Fruit of My Labors.. ha

Tonight I made mini apple pies with the apples we picked earlier this afternoon, with whatever I had on hand. These are the easiest, fastest, mini pies to make -  maybe not the prettiest, but they sure taste great!

Mini Apple Pies

-1 Ready-made pie crust

-3 Large apples

-1/2 Cup sugar

-1/4 Cup flour

-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon sugar

-1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

-1/4 teaspoon butter

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees

2. Core & skin apples, and cut into small pieces.

3. Toss with sugar, flour, cinnamon sugar, & nutmeg. 

4. Lightly spray cupcake liner with Pam, cut pie crust to fit each spot (obviously, I was not very precise with this!)

5. Fill with apple pie filling

6. Use a cookie cutter to cut remaining crust and place on top of filling

7. Bake for 10-15 mins, take out when crust is brown and pie filling is a little bubbly.

Makes the perfect portion for one person. Serve with caramel sauce or your favorite ice cream.

-Kristin Lynn

It's seriously November already?

Wow, October flew by. So, here in New England we had a freak snowstorm on 10/29, which put a serious damper on our Halloween party. Though many weren't able to make it, we had a great time anyway with those who did. Here are a few Halloween photos, before I put my phone down and never picked it back up (oops):

Ok, a little cheating with the last picture.. I didn't get a single picture of Ian & I dressed up this year (we went as Madmen characters.) So, this is my favorite costume we've done so far - Magenta & Riff Raff from Rocky Horror.

I wish I thought to take photos of the costumes! We had Mario & Luigi, an awesome robot, a pirate, and Ricky from Trailer Park Boys among the best.

Today, we went to a (pretty disappointing) Harvest Festival & Narrow Lane Orchard for apple picking.

 Cant't wait to do some baking with our fresh picked apples!! PS - Don't tell Narrow Lane about Ian's "taste testing" above ;)


-Kristin Lynn

Harvest Johnnycake Festival

Lisa & I attended the Harvest Johnnycake Festival at Kenyon Grist Mill last Sunday. It was a lot of fun - lots of local crafts & goods, fresh seafood, local wine from two of RI's vineyards, live music, and yard sales.

Vendors / Live music

Lobster roll from Matunuck Oyster Bar / Wine from Sakonnet Vineyards

 Lisa / Me

From the yard sales Lisa scored a cute cashmere sweater for $3! I got a long camel coat, cute retro inspired top, a cardigan twin set, and vintage juice glasses for $16. It was a lot of fun and I'll definitely go back next year!

-Kristin Lynn

Fall Inspiration

Even though we are in the last few days of summer, the weather has been cooling off and I am thinking ahead to fall. Here are a few inspiration boards I put together from Forever 21's fall collection.

Fall Inspiration by kristin31200 featuring a stripe cardigan

Fall Inspiration by kristin31200 featuring a wire necklace

This fall I am excited about:
-Fall florals
-Lace
-Muted neutrals
-Chunky jewelry
-Colorful/patterned tights
-Pops of red & leopard print

What about you?

-Kristin Lynn