My mom flew up from Southern California this weekend to visit my sister and me so we had a wonderful girls weekend. We did a little cooking, decorating, shopping and baking. The weather was nice and cool here in San Francisco so it was the perfect fall weekend!
I think my mom and sister bring be good luck because I always seem to find the perfect things when I'm shopping with them! It definitely held true this weekend when we walked outside my house and saw a great garage sale on my street, where I picked up these two little gems...
As soon as I saw these beautiful vintage gilt sconces I had to have them!
The jar and two decorative mossy balls were thrown in with the sconces, very cute!
We also did a little pumpkin carving, though, it might be a little early and I'm hoping the pumpkins won't go rotten before Halloween. I might keep them inside for a couple of weeks.
While carving, we learned that the white pumpkins are probably better un-carved....we didn't realize that the shell is about 3 inches thick!
Still made for a cute pumpkin, I think it looks like a puppy, or a panda. That is my sister, very proud of her pumpkin, which I have to say is the perfect classic jack-o-lantern!
Their cuteness again.
(my sister had to flip the cake upside down on the cloth covered in powdered sugar, you can't see it as well in the picture, but the sugar when everywhere, all over her pants and my floor!)
And now for the baking! I found this recipe for a pumpkin roulade in the September issue of House Beautiful and I had been wanting to make it. I thought this would be the perfect weekend to bake, because baking is always more fun with other people!
This is the finished Pumpkin Roulade, you can just slice and eat. Very yummy, and easy to make!
I love Halloween decorations, and of course I had to be totally cheesy and put up my fake cob-webs!--there's more in the living room and hallway :)
Mother and daughter! We had such a great weekend!
You gals went all out! That is great! I have yet to pick our pumpkins. I really LOVE that little white one.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you go to design school? I'm just finishing up my degree at Mt. Sac in Southern CA.
that pumpkin roulade looks great!
ReplyDeleteThat pumpkin roulade is still good.... I love having left-over dessert. And you're welcome for bringing such good luck in your garage sale finds! Let's have another girls weekend like this soon!
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