Here at ish we love fall! So we thought we would take some of our favorite fall foods and ideas and share them!
Who doesn’t love to adorn everything with harvest decorations? Here are some of our favorites:
Country Living has this great idea! Take any long tray or box and add lovely fall scented candles, some gourds, leaves and pine-cones and you have a beautiful tribute to fall!
The candle wrapped in old sweater pieces is the epitome of fall! Add a leaf for even more flair. This idea comes from the folks over at HG.
Fall foliage wrapped candlesticks! So simple and elegant! We found this on Martha Stewart’s site.
Decorating pumpkins can be a great way to add fun and whimsy to fall! Pumpkins aren’t just plain old orange anymore either! They can be painted, glittered, or decorated to fit any room in your home! Better Homes and Gardens has some fantastic ideas!
Decorating front doors and porches is a blast and it looks good through all of the fall season! We love the red leaves around the door! Check out this awesome site to see 90 doorway ideas from simple to ornate!
This is a fun craft to do with little ones. They can help with the whole craft and then watch the birds enjoy their hard work!
Cheese Ravioli with Sauteed Butternut Squash and Thyme
We had an ish dinner and made this delectable fall dish! YUMMY! It’s easy to make and delicious!
How about a cosy evening at home? Here are three perfect Fall films to really set the mood for the season:
Babette’s Feast (1987)
Some movies can only be described as delicious. In Babette’s Feast, a woman flees the French civil war and lands in a small seacoast village in Denmark, where she comes to work for two spinsters, devout daughters of a puritan minister. After many years, Babette unexpectedly wins a lottery, and decides to create a real French dinner–which leads the sisters to fear for their souls. Joining them for the meal will be a Danish general who, as a young soldier, courted one of the sisters, but she turned him away because of her religion. The village elders all resolve not to enjoy the meal, but can their moral fiber resist the sensual pleasure of Babette’s cooking? Babette’s Feast deservedly won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This lovely movie is impeccably simple, yet its slender narrative contains a wealth of humor, melancholy, and hope. –Bret Fetzer
Sleepy Hollow (2000)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
No film better utilizes Audrey Hepburn’s flighty charm and svelte beauty than this romantic adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella. Hepburn’s urban sophisticate Holly Golightly, an enchanting neurotic living off the gifts of gentlemen, is a bewitching figure in designer dresses and costume jewelry. George Peppard is her upstairs neighbor, a struggling writer and “kept” man financed by a steely older woman (Patricia Neal). His growing friendship with the lonely Holly soon turns to love and threatens the delicate balance of both of their compromised lives. Taking liberties with Capote’s bittersweet story, director Blake Edwards and screenwriter George Axelrod turn New York into a city of lovers and create a poignant portrait of Holly, a frustrated romantic with a secret past and a hidden vulnerability. Composer Henry Mancini earned Oscars for the hit song “Moon River” and his tastefully romantic score. The only sour note in the whole film is Mickey Rooney’s demeaning performance as the apartment’s Japanese manager, an offensively overdone stereotype even in 1961. The rest of the film has weathered the decades well. Edwards’ elegant yet light touch, Axelrod’s generous screenplay, and Hepburn’s mix of knowing experience and naiveté combine to create one of the great screen romances and a refined slice of high society bohemian chic. –Sean Axmaker
Happy Friday everyone, and Happy Fall!!
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