Here we are at the end of November! That means it’s time to take a quick moment to pause and do a roundup of the memories and events of the past month. Use my simple roundup prompts to document the month so you don’t forget all that happened. It’s my favorite memory keeping tool and so many of my readers have made it a routine in their own lives as well.

I’m going to spotlight a few more printables and share a few crafts today since so many will be holiday decorating this weekend. Remember that I have all my Thanksgiving and Christmas designs on sale this week!

Printables are great for easy and very inexpensive festive touches.This Happy Little Trees Printables is one of my very favorites. I think it looks so cute next to these little bottle brush trees.

Every year, I make sure to check out the new Adobe Photoshop Elements update and review it here on my blog. I appreciate that Adobe has given me the opportunity to work with a review copy this year so I could play around with the new features and share my thoughts.

Fall seems like a special time for food and I swear there are many dishes that taste better when it’s just a little cool outside. These are a few of my favorite comforting foods to serve at this time of year. I hope you get a chance to try a few of them!

I always get really excited when I have a new release to share here. My new December Moments collection is something I’m going to use for loads of layouts and holiday projects. This was a super fun design project. My daughter Riley created the color palette and designed one of the cards and one of the papers. It’s so fun to see her developing her design skills! Her enthusiasm has rubbed off on me and I feel like I’m having more fun that I ever have with designing. I hope you can feel that joy when you use these items for your own projects!

Since it feels like we are already 10 weeks into November, I figured I should get my October roundup done. October was another crazy month for us as the numbers in Utah have spiraled out of control. We voted by mail-in ballot and took them to an official dropbox. We watched way too much news and lots of tv shows and movies. The weather was pretty nice most of the month so we took a lot of walks. We did have a record-setting cold spell and even a little bit of snow. We all got our flu shots and I got a pneumonia shot since I'm at risk with all my sickness last year and having diabetes.

I have a tasty and very easy treat project to help you make Election Day a little more fun! I don’t know about you, but I’m coping with election stress by carb-loading. Seems like a good idea, right?! I kept this really simple by using a boxed cake mix and a can of prepared frosting. I put the frosting in an icing bag with a star decorator tip and just swirled it on top of the cupcakes. A few festive sprinkles combined with my free voting stickers added the perfect finishing touch!

I printed out the stickers on Avery 5293 round labels but you could also just print them on a thicker paper and cut them out with a circle punch or a cutting machine. I put one on each side of a toothpick and ended up with some really cute toppers!

I can’t wait to share my 2 new collections with you but I’m even more excited to tell you about a brand new designer! My daughter Riley Cooper is making her debut under the design name of The Creative Coop and she designed one of the cards in my new Cozy Fall collection! She is just getting started but she’s always been brimming with artistic and creative talent. She’s been helping me behind the scenes here for a few months and getting to be a real whiz with Procreate and her Apple Pencil. She’s on instagram as the_creative_coop and you will be seeing more from her here as well.

The end of October is just a few days away and I’m posting my roundup prompts a bit early since I have 2 new releases coming to my shop later today. Also, people tend to get busy with Halloween and forget about doing roundups so it helps to get an early start.