diy autumn wreath.

funny story: our neighbors/friends the crawford's hate when people decorate for christmas before thanksgiving , so to be funny i put my christmas wreath up on the front door & waited to see if they would see it. cory even stated to me, "evanda take that down" & i refused waiting to see if i would get a reaction. alison & russ were driving past our house & sure enough alison told russ to look at our front door & behold the christmas wreath #winning

now, i did not have a fall wreath & we have been looking for a while, i just couldn't find one that i really really liked.

so. my sweet husband decided to stop by hobby lobby & pick out everything he thought i would like to make a fall wreath. you guys! what? how did i get so blessed with such a thoughtful man? THANK YOU JESUS. he did an amazing job bc literally everything in the bag i was obsessed with. little pumpkins, little acorns, little baby corn, feathers, sunflowers - i was surprised to say the least!

the acorns are the CUTEST!

so people have been asking me, how do you even start? well for me i always pick out the focal point & build around it. with everything that cory got the sunflowers were the biggest & i had two of them so i built around those. 

to start i put the feathers on the back of the wreath to fill in some empty spots. 

then i added the brown stuff- i say stuff because i have no idea what it is called. 

i didn't use the orange - i am saving that for another project. 

this stuff has wire so it is easy to wrap around the wire wreath frame in places to hold it tightly together. 

then i added my focal points. 

i put one on the top & bottom & then added all the flowers to fill in gaps. 

the little corn added so much of a thanksgiving vibe & the little pumpkins pulled everything together. 

you should try it! it is so fun to pull something off the shelf year after year that YOU made. this is also a reminder of my sweet husband & how thoughtful he is. seriously, do you know many guys that would do this? i love our little wreath!

what kind of project are y'all working on for fall?

cheers,

-e

wings. wings. wings.

wings. you love them. i love them. we all love them.

all you can eat wings. 50 cent wing nights. expensive wings. small wings. big wings. all wings are good.

i found this recipe on pinterest the other day & all i could think about was making some.

so i made them for dinner tonight & they are 2 things: good & easy.

                                                       step 1: get you some wings

                                                       step 2. put them in a bowl & add
                                                              5TB unsalted butter melted
                                                              1 TB veg oil (i used olive oil)
                                                              salt & pepper as desired
                                                              1 TB garlic powder

mix it all up & add to a parchment lined pan (i just sprayed a pan with coconut oil spray because i didn't have parchment paper.

bake for 30 min on 400 degrees

now while these little beauties are baking in a pan on the stove add the following

5 TB butter

whisk in 2 TB AP flour

1/2 cup honey

2 TB soy sauce

now when the wings have cooked 30 minutes take them out & brush this yummy stuff on top of them. be generous. this stuff is good. 

now put them back in the oven on broil. this will give the skin that crunchy texture you want. 

& just like that you have your dinner. i served this with rice & it was so good.

cheers to the wings. 

--e