I threw myself on Traci Reed's mercy and begged her to take me onto her creative team as a guest CT member. She did one better and made me an official, real-live CT member! W00ties!

And last night, I got to play with some of her stuff. (available at A Cherry on Top in case you're wondering). I used her Hall-ow-Bling kit (a collaboration with Amy Bleser) for this one - our fall table decorations. Elizabeth made the paper bag pumpkin at school one day last week, it's so cute! And a great craft idea for a little kiddo. It's tied with green raffia - you could easily do the same with brown paint and natural-colored raffia.
I used CK Journaling and P22Corinthian fonts


Elizabeth had Rodeo Round-up Day at preschool. She wore her "western duds" (Wranger jeans, cowboy boots and shearling vest all from the Katie Rook Collection...our cousin who has been passing her wonderful hand-me-downs to E). A couple of the granddads served as "cowpokes" and they played guitar and sang songs with the kids - Elizabeth loved them and called them "cowboy pokes". They made and tasted Cowboy Beans in class; and they made hobby horses out of gift wrap tubes. Elizabeth loved it when we went outside and she could show us how to ride a hobby horse.
I used CK Journaling for the journaling on the sticky note and the kit is Essentially Fall (yes, it is Traci's). I ran OptikVerve's Virtual Photographer filter on the photo.


This LO uses Traci's Heart of Grace kit. The photo is of Nin and Elizabeth at part of Riverpark in Chattanooga (Riverpark is huge - and runs about 16 miles down the banks of the Tennessee River). I ran Virtual Photographer on the photo. The girls are sitting on a brick fish-shaped bench that overlooks the river.
The fonts I used are LindaSun and 2Peas Hot Chocolate.

We are going to "Trick or Trunk" at the church where Elizabeth's preschool is. All three girls will be in their costumes. The Belle costume is huge on Nin and she doesn't like the netting; she's decided to be a "yadybug." After Trick or Trunk, we're going to the Pumpkin Patch to buy our pumpkin - and hopefully convince Daddy to carve it today! Lots of photos forthcoming. Brace yourselves.