Happy Fall Y'all

I spent the weekend with the boy doing all things Fall/Halloween! We took a drive up to Weston, MO to visit the Weston Red Barn Farm Pumpkin Patch http://www.westonredbarnfarm.com and the Vaughn Orchard and Country Store! 

 

         We picked out three amazing and unique pumpkins!

That were SO expensive so we also went to our local grocery store and bought two traditional pumpkins for $10.00.

           

There were so many amazing things to do at Weston!

They have a corn maize, hayrack ride, a barnyard with goats, donkeys, horses, piglets, and chickens! They also have pony rides of course the pumpkin patch and a cute little country store with all kinds of goodies!

We also stopped by the apple orchard and looked around their country store!

So many goodies like salt water taffy and the different kinds of flavored apple cider; black cherry, blackberry, caramel, cinnamon!

I decided that I wanted to do an owl design for my pumpkin this year. 

I am totally obsessing over owls right now!

 

Then we ended the night with a hot cup of our apple cider! Zack got the tradition plain apple cider and I went with the blackberry apple cider. It's so delish!!

Once again... obsessed with owl's! I die over this mug I got from Kriklands.com

Mima's Lasagna

 My Mima's Lasagna Recipe!

1 cup minced onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 (28 ounce) can no salt crushed tomatoes

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

2(6.5 ounce) can no salt canned tomato sauce

1 teaspoon white sugar

3 tablespoons ketchup

2 teaspoons red pepper flakes

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

2 teaspoons ground black pepper

1 package lasagna noodles

1 pound lean ground beef

16 ounces ricotta cheese

3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Start off by browking the beef, in the pan add 1/3 cup minced onion, 1 teaspoon black pepper, and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes.

Also start boiling the lasagna noodles, add a splash of oil and a pinch of salt.

To make the sauce start off by adding 2/3 cup onion and the other clove of garlic to the pan with a splash of oil, let that cook for a minute before adding the can of no salt crushed tomatoes.

After that cooks for a minute you can add in the no salt tomato sauce, tomato paste, white sugar, ketchup, dried basil, italian seasoning, garlic salt, and the other teaspoon of black pepper and red pepper flakes.

Cook on simmer for 20 minutes.

Once the burger, noodles and sauce are all ready you can pre heat the oven to 375 degrees and grab a 9x13 baking dish.

I start off by pouring a layer of sauce and the laying down a layer of noodles, on top of the noodles I spread a layer of ricotta cheese.

On top of the ricotta cheese I sprinkle on the cooked burger.

Next I pour on more of the sauce.

Continue this process until you run out of noodles or you reach the top of the pan.

On the top layer I sprinkle on the 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese!!

Cover with foil and place on the bottom rack to bake for 25 minutes.

Remove the foil and continue to bake for another 25 minutes.

Place on a cooling rack and let the dish sit for about 15 minutes before serving, I think that this is the hardest part because it smells so amazing I always just want to cut into it right away!!

Halloween Wreath (Orange)

 

If you would like to purchase this wreath please visit my Etsy shop: KolbieAnn

I made this wreath very similar to my purple Halloween wreath that I posted about in my last blog.

I bought most of the materials at Hobby Lobby and Michael's.

I started off with just adding the black mesh and then going back in and adding just a bit of the grey and black mesh. I bought two of the black and one of the grey and black.

Then I added in a little bit of the ribbon.

This adorable ribbon came from the wedding collection at Hobby Lobby!!

I went to Michaels and bought these glittery orange leave sticks . I also bought a handful of orange glitter pumpkins.
After finishing this wreath I have decided to go back and purchase more of these leaves.

 I didn't really like how the four leaves look by themselves.

This is the wreath hung up on my front door. Ill add a finished picture once I get more of the glittery orange leaves.

I am also on the hunt for the perfect witch to put in the middle!

"Better Than False Lashes" Review: Too Faced

I am always looking for longer fuller lashes and I hate having to apply false lashes every time I go out! So I caved and spent the $35.00 for this lash duo at Sephora.com 

This product is a three step process...

- First you apply the base coat.

- Second the flex-strecth nylon lash fibers.

- Third re-apply the mascara as a top coat.

This is a before and after picture on my eye.

While I don't use this system day to day I do use it almost every weekend and on special occasions; such as date night! This product has lasted for almost 5 months now and still has plenty of product left. Well worth the money, you won't be disappointed!

Halloween Wreath (Purple)

I made this wreath for my lovely mother! But if you visit my Etsy store you can purchase one just like it, or if you would like I have given you a list of items and the steps that I took to make this wreath! 

Etsy shop: KolbieAnn

I bought most of my materials at Hobby Lobby and a few items from Michaels.

The first thing you will need is one of these wreaths that already has the twist tie's attached. I bought this from Hobby Lobby. They also have them in orange if you wanted to use orange deco mesh!   

You also need to pick out what additional ribbon you would like, I bought these two.

First I went around and munched the micro-mesh so that it was just a plain black wreath, leaving every other twist tie open to all the colored ribbon.

                    

I went to Michaels and picked up these purple add-on's, so adorable! The purple pumpkins came on a stem and I just pulled them off individually. The leaves were all one bundle and I just pulled them apart.

Once I added the different ribbons to the remaining twist ties I hot glued the pumpkins and leaves around the wreath, not in any specific pattern.

Lastly I added this witch to the middle of the wreath that my mother had found at a local grocery store!

Close up

I hung up her wreath on my front door, it is so big and it looks amazing!

You can visit my Etsy store and purchase a wreath just like this one that I made if you aren't very crafty!
My Etsy store: KolbieAnn

Reupholstered Chevron Chair!

This chair was a hand me down from my sister. She had the chair through-out college and when I got my first apartment it was my turn! It had been through the ringer, she had a cat with claws that tore up the from on the cushion and the pattern was red, green, brown and beige. Great for my college apartment but it was time for a new look and I am in love with the wooden frame so I just couldn't get rid of this beautiful chair!

So I went online and started looking for the perfect fabric, I kept coming back to chevron and while I know its a trend pattern I just couldn't help myself so I went ahead and purchased it from housefabric.com, it is a black and white and cost about $9.00 a yard.

This is the finished product!! Oh em gee I just love it :)