Making My Own Pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch

During the Morton Arboretum Pumpkin Patch this year, my friend Susan and I signed up for a Glass Pumpkin Workshop where we would learn to make our own pumpkin paperweight.   So on a drizzly, cold October morning, six of us gathered by the demonstration tent to learn how to work with molten glass to create our own … Continue reading Making My Own Pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch

Visiting the Pumpkin Patch 2014

A couple of weeks ago, it was time to visit the Glass Pumpkin Patch at the Morton Arboretum again. This has become one of my favorite fall things to do.  The weather wasn't great, but at least on the day I went it wasn't raining.  I also had the chance to make my own glass … Continue reading Visiting the Pumpkin Patch 2014