It's beginning to look a lot

like Christmas. . . 

at least inside the shop!

Ok, must stop singing before hubby hears me! 

Chestnuts roasting

I mean hello everyone!

If you haven't taken a peak at the shop lately, you're missing out on some great little accessories for the winter season that is approaching.

YAY Happy clap! 

(Oh wait, people not for our church don't understand that, oh, well) 

Double Happy Clap!

Anyway, here are some of the new beauties in the shop!

Mommy and Me Poinsetti 

Perfect for a mom and her little girl!

Have yourself a Rosie Christmas

(cover your ears Sky) 

See what I did there, Rosettes, Rosie hehehe 

The Sassy Headband

A bold statement

So that's what's new in the shop lately.  I'm hoping to add a few more items before Christmas comes.  

I'm also working on some homemade gifts this year.  My nephews' gifts are complete!  Woohoo!

Still many more gifts to go! 

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By the way, this weekend is going to be QUITE busy!  I'm so excited.  My birthday is on Sunday but I pretty much get to celebrate all weekend.

Tonight I get to hang out with my wonderful mom-in-love and sister-in-love (I think) for my birthday. 

(I got to hang out with my MIL Wednesday too and went to the beach and took some pictures.)

 Look how pretty!

Yeah I live like 30 minutes from this beauty! So beautiful!

Then on Saturday morning I get to visit some friends for a birthday breakfast!

These girls as a matter of fact:

Then I get to visit with my parents for lunch:

I think this is the only picture I have of my mom with a genuine smile, thanks Brandon!

Then it's time for our first baby shower!!!! SO EXCITED!

Then hubby has a surprised birthday thing for me Saturday night.  

Then Sunday is actually my birthday! =P YAY!

What does your weekend look like?  Busy like mine?

What do you do with leftover pie crust?

My husband, apparently, loves apple pie.  This is the third one I've made recently.  Read "in the last 2 weeks".  To be fair one was for our friends.  

What do you do with the leftover crust???  

Last time, I just cut out some cute shapes and put them on top, as well as Aaron's name, but I still ended up throwing some away.

Then I cut out the letters and spelled out friends on the other one.

Today I was thinking, "Can I make cinnamon rolls?" 

So to google I went.

People do lots of different things with left over crust:

tarts, cookies, make extra shapes, make cinnamon sugar cookies AH HA!

Although they aren't quite cinnamon rolls, I did end up making little cinnamon sugar cookie type things.  (You caught me I have no idea what to call them.)  

Here is the process I went through.  

What?

I actually went and grabbed my camera?

I know it surprised me too!

Anyway here are the photos! 

Ok, so you actually want yours too look way more cinnamon-sugary than that.  After trying them, I realized there wasn't enough cinnamon sugary goodness.  It's ok, it's a learning process, right??

You can do whatever you'd like with your scraps from the end. 

Me? I popped 'em in my mouth :)

Then, forget to take a picture of the next step (oh wait, sorry that's just me)

I just put them on a piece of parchment paper inside a cake pan because I couldn't find the right size baking sheet for our Toaster oven. 

Then feel like a dummy because your pan doesn't fit in your toaster oven either.  Oh wait, just me again! 

Bake them at 400 for 10 minutes.

Take them out and resist the urge to eat them right away.  You will burn your tongue.  

No, I didn't find that out by experience. Ok, maybe. 

And VOILA

You have some little extra goodies along with your delicious pie! YUM YUM!

So PLEASE don't just throw the extra dough away. Ok? Promise? Great!

Tickle Me Tuesday Pennsylvania Edition

It's that time again to link up with Sarah for:

I am always looking at things on Etsy.  There are just so many beautiful, creative things there.  Here are some things that I like that celebrate Pennsylvania.  Aaron and I love living here.  We'd much rather have the snow, which is somewhat predictable than hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, etc. 

Ok, so it shows OH but it's made to order ;)

Again, Made to Order ;)

Hey this one actually says PA :)

And this one is just funny to me, Aaron doesn't really care for it though

HEHEHE

What are some things that have been tickling your fancy??

Our third Trimester! WHAT?

That's right.  As of Saturday we've entered our third trimester!  Woohoo!!! We are officially 28 weeks and in the last third of our pregnancy.  It goes by so quickly!  Even though pregnancy has not been super easy for me (between morning sickness and gall bladder attacks), I'm so thankful to be pregnant and really it's a great experience period.  I just enjoy having this little one growing inside of me.  However I can't wait to meet our little one. 

This morning, hubby had tutoring from 7:30-8:30 so I got up and had a quite time and got ready. When he got back we went outside to shoot a few baby bump pictures.  Unfortunately it was pretty cold so we stayed outside for all of oh, 5 minutes =P.  I still love our pictures anyway! And hubby was so sweet to take some time out of his day to do something special for me.  He had tutoring this morning, is now subbing for the afternoon until 3, and then he has an interview for more subbing opportunities at 4, and work at the dollar store at 5.  He'll be home around 11.  Yes, I am so super blessed to have this man as my husband.  I love him very much.  He's trying to work so hard so that I can stay home with our little one.  Praise God.

It is fall in Erie!  And this is the only tree we have left in our "yard" (it's technically beside our driveway, but we went from 5 to 1 recently).  We rent so it wasn't really our choice, but it looks nice in our backyard and they're doing it to add more parking. YAY!

Everyone say hello to our little one!

My husband kept saying goofy things to make me laugh. This was one of those times. (I should totally start a series called, things Aaron says.)

Our pretty little lonely tree! 

How was your weekend?  Aaron and I did a lot of laundry yesterday and I got to watch the Steelers win WOOT!  Saturday I crafted much of the day as Aaron had a lot of tutoring.  We're keeping busy!

Oh and happy reformation day! :) 

Laura's 2 year Blog anniversary (GIVEAWAY)

My friend Laura,

from Along for the Ride, is adorable, and fun, and supportive, and a great woman of God and super sweet. 
Anyway, she is having her 2 year blog anniversary GIVEAWAY DAY!

Did you see that $600 worth of prizes.  She has giveaways going on from 29 wonderful handmade shops!!!

You should totally stop by and check it out! Way fun!

(Oh and you might get a chance to win store credit ;).)

Guest Posting: Tara Dara Made It Etsy Spotlight

Hey everyone, Tara, of Tara Dara Made It is spotlighting my shop on her blog today. 

Why don't you go over and take a peak???

She has her own shop with super cute things too! 

Oh and there may even be a discount code ;)

Did you see the new items for Christmas?  There will be more coming soon also!

The Lynette

The Emily

The Poinsettia

And my personal favorite:

The Poppy

Apple Pie: Follower's Fest

Today I baked an apple pie for my wonderful husband.  He has been working very hard this week and for that I'm super thankful!  He has been substitute teaching (yesterday, today and is scheduled again tomorrow).  He had work last night at the dollar store, tonight he had tutoring and tomorrow he's being paid to set up lazer tag at a local university.  Yup, haven't seen him much this week but wanted to reward him with the pie.  So I did =D.   Cause he's the best!

Shall we get started??? 

A few things you should know: 

1. I love to bake

2. I'm by no means a perfect baker (I piece my crusts together, my pies are messy)

3. We have a very small apartment with NO counter space.  Literally there are just 2" sections on either side of the sink.  No joke, and the dish drain gets one and the other houses our water filtration system.  So as a result, I just use our table as my counter. :)  It's small but we love it anyway!

4. I'm super excited you stopped by today!

Ok, here we go.

One Yummy Apple Pie coming up!

Let them enjoy their bath while you get the crust ready! 

I don't have a stand mixer so I just mix it all by spoon/hand.

See no need to be perfect with your pie crust.  Guess what!!! Someone will eat it anyway! 

I know, cider vinegar, in a pie??? That's what I thought too, but it works! Trust me!

Just use your hands for this part!  It's ok to get dirty!

Take a step back, admire your work and then drool wait for your husband to get home so you can share it!

I hope that if you have never made a pie from scratch before this gives you the courage to do it!  What are some of you favorite fall recipes? 

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Today I am linking up with: 

Casey, Ilene, Danielle, and Jess 

for the October Followers Fest.

Want to learn more? Want to jump in on it? Click the button below!

If you stopped by from the follower's fest, please say hello!  I'd love to get to know you more!

I'm also linking up with Laura for

And with Amy here: