Living on Cloud Nine: September 2023

WUW SEPTEMBER SWEETNESS

Holy Moly, just stop it September...waaaaay tooo fast for my Fall loving taste, lol! The above photo is one of my Fall porches that often gets overlooked, it was 2019 and I was more into pumpkins than mums, lol. BUT look at those peachy ones; so pretty. The Fall Porch post for this year will be out a week from Monday! Let's get to all the WUW goodness with Shay & Sheaffer

1. WHAT WE’RE EATING: All the comforting and yummy Fall Foods. Many I’ve shared on the Blog Before. AND I'm making all kinds of things to take to the hospital for the kids, this week it's lots of veggie dishes and easy sandwiches.

My Favorite Soup: Beef Vegetable

GET RECIPE HERE

Mexican Chicken and Black Bean Skillet

GET RECIPE HERE

Butternut Squash, Sausage and Penne Pasta Skillet

GET RECIPE HERE

My Mom's Caramel Corn..hint hint mom, please make it, lol

GET RECIPE HERE

2. WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT: Our Fall trips to our Michigan Home away from home. Hoping to head back up soon, the foliage is AHHMAZING! Read about last year's trip HERE

3: WHAT IM LOVING: All Things Fall! I shared my Indoor Fall Decor last week. And oh how I love the decor selection at Target, give me all the $5 MUGS at Target too!

READ THIS POST HERE

PILLOWS // Basket // WICKER PUMPKIN // Chunky Knit Throw // BROWN SUGAR CANDLE // Ribbed Glass Candle // DOORMAT // Champagne Pumpkin // BROWN PUMPKIN

$5 Target Holiday Mugs HERE

4: WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO: Spending time at the Hospital on Baby watch celebrating the youngest 2 (of 6) birthday's AND Planning Trips!!

5: WHAT I’M DREADING: Always say this last quarter of the year but dread it going toooo fast!

6: WHAT I’M WORKING ON: As far as blog posts go, I’ve got the coveted Fall Front Porch post coming up as I said, some motivational posts, fashion trends posts and let me know when you’re ready for the holiday gift guides!

On the decorating front, putting the finishing touches on the twin’s room at our house, and possibly shopping for all the ornaments for a new theme tree this Christmas season. Eek!

7: WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT: You know! The Birth of the granddaughters! (will be within the next 2 weeks if not sooner)

8: WHAT I’M WATCHING & READING:

Watching

Virgin River

Dear Child (so good)

Safe

Reading

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (An Oprah Bookclub Book)

BUY IT HERE

9: WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: Quiet Mornings, Lots of new and old country and classic rock.

10: WHAT I’M WEARING: Here are some lately outfits. Lot’s of Pink

Sweater HERE // Jeans HERE // Booties HERE // Necklace HERE

Top HERE// Jeans HERE // Sandals HERE

Great Fall Neutrals too

Jeans HERE (MY FAV) // Loafers HERE // Tee HERE // Similar Vests HERE & HERE

The outfit below is a fav..I saw it in the Evereve catalog and got every.single.piece to create it.

Sweatshirt HERE// Bag HERE // Sneakers HERE // Necklace // Bag Strap HERE // Pants HERE

11: WHAT I’M DOING THIS WEEKEND! Baby Watch, Michigan Oktoberfest, Football...

12: WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH:SOOOO Much; the Babies, trip up North, Fall Leaves, Fall Food and Cocktails...all the Wonderful October THINGS!!!

13: FAVORITE AMAZON FIND: I'll have an entire Blog Post bout all my latest Fall Amazon Finds on Monday!

Tell me what you're up too! Love ya!

LINKING-UP with Metamorphosis Monday // Thursday Fashion Files //

Love your Creativity // Hello Monday // Inspire Me Tuesday // Mix and Match Mama

// Sheaffer Told Me To

xoxo

FALL INDOOR DECORATIONS 2023

Decorating for Fall! How I love it! Almost as much as decorating for Christmas but don’t worry I’ll wait, lol! I really was only going to decorate a couple areas inside this year but after I got going with the rusts and navy and cream, I was all about it!

Fireplace

You may remember from my Fall indoor decor posts, that I normally have a great big wreath with pumpkins that goes above the fireplace, but it just didn’t mesh well with the colors and the blue glass vases, so I just left up the fabulous Let’s Stay In wood sign as the focal for the fireplace.

Let's Stay in Sign HERE // Vases HERE

Always like, adding in a little bit of lights somewhere and there’s something about setting a Pumpkin on top of a candle stick that makes me happy! You’ll see two of those pumpkin arrangements in the house that I made last year and this post. Big Velvet Pumpkin at Hobby Lobby, Little Rust, Dollar spot at Target!

Nook

I keep thinking I’m going to get another chair for this corner, but I just love it so much and it will be replaced by a Christmas tree in a couple months but just adding a rest, blanket, a fall pillow and some great stems and a big rattan vase looks so FALL fabulous.

Blanket HERE // Pumpkin HERE // Vase HERE // Rust Pillar Candles HERE

Here's another cute corner. Velvet Pillow HERE, Hey Pumpkin HERE

Hall Tree

This was an area I wasn’t going to do but when I opened the upper cabinets, I saw that I had bought two navy and white pumpkin pillows from the dollar spot at Target, so I had to go with it. I had the perfect Pillow Covers to go behind. I got the 6ft Blue and Orange Fabric Pumpkin Garland at Michael’s. Just added in some Hobby lobby stems, and my spray painted me the pumpkins above that I had on the porch last year.

Console Table

This is very similar to last year, but adding in the velvet rust pumpkins made me so happy. Some of these items I had in a bedroom last year, but they worked just perfectly for my fall colors.

Dining Room

Saving my favorite for last! For some odd reason, I always think that napkins with napkin rings need to be on top the chargers and plates, but when I couldn’t find any napkin rings, I liked and have been eyeing the plates from Hobby lobby for the past couple years, I knew I was in luck when I found the metallic rust napkins to go under them. This came together so sweetly.

RUG (love) HERE // Blue Chairs HERE// Pillows HERE

Not only do I love rust in my home decor, but I love it in my fashion, too, lol. What do you think of the colors? Do they blend nicely in the household? Do you have a favorite? Have you decorated inside for Fall yet? Or do you not and just wait til Christmas? Let me know!

Check out how I use to Decorate

for Fall in This Post!

Happy Almost Fall y'All, although I start Fall September 1st, lol!

LINKING-UP with Metamorphosis Monday // Thursday Fashion Files //

Love your Creativity // Hello Monday // Inspire Me Tuesday

xoxo

FRIDAY FAVORITES SWEET SEPTEMBER

Sweet September, how beautiful you’ve been so far!! But why are you half over?

1. Weekend FunDay

We had the most beautiful weather last weekend! Sincerely, glorious! We decided to grab the girl Miss Stella again, and head up to Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful day for eating alfresco and enjoying the last bits of summer.

2. Halloween Decor

I don’t really decorate the house for Halloween anymore. I’m all about the Fall decor BUT I know a lot of you “BOO’S” (lol) who do! Walmart has the absolute cutest and affordable Halloween decorations that you must have! I've linked a bunch of it up here!

Striped Pumpkin // Web Lights // Metal Haunted House // Ceramic Ghost Light // Boo Broom // Black Metal Pumpkin // Ghost Mug // Halloween Sign // Black Cat

3. Spanx

It’s no secret, my love of SPANX is strong, and I especially love the AirEssentials line. I was overjoyed that they came out with some new fabulous colors for Fall! Just look at these 1/2 zip pullovers! This particular piece is my favorite of the line, and I love it in these new colors; spice and butterscotch!

USE CODE:

CLOUDNINEXSPANX for 10% off everything!

Half Zip in Spice HERE // Joggers HERE // Sneakers HERE

Half Zip in Butterscotch HERE // Crop Pants HERE

4. Outfits, Blazers

and Transition to Fall

This DRESS is on major sale and so flattering. It looked so pretty with my Petunias going strong (but replaced by mums yesterday at least on the steps.)

Pink Boots HERE

Burgundy // Fuchsia // Plaid // Cream // Pinstripe // Tan

Blazers how I love you and I just ordered THIS ONE below~

5. Misc. Fun

BUNK ROOM REFRESH FOR THE TWINS

As you may remember, when we built our house, we had some Amish craftsmen build 4 bunks in our bunk bedroom for future grandchildren!

See that Post HERE.

I just went with a neutral nautical theme, but since we know the first two are girls, I’m adding all the pink, yellow and coral, my friends! This actually blends nice with some of the navy, so I’ll keep some of that in case there are every little boys around too. Target has made kids rooms so easy with their line “Pillowfort!” I'll show the room to you when it's all done.

Velvet Pink Comforter // Pink Pom Pillow // Tassel Pillow //Throw Blanket // Butterfly Letterboard // Swivel Chair // Sunshine Pillow // Floral Print Sheets