Dare to Share #483

It is Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share! 

Happy Friday! This summer flew by don't you think. Kids are going back to school and thinking about autumn.  Tonight my boyfriend and I did something completely spontaneous.  We were driving by a county fair that we did not know was happening, and decided to go have fair food for dinner. Doing something that you were not planning on doing, is definitely a lot of fun. 

I was so distracted by all the lights and people, I didn't notice that the trash cans were in such a prominent part of the picture. Oops!

For dinner I decided to try a pizza burger.  Back in high school way back when our cafeteria used to serve pizza burgers that were really good. I have not been able to find anything like it ever since.  This burger tasted very close to what I remember.  Yum! 

While at the fair we tried some free samples at the kettle corn tent. I loved the candy coated popcorn so much we got a big bag to take home.  

This past week was a pretty busy one. I babysat and tutored one of my tutor students all week.  In just one more week, it will be back to school time for us as well.  Are you back to school yet or do you go back to school in September like me? 

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Dare to Share #482

It is Friday night, and you know what that means..

It is time to Dare to Share! 

My computer is running on the slow side tonight. I'm not sure what is up with that.   I did want to share this beautiful door mat my good friend and neighbor surprised me with this week. She found out that I Iove farm trucks, and when she was at CVS she saw this and thought of me.  It is so nice, I dont really want to set it outside because I want to keep it looking nice. :) 

This week I have been starting to prepare to go back to school soon.  I have also been doing Dollar Tree hauls because their fall and Halloween items have begun to come in.  

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Earlier this week I posted two short videos of my Farmhouse Fall and Halloween Craft hauls, which you can see here.

I am excited to start crafting again soon.  I did come up with a new pumpkin idea to add to the Pumpkin Gang this year.  I'm not going to say what yet, because I need to find one of the white foam pumpkins from Dollar Tree to make it.  I am so excited to find out that they are come in three colors this year, orange, white and black!  Another huge bonus is you can order them in small quantities of only 4, and have the shipped shipped FREE to your store.  So if you are not seeing them in your stores, be sure to order them online for the same cost.  (I think I will be ordering some in all three colors this weekend) 

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Dollar Tree Truck and Fall Haul

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I am going to try something a little different today. Over the weekend, I had a really good haul from the Dollar Tree. If you love trucks, crafts, or fall/Halloween decor you will want to check your local store or on DollarTree.com

There is so much cute farmhouse truck decor available right now.  They have signs, calendars, ornaments and more..  My friend did not realize I was taping, you can you can hear her in the background.  LOL 

I was also very excited with the fall wood crafts and decor 

I took some a video with my phone. Hopefully you can see what I found.  A lot of these items are going fast, and if you don't find them in stores, be sure to check online as well.  

Dare to Share #481

It is Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share!  

So this past week, I was a bit busy.  When I posted the party last weekend, I was just about to leave on a whirlwind mini vacation to go visit my family who I have not seen in a long time.  We also planned to  see some tourist sites in Missouri.  We visited Joplin, Kansas City, and St. Louis.  My boyfriend is a train geek and was very excited to see the Big Boy (the largest steam engine in the world) as it was touring in parts of the midwest.  

This was taken early morning on the first day of our trip, before we got tired of riding in the car.  LOL 

I truly had no idea how big of following the Big Boy has around the country. A huge crowd was there to see the train as it made a quick stop in Edwardsville, Kansas.  Normally Edwardsville is a town of about 4,000.  On that day it was probably about 10,000. 

The Big Boy was on display at Union Station the next day.  We were able to take pictures, and my boyfriend was interviewed by Union Pacific for it's promotional videos. 

The inside of Union Station is actually quite big and beautiful. There were several fun things to see and do. 

One of my favorite finds on this trip was this Itty Bitty Patrick Mahomes. If you have followed by blog for awhile, you will know I LOVE football.  Mahomes is one of my three favorite quarterbacks. I really wish I would have bought it while we were there now.  Kansas City is the headquarters of Hallmark stores, and were visiting a really big one in Crown Center downtown. I believe my local store is no longer open. :( 

On the last day of the trip we did a few fun things around St. Louis. We wanted to go up in the arch, but did not have time on this trip.  Maybe next time! 

Did you do anything new or exciting this week? 

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Dare to Share #480

It is Friday night, and you know what that means.. 

It is time to Dare to Share! 

I have good news to share! We saw the oncologist on Monday afternoon.  My boyfriend's tests are clear, there is no cancer.  As a precaution, he will be tested again one more time in six months, but the Dr. said at this time there is nothing to worry about.  

I am also doing something fun this upcoming week, that I will share with you this weekend. 

Now that the Dollar Tree is already selling their fall and Halloween items in the stores and online,  I re-shared all of the pumpkins of my Pumpkin Gang.  They were made from the Dollar Tree foam craft pumpkins and you can see all of the on this post Dollar Tree Pumpkin Ideas.

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Dollar Tree Pumpkin Ideas

I know it may feel early to be sharing ideas on to decorate  and craft pumpkins for Halloween.  The Dollar Tree and other craft stores are already stocking their shelves with fall crafting supplies.  Instagram is already full of fall crafting ideas.  I have shared these pumpkins on my Instagram feed, and to make it easier on any new followers that are looking for directions on how to make them I am posting a landing post where you can find them all in one place.  Click on their names to go to the individual posts.

 

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My scarecrow and crow are some of my very favorite pumpkins that I made. 

Olaf in another personal favorite of mine.  I stacked three pumpkins and attached them with hot glue to make this adorable  guy.  

When I made my monster pumpkin, they did not have the eyeballs at the Dollar Tree. I did spend less than on a dollar on them though when I found them at Michaels. 

Frankenpumpkin  was one of my first pumpkins to join the pumpkin gang.  You can't see it in the picture but he has push pin bolts on his neck.  

All of the supplies for Mummy Pumpkin were from the Dollar Tree.  I found the gauze in the health and beauty aisle. 

If you are more into decorating for fall than Halloween, you might want to make this sweet Owl Pumpkin

I designed my Bat and Spider Pumpkins as a guest post for a blogger who is no longer blogging.  They are pretty cute and easy to make.  

The witch pumpkin was a little more involved with the boa hair, clay nose and felt witch hat. 

Vampire Pumpkin  was the original founding father of the pumpkin gang. He was made from a white pumpkin from another store so I didn't have to paint him.  Did you know they are adding white foam pumpkins this year at Dollar Tree.  If you can not find them in the store both the white and orange are available online and in smaller quantities of only 4 or more. 

 I have two bonus pumpkins on this post that were not in my Instagram post.  One as this sweet black cat pumpkin

The last one I made for Thanksgiving with one of my extra Halloween pumpkins. Tom the Turkey Pumpkin made a nice centerpiece on our Thanksgiving table. 

I may have to get my supplies out and make a few new members of the gang this year. I have a few things in mind.... but it is a secret until I make them.