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Finding Ways To Celebrate Fall

September 5, 2014

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finding ways to celebrate fall

We have reached that time of year when Texas is just hateful.

Hateful, y’all.

Football is everywhere, and then there is Pinterest throwing around Pumpkin Spice everything, and at the same time the stores are all putting out  displays of boots and scarves and sweaters.

Meanwhile, back in Texas, we’re 101 degrees in the shade.  It’s humid.  We’re all sticky and sweaty and still buying ice-cream.

The rest of you are enjoying cooler breezes and trees beginning to tease you with falling leaves.

We just have the sun.  Lots and lots and lots of sun.

But the calendar says September and I want to celebrate FALL!  I want mugs and long sleeves and my boots and orange and brown and plums.  I WANT FALL!

It’s about 3 months away from coming our way.  Three more months of sweating and being jealous of the rest of the country.

So, until then, I have no choice but do what I can to trick my mind into being content with a Texas Autumn …. such as it is.

Ways To Celebrate Fall … at your front door

ways to celebrate fall at your front door

  1. Mix potted fall vegetables, traditional mums and dried cornstalks with burlap and chevron
  2. Create a pumpkin topiary to display your house-number
  3. Use a metallic glaze to give a beautiful, unique twist to a porch pumpkin display
  4. Fill fruit baskets with mini gourds and vines

 

Ways To Celebrate Fall … with your children

ways to celebrate fall with your children

  1. Spend an afternoon making Paper Pumpkin Lanterns
  2. Create a sensory experience with Gluten Free Pumpkin Playdough
  3. Gather leaves for a Fall Painting Leaf Print
  4. Make a garland of Salt-Dough Fall Ornaments

 

Ways To Celebrate Fall … on your mantle

ways to celebrate fall on your mantle

  1. Transform Dollar Store plastic pumpkins with white paint for a beautiful, neutral mantle
  2. Make your graphic wood letters to SHOW yourself it really is Fall
  3. Gather twigs, berries and leaves from your own yard for natural, fall vignettes
  4. Transform burlap and wooden craft letters into a beautiful monogram for your mantle
  5. Use seasonal apples to make the perfect fall votive

 

Ways To Celebrate Fall … in your kitchen

ways to celebrate fall in the kitchen

  1. Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Bacon with a Balsamic-Maple Reduction
  2. Slow-Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
  3. Apple Biscoff Coffee-Cake Muffins
  4. Cream-Cheese Filled Pumpkin Bread

And … of course … if all else fails, you can join the Husband, who believes all you truly need to get into the fall spirit (regardless of any ridiculously hot weather forecasts) is a steamy mug full of Pumpkin Spice Coffee.

In his world, it’s the perfect fall flavor, fall experience, and fall celebratory drink — which is why he heads to the store and buys a bottle as soon as it hits the shelves.

He has no control.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of International Delight. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Rachel Lacy is the author of Following In My Shoes, where she blogs about Mommyhood, Family-Friendly Recipes and Bento Lunches, and Life in Texas. She is a lover of all things Coffee and Nutella.
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