First Day of Autumn

The IE (Inland Empire) is odd for many reasons, one of them being that it can't follow a calendar to save its life. Here it is, the first day of Autumn, and this how we're going to celebrate:


I refuse to succumb to the heat, though, and I'm going ahead with Fall, at least indoors.

Here are a few things I'm thinking of whipping up, although in all reality I probably won't have time to do much other than throw a few plastic pumpkins on the mantle. (I suppose I could drag a bag with glue, twine, scraps, etc. to the footballs games and practices, but my stepsons think I'm embarrassing enough already.)

Anywho, even if I don't get to do these, they're still fun to look at.

Recaptured Charm made an awesome dollar-store twine pumpkin

Jaime at That's My Letter also used twine to decorate these adorable pumpkins.

The Nester made a ton of book page crafts and decor for her sister's book release party. I especially loved this leaf and vine creation.

I have a ton of coffee filters and have wanted to do something with them for a while. I love this Fall wreath at Mary's Meanderings.




Sweet Something Design made a maple-leaf garland using plaster leaves, much better than those garish colors they started out with.




And there are always cloth pumpkins to try, like these flannel pumpkins at The V Spot

I have a wool sweater with about 13 holes in it, screaming to be used for something crafty. This would be perfect.


Jean at Prim Crafts used muslin



I love these sweater pumpkins at Happy to Design



And more from Mary's Meanderings





Of course, I'm always up for something glittery, and these gals have gussied up some pumpkins with glitter spray paint, which I'm assuming is pure happiness in a can.


Infarrantly Creative made glitter pumpkins for her gorgeous tablescape



So did Tatertots and Jello

Sigh. So many pretties, so little time.

Have a great weekend.

Link Love: Trying to make a funny title here would just make it seem like I'm trying too hard

Okay, so I just found this site that is hysterical and I have to pass it on. It's called Hyperbole and a Half and Allie draws pictures using Paintbrush for Macs to go along with her hilarious stories. She talks about things like how to get yourself out of an awkward situation by setting yourself on fire or licking a close talker. She tells tales of her childhood that make you laugh out loud and her pictures are awesome in their randomness and their childlike simplicity.







She has the same struggles we all do and puts a great spin on them.

(All art is from her site.)
(I couldn't even draw this well on paper.)

She also has random sentences at the end of posts that that make me snort my coffee up my nose.

I would be so happy that my body would probably explode but it would be okay because there'd be rainbows inside of me!
(It makes sense in the post.)

Go check her out. Just don't read the posts at work or around a sleeping baby or a nervous person. You might draw attention to yourself with the choking and gasping for breath during your laughing fit.