of the answers! At long last I stumbled across a photo that I think will work perfectly for our home. At this point I think this is the color. I even found a new area rug that will go perfect, on sale at Home Depot, along with the ceiling paint I'll need ( Behr ) Can this day get any better? Now I need to make that decision and go for it! So here's a picture of the room...I even have the reds to throw in!

Don't you just love this room? I'm so excited! Painting a room can make such big changes and it's a spring kind of thing to do! Carpe' Diem, Raylene