PUMPKIN BREAD IN A JAR

If October were a food it probably would be pumpkin bread...pumpkin bread with a crumb topping.

Delicious, super moist, and full of autumn flavors!

Fall in a jar! 

PAINTING PUMPKINS WHITE

White mini pumpkins are very popular again this year! I had several people comment recently about the baby boo's I used to decorate StoneGable with this fall.

Apparently, mini white pumpkins are not available everywhere... but no problem. We can fix that!

I had a big bag full of orange pumpkins that I painted to look like baby boo's...

FALL COMES TO THE MANTLE

Fall has finally come to StoneGable's mantle... 

This year my mantle is filled with pumpkins from the Pumpkin Wagon...

I can get medium sized orange pumpkins for $1.00 at the Pumpkin Wagon!  This is a no-frills real honest to goodness wagon filled with pumpkins fresh out of the field next to it... dirt, dents and big stems...no extra cost!

It is one of my favorite fall stops!

This year's mantle is very simple... pumpkins, pedestals and autumn candle rings.

I always have such a hard time taking pictures of my mantle... this year I figured out why.

Two reasons, my mantle is high and very long....

 and the reflection of the room is so distracting in the huge mirror that hangs over our fireplace.

So I decided to show snippets of the mantle... this way you can see what is on the mantle and not the reflection of my family room.

I used dark wooden pedestals to elevate some of the pumpkins. Tucking a fall candle wreath under the pumpkins gives "fluff" and interest to the arrangement. I love a twiggy look!

From one end of my mantle ....

... to the other... my mantle is filled with FALL!

PUMPKIN ART

Art comes in all form... and this time of year it even comes on pumpkins...

On a trip to the Pumpkin Wagon (I'll tell you more about that tomorrow) I found this leaf-carved pumpkin sitting on a bale of hay. I thought it was so artistic...

I have carved faces and words into a pumpkin but nothing so masterful!

Have you?

CANISTERS ON PARADE

I try keep my kitchen counters clutter free... but who can resist keeping canisters out in plain sight? Especially when they are glass... and full of really yummy "stuff"!

I love to line them up like they are marching in a CANISTER PARADE...

Glass canisters are both utilitarian and decorative!

 I like to use old flea market teacups as scoops! 

 Don't these snacks look even more tempting in a fun teacup scoop?

I even measure out my flour and sugar in a teacups... most traditional tea cups measure one cup! 

I have to restrain myself or my whole kitchen counter would be one parade of canisters!

This year I added a bit of fall to my canister parade!

Come on back this evening for TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS!

 Bring all the things you want to show us and show off!

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