So far, I have a glass bowl of what I call my Pinterest beans with a candle in it. If you're into Pinning, I'm sure you've seen all the hurricane glasses and other containers filled with layers of colored beans used as candle holders. (Some of the cutest are cocoa beans with vanilla candles.) The picture above is just an example. The various containers of beans and candles all look so lovely in all the Pinterest photos. I'm wondering, though, if people look at mine and wonder why that crazy woman stuck a candle in a bowl of beans. :) The beans do remind me of harvest time, though. I'm sure as I decorate more the harvest theme will come together.
Mine are sitting on a marble topped dresser in my entryway.
This year, my chickens will all be returning to the coop for Thanksgiving. The children alternate Christmas with us and Thanksgiving with their in-laws one year and vice versa for the next, though we usually manage to work in extra holiday visits as well. My daughter's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, and neither she nor my son want me to decorate for Christmas early and call Thanksgiving weekend our Christmas time. They want to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday as Thanksgiving. It is such a lovely holiday, and it's a shame it so often gets overlooked in favor of Christmas. So, I'm wanting to do some warm autumn themed decor this year. Any suggestions?
I'm ready to bust out singing, "Over the river and through the woods," which I always thought was a Thanksgiving song and just found out is actually about Christmas. I'm expecting the birth of my first grandchild any day now. This will be the first year that my house will be "Grandma's house", so, of course, I am thrilled.
I'm putting together a fall playlist. I'm taking a page out of Aunt Ruthie's book and am including some selections from the movie "Little Women" -- the 90's version. I love that movie but never thought how warm and fall sounding some of the theme music is.
What about you? How will you be celebrating this fall?
Enjoy!
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