I love Katie Daisy and have enjoyed her art for years. You can buy her art products, cards, planners, calendars, art prints, pencils, inspiration decks, washi tape, etc at her Etsy shop or on Amazon.

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I really like Starbucks Hot Caramel Apple Spiced Drink. Most years I cannot get it because they run out of cider. But today I got lucky at my local Starbucks.

After running to Aldi’s and picking up a few things I am going to sit and enjoy sipping my drink while watching Bell, Book and Candle. Nothing like a few witches creating trouble with Jimmy Stewart and a hot cider to make the evening.

To top off the evening I made the Aldi pumpkin shaped pizza for dinner. Going to enjoy my last flex Friday from work by getting in the Halloween mood.

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This year I chose the poem Fall, Leaves, Fall by Emily Brontë.

A lovely poem to read. Enjoy.

I pulled out my black Rae Dunn mugs for the Halloween season. But I forgot that none of them actually had Halloween words on them. I could never get my hands on any Rae Dunn halloween mugs 😠. Although the black mugs were nice, it did not meet my criteria of the bucket list. Fortunately when I checked out the Aldi store across town I found these cute mugs.

The white pumpkin mug has a matte gray handle and the black witches brew mug is shaped like a cauldron. So darn cute. Thanks Aldi for a reasonable priced mug priced at $2.99 each. Now I can drink my witches brew, umm I meant coffee in Halloween fashion.

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Every season I switch out my garden flags in the front yard. I have a small collection of flags that I have purchased over the years. I usually get one or two new ones from Joanne’s Fabrics, but I was either too late or they did not have them this year for Halloween. I pulled out two fabric flags from my collection and hung them before decorating the front porch.

Although I cannot decorate like I used to, the flags give a nice touch showing that someone cares.

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I enjoy cross stitching. I remember doing kits (like dimensions) with my Mom way back when when most cross stitch kits and patterns were kinda ugly. Aida came only in white or beige and your only option was to just stitch it up and hang on the wall. Now people are making project bags, cute decorative pieces, and tiered tray pieces or even a dough bowl filled with little stitched pillows. To be honest I do not remember actually finishing anything back then or maybe I just blocked it out. But cross-stitch has come a long way since then. The patterns are really cute with something for every season or occasion in many different sizes. Aida comes in beautiful colors and most are hand dyed to get the beautiful shades. The options are endless.

I rarely buy kits anymore instead I get patterns and my own floss and fabric. I am still a fan of DMC which is classic and very reasonable in cost. But now there is hand dyed floss which comes in beautiful rich tones. Now there are so many vendors who sell on Etsy that sell their custom colors. The choices are endless. I bought some that are Halloween and Autumn tones.

I am not sure what I will make with these floss colors but I am thinking a simple shaker design that will bring out the colors of the floss.

The Halloween ones have fun names like Werewolf, Sweater Weather and Moonlight. I thought this simple pattern would look good in one of these flossesj

The autumn colors are just luscious, so rich in golds, browns and oranges.

With names like Embers, Autumn Harvest and Golden Rule I can pictures leaves and pumpkins. Maybe I can do this pattern.

Or maybe some fall leaves 🍁

Or maybe I will hold onto them until the perfect pattern comes along.

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I really enjoy listening to this playlist when driving my car, especially down the street with all the trees that have changed color. Some songs are repeats but with different artists.

Just like my other playlist I tend to go towards the old timey type songs. But it is also harder to find new songs that focus on seasons. They may be out there so you will have to let me know.

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I am not much of a music person per se but once on a while when I hear music I really enjoy it. Music creates a mood or feeling. I guess that is why people like it so much. My kind brother has me on his Spotify account so I can pick out music and create playlists. Thanks brother dear! I enjoy Spotify because it gives me a wide range of music and makes suggestions. Since I do not know music very well, I need a little help. Spotify really helps with that with their suggestions.

My music tastes tends to go to old timey, Frank Sinatra type music, but there is the music from my childhood here too. I should say young adult period. Alice Cooper, Michael Jackson, Blue Oyster Cult. LOL, oh those days of youth. How I miss you.

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It helps to see beautiful fall scenery every time you open you phone or iPad. It reminds you that it is Autumn even if you are in the middle of a heat wave. ☹️

Since you can set your wallpaper and your Lock Screen with different photos you get a two-fer. For my iPad I chose these two images.

For my iPhone I wanted something more Halloween themed.

Halloween is just around the corner so I will switch this to a fall themed picture in November

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I finally finished the Halloween Mystery Quilt from Primrose Cottages. At least the top was pieced together. I still need to send it off to the quilter and then do the binding. Speaking of binding. I need to finish the quilt from last year (which was sent to the quilter ) but I still need to sew on the binding. Sewing on a binding is my least favorite part of doing a quilt, so I tend to procrastinate.

I really like the fabric which is called Spellbound by Sweetfire Road. It is a nice collection of oranges and blacks

The kit had a charm pack so there was some leftover charm squares. I think I will make a few coasters to use them up. There maybe a enough to make a nice gift to a deserving friend.

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