Happy Fall, friends!!

This week I shared our Cozy Fall Home Tour! I’d love for you to come have a walk through our home…  

So glad you joined us for The Creative Corner! Thanks to everyone for linking up and for those of you who are just browsing for some inspiration! I’m sure you’ll find some here!

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Good Morning Friends! And Happy September 1st!

Seriously, I can’t believe it’s September! It feels like just last week when we were counting down to the last few days of school, planning camping weekends, looking forward to trips to the beach and all things summer! Well, tomorrow it’s back to school for us. Although summer isn’t officially over for another couple of weeks, going back to school and flipping the calendar to September kind of unofficially announce that fall is here!

I’ve been looking at many fall décor items and thought I’d share some with you today. But first I’d like to tell you about a giveaway I am doing!

 As a way of saying thank  you to you, our wonderful readers, we’ve teamed up with 10 bloggers to provide you with an opportunity to win $120 in paypal money! Yours to spend (if you win!) however you’d like. Some renos around the house, early Christmas shopping, new fall clothes perhaps… oh the options are wide open! I hope you take a couple of minutes at the end of this post to enter! Good luck!!

But first, let’s look at some beautiful fall inspiration! (Please remember to pin from their original sources, which is listed beneath each picture!)

These Reclaimed Wood Pumpkins from Finding Home look so gorgeous on her porch!

I absolutely adore these Hanging Mason Jars from Live Laugh Rowe. I definitely want to make some this fall!

I would love to relax on this beautiful fall front porch from Liz Marie Blog!

My own fall creation… a Burlap and Berry Fall Wreath from Joy In Our Home

I love these Pallet Pumpkins from Little House Of Four and I think they would look perfect on our new fireplace mantle!

I am itching to do some baking again and these Candy Apple Cookies from Little Miss Celebration look so yummy, bursting with fall flavour!

Some pretty free fall printables from Home.Made.Interest

Beautiful fall home tour from The Turquoise Home

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Hello Everyone!

Have you ever tried Yorkshire Pudding? If you haven’t, you must try this recipe!! It is super easy and a staple in our home with roast beef supper!

I can’t tell you how many compliments we’ve received when we serve these to company! They look like you fussed over them for hours, but just don’t tell anyone they took 1 whole minute to whip together, let them bake and serve! That easy, seriously!

This has been my husband’s special recipe for many years. These Yorkshires impressed me big-time when we were first married and he whipped them up for me. And now, whenever we have roast beef supper, they grace our dining room table. Our little ones love them equally as much! They are the perfect compliment to roast beef…. served alongside gravy, I know you won’t be disappointed!

Yorkshire Pudding:

4 eggs

1 cup flour

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

vegetable or canola oil no stick cooking spray

Beat eggs, flour, milk and salt well with a wire whisk. Do not use electric beater.  Let batter sit on counter for 2-4 hours. Beat batter again, just before using.

Preheat oven to 450C. Very generously, spray muffin tray with non-stick cooking spray.

Pour batter evenly into  12 muffin cups. They will be about 1/2 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until nicely browned.

Serve immediately.

Please Note: Yorkshires will rise high but will fall shortly after being removed from oven. This is normal.
Step by step directions:

You will need:

Mix well and let sit:

Pour into well greased muffin cups:

Bake:

I hope you’ll give these a try! Let me know if you do please!

Like always, thank you so much for coming by. I appreciate my faithful readers and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Have a happy day!

Until next time,

Kendra

Linking To: Do Tell Tuesday, Work it Wednesday, Everyday Enchanting, Imparting Grace, Elizabeth Joan Designs, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Inspire Me Please, Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Crafts a la Mode, Five Little Chefs, Crafty Thursday Obsessions

Good Morning Everyone!

Today, I’m excited to show you the cutest little chair makeover! A little while back a dear, old Grandma friend of ours gave us these 4 metal chairs. They were in well-used and well-loved condition and my husband and I kinda looked at each other and wondered what we’d ever do with them. And right now we’re in the middle of some deck upgrades and these chairs came to mind! With a  little bit of paint, they would provide extra seating for our deck!

I gave them a good scrub with soap and water first. It was a hot day and they dried in the sun in no time at all! Here they are before…

They must have originally belonged to someone with the initials SA. It’s kind of neat how it’s stamped right through them!

I bought 4 cans of Krylon spray paint at Walmart. The colors we chose were:

This spray paint was fabulous to work with. It was a primer and paint all in one and I got excellent coverage. The first two chairs I did outside on an extremely hot day. The next two were done the next day when it wasn’t so hot and I must have 1/4 of paint left in the last two cans. (Just a heads up as it seemed like I was going to run out on the hot day!)

We gave them 2 coats and then just touched up where it needed to. I love how colorful they are now! Our little ones are already calling dibs on who gets which color! They’ll be handy just to have for extras when we have a bunch of company out on the deck… we’ve moved our dining room chairs outside when we ran out of deck chairs so these will be so handy!

and another one just because…

I think these would make such a fun photo prop as well!

Thanks so much for coming by! Hope you have a great rest of the week!

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Until next time,

Kendra

Linking To: Thrifty Décor Chick,  Grace At Home, Inspire Me Please, The Happy Housie, Place of My Taste, The Crafty Blog Stalker, Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Fridays Unfolded, Crafts a la Mode, Five Little Chefs, DIY Project Love, Handmade Hangout, Crafty Thursday Obsessions, Elizabeth Joan Designs, Cherished Bliss, Party In Your PJs, Skip the Housework Party, Outdoor Extravaganza,

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying summer to the fullest! Our weather has been very hot and we’re soaking up every single minute of it! Days at the beach, afternoons at the pool, the sprinkler going and kids running through it… I’m loving the no-routine days and just enjoying all things summer!

Speaking of summer, I’ve been enjoying many of my favorite blogger’s summer projects and also pinning lots of summer projects and recipes. I’d love for you to follow me on Pinterest, if you don’t already.  Anyway, here is a list of some of my favourite summer DIY… there’s some fabulous projects, recipes and just lots of inspiration to get creating and making.

Please remember if you are pinning any of these, to pin from the original source given beneath each picture.

Lemon Blueberry Chia Jam by Katie from The Casual Craftlete

DIY Cupboard Door Turned Chalkboard Frame from Kendra at Joy In Our Home

A beautiful lake- view deck all ready for summer from Krista at The Happy Housie

Pineapple Lemonade from Aniko at Place of My Taste

Pottery Barn style table from Kristi at Making in the Mountains

Beach Ball Sugar Cookies from Dana This Silly Girl’s Life

Outdoor Terra Cotta Candle Holders from Trish and Bonnie at Uncommon Designs

Mason Jar Silverware Caddy from Ariean  at One Krieger Chick

Summer Home Tour from Abby at Just a Girl And Her Blog

Pottery Barn Inspired Hyannis Lanterns from Lo at A Lo and Behold Life

Copy-Cat Outshine Strawberry Popsicle Recipe from Bonnie at The Pin Junkie

DIY Seashell Ampersand from Kimberly at A Night Owl

Homemade Peach Blueberry Cobbler from Jenny at Picky Palate

DIY Succulent Planter Tutorial from Ashley at Cherished Bliss

DIY Outdoor Chandelier from Corey at Tiny Side Kick

Thanks so much for coming by! I hope you’ve been inspired to maybe whip up a delicious cobbler, spruce up your deck for summer, or perhaps go garage sale hunting for an old chandelier! Wishing you a wonderful week!

Until next time,

Kendra

Linking to: Crafty Frugal Blog Hop, Everyday Enchanting