Ladies Night

Last week I had some girl friends from work over for dinner.

Each girl brought a dish for our yummy dinner.

I made my roasted butternut squash salad with craisins, green apple, pecans, and gorgonzola cheese.

I roasted the butternut squash in olive oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, salt, pepper, and a touch of chili pepper.

This salad is so great because the squash is just as good left over! It is a staple meal at our house.

Sue is from South Africa and brought these chicken and apricot skewers.

She called them some funny name and we tease her that everything she brings is from "the tribe."

Adriane brought a bag of potatoes :)

I showed her how to make the Pioneer Woman's crash hot potatoes.

Roasted potatoes, salt, pepper, olive oil, parm cheese, and rosemary.

Perfect in every way. Make extra and heat them up in the morning for breakfast potatoes.

Kelly brought this amazing appetizer.

Mini phyllo cups, brie cheese, brown sugar, pecans, and a drizzle of honey.

Oh. My. Goodness.

So good, I lost count of how many I ate.

Kelly also brought her famous chocolate chips cookies, no picture of those because they were gone rather quickly.

We also had that tasty grilled asparagus, corn, basil, and mozzarella salad.

I have a habit of finding a recipe that I like and making it for everyone that I love!

With it being September now I wanted my house to be decorated for Fall.

I decorate my whole house for Halloween so I just wanted some touches of Fall before October.

I am so excited about this vintage Fall banner I made.

I had other plans for it but LOVE how it turned out.

I found these vintage inspired fabrics at the quilt store in Hartwell the other weekend and thought they would work perfectly. I spent $10 on the fabric, had the tag board and twine so it was a cheap project. Love that!

I sewed the pieces together to make quilt squares and then cut them down to the shape of my tag board.

I brushed tacky glue on the tag board and attached the fabric. I put it together with twine for a rustic look.

I changed my entry way frames. Sadly, Summer had to go....

The runner is burlap, ruffled fabric, and rik rak.

Brought back the frames in the living room.

Can you spot Poncho?

My sweet grandparents and puppy Poncho.

Found this towel at JoAnn for cheap and had my friend monogram the big H!

Milo makes his appearance.

I am looking forward to September. I plan to cook lots of yummy comfort foods, go on my annual pumpkin patch trip with a friend and her new baby, and start crafting for Christmas!