Fall = apples

Fall is in full swing in Northwest Ohio, and September always means apples. Apparently I have caught the bug, because I was ecstatic to start my Saturday morning off with a giant mug of hot apple cider. This was perfect because yesterday was so cloudy and blustery, for the first time, it really felt like fall. This afternoon I revisited the bag of apples in my fridge. I never use all of my produce before it goes bad, and this time I vowed that I would not be cleaning rotting apples out of that drawer three weeks from now, so I peeled some, cut them into chunks, coated them with cinnamon and sugar and baked them for half an hour, viola, yummy baked apples. They were supposed to be dessert, but I couldn't wait, they smelled too good! In a couple more weeks I'll be all about pumpkin flavored everything, but I still have half a bag of apples to use up!

I love fall!

I love autumn in Northwest Ohio. This is without a doubt my favorite time of the year. This past Saturday was especially gorgeous, it was sunny and 70 degrees, and all of the wonderful harvest colors had just started to change. I couldn't resist the incredible views, so I took some pictures:

I think I only have fall landscape pictures, the colors are so vibrant that I feel like I have to capture them, and I love to use them in my decorating projects. I can't wait to print all of these!

To completely change the subject, I start my new job tomorrow, and while I'm really excited, I'm not nervous, which is unusual for me because everything makes me anxious! I hope that this means this new job is a perfect fit. But the reason that I'm telling you all of this is because I will not have as much time to blog now that I am back to working full time. No worries, I will certainly continue sharing my stories and photos (I'm very excited to tell you all about a craft show that I might get to do later this fall, I'm sure that my preparations for that will be a learning experience!) so please keep checking, I truly appreciate everyone who reads my blog because I so enjoy writing it!

County Fair Recap

I had a super busy week at the fair. I work hard and got some serious sunburn! It was an interesting experience to juggle my new little business with a hugely important personal interest, but i made it work and now I have a ton of catching up to do.

I plan on getting a new fall line started this week, and hopefully I will have new items on my Etsy page (http://obsessivelyorganized.etsy.com) by the end of the week. I will also be posting pictures of my work in progress right here.

I also wanted to follow up on the post that I wrote about my entries for the county fair. My adorable birthday card (picture with original post) took home third place, and my sculpey bracelet came in second place. I was disappointed that some of my other items did not finish higher, but then I have to remember that these types of handicrafts are all very different, and placing depend on the judge's personal tastes, which were obviously very different than my own.