Grace at Home No. 401

Hello friends! Here we are at the end of October—can you believe it? For so long this year seemed that it would never end, and now it's nearly Halloween!

Not only is it nearly Halloween, it's nearly Election Day. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I got to vote early. I don't think I've ever been so ready for campaign season to be over; how about you? 

I am glad you're here for the Grace at Home party, where we celebrate all the ways we make our homes places of grace. Here are some highlights from last week's party.

Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving? Ours will be different this year, because no one will be traveling to be with us. So I was glad to see this Thanksgiving tablescape from Lori at Dining Delight. Lori lives in Canada, where they've already celebrated Thanksgiving, and she has inspired me to make our table beautiful for the four of us who will be together!

Also looking ahead to Thanksgiving, I just loved this craft from Carol at Blue Sky at Home. She used wood blocks and stencils to make her own cube puzzle. Wouldn't this make a fun coffee table decoration? 

Our Halloween will be very low-key--we don't usually get many trick-or-treaters, and I'm thinking we might not have any this year. But just for fun, I was glad to get this recipe for baked pumpkin donut holes from Kimberly at LouLou Girls. Wouldn't they make a good Halloween treat?

If you want to go full-on old fashioned, you might enjoy this recipe for toffee from Jen at Cincy Shopper. It sure looks like it would be worth the effort!

On a very practical note, I was so glad to see this tutorial for padded headphone covers from Condo Blues. I spend a lot of time on Zoom calls these days, and the pads on my headphones are growing thin. What a good idea to sew new padded covers for the ear pieces instead of purchasing new headphones!

So many of us are going through really difficult times right now. Dr. Michelle Bengtson helps us reframe our thoughts and offers hope. 

If you'd like some help in talking with God during these turbulent days, I'm so glad to offer you a free resource. It's called Daily Prayers for Uncertain Times, and you can download it here.  

Thank you to everyone who joined last week's party! 

Now for today's party.  Here at the Grace at Home party, I invite you to link posts about

• DIY projects
• decorating
• recipes
• hospitality
• homemaking tips
• parenting
• marriage
• faith
• self-care
• soul care

Whatever you do to make your home a place of grace, I'd like to hear about it.  Here's what I ask of you.  Please include the permalink to your post, not your blog's home page.  Please let people know that you've linked up.  No more than three posts per person, please.  Note that if you link a post here, you are giving me permission to share your post, including a photo.  And visit at least one of the other party participants--that's what really makes it a party, and during these difficult times, it can really make someone's day!

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