The Ask Anna Blog

How to Make Carved Pumpkins Last Longer

Today, I’m giving you some tricks for how to make carved pumpkins, and Jack-O-Lanterns, last longer and prevent rot. Let’s get carving! Fall is pretty much upon us, and that means Halloween is just around the corner, which means trips to the pumpkin patch! So today, I’ll be giving you a tip for how to make carved pumpkins, and Jack-O-Lanterns, last longer. I’ve also got a few tips that will make carving your pumpkins a little easier! Let’s start with those: Pumpkin Carving Tips Step 1 – Cut a Hole in the Bottom of Your Pumpkin Instead of the Top… Read More

Upcycled DIY Desk Organizer

Hi there, it’s Susan from Organized 31. Now that the kiddos are back in school, I’ve been motivated to organize my school supplies. With all the money we’ve poured out this past month for school supplies and college expenses, I wanted to do some no-cost organizing. I whipped up an upcycled DIY desk organizer that cost nothing and only took about 10 minutes to make. It all starts with a tuna box from the grocery store. We take a lot of tuna packets for lunches so I’m often emptying one of these boxes on the shelf. I know the store… Read More

The Easiest Way to Organize Wreaths

When I think of this time of year one of the things I think of are all the different holidays and fun wreaths for my front door. I love having a wreath on my front door because it makes it feel more friendly and approachable. The only problem with wreaths though are what do you do with them for the rest of the year when they’re not hanging on your front door? I’ve put them in trash bags and laid them on a shelf in the garage, but that takes up a lot of shelf space, I’ve seen the wreath… Read More

20 Decorative Pumpkins for Fall

Have you started your Fall decorating yet? I LOVE decorating for Fall because it means it’s time for cooler evenings, spiced candles and trick-or-treating is right around the corner! Since I didn’t really get to decorate for Fall last year, because we were in the middle of tearing down walls and ripping up flooring, this is going to be my first year decorating our new home for this season. To get some inspiration I gathered up some one-of-a-kind pumpkin ideas, I can’t wait to hear which one is your favorite! Vintage Doorknob Pumpkins Pallet Pumpkins Antiqued Pumpkins Nailhead Trim Pumpkins… Read More

Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread

Warm moist slices of bread filled with sweet strawberries and swirls of cream cheese. This bread is so tasty and so easy to make you’ll want to make it over and over again. Hi everyone! This is Andrea again from Cooking with a Wallflower. And I’m super excited to share my latest recipe with you. Over the summer, I saw so many recipes for strawberry bread. Each one looked amazingly delicious. So when I had a pound of ripe strawberries sitting in my refrigerator, I knew I had to make bread with them. But I wanted to take the tasty… Read More

Dining Room Makeover, Part 1 – Board and Batten Tutorial

In my entryway makeover post on Monday you probably noticed that we had also done some work in the dining room. I’m still working on the makeover but today I’m going to share how we added a little drama to the room, with this board and batten tutorial. I’m also giving away a HomeRight paint sprayer so make sure you read all the way to the end! We had board and batten in the entryway of our old house and I LOVED it! I love how the bright white boards catch the eye and demand your attention. It’s a great… Read More