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DIY Fall Decor with Not Just a Housewife

September 26, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

Hello! I am Stacy and I blog over at Not Just A Housewife. I am so excited to be guest posting for one of my favorite people in the world…. Michelle! Isn’t she amazing?! And I am so happy to be help out a little so she can snuggle that sweet baby a little more.

I love Fall! I wish it lasted longer. I love decorating for Fall and doing fun things with my kids. Here are some of my favorite DIY Fall decor projects from the past couple of seasons.

As part of a knock off challenge, I made this Pottery Barn star sign. It was easier than you might think. The full tutorial is on my blog.

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This was a fun, albeit a little messy, project we did for family night one year. We just added watered down Elmer’s glue to a paper bowl and ripped strips of construction paper that then got dipped in the glue. We placed the paper over balloons and let them dry. A little more construction paper for leaves and some pipe cleaners for the stem and Voila! A paper mache pumpkin 🙂

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I usually have a foam board that I painted with chalkboard paint that covers up our TV when not in use. But last year I made this simple fall art using 1/8 plywood, stain, and a little paint. The full tutorial is on my blog. Super easy!

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I was challenged to decorate a table for fall last year and I had so much fun! You will have to click over to see all the details up close and for where I got all the products. Those plates are still my favorite!

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I am not big “scary” Halloween decor type of person but I try to add some Halloween items and not just Fall things. This pumpkin topiary was one of the things I made. My kids loved it!

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I hope you all have a wonderful Fall season this year and enjoy the cooler temperatures, the crisp air, and the changing leaves. Come on over to my blog sometime and say hi. I would love to have you check out some of my other projects too.

 

Pumpkin Pecan Loaf from Cooking with Ruthie

September 24, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

Hi everybody… It’s Ruthie from Cooking with Ruthie.

I hope you’re having a totally fabulous morning and Happy Autumn! Oh my. It’s Pumpkin season and that’s one of the BEST times of the whole entire year 🙂

My Pumpkin Pecan Loaf with Orange Glaze will put you in the mood for some fall baking for sure! Yummmm.

 

Pumpkin Orange Pecan Loaf on www.cookingwithruthie.com

You maybe thinking that pumpkin and orange isn’t supposed to go together but I’m here to tell you that in these little loaves- it’s magic.

Delightful. You’ve just gotta give them a try and then you’ll see exactly what I mean 🙂 Everyone that sampled them could nothing but rave about how much they liked the pairing.

 

Pumpkin Orange Pecan Loaf
Recipe Type: Bread
Author: Ruthie
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 50 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (15oz) can pumpkin puree
  • zest of one orange (approx 3 Tbsp)
  • juice of one orange (approx 1/2 C)
  • 1 1/2 C sugar
  • 1/4 C canola oil
  • 3/4 C fat free vanilla greek yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 2 C flour
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 3/4 C pecans, chopped
  • Orange Glaze:
  • 1/4 C butter, softened
  • 2-3 C powdered sugar (depending on the thickness you desire)
  • 2 Tbsp orange zest (approx half an orange)
  • Juice of one orange (approx 1/2 C)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
  2. Coat 2- 9×5 loaf pans or 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray.
  3. In large mixing bowl combine eggs and sugar; cream.
  4. Add oil, orange juice, orange zest, greek yogurt, vanilla; mix to combine.
  5. Add all dry ingredients, mix until 80% incorporated.
  6. Add pecans, mix just until combined.
  7. Don’t over mix.
  8. Divide batter between loaf pans.
  9. Bake mini loaf pans 25-30, full size 45-50 or until toothpick inserted in center removes clean.
  10. Cool 5 minutes in pans, remove to cooling rack.
  11. Orange glaze:
  12. In a small mixing bowl, cream butter, add 1 C powdered sugar; mix.
  13. Add orange zest and orange juice; mix until creamy.
  14. Add remaining powdered sugar 1/2 C at a time until desired consistency is reached.
  15. Drizzle on cooled loaves and enjoy!
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*adapted from www.mountainmommacooks.com

 

Pumpkin Orange Pecan Loaf on www.cookingwithruthie.com

AND to inspire your Autumn Baking alittle bit more…

Pumpkin Pancakes with Caramel Syrup by www.whatscookingwithruthie.com

Pumpkin Pancakes with Caramel Syrup

www.cookinwithruthie.com

Apple Pumkin Strudel Muffins

Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies1

Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pie with Nutella Cream Cheese

Enjoy the Pumpkin Season with all of these yummyilicous recipes!

I hope you have a fabulous day and thanks so much for having me over to visit.. I’d love to have you stop by anytime over at my place.

Catch up with me at www.cookingwithruthie.com or on Pinterest, Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Happy Baking!

xoxo~ Ruthie

Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Gallamore West

September 19, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

Hi, I’m Laurie and I blog at Gallamore West.  I’m a mom of four little boys and I blog about sweet recipes, fun crafts, and ways to make lasting memories with our kids.  I’m thrilled to be here at A Little Tipsy today while Michelle hangs out with her newest little adorable man!  I had been following Michelle in the online world for awhile, but we met in person at a blogging conference in Utah in the spring and she is a sweetheart, and a fellow member of the “Boy Mom” Club!  
 
I’m excited to share my recipe for Apple Cinnamon Muffins with you today because they are delicious and fairly healthy too.  They’re sweet enough to satisfy that darn sweet tooth of mine, but healthy enough to make me feel like I’m being a good mom when I make them for our boys for breakfast.

 

Apple Cinnamon Spice Muffins
 
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup apple sauce
1/4 cup white sugar
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups all-purpose floor
1 1/2 cups peeled & diced Granny Smith apples
 
1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon 
 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare muffin tin with paper baking papers, or spray with nonstick spray.  Pour apple sauce, sugars, and melted butter into bowl of stand mixer to combine.  Add in eggs, one at a time, until smooth.  Slowly add in milk and vanilla.  Set aside.  In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients.  Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir just until combined.  Fold in the peeled, diced apples.  Fill paper liners about 2/3 full.  In a small bowl, stir together the 1/4 cup white sugar & the cinnamon.  Sprinkle each muffin with cinnamon and sugar mixture.  Bake for 20 minutes.  Remove muffins from tin carefully and cool completely on a wire rack.   Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.  Enjoy!  

 

I’d love to have you stop by Gallamore West to see what else I’ve been up to.  Here are a few of my Fall Favorites…
 
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

 

Softest Ever Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
 
BBQ Pork Sliders
 

 

Burlap Table Runner from Ameroonie Designs

September 17, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

Hi friends from A Little Tipsy!  I’m Amy and I blog over at Ameroonie Designs.  I’m so glad to be here today while Michelle welcomes her new little baby- what a wonderful (and challenging) time of life!

Today I’m here to share with you a tutorial for this simple burlap table runner.

To get started you will need a piece of burlap and some ribbon.  I purchased this printed burlap from Joann Fabric, but you can find it many places, even Walmart.  You will want to purchase just a bit more burlap than you think you need so you will have room to trim the edges and account for fraying.  I used a variety of ribbons, using different widths and types, but you can use whatever you want.  The only other things you will need are scissors and a sewing machine (optional).

When you lay out your burlap you will probably notice that it is fraying and uneven on the cut side.  In this picture you will note that the right side is the cut side.  We want to make sure our runner is even and we also want to reduce the fraying and loose threads that are so common with burlap.

To do this, you are going to decide how wide you want your piece of burlap.  (again, add just a bit extra because it will still fray just a bit in the next steps)  At the determined width, you are going to select one strand of fiber and begin to pull on it.  The burlap piece will begin to gather.  You will gently continue to pull this fiber, sliding the rest of the fabric down and loosening the gathers until you have removed the entire piece.  If the fiber breaks, just track down the end of it that is still in the fabric and use a pin or other pointy tool to weave it out of the fabric until you have a piece large enough to pull again.

When you are finished, you will have a channel in the fabric that looks like this.  You will take your scissors and cut along this line.  Repeat for any other sides of your runner that need to be squared up.

Now we are ready to add some color and interest to our runner with ribbon.  Decide where you want your first ribbon to be on the runner and lay it across the burlap fabric.  Pull a fiber on either side of your ribbon, this will create the beginning and ending marks for your channel.  Pull all the fibers between the beginning and ending marks.

Weave your ribbon through the fibers in the channel.  You can choose how many fibers remain on top of the ribbon and how many go underneath.  I adjust the numbers for each ribbon, but if you want a more uniform look, you can keep it the same for all of them.  Once you have all the ribbons in place on one side, start  on the second.  To determine where the first ribbon goes, you can either count how many fibers from the end the ribbon starts and count up on the second side, or you can fold over the runner as I did and get a close estimate and just go from there.  This runner is meant to be casual so I’m not too worried about precision, but if you are making a more formal runner, you may want to actually count or measure this part.  Add your remaining ribbons.

As you are adding  your ribbons, you may inadvertently pull a few fibers from the edge of your piece.  This is why we added a bit of extra width, so we would end up with the size runner we wanted.  In order to keep this from continuing to happen, I like to take my runner and sew a zig zag stitch all the way around the runner to hold the ribbons and fibers in place.  Then I trim the edges of the runner so they are even.  If you want a frayed edge to your runner, pull the fibers you want before you do this final step, as it locks the fibers and makes them much more difficult to fray.

In this runner, I left just a bit of the edges frayed and trimmed the rest off.  Now, you can sit back and enjoy your runner.

And for more fall inspired goodies, you can check out my Batty Felt Pillow here.

And if you’re really loving burlap, I have a fun place mat tutorial here.
I hope you’ll join me over on Ameroonie Designs for chats on motherhood, crafty ideas and lots of fun!

 

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