decor...fall style

i have to start this post

with a big thank you.

thank you so much

for the outpouring of love 

and sweet thoughts

after my last post.

i received so many fb messages

and e-mails

with people sharing their 

stories and thanking me for 

being honest. 

it is always hard to be so personal

and real on your blog

but the fact that it 

helped others and

was so appreciated 

is a great feeling.

so this saturday,

i got the itch.

the itch for

some fall decor.

i don't know if its this lovely weather

or the start of my extra marital affair

with this beauty,

the pumpkin spice latte,

but i was dying to decorate something for fall.

so, 

i called my mom.

we headed to hobby lobby.

and filled up the cart 

with pumpkins.

my parents recently

remodeled their kitchen

and they have the most amazing

dining table

that i was dying to decorate.

of course,

my mom

let me do whatever.

here's how their table came out.

i customized one little pumpkin for the table.

i usually hate doing little

intricate projects that take forever

but painting this pumpkin

was fun.

we had some extra pumpkins

that we put around her house.

my mom has lots of

amazing antiques. 

she loved antiques

and collected them long before 

it was the common trend

and i know that's where i got it.

my mom is super talented

when it comes to being crafty too.

she hasn't had much time to do 

that stuff lately because she is 

in nursing school

but she did make this 

precious birdcage for her door.

love the way it came out.

i mean the nest and feathers is fab.

when i got home from their house sunday,

i worked on a little table decor of my own.

here's my little version.

i was going to paint a pumpkin

and make one similar to the 

one i did for my mom

but i decided to do yarn

and fabric instead.

i have a little door decor in mind

and another little project

that i'd like to create too

but i have been sick all day

and i'm hoping to get to those this week.

i don't know what it is about fall

but it is the best time.

it just feels different.

good different.

great different.

i am looking forward to lots

of tights and boots.

lots.

happy fall peeps!

will share the rest of

the decor soon!

oh and a little find that 

may be one of my faves.

ash.