Pinned and Tried: Thanksgiving Sugar Cone Cornucopia #PinterestFAIL

Here is a picture of the original "pin" of the sugar cone cornucopia:

I was so excited to do this for my kids and nieces and nephews this Thanksgiving, I pictured our plate settings on the table with this cute little treat on the side....

(Sigh.) It never does quite turn out that way, does it?

I bought the candy and the cones all ready to do it. Aaaannnnddd........ it didn't work.

The first one sort of worked but only because I stuck it in boiling water before I steamed it so it was pliable. It was just luck because I could not for the life of me get the second one to bend at all. Even after I stuck it in water too (which you're not supposed to). Four hours later it is still soggy. So after the second one, I gave up.

I put the candy in a big bowl and put it on the counter while we were getting dinner ready and needless to say, judging by the empty bowl, everyone love the little treat, whether it was in a fancy cornucopia or not :)

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now digesting in a wonderful way :) We're off to cut down our Christmas tree while tromping through the snow and listening to Christmas carols tomorrow. Have a great weekend.

Burlap Frames and Thanksgiving Art.

This project was inspired by a picture I saw on Craft Warehouse Blog:

I LOVE these barnyard frames, the burlap, and the clips which make it easy to switch things in and out. Very rustic chic looking, don't you think?   

I also considered covering my mats in burlap like these ones from Pottery Barn:

But ultimately the ease of switching out pictures without having to open the frame every time and risk wearing out the tabs in the back won out. I like to change this certain frame with the months and seasons so this just made sense.

For this project I wanted to use only things that I already had. I've had these little clips since I was a kid, it's a miracle they're still around! But super fun being able to use them. I spray painted two black.

Then I just hot glued burlap to the cardboard that came with the frames. I originally had wanted to use the darker color burlap but I was just about an inch too short (bummer!) So I used this lighter color but I ended up loving it and I think it might work better for all year long - the other color looks very "fallish" to me. If you do this, make sure you pull the burlap very tight before gluing so there's no waves and it also takes care of folds/wrinkles.

Then I just placed them in the frames, measured and hot glued the clips and that's it!

I got this print and sillhouette last year on clearance from here and here. The be thankful print is no longer available but she has some other cute ones like this:

I love how they turned out.

Hope you are enjoying this season of Giving Thanks!!!

November Teacher Appreciation

This month for our Teacher Appreciation we are having a "pie buffet" for the teachers. I made a cute little invitation for each teacher using 

this "I am thankful for" free turkey thanksgiving printable:

FROM HERE

(so cute, wish I had a color printer!)

 

and then typed up the invitation in word like this:

L e t  u s

GATHER TOGETHER

GIVE THANKS

a n d

EAT PIE.

Please join us for a slice of pie in appreciation for our wonderful teachers and staff.

Tuesday, November 19^th

                                                in the teacher lounge.

Then I printed up on cute fall scrapbook paper and glued on the thankful printables handwriting each teacher's name on them. They're pretty cute and I hope it will give them something to look forward to before Thanksgiving break!

Country/Farmhouse/Rustic Chic {Inspiration}

My husband and I love to watch HGTV. The thrill to watch ripping out carpets and tearing down walls and of course the big final reveals with fabulous design never gets old. Often I ask him what he does and doesn't like about the space and it's always a happy moment when we both see something we agreeably love. And I make mental notes. I "pin" stuff or tear out magazine pictures and ask if he likes it, keeping the ones we both like. A couple weeks ago I made him sit down with me and look at a Pottery Barn catalogue and tell me which pictures he liked, which ones he could see us living in. (So nice of him to play along.) His love for Pottery Barn is....nonexistent. And we all know how I feel about it :)
We like woodbeams, stone fireplaces, earth tones and neutrals, coziness, small spaces, white kitchen cabinets....
So last week as I was reading one of my favorite blogs, the author used a term that clicked with me and I finally found a way to describe our "style", or what we WISH our decorating style was :)  I'm calling it country/farmhouse/rustic CHIC. Here are some pretty pictures we've collected. You should be able to click on each picture to go to the source. I hope you enjoy looking at them!