Fall wedding favourites

Right now I love black, ivory, and rose gold for a wedding colour scheme. I find the combination extremely glamorous and romantic. Think touches of gold, pink champagne coloured bridesmaid dresses, and layers of ivory lace. Beautiful!!

 

Taking a moment to be thankful

Whenever October comes around I get really excited and overly sentimental. For me it’s a time to reflect on life and to spend time with family and close friends. I am so thankful for so much and I pray that I will never lose sight of how truly blessed I am. I am thankful for the risks I’ve taken this last year, as my risks have catapulted me to where I am now. My patience is sometimes fleeting and I sometimes feel worn out, but I am always overwhelmed with joy. Happiness is something I don’t take for granted for one second.

A recent trip to the optometrist has made me very aware of how thankful I am for sight. I can not only dream up spaces but I can see them transform and come to life. On a much deeper level I can see my baby niece find my eyes across the room and smile. I can watch a perfect sunset as the crisp Fall evenings bring an ombré of pastel colours washed over the horizon. How thankful I am for the ability to live each day. To make memories and document them on paper, by photograph, or by the simple ability to make mental notes of the moments that stop us in our tracks and make us in awe of life itself.

I am thankful for the sense of adventure that I have discovered within myself. The longing to move forward. To not run but LEAP into new things is so freeing to ones soul. As much as I am thankful for the times I got to try a new hobby, make new friends, and travel to new places; I am also very much thankful for the consistencies in my life. The people that keep me grounded and the family that challenge the deep parts of my being. No matter what I can always count on their consistency, and everything I am is thankful for that.

I can’t express how thankful I am for the people God has placed in my life. They didn’t wander in by accident but they chose to stay, and for that I will forever be thankful. My love for these people can never be measured in words and my arms could never stretch far enough to show the depths of my love. I will without a doubt spend my life expressing my appreciation for the ones who stirred a deep love in the core of my heart. My heart is full; I am thankful.

Fall is full of nostalgia for me. It symbolizes the falling or death of a former season. I look back on the months leading up to now and I can’t help but smile, but how thankful am I for the death of this last season in preparation for all of the amazing, challenging, and unbelievable new beginnings that will come.

Painted Pumpkins

I had my first thanksgiving dinner last weekend with dear friends. As always, they tell us not to bring anything so I thought a great hostess gift would be an arrangement of painted pumpkins to match their décor.

It was so fun to make and very easy! All you need is paint, glitter (or glitter spray), paint brushes, stencils, and pumpkins.

Here is my progress with after pictures.

1. Paint pumpkin with brushes. I found this gave the pumpkin a glaze look rather then using spray paint which would give it a flat look. I used white for the pumpkin and black for the stem.

2. Let paint dry…

3. Add glitter to the body of the pumpkin. Keep it to just the top to give it an ombre effect. I used Sephora glitter spray but you can use any craft glitter.

4. Take small pumpkins and spray them with glitter or hand paint them if you wish. I also took a stencil and painted a “C” in the center of the pumpkin as a personalized monogram.

5. Creating handmade cards are the perfect addition to any arrangement!

Final look! I added botanicals with stems and leaves around the pumpkins and put it in a simple plastic bowl.
Enjoy!