National Homemade Cookie Day

I'm not really big on keeping up with obsure {aka celebrate for no reason} holidays, but when I saw that October 1st was National Homemade Cookie Day I knew I had to share some of my favorite cookie recipes with you....and maybe even make a couple dozen too!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are my favorite cookies, and the ones that I make the most!

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar {I always add more}

1 cup of butter, softened

2 eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 cups of all purpose flour

12 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla on medium until sort of fluffy...about 2 minutes.

2. Gradually add in all the dry ingredients and mix for about 2 minutes.

3. Add in chocolate chips and mix for about 15 seconds.

4. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

Coconut Cookies

What is your favorite kind of homemade cookie?
Link up any cookie recipes that you have posted on your blog so everyone can check out your yummy homemade cookies!

Candy Corn!

I love decorating with stuff that can be used for multiple seasons and holidays. I love that instead of sitting in the attic for 11 months out of the year, that I can change some of my decor up and use it year round. So when I started working on new decorations for Halloween/fall I knew I could figure out a way to makes something that would work for Christmas, Valentine's Day, and maybe even Easter.

I started with some clear glass bottles that I have been saving for three years. I knew at some point I would find a good use for them:)

 I used my Cricut and cut out some vinyl letters.

 I used some transfer paper to attach the letters to the clear glass bottles.

 I lined the bottles up to make sure that the letters were even...the "d" is a little high, but not enough to worry about.

 I spray painted the lids white so they would match almost any holiday decor.

 Then I filled the bottles up with CANDY CORN...

 ...and lined them up on my kitchen counter.

This was a SUPER inexpensive project...all I really bought was the candy corn. Now when fall is over and Christmas decorations start going up, all I will have to do is empty out the candy corn and add in some red, green, and white M & M's!

Wordless Wednesday: Good Game

Easy Halloween Decor

After making my SUPER easy Halloween frame, I decided I really needed to add a few more fall decorations to my house. I started with my SUPER easy sign that I change out depending on what holiday or season it is. It has been THIS for Valentine's Day and THIS for Easter...plus a few others too!

Now, my sign is all dressed up for Halloween!

I cut out the letters BOO with my Cricut and used spray adhesive to attach them to some black paper. I added a cute fuzzy spider that I got at The Dollar Tree...and now I am ready to pull out all my fall decorations and get busy decorating my house!

Nature

Art is man's
nature:

Nature is

God's

art.
Philip James Bailey