Fall Fun

Fall has begun! While the weather starts to change and I start to dig through my storage to pull out fall and winter clothing the leaves on the trees have already turned brilliant shades of orange, red and yellow. Time to start pulling out those favorite fall recipes! One of my favorite things to do in fall is bake (I know, that's my favorite ALL year long!) In fall, however, apples are plentiful (and cheap) and I honestly can't think of a better scent for my home than cinnamon apples baking in the oven. This fall I started off with my favorite basic, apple pie, as a gift to a friend for his birthday. (I'd promised him a few weeks ago, but botched the recipe cause I yakking on the phone instead of paying attention to what I was doing.) I'm told the pie was pretty yummy. It was a fun one to make!

Pretty "Phoebe" Bag

One of my passions is sewing. This weekend one of my friend's daughters celebrated her 11th birthday. She's a big time bag and purse collector and so I thought it might be nice to give her something that no one else would have. One of the blogs I watch, Artsy-CraftyBabe, has some great bag patterns and I've been dying to try one of them out. So, thanks to her great FREE online pattern for the "Phoebe" bag I've managed to put together this little adorable bag for her. She opened it today and LOVED it! The directions for this bag are pretty simple and straight forward and even a novice sewer could probably manage to assemble this bag. No tricky stitching with this. My total project time for this (WITH TV watching) was about two hours. There are only really two pieces to the pattern and the majority of my time was spent picking out two fabrics and fussing over my interfacing which was having fuseability issues. I liked making this bag so much I think I'm going to make another one for another birthday I have coming up, only I'd like to add a bow or some sort of appliqued flower or initial or something to the outside to personalize it a bit more.

Projects Projects Projects

Summer is over and Fall is in full swing! The leaves are changing colors and the air has taken on the chill that comes as winter edges closer. All around our neighbors have started to decorate their homes for the season with pumpkins, corn stalks and all the bright colors of fall leaves ringed in wreaths. With the changing of the seasons my project list changes from personal projects to gift making for the holidays! Here are just a few of the things on my To Do list:

Bedside Tables Remake
New Christmas Stockings
Cat Toys/Dog Toys
Fall Table Runner
Christmas Table Runner
Fall Placemats
Christmas Placemats
Purses/Totes
Dog Kennel Cover
New Christmas Skirts
Aprons

That's the short list...I'll probably be adding more as I go. We've finally purchased a new camera so I'll be able to upload TONS of great pictures to accompany my future posts! In other exciting news, a friend of mine and I will be hosting a booth at the Altrusa Bazaar here in town this coming November to sell our homemade wizard wands! If you'd like to take a look at our craft you can view our gallery at www.OrderedChaos.etsy.com Hope you're all having a great season!