The first day of our Pedal to Pittsburgh did not go as planned. After a beautiful, hot and sunny day on Sunday, we woke up to much colder temperatures and rain. Lots of rain and wind. We delayed our start in hopes of the skies clearing, but got on our way around 10 am, knowing we had a 24 mile… View Post
Glammed-up Pumpkin
I know I said in a previous post that I wasn’t going to do a glammed-up pumpkin, but I just couldn’t help myself! I was at the Dollar Tree and picked up one of their carvable pumpkins. You know the ones: This is a quick and easy glammed up pumpkin tutorial: First thing: cut off the stem and hot glue… View Post
Pedal to Pittsburgh – Ready, set, go!
After being dropped off in Cumberland by my son (thank you Alex!) I was full of emotions. Excitement for the Pedal to Pittsburgh journey to begin, nervous because we are starting off the ride with a pretty decent uphill climb, worried because of the predicted heavy thunderstorms and high winds, but what I was most surprised by was the feeling… View Post
Pedal to Pittsburgh
Create & Babble is taking a break from creating (but not babbling) because we are going to Pedal to Pittsburgh! Yes, pedal. On a bicycle. 150 miles! And I can’t wait!!! Actually, I was supposed to be pedaling my bike right now : ( The original plan for the Pedal to Pittsburgh was to start our journey today in Washington, DC…. View Post
Halloween Mantel Decor
For the first time ever, I have a Halloween Decorated Mantel! Well, it’s not really a mantel. It’s a shelf that I treat like a mantel. I got the shelf last year at Home Goods so that I would have something on which to hang the Christmas Stockings. I can’t wait to show you my Halloween “mantel”, so here it… View Post