:: Inspiring - color palettes

 I've been trying to plan our outfits for 

family pictures for months now.

Everything looks great in my head but we'll see how it really turns out.

Right now, this is the color palette that is inspiring me.

Source: design-seeds.com via Melissa on Pinterest

:: Free Printables - Thanksgiving

Can you believe Thanksgiving
is almost upon us?
I have so much to do!!!
But this might help.
Free Thanksgiving printables . . .
to countdown to Thanksgiving and to use at Thanksgiving.
Perfect!

Source: silverboxcreative.com via Amy on Pinterest

Source: atsecondstreet.blogspot.com via Amy on Pinterest

Source: thehomespunhostess.blogspot.com via Amy on Pinterest

Source: somewhatsimple.com via Amy on Pinterest

And don't forget the Blogoversary giveaway!

:: Blogoversary Giveaway

So here's a thank you to all of my readers.
Thank you for reading for the past two years (or the past month)!

The items involved in the giveaway have to do with one of my obsessions.
Whether it's about crafting, looking pretty, sewing, planning parties,
or about photography, I'm obsessed!

One person will win all the items listed below.

Giveaway starts Friday, Nov. 4th
and will end on
Saturday, Nov. 12th at 12:00 a.m. (pst)
The winner will be announced on Monday, Nov. 14th.

You must be a follower of this blog to enter
 (you can follow on the right hand side of this blog, if you haven't already).

mandatory entry:
- tell me your favorite thing about fall
{I love sweaters, crunchy leaves, and hot cocoa}

extra entries:
1.  like Our Daily Obsessions on facebook here.
2.  post on facebook or tweet about it
3.  post on your blog

{separate comment for each entry}

and a pair of petite flower earrings from Ava's closet

{you get to choose the color in stock}

Made by Andrea from The Worley House Blog - - love her blog, go check it out!!!!

Have a great day!!!

:: Food - pumpkin puree

So today, I think I'll be turning 

our cute little jack-o-lanterns

into pumpkin puree.

That's if everything goes as planned.

I did this last year and I loved having pumpkin
in the freezer all winter long.
Go here to see what I did last year

2 year Blogoversary!

Today is a pretty special day.

Not only do I get to clean up all the Halloween decor,

do loads of laundry,

mop the floor,

take care of 3 crazy kiddos . . . (we're watching my cousin's little boy for a week),

but it's also this blog's

2 year BLOGOVERSERY!

Woohoo!
I knew you'd be so excited too!

I started this blog cause I was obsessed.

Obsessed with decorating our new house.

Obsessed with sewing, baking, spray painting.

Obsessed with photography and thrifting.

Obsessed with my girls.

And I wanted some place where I could document it all.

And so that's how "Our Daily Obsessions" began.

And to tell you the truth, I'm flabergasted that people

 {other than my mom} are still reading this blog.
Just a little flattering.  So thank you! 

So, on Friday I'll be doing a giveaway.

A giveaway {for followers only}

cause I'd like to thank you for sticking with me

and putting up with me and my crazy obsessions.

This giveaway is of items I've made.

{although, if you want some free advertising and would like to give away

an item from your shop, shoot me an email at ourdailyobsessions@gmail.com}

So come back Friday!!!

{and cause I don't like posts without pics,

 here's a cute one of the girls last week at a pumpkin farm.

Reese was not liking it one bit.}

:: Family Happenings - halloween 2011

Hope you all had a fun, safe Halloween!

We had a lot of fun and

I think we had the cutest dalmation and cruella de vil ever!!!

Me and the hubby in our 80s outfits.  Gotta love the mullet, huh?

:: Party Time - ava's halloween party

So, I decided I wanted Ava's Halloween Party to be simple.

I know. I know.

You're dissappointed that I didn't make halloween aprons for all of the kiddos, huh.

{yes, I'm mocking myself}

Anyway, it would be a Halloween breakfast.

I was gonna make pancakes, but that was just stressing me out.

Crazy, huh. Pancakes = stress?

Who knew?

So I just decided to go with a good 'ole fall treat.

Donuts and apple juice.

Yum.

And some yogurt and fruit was also available.

We don't have a ton of money to spend on our parties,

so I try to make do with what we have, find it on clearance, or make it myself.

And guess what? It actually works.

So, I thought I'd give you a run down:

invitations - free (made on picnik.com)

food - total of about $10-$12 (with a ton left over)

black sheets (used as a tablecloth) - bought awhile ago to be used as a photography background (. . . never slept on)

cheesecloth (on top of sheet) - bought awhile ago as a photography prop (comes in packages of 1 or 2 and are cheap)

black cakestands - made a few years ago with thrifted candlesticks and thrifted plates

napkins and plates - bought on clearance for $0.50 a pack

paper pinwheels - seen these all over and decided to do my own little version out of newspaper and cupcake liners I already had (to go with the grey/orange theme of course)

ikea glasses - I've used these for almost all of my parties cause if one breaks, it's not a big deal ($1.50 for 6 of them - - I even let the kids use them . . . while the parents are usually silently freaking out - I try to have sippy cups available though)

paper straws - found a good deal on them awhile back in grey, turquoise, pink and red (so, I try to plan my parties with at least one of those colors so I can use them - weird? possibly.)

witches cauldron and goodie baggies - found in the past years' after Halloween sale so they were super cheap

So there you go.

Who said parties had to be expensive?!

I know mine aren't.

But they're still enjoyed.

And that's all that matters.

Here's a picture of the girls before the party.

Reese's costume isn't finished so she wore this cute halloween-y outfit.

{Ava was trying to keep her still so we wouldn't have a blurry picture - -

love my photog assistant}

Did you have a Halloween party?

I'll be linking to these parties here.