Feeling Yellow

I felt like dressing in autumn yellow for church this morning :) I love fall colors!

Fall Fashion Update

As a college student, funds aren't always readily available to update my wardrobe for the changing of the seasons. The sad part is, I LOVE fall colors like mustard, rust, garnet and dark green that you just don't wear in summer.  So I decided to stashbust a little and create some brooches that incorporate some new colors!

 For the garnet flower, I used this tutorial but I backed it with a paperboard circle instead of a baby food jar lid (no babies to eat the baby food! haha)

For the braided flowers, I based it on this tutorial but added a little twist of my own and used t-shirt strips instead of fabric.

And I just made up the button one as I went along!

I will post pictures when I wear them! I can't wait for it to get colder than 95 degrees in the afternoon and feel like fall!

I ♥ Pumpkin

Happy first day of Fall!

I have to admit- even though I don't live where the trees turn gorgeous colors consistently every fall and sometimes they just fall off brown, I LOVE fall. Its just an amazing transition between summer and winter (which we don't really get either...) and pumpkin is my favorite fall flavor, possibly because its just so forbidden during the summer!  Here are some recipes on my radar for this fall:

Pumpkin butter
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Pumpkin Latte
Pumpkin Pudding
Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin Scones
Pumpkin Cranberry Granola
Pumpkin Chai Bread
Pumpkin Nutella Bread
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

(blame the excess on Tastespotting! You can search for whatever ingredient you want!) I hope you're hungry for fall now!