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Friday Favorites

October 18, 2013 by Alyssa

Happy Friday!  I don’t know about you, but we’re glad it’s the weekend.  Here are a few of our favorite things from this week:

 

Homemade Pretzel Bowls:  Gah, we are dying over these soup bowls from A Beautiful Mess.  We’re thrilled that it’s soup season again, and these will make it even better!

 

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photo from abeautifulmess.com

 

 

Best Cocktail Bars in the World:  Have you been to any of these?  A few are in SF and Tokyo . . . challenge accepted!

 

Pumpkin Cream Cheese:  Have room in your life for one more pumpkin recipe?  This pumpkin cream cheese is the perfect way to use up the little bit of pumpkin that you have left in the can.  And it sounds delicious!

 

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 Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Cheesecake: Maybe you want some fall flavor, but you have too many errands this weekend.  In that case, head to Trader Joe’s- they have pumpkin flavored food galore!  Biscotti, bars, ice cream!  You name it, they really seem to have it.  We’re especially a fan of their pumpkin cheesecake, which is only $6.99 and sits in the freezer aisle!

Trader Joe's Pumpkin Cheesecake

 

 

English Meadow Pitcher: Pitchers are an eye-catching serving piece for any table, but they’re also incredibly handy to use as a vase!  Any flower would look lovely in this piece- we’d unpack it and fill it with some snapdragons right away.

 

Anthropologie English Meadow Pitcher

 

 

Make it A-Door-Able: Oh Joy nails this super easy DIY, which reminds us of Alyssa’s washi tape project.  She used contact paper to spruce up a door interior and the result is too much.  (We’re going to have to hunt down that gold paper- who knew it even existed?!)

 

 

Oh Joy Make It A-Door-Able

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