Caramel Apples

By Annie
Caramel apples are an essential part of the fall experience. They’re festive, easy to make, and delicious. Here’s a quick how-to.
Ingredients:

3 Granny Smith apples
1/2 package of individually wrapped caramels (14 oz. package)
1 Tbsp. water
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
3 wooden sticks (I didn’t have any, so I used plastic knives)

Steps

Combine caramels and water in a [...]

Cute Autumn Themed Amigurumi

By Katelyn
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small dolls and stuffed animals.  Today on the Lion Brand website I found a few cute autumn themed amigurumis.  Click on any of the below images to view the patterns.

Handmade Halloween: Candy Bucket Edition

By Annie
Here are some really cute handmade creations made to display your Halloween candy.  My mom has a few of these around her house and she always gets compliments on them.
I didn’t make these, so I can’t really give a proper tutorial, but basically they’re made out of one of those plastic trick-or-treat buckets you [...]

Felt Leaves and No Bright Ideas

By Annie
I’ve been making a lot of felt leaves lately (I use the term “making” loosely because all it really involves is cutting out two leaf shapes and sewing them together).  But the problem is that now I’m not quite sure what to do with them.

The original intent was that I was going to make [...]

It’s Hat Season!

By Annie
One of the only things I like about the weather getting colder is that it’s time to start knitting hats again. I’ve been on a knitting marathon over the past three and a half days and so far I’ve knitted eight hats.
Hopefully I won’t lose this momentum.  I love making these children’s hats [...]

Autumn is Here!

By Annie
I love this season! I can’t wait to go to the apple orchard and the pumpkin patch, and I love celebrating Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Just looking at the wonderful fall-inspired art throughout Etsy is making me smile.  Here are some of my favorites.
Each picture links to the Etsy shop where I found it, in [...]