Fab Finds...

Tis the season to be shopping, here are a few fun shops to check out along with a few holiday decor items to swoon over.

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Thankful...

I want to wish you all a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving! Extending blessing to you and your family!

Tablescapes...

While I will not be hosting Thanksgiving at my home, I do appreciate a beautiful tablescape. Maybe one of these days I'll stop the madness that comes from trying to be so many places in one day and host our own Thanksgiving. Then I will give one of these lovely tables a try. Do you host or travel to be with family on Thanksgiving?

Yum, Pumpkin...

Do you need a good dessert for your upcoming Thanksgiving meal? Do you like pumpkin? This recipe is fantastic. I made it last week just to test it out. It was a big thumbs up. It was gone in a day, between Josh, myself and the kids. Hope you enjoy it too. {Found at Southern Living}

Pumpkin Pie Spectacular:

• 1/2  (15-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts
• 2  cups  crushed gingersnaps (about 40 gingersnaps)
• 1  cup  pecans, finely chopped
• 1/2  cup  powdered sugar
• 1/4  cup  butter, melted
• 1  (15-oz.) can pumpkin
• 1  (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2  large eggs, beaten
• 1/2  cup  sour cream
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground ginger
• Pecan Streusel
• 7  thin ginger cookies, halved
• Ginger-Spice Topping, ground cinnamon

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Fit piecrust into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate according to package directions; fold edges under, and crimp.

2. Stir together crushed gingersnaps and next 3 ingredients. Press mixture on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of piecrust.

3. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).

4. Stir together pumpkin and next 6 ingredients until well blended. Pour into prepared crust. Place pie on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.

5. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Sprinkle Pecan Streusel around edge of crust. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until set, shielding edges with aluminum foil during last 25 to 30 minutes of baking, if necessary. Insert ginger cookies around edge of crust. Let cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Dollop with Ginger-Spice Topping; dust with cinnamon.

Pecan Streusel

Ingredients

• 1/4  cup  all-purpose flour
• 1/4  cup  firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons  butter, melted
• 3/4  cup  pecans, coarsely chopped

Preparation

Stir together flour, brown sugar, melted butter, and chopped pecans.

Ginger-Spice Topping:

Ingredients

• 1  (8-oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground ginger

Preparation

Stir together thawed whipped topping, cinnamon, and ginger.

Breath of Fresh Air...

I need to get away. I would love a little trip to...

{Lake Austin Spa Resort}

A Gift or Two...

Have you started your Christmas shopping? I have. Here are so subtle hints I will be dropping to my husband via Etsy. I love this ipod holder. They have so many different patterns to choose from.

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I have wanted one of these stamps for some time now. I keep holding off in hopes of moving to a different house, but I am thinking I will just get a new one when I do move.

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I LOVE this necklace!

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You might need a pretty Christmas card to two. This shop has so many beautiful options. 

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How do you address your gifts? I think these gift tags are too sweet!

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Happy Shopping!

Business, My Biz-ness...

After much thought about the closing of the shop where I have currently been working, I have decided I won't be leaving hairstyling for good. I will continue to do 2 days a week, and go back to a salon I previously worked at. I feel like I will be getting the best of both worlds this way. I have such a family of clients that I would have dearly missed. So I feel blessed to get to spend so much time with my family and then have that time out of the house with my "other family". I said all of that to say I am excited to have just ordered some cute new business cards. YAY! I think they are so cute and if you are in the market for business or calling cards you must check out this shop. So many beautiful cards to choose from.

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