Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend FFO & Art for Fun

Hello and welcome wonderful friends. I hope you are all well. How was your week? I would like to thank you all for the wonderful visit and for your comments. It's a pleasure to read your blogs and see all your wonderful photos, read your lovely stories and poems and see your artwork. I appreciate you so much.  

Remember you are amazing, wonderful and important!

Happy FFO!

Linking up to Friday Face Off 

& 

ART FOR FUN

This weekend, here in Canada we have Thanksgiving. It's a long weekend and we get together with family. Growing up, my Greek family never really did a traditional Thanksgiving celebration. When I was dating my now husband in 1999, I went over to his house and his family celebrated Thanksgiving with all the festive foods like turkey, sweet potato, cottage roll, stuffing and cranberry sauce! It was so amazing to see and be a part of a big family and sit together and talk, laugh and give thanks. Since 1999, each year we have been getting together to have a Thanksgiving meal. Even though our table is now missing a few family members, we think and pray for our loved ones each year and miss them dearly. 

We actually missed two years of Thanksgiving gatherings because we were living in another province and one or two years because of covid. 

This was two years ago when we had thanksgiving on Prince Edward Island

It wasn't the same without our family.

I am really looking forward to getting together this Sunday with my husband's family.  

 My hubby and daughters love my food so much they always request a small thanksgiving meal again on the actual Thanksgiving day which is on  Monday, October 13th. We put on the movie "Rudy" and enjoy a cozy, do nothing day (for them) lol ( I'll be busy cooking)  and give thanks to the people before us and to the good Lord and to our friends and family. 

The menu on my Thanksgiving meal includes: Butternut squash soup topped with bacon, Roasted Chicken, (not a fan of turkey but I will eat it if someone else cooks it), sweet potatoes with brown sugar and caramelized marshmallows and pecans on top, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce from scratch, maple brown sugar carrots, cottage roll, stuffing, homemade gravy, biscuits and pumpkin pie for dessert. I like apple pie too. I won't lie it's a lot of work but fun to have my family enjoy the meal I cook. It makes me so happy. 

ARTS CRAFTS & READING

This week I worked in my journal and planner a lot. I also did a little more reading and found that Short stories and also short poems help with getting out of a reading slump! If you are ever in a reading slump try short poems and short stories or articles. Even a magazine or blog posts. :) 

Reading

Even though I am in the middle of two other books I picked up this one and so far I like it. 

ART

Work in Progress

🎃 I will be painting these little pumpkins either today or tomorrow. 🎃

I like pumpkins so I made three magical clay pumpkins

Made Ghost Girl in my Leuchtturm1917 Sketchbook

I used watercolours, ink, pen and pencil crayon

I also glued on glitter stars for the buttons and twine for the bow.

Not sure if i like the shape of her eyes or the tip of the nose but I might try making her again.

A few other creative videos that I made this week 

Painted on candles to make them spooky

Going to try a few more of these in the future

Made a sticker journal layout in the moleskine. I am starting to dislike this notebook because of the paper. It falls apart and crinkles too much and also bleeds to the other side. I started to glue two pages together to make the pages stronger. 

That is all my wonderful friends. I hope and pray the very best for you.

 Have a magical weekend and God Bless you all. I look forward to visiting your blogs. 

Thank you!

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Vlogtober Week One (Crafts, Cooking, Nature Walks & Spirit Halloween) T Stands for Tuesday

Happy Tuesday lovely friends!

Today I am linking up for

 

T Stands For Tuesday hosted by the wonderful and lovely 

Elizabeth and Bluebeard

I enjoy my coffee daily but I also enjoy my tea and recently I've been enjoying 

David's Pumpkin Chai Tea

Very flavourful and doesn't leave an aftertaste in the mouth.

a lovely October tea!

I wanted to start drawing my cuppa tea's and coffee's for future posts, but for now here are some photos of my cuppas. 

I haven't picked up knitting for a year, but a cup of coffee yes!

My reading has become a little less this year but my cup of coffee never!

I wish we lived in a town like Star's Hollow (Gilmore Girls), or Rosewood (Pretty Little Liars), or Mystic Falls (Vampire Diaries), or Forks (Twilight). 

Wait If you had to choose one what would it be?

And if you like another Fictional town let me know so I can watch it too!

I just remembered Stranger Things and Harry Potter.

 If I had to choose one of these fictional towns to live in it would be Rosewood. Mystery, friendship and fancy clothing. lol no wait I choose Star's Hollow. Casual and fun and cute. 

Let's mix them up all together!

A town where there is  Star's Hollow food, coziness and seasonal celebration with a hint of Rosewood friendship and fashion, a little vampire from Mystic falls and a hint of wolf from Forks. Done!

My most recent cuppa is this blue cup with stripes. 

I bought this cup for my daughter for her hot chocolate but I use it too.

I know they say drink less coffee during menopause,

I'm trying but it's a challenge.

I also filmed Vlogtober Week 1

If you like have a look! 

Thank you all and have a magical and wonderful week!

Lots of peace, joy and love

Maria

October Pumpkin Art & Blog Hops

 Linking Up to these lovely parties!

Friday Face Off

Art Journal Journey 

T Stands for Tuesday 

*please someone explain the rules to T Tuesday! is it only post on Tuesday? is it post a drink? is it post only a previous post? please forgive me and let me know. :) 

PAST BLOG POST October 2022 when we moved from Toronto to PEI and lived there for two years! (currently we are back in Ontario)

Also if you have a blog hop let me know and I will add your button to the side of my blog. 

Currently

on my desk

always tea and coffee

This week went by so fast!

I tried to keep busy doing a lot of art. 

I did neglect keeping the house in order but sometimes I just have to do what I have to do! :) 

Acrylic Paints and pencil crayons

Pumpkin person

Pumpkin

Acrylic Paints

I also did decoupage this week! 

I bought a vase and napkins from the Dollar tree

It was very fun to make

I don't mind that there is texture on the vase 

October Journal Layout

The moleskin notebook threads are falling apart and I am not sure it will last but I will keep going and using tape. I don't like to start something and not finish it. 

Acrylic Landscape Painting

I also made little pumpkins but not sure why my photo is not uploading so here is the youtube short.

I am truly grateful and happy that I focused on art this week. 

 I do need to find a balance though. lol

I just keep going.

One thing I learned this week is to take good care of your self,

Treat your self with love and kindness.

Thank you all for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

I truly appreciate each and everyone of you!

 Linking up to these wonderful Blog Parties!

Friday Face Off

Art Journal Journey 

T Stands for Tuesday 

Thank you from my heart!

Maria

Happy October! 🎃 🍁 Favourites and Vlogtober Plans

Happy October!

Wishing you all a wonderful month full of peace, good health and love. 

Yesterday I took a walk on a trail and loved it. 

I won't lie, my body hurts after walks. I need to walk more often and build my endurance.

 I do love how I feel after walks. It's like a workout. 

All the colours are changing and everything is looking very Autumnal. 

God is incredible!

I've been working on some junk journaling and some collage work. 

It's so relaxing to play with paper and glue. 

I love using my https://www.leuchtturm1917.ca/ books, I have a bullet journal, journal and a sketchbook.

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Yesterday I created my Autumn Vision Board 

I do add more goodies as the month goes forward.

Favourite Skincare, makeup and fragrances

Bath and Bodyworks Vanilla cafe

I find that Bath and Bodyworks sprays do better when you layer them. 

The scent doesn't last long on it's own.

Chanel blush, LUSH fragrance and MAC lipstick

Also bought a fragrance from Amazon and it's a lovely smoky scent perfect for fall

I also like the NYX lip liners

I wear this everyday and love it. 

I love LUSH

 I will try to film vlogtober videos this month.  Not sure if I can make a daily one but I will try my best. 

This is a short that I made yesterday. This is a Junk Journal Entry in my Junky Junk Journal as I call it.

My junky junk journal is in an OXFORD composition book. I also glue two pages together to create each collage. 

I love junky junk journals! :) 

 I hope you all have a wonderful October.

 Thank you for being here and reading my post. Thank you for all your comments!

Check out my previous posts if you like.

 FRIDAY FACE OFF

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Currently Reading the same books but I want to finish them this month.

 

I don't like to rush my reading. I don't know how some people get through books so fast. Well, I was one of those people once upon a time. lol 

Happy October friends!