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Crafty:

• Have you heard about the 6.5 pounds spinning wheel that fits in a shopping bag? It’s called a Pocket Wheel and seems like a great solution for those really tight on space or who travel frequently.
• Check out these paper mache animal models. My paper mache never looked anywhere near as good and I got a rash…
• This homemade fire pit is something I’d *love* to have!
• For other multi-faceted creatives out there, have you heard of the new e-mag, Joie: The Art of Joyful Living? There is a smattering of topics and it looks pretty good, though I must confess to not having perused it fully just yet.
• For me, crochet is painfully slow and I’ve enough of my plate that getting faster anytime soon is not in the cards. But I *love* this crochet rick rack! Wouldn’t it be cute around the bottom of some pajama bottoms?

Photography:

• I spent an enormous amount of time watching these Photoshop Action video tutorials and can feel the money draining from my PayPal account as I ponder all the sets of actions I *need*… But oh the time those actions could save me in post-processing!
• Want to improve your flash photography? Stop using Auto and see what a difference it makes! Kind of scary, but a good concept to explore.
• Autumn is often a time of unsettled and highly variable weather around these parts. DPS has two posts on embracing weather in your photography that are worth checking out.

Foodie:

• These chewy lemon sugar cookies sound like a great option for gift baskets! I can’t wait to give them a try.
• Okay, you know I couldn’t pass up this recipe for Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls which then lead me to Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal!
• Thanks to Jodi for pointing me to a pumpkin cream cheese muffin recipe which she has a few suggested mods on.
• We’ve had some of the most delicious Gala apples this week and I think I’ll be harvesting some today from our tree so this list of 25 apple recipes sounds like a good resource for the coming week!
• Perhaps these quick breakfast recipes will stop me from skipping it (and/or lunch too, I’ve been really bad lately).
• Need more food inspiration? Have you heard of the new community built food site, Tasteologie? It’s a lot like Tastespotting if you are familiar with that site.

Miscellaneous:

• Have you ever seen a sheep ride a motorcycle?
• As a former Minnesotan and lover of Garrison Keillor I had to laugh when reading this excerpt from The Zombies from Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor. (Thanks for the much needed laugh, Chris!)
• For god lovers, check out Pioneer Woman’s Charlie Retrospective. It’ll make you smile, I promise! (Especially if you are of the Basset Hound-loving persuasion.)

Well, that’s all for this week. When I started I thought it was going to be a relatively short post this week as I didn’t think I had been terribly inspired last week, but I guess I was wrong. That is not too shabby of a list.

Here is to another great autumn (is 90+ degree weather autumn?) week!