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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.

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 🙂

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!

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!

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!

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.

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

Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Coat 2- 9×5 loaf pans or 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray.
In large mixing bowl combine eggs and sugar; cream.
Add oil, orange juice, orange zest, greek yogurt, vanilla; mix to combine.
Add all dry ingredients, mix until 80% incorporated.
Add pecans, mix just until combined.
Don’t over mix.
Divide batter between loaf pans.
Bake mini loaf pans 25-30, full size 45-50 or until toothpick inserted in center removes clean.
Cool 5 minutes in pans, remove to cooling rack.
Orange glaze:
In a small mixing bowl, cream butter, add 1 C powdered sugar; mix.
Add orange zest and orange juice; mix until creamy.
Add remaining powdered sugar 1/2 C at a time until desired consistency is reached.
Drizzle on cooled loaves and enjoy!

*adapted from www.mountainmommacooks.com

AND to inspire your Autumn Baking alittle bit more…

Pumpkin Pancakes with Caramel Syrup

Apple Pumkin Strudel Muffins

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

LDS General Conference Activities

September 23, 2014 By Michelle Barneck Leave a Comment

We’ve gathered up some of our favorite LDS General Conference Activities to prepare you and your family for this weekend!

We hope that our activities and ideas will help to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! There is a little something for all ages, so be sure to check them out!

Resources for teaching children about following the Prophet

Preparing for Inspiration

Quiet Time with Doh Vinci

A Little General Conference Bingo to brighten up your day!

General Conference Yearly Calendar for a little more inspirational planning

Personal Progress Scavenger Hunt
General Conference Journal Cards
LDS Conference Fun Scratch Off Cards

Temple Memory Matching Printable with General Conference Packet

Moms General Conference Journal

Reward your kiddos with General Conference Fun Bags

For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional posts!

And don’t forget to enter our General Conference Giveaways {$400 in prizes}!

General Conference Giveaway {4 Winners}

September 22, 2014 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

The fall session of LDS General Conference is right around the corner and I have teamed up with 11 fun bloggers to share some of our favorite products and general conference traditions. We have some great prizes from quiet activities to help your littlest ones during the talks to products that will help you look and feel your best! Come back tomorrow for a round-up of our general conference traditions!

For this giveaway, we each chose some of our favorite LDS and local business items to give back to our readers, just to say thanks for all of the encouragement, comments, and time that you take out of your busy day to check in with us. We really appreciate it! Thank you for for how you #sharethegood with us and hopefully we can share some with you as well!

Meet the bloggers who are taking part in this giveaway:

We Like to Learn As We Go – Live to be Inspired – Keep Moving Forward With Me – A Little Tipsy

Ninth and Co – Reality to Dreams – Rachael’s Book Nook – A Lively Hope

My Daylights – The Things I Love Most – Clarks Condensed – Love Me, Dani Marie

Now on to the prizes! We are so happy team up with so many companies to provide prize packages for four lucky winners! We are giving away two gift cards to Deseret Book along with a prize package for children and a prize package for adults. Enter in the Rafflecopters below! There are THREE different giveaways so please be sure to scroll all the way down and enter each one!

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Your choice between two signs from Addyson Lane Boutique ($20). These are going to look gorgeous hanging in your child’s room! They will personalize the colors to match your decor!

You know your little ones will love these – perfect quiet time activity! Sew Surprising is giving away one non paper doll with THREE outfits, winner’s choice. Doll’s hair color can be customized. Value is $22. You can check out all the doll/outfit options on Sew Surprising’s web-site or Facebook page.

Adorn your little darling with a beautiful new accessory from The Posh Society. Winner may select a Crystal and Pearl Bow ($25) or a Pearl Crystal Headband ($35) – both pictured above. The bows will be attached with velvet ivory elastic or ribbon.

These DIY kits by Fizzy Pop Crafts are amazing! Easy to put together and your kids will love them (you may want to keep one for yourself!)

You can never have too many good books! Rachael’s Book Nook is giving away a $20 Usborne Gift Certificate.

These downloadable journals from A Lively Hope are ideal for helping your child complete the Faith in God program! Winner may select from the boy or girl version.

Kids ages 6 and up can become 3D designers with this DohVinci Deluxe Styler Kit from Play-Doh. 4 Deluxe Styler design tips and 3 Deco Pop tubes are included with a guide to inspire your next 3D masterpiece! This is a fun, quiet time activity!

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Check out the new fall fashions at Sweet Salt Clothing with a $65 Gift Card! Sweet Salt has a great line of basics as well the latest styles for all shapes and sizes.

The winner of this giveaway is about to get a major food storage boost! This package from Thrive is worth over $75 and gives you a great variety of items.

Someone is going to be spoiled with this SoapMaker’s Favorites Gift Basket from Sego Lily Soap. It includes: Six beautiful handmade soaps. These soaps are gentle and luxurious, and perfect for sensitive skin. Comes in Lemongrass, Hinoki Wood, Sour Watermelon Candy, Pink Sands, Autumn Spice, and Lavender Vibrance. One handcrafted pine soap dish. Keeps your soap dry between uses so your soap will last a long time. Three all natural lip balms. Gently soothe and protect your lips with Avacado Oil, Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter. Flavored with essential oils. Contains no mineral oil or Petroleum! Comes in Doublemint, Orange Cream and Chai Spice flavors.

This ornament from Ringmasters Jewelry and Gifts will look beautiful on your tree this holiday season!

Our winner will receive the 1st book in a 7-book series for young adults by #1 bestselling author Richard Paul Evans. “To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special – just the kid who has Tourette’s syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special. He has electric powers …” Fall is the perfect time to snuggle up with a good book!

Best of luck to all our fans! Be sure to check back in tomorrow for our round-up of conference traditions!

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