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Thought for the Week

Making Magical Halloween Costumes & Memories

Since I was a little girl, my Grandmother, Mimi, would make me the most amazing and spectacular costumes. She would take me to the fabric shop and let me pick whatever I wanted. I was literally a kid in my own type of candy store. Anything my little heart could dream, was her command. Of course, I would request the most lavish costumes you could imagine and without fail they would always show up even better then I envisioned. These memories are implanted into my soul, they makeup a huge part of the creative person I am today.

Frosted Pumpkin Cookies

Fall is one of my favorite seasons, the air gets crisp and the smell of pumpkin and cinnamon is everywhere. I enjoy almost all things pumpkin; lattes, pasta, bread, muffins, and especially pumpkin cookies. I found a recipe a while ago and tweaked it over the years to make it just right. These cookies are a great treat to bring to a potluck or party in the fall season and always go fast. Even my kids who claim to dislike anything pumpkin will eat them!!

Thought for the Week

Autumn, the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful.
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Thought for the Week

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall"
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Antique Shopping – the Search for Hidden Treasure

Last weekend, Jessie and I were putting the finishing touches on this awesome new blog adventure of ours. We knew we wanted to be together when we launched the blog to all so what better reason to have our first ever “work trip” or as our husbands call them TDY’s. Off to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia we went because, well, we didn’t have a…