In their current issue Lowe’s has some great fall projects that are not only easy to make but so clever…  The following pumpkin pics are from Lowe’s Creative Ideas website for a pumpkin party.  The pumpkin below would be great for a kiddo that you wouldn’t want using a knife to carve their pumpkin.  Let the kiddos go wild with bolts, screws and washers to create their own unique pumpkin.

Or if you are handy with a paintbrush download Lowe’s stencil and create this “Branch and Crow Pumpkin”.

Love tailgating?  This “Turf Table” is an awesome idea.  You can serve the meal on it and when you’re done use it to play some finger football.

And how do you keep up with all of your tailgating stuff?  Why with a “Tailgator Tote” of course.  And this one can be made for 10.00 with items from Lowe’s.

Looking to redecorate indoors with some fall-like curtains?  These “Stamped Flower Curtains” are great!  I love the green and splashes of orange and brown on these curtains.  The best thing is you can use any color combination to achieve this look.  Lowe’s also offers a tutorial video to explain how they achieved this look.

You can’t beat getting all of this inspiration mailed to you for FREE from Lowe’s!!  Do you have any great fall projects you’re looking forward to making?

1. Cut 15 (2-foot) pieces of 3/4-inch-thick rope (#31166). Unravel 6 inches at each end of each piece.

2. Cut a 17-foot length of the rope, and tie on the unraveled pieces at 12-inch intervals with twine (#66510). Hang the garland around the door using wire nails.

And this one is SUPER cute!! And I always see these shades at Goodwill for a fraction of what you pay for at a retail store.

1. Draw a face on a frosted glass shade with a pencil. We chose bell-shaped glass shades (#39040*). Using a permanent marker, trace and fill in the face. It may take several coats to fully cover.

2. Apply black spray paint (#282318) to both sides of a 6-inch saucer (#94456). Allow to dry.

3. Place a small flameless candle (#166531) in the saucer, and cover with the glass shade.

I absolutely LOVE decorating for Fall…and the countdown is on!  Only 22 days til Fall!!  I can’t wait…

First off I think I’m going to make some homemade vanilla extract.

Chickens in the Road has a great tutorial for making this.

And for my friends and family members with dogs maybe some homemade doggie treats. 

A Cozy Kitchen has a delicious recipe for these treats.

Cinnamon rolls always make a great gift.

I have made The Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls twice as gifts on Christmas Eve.  They are always a huge hit.

Give these out on Christmas Eve so your friends and family can have them for Christmas breakfast.  YUM!!!

After all of that…how about some delicious peppermint bark?  Get the recipe straight from Martha Stewart’s website.

How can you go wrong with chocolate and peppermint??

Ok, are you as hungry as I am now??

I started out by making tie dye cupcakes. Click HERE for a great tutorial at Skip to my Lou.

I frosted mine with a cool whip/white chocolate pudding mix instead of frosting.  I mixed white chocolate pudding with 1 cup milk and beat it with a mixer.  This will be thick.  I then mixed it into my thawed cool whip.  I refrigerated it after I mixed it until I got ready to frost the cupcakes.  I then decorated them with sliced strawberries and blueberries.

My cute niece, Makayla, thoroughly enjoyed the pinwheels on the cupcakes.

The cupcakes are a huge hit!!!

I found the tutorial for these water bottle bubble blowers HERE at How Does She?  These make the longest “snake bubbles” I’ve ever seen.  Jake and Sydney try them out with great success.

Chase entertained us with some tunes.

My niece, Kendall, gets the Ghetto Slip-N-Slide ready!!!

Don’t be jealous of our slip-n-slide…you can make one yourself.  Just lay down a tarp, turn on the sprinkler and find some kids that REALLY want to cool off!!!

This is how we spent our 4th…how was yours???

Tre’ and Grandma after the parade

After working all day, I am now busy making a Pumpkin Gooey à la Paula Deen, sweet potato casserole and a honey glazed ham!!  In the immortal words of Rachael Ray, “YUMMO”.

I have to work on Thanksgiving…cue the violins…but hopefully I will be able to scoot out early enough to go home and get my YUMMO dishes and head over to my mother-in-law’s house in time to fill my belly!! Then back home for a few hours of sleep before heading out with my cousin and sister-in-law to grab those Black Friday deals!!  Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!!

Some of my favorite pics so far this season…

A nap by the fire.

Leaf Cookies...YUM!!

Before

After....oooohhhh scary!!!

Could I have found a smaller pumpkin for them to carve??