Pumpkins: Put the knife away.

We bought our pumpkins at a local orchard earlier this month, but we've been waiting to carve them until this weekend. But as much as I enjoy getting all gooey with pumpkin guts, I really like these less invasive approaches as well.

Are you carving a pumpkin this year? What's your plan? (Click the photos for the links.)

and just because this photo cracked me up:

pillows and ipad sleeves, oh my!

Yesterday the internet was down city-wide (weird, right?), and I felt pathetically lost. So I did something I've been meaning to do for a really long time: I got out my sewing machine and the pile of pretty fabrics I've been hoarding, and I got crafty. I'll be adding pillows to my Etsy shop soon, and I'm experimenting with iPad/Kindle sleeves, too. Stay tuned for that.

I think I'd be a lot more productive if the internet would just go away every now and then.

 

Mission: DIY.

If you're anything like me, you've got a big ol' pile of DIY projects you've been meaning to try. Pinterest is my favorite source for inspiration (here's my DIY board), and here are a few projects I'm thinking of taking on this weekend. 

gold tumblers!

camera straps!

 ipad case! (different fabrics, though)

pretty pictures! 

 key hooks!

in stitches.

Who knew cross stitch could be so fun? I love these designs from Chez Sucre Chez. I'd like to come up with my own and get stitchy once the winter nesting urge sets in.

silhouette.

I love this idea from Making It Lovely. Design Sponge has a tutorial to do it yourself. Or if you're too lazy for that, Clay Rice will be in Charleston Sept. 15. Look for a story on him in next week's paper.

life styles.

Everything Ashley Meaders does is amazing. If I had the money to hire someone to style my wedding — or just my life — it would be her.