Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Starbucks { copycat } Pumpkin Scones

Miss E was home for the weekend so I wanted to make something seasonal and yummy to go with our Saturday morning farm breakfast. I had some leftover pumpkin from the Pumpkin Torte I made a couple days earlier so I used it to make a batch of Starbucks { copycat } Pumpkin Scones. Since I knew the guys wouldn't be interested in scones I made them their favorite coffee cake instead. 
Have a wonderful day!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Pumpkin Torte

Thursday was supposed to be a "snow day" although the snow never arrived. Instead we had freezing rain and sleet, which is not as pretty or as fun as snow. It covered everything in a thick layer of ice making it impossible to get out of the house. Our "Snovember" never materialized but it was still cold and a perfect day to be in the kitchen. To start the day I made a big farm breakfast, then put on some hot spiced cider which simmered all day, made homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch, marinated some chicken for dinner, prepared my favorite wild rice, cranberries and pecans to go with the chicken and also made this festive
Pumpkin Torte 
which was a new recipe I had been wanting to try. 
This quick and easy dessert consists of layers of 
pumpkin cake, pumpkin cream cheese filling, homemade salted caramel sauce and toasted pecans. 
A perfect fall dessert.
My photos did not turn out the best since I finished the Pumpkin Torte around 8:00pm which caused lighting issues, however, I wanted to get some pictures before cutting and serving it. 

Pumpkin Torte recipe: go here

Have a Warm and Cozy Weekend!

Friday, November 14, 2014

DIY Corn Hole game { new & improved ~ 2014 version }

This is our
2014
 DIY Corn Hole game. 
The Corn Hole game Ron made last year for OSU Dad's Weekend was such a big hit he decided to make a new and improved version. This time he upgraded the wood and also added an overlay to the top and sides, which was made by one of our very talented friends. The bean bags were also improved. This time I used the recommended Duck Cloth to make matching black and orange bean bags to go with the Corn Hole, however, I did not get a picture of those.
Of course plans are already in the works for improvements and upgrades to our DIY Corn Hole game for 
OSU Dad's Weekend 
2015!

2013 DIY Corn Hole Game: go here 

~ Happy Friday ~

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

West Coast GIANT PUMPKIN REGATTA { weekend fun }

My sister and I spent the afternoon at the 
West Coast 
GIANT PUMPKIN REGATTA.
The day starts off with a 5K run followed by pie eating contests, pumpkin decorating, music, food, crafts to make and to buy and of course the big pumpkin races on the lake. 
Giant Pumpkins are hollowed out and decorated and may paddlers are dressed in costume.
TVFR Team
A fun way to spend the day!

deviled eggs { pumpkins & spiders }

I served these fun deviled eggs with our Sunday Supper. 
I figure if I'm going to make deviled eggs
why not make them 
cute!
I use paprika to make the pumpkins orange and cut a green onion for the stem and of course black olives to make the spiders.
 ~ Fun Fall Food ~

Have a fabulous day!

Monday, October 20, 2014

spritz PUMPKIN cookies

I made a quick batch of cute little pumpkin cookies over the weekend. 
It seems like it takes longer to clean up afterwards than actually making these cookies but that is the beauty of using a cookie press.
I didn't have any orange sprinkles on hand so I used clear instead and small green jimmies for the stems. 
This is about as easy as it gets!

Happy Monday!

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Vintage Paris ~ SORORITY ROOM REVEAL

The Sorority Room Reveal is finally here!
All week I have shared projects Miss E and I worked on for her sorority study room. Today I am ready to show you how it all looked in their room.  
Miss E was chosen to be a room head and was assigned a two person study room which means she was responsible for choosing a theme, getting it approved and then decorating the room. Decorating included curtains for the closets and window, coordinating chair covers, theme related items for the shelves and walls and matching trim for the edge of the shelves. 
Once we moved all her things up to her 3rd floor room we began to decorate.
Her approved room theme was:
~ VINTAGE PARIS ~
The girls decided the curtains over the window looked best without french handwriting so we left them plain however we did fold over the top just like the closet curtains and also used the same paint cloth fabric and clips. 

Miss E is borrowing the Eiffel Tower picture from her cousin who was also a room head and used it in her sorority study room  at U of O last year. 
DIY Sorority letters above the window.
The top of the refrigerator/freezer works perfect for their coffee/tea supplies.
Here is an up close look at the shelves. 
She trimmed all the shelves with pink grosgrain ribbon that matched the pink Initials. She also included some adorable squirrels around the room since 
the squirrel 
is the 
Alpha Gamma Delta 
mascot. 
We LOVE her new squirrel lamp!
It actually came with a plain white barrel lamp shade but we thought it would be fun to look for something that went more with the room theme and found this beautiful french shade. 
We also found this perfect finial for the top.
The desks are pretty small so to make the surface larger I had a piece of  thick plastic cut to fit the space between the closet and the wall and then pulled the desk forward until it was even with the closet. This made more room on the desk top and prevents things from falling off the back and sides of the desk. 

Since the desks are also quite old the tops are inevitably showing signs of use and age. To cover up the well loved desk top I found some great french tissue paper which we placed on top before putting down the plastic. We really like how it looks and it ties in great with the rest of the room. Miss E plans on putting some fun pictures underneath as well. 
The original plan was to hang the Bonjour Acorn sign on the door until we found out that matching name signs had already been made for every study room door. Miss E decided to hang the Bonjour Acorns on the wall beside her desk instead to balance out the Eiffel Tower picture next to her roommates desk.
Here are her roommates shelves.
More cute squirrels,  Eiffel Towers, chalkboards, candles and tins.
We only forgot a couple things on move in day but the most important one was the iron so we were not able to press things before I left or when I took pictures. 
I had to leave the job of ironing up to the girls.
So that is her fun 
VINTAGE PARIS
sorority  study room!

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Have a wonderful weekend!
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