wiww-halloween night

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Halloween is sadly over, our bellies are full of candy, and we're onto thinking about turkey, pie, christmas trees, and presents. Halloween night was great fun though, Ella got the concept more this year and enjoyed trick or treating for candy. 

Here is Ella and her BFF Ali. Ali was Dorthy from The Wizard of Oz. Well, if you asked her what she was she'd say she was "Dorfy".

The night before Halloween we decorated pumpkins (I'll share those tomorrow) and I whipped up a quick costume for myself. A felt crown with feathers, vintage buttons, trims and beads, it was a quick last minute DIY but turned out really cute!

I'm linking up our Halloween outfits this week to WIWW.

lazy fall days

Hello + Happy November!

The weekend is over, it's a new month and hopefully everyone had a great and safe Halloween (I'll share our eventful night soon). But it's back to our normal routine now. 

Here's just a few snaps of our uber exciting day, well not so much excitement really. More like lazy fall days, my favorite kind.

A lazy cat sunbathing,

an amazing and colorful thrift store fabric find, 

coloring books 

and freshly painted nails. 

It's Case Study by Essie in case you're wondering. 

I can't wait to use that fabric. Rainbow herringbone...$2...c'mon now! I'm thinking it'll make a very sweet dress or jumper, I love it!

feeling festive

It's midweek and I've been feeling festive around these parts. Only a few more days until Halloween and I still have plans to make cookies with my new cookie cutters and decorate our trio of pumpkins. 

We had plans for a mini vacation this weekend but we decided to skip it and stay home to enjoy any last minute plans that might pop up. Travis missed spending last Halloween (Ella's first) with us while he was working in LA and we were visiting friends in Northern California. This year we'll be together as a family, yay!

trick or treat bag

I've been going a little crazy with Halloween this year. Ok, who am I kidding? No I haven't, I just love any excuse to be crafty and make my little one fun things. Like this...a trick or treat bag.

When I was young my mother (who was a seamstress) made me a trick or treat bag. It had a witch on the front and her legs hung from the bottom of the bag. I used it every year for my trick or treating candy loot, and I loved carrying it. 

So, I thought Ella would want one of her own. Low and behold I dreamed up my version of a trick or treat bag for her. One side has ruffles and green ric rac (a halloween spin off my Ruffle Carryall Totes from the shop) and the other has her initial "E" appliqued along with yoyo flowers, fabric rosettes, a mini bow and some fun ribbon loops. 

I think it turned out darling and I hope she gets years and years of use out of it!

ruffle pumpkin shirt tutorial

Remember the shirt Ella wore to our outing at Apple Hill? Here's the tutorial so you can all make one for your little pumpkins. It's a pretty self explanatory tutorial so i'll let the pictures speak for themselves. If you have any questions leave them in the comments and  i'll try and answer them.

All Done!

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beautiful child

thrifted vintage yoyo's

thrifted necklace

diy necklace

wiww/date night

ryan adams

<3

crave this place weekly

shoes

silly beautiful child

best night ever

bedside ikat

off to church

me

pumpkin beer

baby legs with crocheted flowers

love her eye makeup

paula deen's crockpot mac n' cheese

lip gloss, boot polish, solar oil

turkey applique shirt

ruffle pumpkin shirt

new ppb diaper clutch