Free Thanksgiving Printable + Brooke has a special announcement!

November 6, 2014 By Tanya 3 Comments

Happy November twelveOeight readers!

It’s Brooke from Blissful Roots. It’s been a big few weeks here at our house, and I’ll share more

on our newest addition at the end of the post, but first up I have a simple Thanksgiving printable to share with you today.

#Thanksgiving #Thanksgivingdecor #ThanksgivingPrintable

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I found this beautiful chalkboard background at Lilac & Lavendar quite awhile back,

but I keep using it for my printables every now and again.

I love the simple, elegant beauty of it.

You can put any word/phrase on it, in any font, and you have an amazing work of art to display in your home.

I’ve always loved the word gather.

It really could be used year-round, but it’s especially fitting for the Thanksgiving season.

I really do love all of the amazing food associated with Thanksgiving,

but without having your loved ones to gather with, it would all be for not.

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Filed Under: Autumn, craft, DIY, Fall, home decor, Thanksgiving

Cozy Flannel Pumpkins | Perfect for Thanksgiving

October 28, 2014 By Tanya 15 Comments

Flannel, apple cider, pumpkin pie.

We still have some Fall to celebrate before it’s time to deck the halls right?

Well, just about every year I try to find a new way to decorate those lovely faux pumpkins from
the dollar store. This time I wanted to try upcycling a cozy red flannel shirt that my Hubs just
wore for our Halloween party. He wasn’t going to wear it again, and while it was a thrifty Goodwill
score, I wanted to find a way to use it again.

So, this is what I came up with. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Autumn, centerpiece, craft, Decorating, DIY, Fall, home decor

Gluten Free Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread Recipe

October 21, 2014 By Tanya 7 Comments

Mixing up a batch of pumpkin bread seems to make the house smell wonderful, doesn’t seem
to last long once it’s out of the oven, and everyone loves to receive it as a gift.
It makes a great hostess gift, or something wonderful to bring a new mama, or friend just because.

This bread is from canned pumpkin, but we did grow pumpkins this year.
Not on purpose however.
They were kind of a happy accident in a big garden on the North side of our home that you can’t
grow anything in.
Not enough light, and I am fairly certain the largest population of ants in North America may live
in this garden as well. So with the whole no light/plant eating insect combo we have had zero
success.

Until this year.

The year of the wayward squash. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Autumn, Baking, Fall, Food Gifts, Gifts From The Kitchen, Gluten Free Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: #pumpkinbread #pumpkinquickbread #downeastmainepumpkinbread #glutenfreerecipes #glutenfreepumpkinbread

Inspiration Monday Party | Fabulous Fall Party Features!!

October 19, 2014 By Tanya 5 Comments

Welcome to Inspiration Monday!!

Don’t you love this time of year?

Time for sweaters and boots,

and firing up the crock-pots,

sipping apple cider and pumpkin everything!

Be Inspired…

Join all 7 of us every week right here…

where we search for our favorites and feature through out the week on all social media outlets.

To search our features, use hashtag #InspirationMondayParty,

and follow us all on social media via our blogs.

Did I mention you will be seen on ALL 7 BLOGS?!

I Should Be Mopping the Floor | Refresh Restyle

Redhead Can Decorate| | Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom twelveOeight

| What Meegan Makes | Your Homebased Mom

This week at twelveOeight:

kaleb 1st birthday pic 1

Kaleb turned a year old!!

Halloween Decor 5

And I shared my simple & spooky Succulents & Black Pumpkins

diy black and white Halloween Projects

A group of gorgeous Black and White Halloween Projects and ideas

halloween treats 5

And mixed up a yummy Candy Corn & Popcorn treat to hand out to all those little goblins in your life 🙂

DIY Black + White Halloween Projects

October 15, 2014 By Tanya 2 Comments

Mysterious, beautiful, dark and kind of spooky. Elegant, glam, and rustic all
at the same time.

Black and white painted pumpkins and Halloween decor is chic, modern, and oh so everywhere.

Here are some of my favorite ideas that have me inspired right now, and a few of our own creations too!! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Autumn, craft, Decorating, DIY, Fall, Halloween, home decor

Inspiration Monday Party + last week’s party features!!

October 12, 2014 By Tanya 1 Comment

Ahhhh…. the comforts of the Fall season.

It goes by fast…so get inspired, and try something new from Inspiration Monday Party.

We are FULL of Inspiration from around the blog-o sphere…

Join all 7 of us every week right here…

where we search for our favorites and feature through out the week on all social media outlets.

To search our features, use hashtag #InspirationMondayParty,

and follow us all on social media via our blogs.

Did I mention you will be seen on ALL 7 BLOGS?!

I Should Be Mopping the Floor | Refresh Restyle

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Redhead Can Decorate| | Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

What Meegan Makes | Your Homebased Mom

DIY no-sew Trick or Treat Bag

October 6, 2014 By Tanya 3 Comments

Disclosure: I have been compensated for this post, however all opinions are truthful and my own.

I had you at “no-sew” huh?
I can’t believe Halloween arrived so quickly for us this year, well maybe not the day itself yet, but certainly the
planning/making/hot-gluing etc… I was super excited when I had the chance to use Tulip glow paint recently to create a
Halloween craft and share it with you! My boys are leaning a little more towards zombies this year, but Abbie will
still let me be all girly with her this time of year. That is when she isn’t chasing zombies with her big brothers.

She helped me choose a trick or treat bag that is just her style, will hold a ton of candy, glow in the dark
AND even show up under black light.
I know, and you know that we have one party a year that has a black light. She is going to be so excited when she
realizes that the pink bow on her bag is glowing like crazy!

Here is what I used to make this super easy Hello Kitty Trick or Treat Bag: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, DIY, Fall, Halloween Tagged With: #Halloween #nosew #trickortreatbag

Inspiration Monday Party | awesome party features!

October 5, 2014 By Tanya Leave a Comment

I have fully embraced fall! I’ve pulled out the sweaters, boots and the slow cooker.

I made my first batch of spiced apple cider and soup is on the menu and I’m ready for some comfort food. Apples, cinnamon, pumpkin and caramel are at the top of my favorites flavors right now.

My love for fall is definitely reflected in today’s linky party features!

Are you ready for fall or are you mourning the loss of summer?

We feature lots of your projects during the duration of the party via social media.To search for features, use #InspirationMonday.

Feel free to follow along via our blogs below:

I Should Be Mopping the Floor | Refresh Restyle

Redhead Can Decorate| | Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom twelveOeight | What Meegan Makes | Your Homebased Mom

Excited to for this week’s bigger and better features! This week’s features were selected by Leigh Anne at Your Homebased Mom.

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Filed Under: craft, Decorating, DIY, Fall, Link Party, Recipes

Pumpkin Spice Scone Recipe

October 5, 2014 By Tanya 3 Comments

We have probably all seen the “time for pumpkin EVERYTHING” meme online about a dozen times by now,
but for real. It’s fall, so it IS pumpkin everything, and then some.

One of my hands-down favorite treats to make is a good scone. And my personal fave are Starbucks Pumpkin Scones,
they are just so good, but being gluten free, I cannot enjoy them like I used to. So, this scone recipe has a gluten free
alternative for those of us who miss our scones!

Are you feeling like it’s time to bust out those baking pans and get busy right now?
Me too, so instead of dropping a few dollars per scone, let’s make a big ol’ batch to enjoy for a fraction of the cost…

Oh, and of course without leaving your house, perfect on a blustery Fall day!

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Filed Under: Autumn, Baking, Fall, Gluten Free Recipes, Recipes

DIY Painted Sugar Skull

October 1, 2014 By Tanya 18 Comments

I have a heavy influence of Spanish and Native American art and history in my artistic psyche, probably since I
grew up in a community with both cultures represented via food, art, and music, they are interests that I find
myself continually drawn to.

And, I love bright colors, and sometimes a well-placed fake flower too.
Today’s project is something I have been longing to do, and never found the right medium.
Until a Dollar Tree trip to pick up a few things, and I scored this skull door-knocker. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, DIY, Dollar Store Projects, Fall, Halloween