Life Lately


1. This was the costume I wore to work. Making this costume was really easy and was able to whip it out in one day. So sad though that I didn't win the cute contest.
2. Picking up pumpkins from the pumpkin patch.
3. Having a little bit of photo fun with some plates I picked up for my cake and craft party.
4. Trying to get Scar to take selfies with me...usually always a fail.
4. I've been wanting to start painting again and finally bought some supplies.
 6. Keeping things bright and happy with some sunflowers.
7. I got to see Papa Roach, one of my favorites for the 5th time.
8. Selecting new nail colors is always such a hard decision...I want them all!
9. Wearing an old favorite dress after work.
10. Our couple costume for Halloween. Chris had came up with the idea of being Ash from Pokemon and thought I would be Misty but Pikachu is so much cuter, so I went with that. Plus then I could say pika pika all night. I loved the way our costumes turned out. 

xoxo erica

Delicious Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I'v officially fallen into the whole pumpkin craze this year. I love love love chocolate chips cookies and got the itch to bake some from scratch over the weekend. The only thing was that I couldn't get the idea of maybe how amazing pumpkin chocolate chips cookies would be...I mean I hardly even eat pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving so this was really a gamble for me. I was just really curious about the whole thing and quickly looked recipes on Pinterest. I followed this one with a minor tweak...yum yum yum, these are mouth watering good :)
In one bowl mix together
1 cup of canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup of white sugar, and one egg.
In a separate bowl, mix together
2 cups of flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, *1 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 tsp salt.
Dissolve 1 tsp of baking soda with 1 tsp milk and stir into the wet ingredients.
Add your bowl of dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Add 1 tbs of vanilla and stir in one 11 oz bag of chocolate chips.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spoon mixture into separate cookies.
Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.
*My tweak was adding the pumpkin pie spice because I wanted to taste more of the pumpkin flavor. See the original recipe here.
xoxo erica

DIY // Garland Wrapped Invites

Invites: Tiny Prints
This year I decided to host my own halloween get together and went with a night of cake and crafting...the good stuff. Whenever I do invites, I always like to add that something extra special. Our wedding invites had an envelope full of heart confetti, last year's birthday invites came with glittered horn blowers, and for this party I went with a message garland. I think it's always fun to get the people you're inviting into a festive mood. With a message garland, I think the possibilities are endless. I used "boo", "witchy woman", and "cat lady" for the Halloween theme but "thankful" would work for a Friendsgiving dinner, "fa la la la" for a Christmas celebration, or "you're cute" for Galentines Day...you get it...just have fun with it.
1. Cut out flags and small squares for banner from scrapbook paper in contrasting colors.
2. I used a white paint pen for the lettering but I think a black sharpie would look just as great.
3. Use double stick tape to adhere letters to flags.
4. Hot glue flags to string and wrap around invites.
xoxo erica