whatta week......

Made our annual pilgrimage to Oak Glen for some apple goodness.....

the apple pies are a mile high..

Stella had a hard time understanding that this guy equals Thanksgiving dinner...lol

ok..I just think he looks a little demonic?????

Sweet....

A first....yummmm

Always worth the trip....

OK heres some serious eye candy for you...when my BFF told me to go get this book I was out the door....and very sad that my costco didnt have it...so I came home and got it on Amazon and had it 3 days later...gotta love Amazon!!!

Its the most beautiful book Martha has put together yet!!!

and it was a fun mail day...I also got this cool cat and all kinds of teas and coffees from my bff!!

So last weekend I went to a huge street fair and found an amazing artist who makes these darling pottery dishes.....her little critters are just precious and I wish I could have bought them all...she had hedgehogs and hares and all kinds of creatures!!! shes on my favs list!!!! I will serve nuts in the squirrel dish and cheese in the mouse dish:)

Another little gal from Mustardseed.....

I dont know if I have mentioned this but I have a serious magazine addiction....and this is NEW...have you seen it yet??? its all about parties!!!! love me a party!!!!!

and of course I have to pick up all her magazines...love her tablescapes..more eye candy!

So I have been doing a little sewing..made a couple of holiday Annies....more in the works...

I always have a open house on Halloween...chili, cornbread and lots of goodies...oh and this year homemade donuts thanks to my new toy...lol...I will find ANY excuse to make donuts!!!

So we will light up the firepit and pass out candy....Stella is going to be Foohfa from Yo Gabba Gabba....and enjoy friends and family!!!! Have a Happy Halloween!!!!!!

Random things Im in love with.....

This line of stuffed creatures....called Jellycat....check them out on Amazon...so cute!!!

THIS magazine......LOVE!!!!

My friend is selling Scentsy....love this JOL....

My fav candle ever.....almond cookie....yum

No words for this one!!!

Swoon!!!!!! thank you Kate Spade for the cutest cell phone cover EVER!!!!!!!

its that time of year again.....

The girls go to PetSmart and pick out their new Halloween outfits......

Yes there IS a face in there somewhere....

Little Cheech choose a new toy......

Sadie got one too......

We are easily amused around here.....

Glitterfest and other fun stuff.....

SO I really messed up this post and my pics are all out of order,,,and since Im short on time Im leaving it this way....and Im lazy...lol
Today we went to Glitterfest....but before I get to that...when my friend Leighanne got here she brought these darling little coin purses to show me.......2 of them are staying with me.....are they not amazing??? She makes them out of repurposed felted sweaters.....I LOVE the teeth on the one and the other is sticking out his tongue....just stick it back in there to zip it up!!! Her etsy site is the tangerine pug...and I think she may put some on there....

So like I said my pictures are out of order, the ones at the end should be at the beginning.....but like I said we went to Glitterfest to shop and visit a few friends that were selling there......

there were all kinds of spooky things.....

this is Estella and she makes amazing dolls....she sells them down in Temecula at Rooster Creek...LOVED the Skellie bride and groom!!!!!

I had to bring one of Sharons (Mustard Seed Originals) dolls home to join her other ones...LOVE LOVE LOVE her dolls....

Here is the famous Mustard Seed herself.....we had a nice visit...

there was lots of glitter there.......

and Lieghanne dared me to take a picture of this guys pants....they were quite glittery....kind of summed up the day.....lol

Had a great time with Lieghanne and my sister...and got lots of inspiration!!!! saw lots of old friends and had a great lunch......

It was really hard to get pictures there of some of the booths cuz they were packed....I wanted a picture of my neighbor Lisa Loria's wonderful booth but I could barely get near it....same with most of them, it was shoulder to shoulder...

ok peeps....have a great rest of the weekend and Im gonna go glitter some stuff!!!!!

another give away...

My sister is having a give away on her blog...this amazing fall bag....head over there and enter:)

a little slice of heaven.......

oh my gosh...RUN to the market and buy this Starbucks hot cocoa mix..the salted caramel mocha....HEAVEN!!!!!

ok heres what you have been waiting for..the winner is...bumblebee lane.....so if thats YOU then email me your address and pumpkin man will head out to your place in time for Halloween!!!!!!!

I spent the weekend in Seattle having a wonderful time with my daughter.....I gained 3 pounds so you KNOW I had a good time....lol.....drank lots of starbucks and ate lots of clam chowder....

thanks to all my new and old friends for entering the give away, I appreciate all of you!!!!!!

Halloween Give Away!!!!!

In honor of my favorite time of year...AND my 500th post....which happened a few posts back...Im going to give this prim pumpkin guy away........

all you have to do is become a follower of my blog.....post this give away on your blog....and tell me what your favorite Halloween candy is....I will pick a winner next tuesday when I get back from Seattle.
Yup...big news here...my daughter who lives in New England is moving to Seattle....sad that its not back to Cali...but at least its the west coast!!!!!! AND the biggest news....shes pregnant!!!!!!!! now she is the career gal that never wanted kids...but when Stella was born she held her...and I guess her maternal instincts kicked in because now shes expecting...her first...at 37....SOOOOOOOOOO...Im flying to Seattle to help her find a house. She and her hubby are over the moon at coming back to the west coast and so am I!!!!!!!
So when I get back....a winner will be picked.....good luck!!!