Halloween Printables

Round two of free printables!

We don't really do a lot of Halloween decorating around the Hogan household,  mostly because there are no little ones to really enjoy it, but here are some printables to help with your decorating!

Happy Halloween Download

Halloween Collage Download

If you download and print please leave a comment below! I would also love to see some pictures of your printables displayed! Post some pictures to your blog and leave a link in your comment!

Happy Halloween!

Fall Printables

I know you have all seen those super cute printables all over the place, well I got the urge to give it a go and try to create some printable type word art! So here are my first attempts at free printables! Hopefully more to come!

First a fall collage!

Fall Collage Download

And for my fellow southerners, Happy fall y'all!

Happy Fall Y'all Download

If you do download it please leave a comment below! Feel free to share with friends!

Fresh Fall

Well once again fall is upon us! I love fall. I love the crunch of colorful leaves, the sudden crispness of the air, the smell of fireplaces warming homes, and the yellow blur of school buses filled with the buzz of excitement.

Although the world around us seems to be shutting down for the eminent cold of winter, for me there is something fresh and new that comes with fall, the same feeling I get at the start of a new year.

So let's start fresh once again this fall! Already nine months into this year I am taking some time to revisit my 12 in 12 list from January. How am I doing, you ask? Let's do a quick check-up!

1. Spend more meaningful time with the people I love. -- Something I will constantly work for
2. Love more and better. -- Another constant goal in my life, but right now concentrating on falling back in love with God
3. Admit, confess, and explore my doubts in-depth. -- More coming soon
4. Trust. -- Trust is being rebuilt, and it's a wonderful thing
5. Take time to reflect. -- Improving, but inconsistent
6. Explore and "define" what I believe. -- On this journey
7. Explore how to live a life of love, peace, wisdom, and justice. -- Constant exploration
8. Visit Nashville. -- YES! Aubrey and I visited the lovely Nashville this past March!
9. Use my free time more wisely. -- Uh oh, naps count as wisely right...? Oh alright, progress needed
10. Cook and craft more. -- Cook yes, craft, not so much. Working on fixing that soon and very soon!
11. Read more, I'm shooting for at least 6 books this year. -- I have read 6 books already and I am truckin' on!
12. Live healthier. -- Another tangible one! Yes, against all odds, I, Mollie Hogan, am now running, and ran my first race this summer! Miracles do happen people!

 How are you doing on those goals set so many months ago? Start fresh with me this fall!

confession

Hi. My name is Mollie and I am a bad blogger.

I really do think about blogging a lot, like every other day, and then something comes up and two months go by. fail.

Fall was wonderful, winter has made its steady roll in, and now Christmas is just 11 days away. Where oh where does the time go?

So, in the spirit of recap here comes our fall, I will however, save all of my craftiness for later updates! Just because it is more fun that way! but they will probably come at you one after another in the next few days, so be on the look out! Ok, Hogan fall/early winter and go...

My best friend Tay surprised me and flew up for my birthday, this picture is pure best friend bliss.

 

 My mom and I went to see the So You Think You Can Dance tour!

 We had amazing seats!

 We had a lovely Thanksgiving with family friends!

 The Hogan Christmas tree went up!

I got an early Christmas present and the Hogan's are now plus 1! Meet George!

 This is the home George's dad built for him, snazzy right?!

Oh and we also went to Louisiana to visit family and friends and I took no zero pictures, double fail. So, in a blur of the past two months there you go!

I have been pretty busy crafting though, so more to come on that soon!

Fall fun, for cheap!

Every time a new season rolls around I get the itch to spruce up the house a bit in honor of the new season, and by spruce up, I mean decorate with something that represents that new season!

This fall has been no different. The stores are bursting with happy fall decorations that I just can't bring myself to spend money on. Actually, I could probably talk myself into it, but the boy would quickly talk me back out, and rightfully so!

So, I began to rack my brain and the internet for cute ways to satisfy my urge within budget! And between some inspiration online and my creative juices I came up with an idea!

I headed out to find some glass vases. I found one at the dollar store (gotta love it right?) and one at Savers. Glass vases: check.

Next I wanted something to fill the vases with. I decided on popcorn and coffee beans for some nice fall colors. Easy, and cheap enough, the coffee beans were a bit of a splurge, but now I have them and they can be reused. Filler: check

Finally I wanted something to set on top of the fillers, my first thought was candles, but I knew they wouldn't be cheap, and was therefore holding out on buying them when I stumbled upon an even better find at the grocery store! Mini pumpkins! It doesn't get more fall than pumpkins! Cute "toppers": check!

This was the end result, and I must say my fall spirit is happy!

Cost?
2 vases: $3
Popcorn: $2
Coffee beans: $4
Pumpkins $2
Happy fall decorations: Priceless!! Right? Well, not exactly but you get the point!

The vases, popcorn, and coffee beans will be gifts that just keep giving! The vases are like blank canvasses to my cheap decorators heart that can be filled with all sorts of fun things! I am sure you will be seeing more of these guys!

What do you decorate with to appease that seasonal need to revamp?

Hi there stranger(s)

Ok, ok, i will spare you the excuses of my absence. To be honest summer was busy but not so busy that i couldn't have blogged. i guess i just need a break, a real break from the normal ebb and flow and that is what i got! summer was great, but now fall is here! Summer was just buzzing along and then BAM the air was crisp and the first leaf was crunching beneath my now closed toed shoes! But before i just give in to the ever creeping closer fall i think i will relive my summer, in warp speed! How about some pictures?!

my man ran MORE than a marathon! (see previous post!)

i got to go to Texas for work and see my bff tay. awesome duh.

we declared Sunday afternoon/nights Hogan-Eiselt hang out days and so we got to see our sweet friends and their precious (dancing) children!

we went to Pine Lake for the day 4th of July weekend. gorgeous!

oh yea we added on a new building at church, had over 500 volunteers from across the country that came on their own time and money to build us a new youth wing. Go God.

The Hogans (all the non-marrieds) ventured north! Fun family times

Jordy came (and this is the best picture we got) and we went to the Harry Potter midnight movie premier, duh.

we got to see our sweet sweet friends John and Jill get baptized! Super cool!

Aubrey and Ben were reunited!

and they quickly picked up where they left off (acting like children who refuse to grow up)

So much fun with sweet friends! Good thing Lindsay and I like each other because i think we would just have to put up with each other anyway! :)

OH YEAH, Mom and I went to Hawaii...no big deal.

and it was BEAUTIFUL! And so we find ourselves on the brink of fall! Can't wait to see what fun adventures it will bring! Hope your summer was as wonderful as mine!