Hello Friends! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I love celebrating Halloween in our house. I also enjoy decorating the inside and outside of my house. I do not like to put out any scary decorations either. We like our decorations to be on the cute side.
I usually decorate my mantel with fake fall leaves, pumpkins, and apples. I fill up decorative crates with the handmade pumpkins that I crocheted for our house and for my friends. I made them in the colors dark orange and white. HERE is how you can create them. I even made crocheted apples, and if you want to see them, just click HERE.
One year I crocheted a little white ghost. I like to hang it from my mantel and if you would like to see how to crochet a ghost, then you can visit HERE.
When I decorate the outside of my house I usually decorate with pumpkins and mums on the steps of my stoop. I have a few scarecrows in different colors that I mix in with the flowers and I like to put a ghost on my front door.
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| Halloween Outside my House 2015 |
If you would like to can see that blog post I did back in 2015, then you can click HERE.
Wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween!
Don't eat too much candy. LOL.
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and enjoy!
Julie
Hello friends. I went to lunch at Jack's Wife Freda, in New York City, with my niece back in August. I posted about this awesome restaurant recently. If you missed that blog post, than you can read about my luncheon HERE.
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We both decided after lunch to go yarn shopping at Purl Soho in New York City. If you are not familiar with this store than you can read about it HERE.
My niece also loves yarn, and she likes to knit scarves, hats, and shawls. We had so much fun visiting the store and when I asked if it was ok to take photos of a few things, they said yes! Well, I took a lot of photos and I hope you enjoy looking at them.
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On the opposite wall, there are large shelves, filled with so much fun and colorful yarn to choose from.
I spent a while looking at all of the yarn displayed on the shelves, and I happily decided to treat myself to some pretty yarn. I bought three skeins of this yarn Alpaca Pure, in the color Gray Fig, to knit a scarf using the seed stitch. The seed stitch is a nice stitch, but you have to be careful and pay attention as not to mix up the stitches.
I did not realize when I was paying for the yarn that I mistakenly picked up a skein of yarn that was $26, thinking that it was $19. This will be a splurge present for myself when the scarf is finished. I could of bought two skeins of yarn, but I am going to make either hand warmers or a cowl with my left over yarn.
I have not made a scarf for myself in a long time, because I almost always donate my creations to the church sale in November each year.
Below are some knitted hats on display. Aren't they cute? I love the beautiful stitching on the knitted grey and pale pink hats.
The store has some really neat books. This one below is for arm knitting. It sounds like a really interesting craft to try out. I think this is great for people who don't know how to knit with knitting needles.
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Arm Knitting Book |
Weaving on looms seems to be all the rage right now. Displayed below are small weaving looms. There were so many shelves full of pretty fabrics to choose from for sewing projects.
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Weaving Looms and Fabric |
I thought the colorful string looked like fun to make bracelets. The store has all kinds of different crafts to choose from.
They also have a huge wall to buy different knitting and crochet items, pom pom makers, embroidery, sewing, and weaving items.
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Assorted colored string to make bracelets |
Below are some pretty shaped pot holders that were on display. I really love the colors of the cream and grey pot holders.
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Rectangular Shaped Pot Holders |
Don't these red and white round pot holders look awesome? I am so inspired to make these round pot holders. If you visit Purl's website HERE, than you can see all of their free patterns. They have the pattern to make these potholders there.
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More Pot Holders in a Round Shape |
I have never made a shopping bag before, but I love the one below that they had on display.
I think those scarves made with the thick yarn would be fun to make too. I love using thick yarn and large knitting needles to make cowls and scarves.
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| Thick scarves hanging and a bag full of yarn |
I bought all of that yarn, and then the funny thing is my niece said that she wasn't going to buy anything at all in the store. Well, I said that you have to since you came all this way, and you love yarn! P.S. My niece bought two skeins of yarn to knit a hat.
The store provides great service, which is that if you buy yarn then they will wind it for you for free. You just can not return the yarn after that for any reason.
I can't wait to visit Purl Soho again for yarn shopping and lunch in Soho.
I hope I've inspired some of you to do some fall and winter crafting. Do you have anything on your needles? Do you have any yarn shops in your area that you love visiting?
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Jess and I will see you all back here on Monday for our Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up!
Hello friends and Happy Fall.
I love baking all kinds of breads during the fall and winter months.
Today I have an easy recipe to make Banana Bread.
This recipe does not have any walnuts in it, but you can add them or anything else extra that you might like.
When I baked this bread, I used one half cup of whole wheat flour, but if you only have regular flour that is fine to use too.
Yield: makes one loaf
Banana Bread Recipe
prep time: 10 MINScook time: 55 MINStotal time: 65 mins
This is an easy and delicious banana bread recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 to 3 ripe bananans, peeled
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and butter a 4x8 inch loaf pan.
- In a mixing bowl, mash ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.
- Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
- Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour at 350 degrees F, or until tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for a few minutes. Then remove the banana bread from the pan and let cool completely before serving.
- Slice and serve.
Julie's Creative Lifestyle, 2017
Created using The Recipes Generator
I hope you all enjoy this banana bread recipe as much as my family does.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Jess and I will see you all back here on Monday for our Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up.
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| Jack's Wife Freda - Soho Lafayette location |
What I like to do best, is to go have lunch, and then do some retail shopping. 😀
We went there at the end of August and we decided to have lunch at the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda. This popular restaurant was recommended by my teen, who has been there with her friends for lunch.
The day we met for lunch, the weather was nice and warm, and I took this photo while waiting for my niece to arrive. It's such a small and cute place to eat and they had some tables set outside.
If you do decide to visit this restaurant, it can get really busy, since it's so small inside. You might have to wait outside, but we were lucky as there was no wait for a table.
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| Jack's Wife Freda |
Below is a small map of the location to the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda, located on Lafayette Street, in Soho. The streets are narrow, and some of them are even cobblestone streets, and the area has so many small shops and restaurants.
We both decided to sit inside to eat our lunch. I took a quick photo of the menu. The food is just so good and I love the breakfast and lunch menu. The food is American-Mediterranean and they have a wonderful food selection to choose from.
The next time I visit I hope to sample the dinner menu.
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| Part of the lunch menu at Jack's Wife Freda - Soho |
Shown below is a sample of the dinner menu at the Lafayette Street location. The other location of the restaurant is on Carmine Street.
I really liked the breakfast (not shown on this menu) and lunch selection of food. The decision was made, we both decide to eat breakfast since it was early afternoon.
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| Mediterranean Breakfast |
I chose the mediterranean breakfast. It consisted of two eggs over easy, a chopped salad, with avocado and pita bread. I had fresh ice tea to drink that I really enjoyed.
My niece picked the breakfast bowl (sorry no photo of that) and that consisted of eggs, quinoa, kale, spaghetti squash, and avocado and a fresh watermelon drink.
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| Mediterranean Breakfast at Jack's Wife Freda - Soho |
The restaurant even has a cookbook that you can buy and make some of their delicious recipes!
Have you been to the restaurant Jack's Wife Freda yet? I'd love to know.
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| Jack's Wife Freda |
If you have visited any other restaurants in New York City that you like, please let know in the comments section.
Thanks for the visit today. Enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Jess and I will see you all back here on Monday for our Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up.
Hello friends. I get so much inspiration from visiting all of my blog friends. I have one blog friend Heather, who blogs at Our Life In a Click, and she did a blog post on Closet Organization.
Well, by Heather doing that organizing blog post, it inspired me to clean and organize the bottom of my linen closet. I bough these two storage bins on sale for only $8 at BJ's Wholesale Club, and they were originally marked at $14. I was so happy to buy them on sale that day and I knew that they would be perfect for my closet.
Below is what my linen closet floor looked like! It was such a mess and I always had a hard time finding everything I wanted.
This is what the bottom of the floor closet looks like now. It's all cleaned out and organized. Now I can easily find everything that I want.
For a only few dollars you buy storage bins and have your closets looking neat and organized.
Thanks Heather for sharing your organizing tips with everyone. To read Heathers blog post on closet organization you can click here.
Now I'm off to clean and organize the rest of my linen closet!
Thanks everyone for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Jess and I will see you all back here one Monday for our Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up!
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and enjoy!
Julie
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