FRIDAY FAVES // H&M HOME
Ok guys, I'm going crazy over this H&M home stuff. Seriously if you haven't yet, take a look at their amazing (and affordable) stuff! I've picked out some of my favourites below and included some fun things for Halloween...
2. Brass Basket
5. Skull Candle
Cute stuff hey? Here's to hoping one day our H&M will carry their home line!
Hope you have a fabulous weekend! I wrote my course's final exam today so all that's left is one big ol paper which I hope to get done this weekend....fuuuuun.
Stay gold,
s.s.♥︎.
HOMEMADE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
So I have this thing with PSLs (Pumpkin Spice Lattes). I'm OBSESSED with them in September (by the first week of September I think I had consumed at least 4 of them...)
But then October comes around and I'm back to my plain old soy lattes. It may have something to do with the fact that they're kinda chemical tasting or the fact that I was a little too eager beaver or who knows maybe my taste buds have changed!
A couple weeks back I decided to make my own PSL and let me tell you...it was pretty wonderful...actually it was real good, like REAL GOOD with real ingredients. It doesn't take a lot of effort to make it and it doesn't take a ton of time...(It takes about the same time as it does to get to Starbucks, wait in line, order your drink and then receive your drink and it's a fraction of the cost!)
HOMEMADE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp Spiced Pumpkin Mix (recipe)
- 1 cup milk (homo milk is best but go for 2% if you don't wanna go all out)
- 2 shots espresso
DIRECTIONS
- Heat up Spiced Pumpkin Mix in a sauce pan over medium heat. Be careful not to burn it!
- Steam milk in frother, milk steamer or in a sauce pan then add the heated up Spiced Pumpkin Mix and give it a good mix.
- Pour your espresso shots into mug.
- With a spoon protecting the foam, pour your milk carefully into your mug over a mesh sieve. This is pivotal to get any unwanted pumpkin-y chunks out.
- Add the foam and then sprinkle some Pumpkin Pie Spice on top.
- Enjoy!
Voila! A real good tasting PSL! And the sweet thing about making the Spiced Pumpkin Mix is that you can add it to so many things. I've mixed some into vanilla ice cream to make pumpkin vanilla ice cream and next I want to try mixing it into oatmeal.
Well there you have it, your very own homemade PSL. Let me know how you like it :)
Happy Wednesday! Half way through the week hooray!
xo,
s.s.♥︎.
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
Good morning! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Yesterday I accomplished the big task of having 15 people at the dinner table! It actually wasn't that bad (James was a champ and helped so much) with everyone bringing a dish or two and my incredible sister Rosalyn championed the clean up (love you!!) It was so great to spend time with family. I'm so thankful for them.
So today I have a little recipe for you....Pumpkin Pie Spice. I've made a ton of recipes that call for Pumpkin Pie Spice (like this one and this one!). Now in good ol America, you can find Pumpkin Pie Spice in the aisles of your local grocery store but here in Canada you cannot. I remember getting super frustrated a few years back when I couldn't find that or all spice in any of the grocery stores I went to but then I realized I could just make it...crisis adverted, I could make my pumpkin cream cheese muffins!
And tomorrow we'll be putting this spice to use as I show you how I make my homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte!
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Ground Ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
DIRECTIONS
- Place all ingredients in small bowl. Whisk together then place in a sealed container.
So incredibly easy. You can put this spice on so many things...porridge, lattes, ice cream, apples...be creative!
Hope you have a fabulous Tuesday, I'll be back tomorrow with the recipe for homemade Pumpkin Spice Lattes!!!
xo,
s.s.♥︎.
SUNDAY STILL // 3
As I sit here and think of all that He has blessed me with, my heart overflows with thanksgiving.
I'm thankful for my incredible husband, for my family and my in laws, for my friends, for my amazing church and job....and for my cat (of course!)
I'm thankful for the adventures I've been on, the countries I've been blessed to go to, the people I've encountered who've left an imprint on my heart.
I'm thankful for my home, for food in the fridge, for clothes on my back, for a pillow under my head as I go to sleep.
I'm thankful for my beautiful city, for freshly fallen autumn leaves, for flowers still blooming.
And above it all, yes above everything, I am thankful for my God, my constant companion, for my comforter, for my Lord who has been there through every calm and every storm, who's held my hand through fear and smiled upon me through courage. He provides strength for each day and His goodness never ceases.
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. -Ephesians 1 MSG
Hope you have a marvellous thanksgiving.
xo,
s.s♥︎.
FRIDAY FAVES // COZY FALL ESSENTIALS
So I really want to spend this whole weekend curled up in pajamas, painting my nails and watching Veronica Mars.
But reality has hit and instead I will be working on a paper, studying for my final, working on Spark messages, conference prep, church and prepping my house for thanksgiving on Monday.
But let's pretend for a minute that we're having a cozy fall weekend watching netflix.....here would be my essentials for said scenario...
2. Pajamas Set
4. Nail Polish
So cozy hey? Hopefully I'll have one of those days in November... :)
Happy Friday!
xoxo,
s.s.♥︎.
P.S. Good luck to all of you who are running the marathon/half marathon this weekend! Sadly I will not be running it :( But much love to all of you...you'll rock it!!!