game day chex mix ♥

With sports season in full swing, we're at so many games during the week - between field hockey and volleyball - it seems like we're forever looking for game time munchies to hold us over till we get home to dinner...

My girls & I made this fall snack mix a few weeks ago and it was really good -

we found the recipe here and adapted it just a little bit 

we had trouble finding the caramel bugels that the recipe called for 

so we used regular ones and doubled the brown sugar topping instead

mix the chex, pretzels & bugels all together in a really big bowl

spread it all out on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

mix the melted butter, vanilla, brown sugar & pumpkin pie spice 

pour the topping over the dry mix and bake!

add candy after it's cooled - as much or as little as your heart desires ♥

put your snack mix in a cookie jar, add a cute scoop and enjoy! 

we munched on it the whole week and took snack bags full with us to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate at all the outdoor games :)

Enjoy!

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Game day chex mix ♥

by Jaime Favor October-9-2017

Ingredients

• 4 cups Honey Nut Chex cereal
• 1 bag original flavor Bugels
• 2 cups pretzels
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup peanut m&m's
• 1 cup caramel m&m's
• 1 cup candy corn
• 1 cup candy corn pumpkins

Instructions

1. Combine dry ingredients (cereal, Bugels & pretzels) in a large mixing bowl, set aside.2. In a medium glass measuring cup melt butter in microwave, add brown sugar, vanilla & pumpkin pie spice, stir together. 3. Pour butter mixture over dry mix, stir to coat well. 4. On a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper spread mixture out in a single layer 5. Bake at 275 for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. 6. Let cool completely, sprinkle with candy and store in a pretty glass container on your container - add a measuring cup or scoop for easy snacking :)

Details

Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 10 cups

yarn wrapped fall wreath ♥

i love fall in upstate

it's so pretty here

and the donuts and cider are everyyyyywherrrrre.

yum

i always get an itch to make a new wreath in the fall

and when i accidentally stumbled upon this beaaauuuutifuuul yarn in michaels last week

(i was looking for another type of yarn that i can't find anywhere)

i knew i had to make something out of it

guys. this yarn is plush

it's so soft and luxurious

i'm wondering now if there was other variations and i missed them because i was mesmerized with this one. 

i picked up a styrofoam wreath form on the way out in isle 9

(just kidding i'm not really sure which isle the wreath forms were in but nine sounded good)

and wrapped it around and around and around

do this step while Jimmy Fallon is on - doing his Donald Trump impersonations

 it goes faster if you are watching Jimmy Fallon

you can use hot glue to secure the ends onto the styro

in my case i was upstairs on my bed (watching Jimmy Fallon)

and i was too lazy to plug in my glue gun

so sewing pins work great too!

added a little Martha metallic paint to all the tips of a package of white feathers (from michaels too)

(ps i love Martha's paint. it has the best thickness and THE BEST colors)

(cause well duh. she's Martha)

i used pins to secure the feathers (or again hot glue would've worked great) starting near the bottom and working my way up towards the side

i dug through my ribbon stash and used some navy satin ribbon to wrap a sort of "cuff" around the one side hiding the feather tips that were left showing at the top

and that's it! are you gonna make one?!

so easy. so fun

wreath. check

mums. check

pumpkins. check

i think my front porch is ready for fall!

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well September came and went!

life's been so crazy busy

have you been keeping up with me on instagram?!

i'm @raisinguprubies over there :)

soccer season's been in full swing and there's two more weeks left. bless.

it's fun to be out there watching your kids, but sleep & Saturdays go together 

and i like my sleeping in

hallelujah amen.

i'm gearing up for the holiday season in my shop!
i'm adding new things little by little and right now this weekend 

there's a coupon code for free shipping! 

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go use it!

think Christmas gifts, teacher gifts or treat yo'self gifts

:)

this past week i added a whole new fall collection - journaling cards & planner clips/bookmarks

apple picking season has begun!

a local U-Pick farm is right down the road from us and the apples are delish.

and cheap. so we go a couple times before they're all gone and it's freezing.

boo winter.

i mentioned in my last post, that I've been using the project life app

and i am SO hooked - i'm making weekly page layouts 

every Sunday night, football is on and i'm doing my layout for the week and am filling up a scrapbook with tons family memories, which hasn't been done since 2007.

it's empowering ladies. try it! i think the app is on sale for 0.99 cents right now too!

love this guy. he's pretty smokin.

my youngest got an instax camera for her birthday, she's a pretty good picture taker :)

#pumpkinspiceeverything

i've been making batches of character charm necklaces and keychains for stocking stuffers but they're flying out of the shop as soon as i put them in ... there's a few left right now but i do hope to add more over the next couple weeks too.

looking for a bride-to-be gift? these are new in the shop as well ♥

guys. i found this shirt at CRACKER BARREL. for real. it's my new favorite place!

and i love it so much. i've had like 8 people stop me to ask where i got it

their reactions are so funny when i tell them where it's from ha!

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download and print, one for you and one for someone else who loves rainbows too ♥

much love you guys!