jack-o-lantern hoop art

fall is in the air

and i love it.

i love the colors, crisp air, football,

sweaters, boots, blankets

cuddling by the fire

and most of all pumpkin

and in celebration of the best holiday coming

up in a mere two weeks

here's a last minute decor/gift idea

jack-o-lantern tutorial

this tutorial combines two of my favorite things

halloween + embroidery hoops

if you've seen our blog

you know that we love embroidery hoops

and since they're the perfect pumpkin shape

i thought why not decorate with them

for halloween

hoops come in all different sizes

i stuck to 1 med size

and 3 smaller sizes

(since our family has one big person and 3 smaller persons)

1. spray paint your hoops
(i did mine black, since they're for halloween)

2. cut out circles in the fabric you choose.
making sure you leave a bit hanging over
(you'll glue this fabric behind the hoop when you're all done)

 here are my hoops
all ready for faces

3. cut out different felt shapes for jack-o-lantern faces
(i google imaged jack-o-lantern faces to get some ideas)

4. glue them on with fabric glue
or hot glue would work too.

5. then i did a simple hand-stitch around the shapes
or you can just leave it at step four

6. tuck your raw edges and glue behind the hoops

here's my little family of jack-o-lanterns!

this would also be an inexpensive neighbor/friend gift

for halloween

just toss in a bag of halloween candy

and you have an instant festive gift!

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pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

the {BEST} cookie recipe you will ever try!

{ingredients}

1 cup oil
2 eggs
1 large can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups sugar
5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 pkg semisweet chocolate chips

{directions}

add dry ingredients together then wet. mix well. bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 min.

(i always bake til 12 min. just be sure they're not gooey on top if you shorten the time)

*makes an enormous batch so share, share away!

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  happy fall, y'all!

new halloween items

come check out our new halloween items here
just in time for the wonderful month of october

darling spider headbands

want a specific color?

convo me on etsy and i'll custom make you one!

darling in stone or plum too!

spooky spider headband

on stretchy elastic

trick-or-treat

smell my feet

wreath

so many darling accents on this yarn wreath

including a hand stamped hoop art!!

happy haunting!

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