Friday, October 2, 2026

October Happy Planner

October Happy Planner 
With all the special and not so special days marked with stickers and fonts. 
Today is World Teacher Day! And tomorrow Walk to school Day. 

Traditional planner 

Here's a fun large planner ( 12x12) I made with pictures and stickers....
This one with hand drawn images.

Thursday, October 1, 2026

: Pumpkin Spice Cookies

 

 Pumpkin Spice Cookies 





  • 2&1/2 cups AP flour
  • 1 tsp  baking soda
  • 1 tsp  ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp  ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp  salt
  • 1/2 cup  unsalted butter, softened
  • 1&1/4 cups Sugar
  • 1/2 cup  canned pumpkin puree
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp  vanilla extract

cinnamon sugar

  • 1/4 cup  granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp (5ml) ground cinnamon

Let’s Bake :

Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

  • In a medium bowl, toss together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
  • Using an electric mixer and in a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until well blended. Mix in the pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla until smooth. Slowly mix in the flour mixture until just combined. Cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until the dough is firm enough to roll in your hands.
  • Using a medium cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll out rounded cookie dough and generously coat in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottoms. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Diy Pumpkin Spice candles

Fall is perfect time for candle 

Glass container ,wick glue dot
Soy wax
Orange crayon 
1 tsp Pumpkin spices, nutmeg, cinnamon 

Use a clean class container, fix wick with glue dot. Make sure it is straight.  Melt wax ,add color and spices.  Pour in container and let set up. 

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

At home with Dot

It's the end of  September and Dot is passing the post to Blue 💙 

Blue is our mixed blue heeler we adopted from our local no kill shelter. They do a wonderful job and has adoption events all the time. Please donate to your local shelter or volunteer. 

September event ....
This has been a great event and ending soon. Sponsored by Bissell this is the largest funded pet adoption event. . Please help empty the shelters with reduced or free adoption fees. 



Some September dog holiday 

It's Service dog month : check local laws. 
Pet Pain Awerness months 
Concern Pet owner month
Adopt a dog day
Scooby Doo day
Rabies shot day schedule your appointment today. 


Pet care for September.....






Dog treats ... For Blue
Coming in October it's all about cats....

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Diy Coffee crafts and recipe



Coffee candle 


Made with a clean jar, wick , soy wax , whole coffee beans and coffee essentials fragrance. 

Melt soy wax in microwave. Then pour into clean jar with wix. As it cools add coffee fragrance and whole beans. Let harden up 



Chocolate coffee spoons 

You will need
Spoons 
Chocolate 
Extra to add to coffee 
Melt chocolate and pipe it into spoon and extracts . Let harden.


DIY Coffee Creamer 



Ingredients
  

Base Vanilla Creamer

  • 1 Cup Cream
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk
  • ¼-½ Cup Maple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Pumpkin Spice

  • 2 TBS Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Caramel Creamer

  • 1 tsp Caramel Flavor or 2 TBS Homemade Caramel

Peppermint Mocha

  • 3/4 tsp Peppermint Extract
  • 1-1½ TBS Cocoa Powder

Instructions
 

  • All of the recipes start with the base vanilla creamer. To make other flavors just add the additional ingredients listed.
    For the Pumpkin Spice and the Peppermint Mocha a blender is ideal for mixing.
    The Vanilla and Caramel can just be shaken in the jar to mix.

Morning Coffee

 

Happy Tuesday ! 

Today I am spotlighting one of my favorite stamp set from Stampin Up. 






My card is done in a cute strip  perfect for any Coffee lover. 

Coffee Can Scarecrow

National Coffee day.,.










  • Put lid on coffee can. Cover coffee can with  tan paint  Let dry. 

  • Place coffee can on its side andusing markers add face details. 
  • Use instant grab glue to attach two  Buttons for eyes.

    Stand coffee can up and pipe a generous amount of craft glue onto the coffee can lid. Cut raffia into 18” lengths and place on top of lid, covering the lid (be sure the raffia lines up properly with the facial features!). Let dry

    Glue on the hat and flowers,let dry. 




    October Happy Planner

    October Happy Planner  With all the special and not so special days marked with stickers and fonts.  Today is World Teacher Day! And tomorro...