Whilst writing this I am holed up in my kitchen, sipping hot tea and peering out of the window at the biblical rain that has befallen us here in South-East London. I would put a LOT of money on the fact that summer has well and truly said “so long”, and that Autumn is here. Which to be honest, apart from the rain, is fine by me, as Autumn is definitely my favourite season. Along with the joys of leaf kicking, wrapping up warm and comfort dinner dishes, I love that fact that come evening, you can draw those curtains, snuggle up on the sofa with a hot chocolate with dimmed lighting and an appropriate candle on the go.
Which brings me to a favourite thing of mine when it comes to home blogging: research! The last month or so I have testing out a few different scented candles myself (and enlisting a few friends too) – some old favourites, and others new discoveries. I definitely think that smell is the sense of ours that evokes most memories, by taking us back to a certain time in our lives/time of year. By choosing an autumnal scent you love, it means you’ll be able to get it out, or re-purchase year after year and create that familiar, cosy feel.
I have to admit, that although possibly a bit cliche, some of my favourite candles are Yankee Candles– the scents are beautifully blended and they actually keep their smell. You only need to burn them for a short while to fill the house with the most beautiful fragrance. ‘Apple Pumpkin’ and ‘Autumn Leaves’ are just delightful! I also became the welcome recipient of some gorgeous natural soy candles by ‘LollyRocket’, which were bought for Adam and I as a wedding present. I adore the ‘Brown Sugar and Fig’ candle in their range, and this is definitely ‘up there’ when it comes to scented beauties that I think fit the Autumn candles brief.
Here are some of my favourite Autumn/Fall candles around right now… please scroll down to the bottom to enter my giveaway to win one of 3 Apple Pumpkin Yankee Candles!
- Yankee Candle – Autumn Leaves
- Diptyque – Feu de Bois
- Lollyrocket – Brown Sugar and Fig
- Jo Malone – Incense and Embers
- Yankee Candle – Apple Pumpkin
- Emma Bridgewater at M&S – Tea and Oranges
- Can to Candle – Fig and Orange
To get you and your home in the Autumnal swing of things, I have 3 large (623g) Yankee Candles in ‘Apple Pumpkin’ to giveaway!
All you have to do is answer the following question:
“What is your favourite thing about Autumn?”
Leave me your answer in the comment box below, and confirm you have done this using the Rafflecopter widget. You can also gain extra entries by following me on Twitter and Pintrest!
Good luck!
Terms and Conditions: Competition closes at 12.00am (midnight) GMT on Friday 23rd October 2015. Entries received after this time and date will not be valid. UK residents only. Entrants must be 18 and over. Winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter after the closing date and will be notified within 3 days of competition end. Only entrants received via the Rafflecopter widget will be considered valid. Winners will receive one of 3 ‘Apple Pumpkin’ Yankee Candles. This giveway is not in association with Yankee Candle- I just love them and am feeling generous in the run up to my second blog birthday!
Walking my dog in the crisp evening air through colourful crunchy leaves and then cosying up back at home with a nice cup of hot chocolate. 🙂
Seeing the trees change colour
the darker nights
Chilly dog walks and then lighting the fire when I get home ????
the leaves changing colour
Leaves changing colour
Late summer sun and colourful leaves
Running through the crunchy leaves!!
Ditching the diet for a big fat woolly jumper!
The darker evenings so I can feel cosy in our home! I also love seeing the yellow, orange and red leaves on the trees and taking my kids conker hunting!
I can’t choose one thing! There’s so many things I love in Autumn. For me it marks the run up to Christmas. The cooler weather, the gorgeous colours on the trees, the fashion changes, the cosy nights in, slow cooker meals and everything else. Looooove it!
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All the autumn root vegetables to make into yummy soup x
I love the unexpected bright, sunny days. I also love going to the park and jumping in piles of crunchy leaves with my little one.
I love the colour changes of the leaves 🙂
I love wrapping up warm and going for a long walk with the dog along the Thames 🙂
I love vegetables
I love the beautiful colours – there are quite a few trees round where we live. I also enjoy the lower humidity and the build up to Christmas :o)
Autumnal squalls surround my little home and I nestled by the fireside shed all my worries and fears in empathy with the trees outside casting their leaves into the night.
FALLING LEAVES
I love fall cooking!
the crunchy leaves xx
The smells: the first hint of wood fires in the crisp air, crumbles and casseroles bubbling in the oven, sniffing the leather of new winter boots, even the drifting residue of sparklers once they’ve gone out!
Being able to close the curtains early in the evening and snuggle down
collecting conkers
Being able to wear cosy pyjamas and getting into a cold bed which warms up nicely with an added cuddle!
Going for sunday afternoon walks and feeling the leaves sweep over my feet.
I love when the evenings get colder
The cooler weather as I love wrapping up warm, going for a nice country walk and enjoying all the autumn colours.
The lovely colours all the leaves turn.
Cuddling up with my kids on a dark eve and watching a family movie with lots of goodies
snuggling up in fluffy socks
I love autumn fashion, being able to wrap up warm and get cuddley! But I do also love all the new seasons veg I can cook with…mmm
I love the cooler temps.
Being able to wear jeans and a hoodie makes me so happy =)
Halloweeeeennnn !!!!! i adore halloween, its my favourite holiday 🙂
The leaves changing colours as well as the turning on the heating
Watching the leaves falling from the trees.
Walking on fallen dry leaves, the smell is amazing
kicking up the leaves in the park with the dogs
The colours, hearty food and Halloween! Mwahahahahaha! 🙂
Going for long crisps walks, and seeing the gorgeous autumnal colours.
Wearing cosy jumpers!!
darker nights i don’t feel as though i need to go out as much
collecting conkers thankyou
I love the colour of the leaves
My favourite thing about Autumn is Apple and Blackberry picking on a nice walk with the family and then coming home and baking apple and blackberry pies!
I like the cold dark nights snuggled up in front on the fire watching a Christmas film with my husband and 3 children x
The colours and the imprints leaves leave on the pavement
I love the colours of the leaves and pumpkin soup.
I love the darker evenings. I prefer it a lot more than sunshine. I also like watching auburn leaves being swept up in the air by the wind. For me it’s magical.
Autumn leaves, the starting of wellie boots and scarves, oh and a hot chocolate before bed x
snuggling under my winter duvet!
I like the autumn colours of the trees
Home made soup and snuggling under a blanket on the sofa x
the beautiful calm when I wander through my local forest
Has to be bonfire night for me. The smell of Autumn…..lovely
The changing colours of the trees and crunching through the fallen leaves with my grandsons
Hmmmm, golden leaves, frosty mornings, being acceptable to be in pjs at 7pm, big bowls of casserole & mash, Halloween, Bonfire night, plaid shirts, lighting the fire, cinnamon scented candles & the lead-up to the main event, Christmas!!
being able to wear layers again 🙂
Changing colours
I love all the autumn colours. And Halloween! 🙂
I like the fact that the weather is never too hot nor too cold (although this isn’t always guaranteed what with England’s temperamental weather!). You can wear snuggly jumpers but you don’t have to put about 5 more layers on top of them. I also like taking walks in the park where the leaves have fallen and hearing them crunch beneath my feet. It’s really satisfying and pretty.
Halloween. I love dressing the kids and dogs up and trick or treating the neighbours
Samhain, always my favourite holiday.
definitely the gorgeous golden light you get on a sunny day – perfect for photos!
the colours of the leaves
I look forward to all the fall veggies every year
Kicking piles of leaves in the park, and Halloween! x
The Pumpkins!
Sweater weather 🙂
I love the beautiful colours of the changing leaves.
all the lovely leaves that are fab for doing crafts with
Going out with the kids and kicking the dry colourful leaves around, best feeling and sound ever!
I like it’s not too hot
Hot chocolate, baggy jumpers and duvet on the sofa.
Big hearty stews & casseroles with dumplings
colourful leaves
i love dark nights, snuggles under the blankets, hot chocs and films with my little one… and maybe the hubby 🙂
I love the beautiful Autumnal colours of the leaves and proper comfort food like stews with dumplings!
love the different colours and fantastic opportunity if gives for colourful pictures
Warm cosy evenings on the sofa watching TV whilst it blows a gale outside!
I love the nursery walk with my daughter. All her questions about why the leaves are changing and falling etc.
I love wrapping up warm and going on long walks with the kids looking at everything changing.
Halloween
Cosy nights in
The change in the air – and the last warm days
I love all the colours of Autumn
I like all the seasons when we get them not know what you get on a day to day is part of the fun of it
I love seeing the beautiful colours of the leaves changing – the lovely oranges, yellows and reds!
I love everything about Autumn from collecting Conkers, walking through the leaves, warm jumpers, Halloween and Fireworks Night 🙂
I love being able to get warm and comfy on the sofa with a blanket and hot chocolate. Plus this year it’s meant the start of a new series of Doctor Who!
Wearing tights so I don’t need to shave
Autumn walks!
My favourite thing about Autumn is the food! Rich, warming stews; hearty cottage pies and beautiful roast dinners!
I love autumn, my favourite thing has to be going through the woods with my little ones collecting conkers.
the falling golden leaves
Fresh morning dog walks! and home to snuggle under duvets!
Halloween for me 🙂
Christmas is getting closer 🙂 x
Autumn leaves and fashion 🙂
That it is now Acceptable for me to use my Hot Water Bottle!
The smell of autumnal leaves
I love walking in the evening light and getting to wear a cosy jumper or two. Also homemade soups are back in the menu, yummy x
I love walking around the parks with the kids and collecting lots of leaves and twigs to use for crafts
Walking in the leaves, then coming home to Hot chocoate
The cosiness and the beautiful colours
Strictly’s back on TV!
I hate summer clothes WO love the cosy autumn stuff and the orange leaves.
Conkers and Firework night
The colours! Also my baby girl is due in less than 3 weeks so will be an autumn baby 🙂
I love the pretty colours all around. I love the crisp, clear mornings and taking my dog for a walk, crunching through leaves.
the colours of the leaves
I just love the changing Autumn colours.
My favourite thing about Autumn is the exciting build up to Halloween!
The colours
Crunchy leaves underfoot 🙂
The cooler weather and the darker nights starting to come back!
It’s got to be the colours and light
Those misty Autumn mornings with the promise of the sun coming out later in the day
I love the darker evenings, being inside with the log fire on WOW!!!
I also love Halloween
seeing all the lovely colours and crunching through the leaves
My favorite thing about Autumn is the crisp air, beautiful colors and hot tea.
I love watching the leaves change colour! xx
Crisp mornings and cosy evenings in 🙂
All the autumn fruit like apples and blackberries, good excuse for a crumble!
Being all warm and cosy in layers, watching the leaves change colour and of course pumpkin spiced lattes
walking home from school in that low sun light, hunting for crispy leaves to tread on and squishing the red berries that have fallen from the trees. Kids (and me!) love the crunch sounds of the leaves and the pop of the berries…. Bugger to clean your shoes though when we get home 🙁
Hot chocolate with all the marshmallows and sprinkles
I love being able to wrap up in warm jumpers thick coats and knee high boots then go out and kick around in the autumn leaves ! love the colour of autumn
Collecting conkers
going to the park hunting for Conkers with my little girl
The weather – not too warm, not too cold, not much rain, no snow. Perfect for long walks. All my favourite wardrobe staples come out to play in Autumn 🙂 .
I love all the different coloured leaves on the trees, so pretty x
Getting my Ugg boots out and going for a walk on a slightly chilly but sunny day. Crackling fires and hot drinks with cinnamon spice. As well as the beautiful colours on the trees and bushes.
What I love about Autumn is the whole atmosphere that comes with it, it crunchy leaves, comforting foods, the smell of candles and the cool breeze in the air.
I love the colours, the darker nights and being able to snuggle up on the sofa with a blanket and a cup of tea!
Falling leaves!
The crisp sunny days
collecting chestnuts with my boys and jumping in crunchy leaves
I love so much about autumn. The fresh air, the beautiful colours, the warm clothes 🙂
Fab round-up, nothing feels more autumnal to me than fragrant, warming candles x
Nice autumnal walks and coming home to snuggle on the sofa
I’m not a big fan of Autumn really, I prefer the Summer.
halloween
My favourite thing about Autumn is the smell of the air with a chill in it. The smell and the crunch of the leaves when we are out walking.
Carving pumpkins
Walking through crunchy leaves!
Wearing boots and warn jumpers!!
The autumn colours
The kaleidoscope of colour you get when the leaves turn gold, brown orange and red
I love all the cosy layers of clothes! And the smells of autumn 🙂
being all cosy, more family time, good telly and pumpkin spice lattes
Autumn is my favourite season. I love Autumn sunshine, the leaves changing and falling and when it starts to get a bit chilly putting on the heating and snuggling on the sofa with my candles lit.
Being able to kick leaves
going for evening walks in the crisp & fresh air
Crisp frosty mornings
the dark nights coming in x
My favourite thing is the smell of wet autumn leaves
The leaves outside
Eating all the lovely autumn food. My favourite has to be pumpkin soup with pumpkin scones.
Conkers
Seeing all the changing colours.. its so pretty
The changing colours of the leaves
Pumpkin soup!!!!!
Walking the dog at the forest in all the crunchy leaves
Putting away flimsy summer dresses for my snuggly wooly jumpers and warm clothing 🙂
Jacket Potatoes and fireworks
Leaves changing colour.
Getting wrapped up and taking my son for walks to collect leaves and conkers for doing crafts x
Long walks with my dog in the countryside to see the changing colours.
autumn is a truly colouful season just love the shorter evening spending quality time with my partner and burning lovely fragranced candles
Snug evenings, woolly jumpers, slippers…
Hunting for Conkers!
The clean, slightly smokey smell in the air. It’s out with the old and in with the new!
Walking through the countryside through the crispy autumn leaves with my other half
Crunchy leaves
i love the dark nights, not so much the dark mornings though!!
The leaves crunching under my feet and the dark afternoons
Running the Baaet Hounds on the Beach.
I love the Autumn colours and apples!!
i like being able to put my pjs on earlier 😛
Crisp leaves underfoot 🙂
Walking in the woods scrunching the leaves
Halloween and bonfire night….brilliant
I love going for walks in the wood and hearing the crunch of the leaves underneath
Cosy nights in
I love the changing colours, it makes everything look so pretty. My son loves stomping in the leaves too 🙂 x
climbing trees to grab them conkers
Being nice and cosy inside when its so cold outside
I love the beautiful colours across the landscape
My favourite thing about Autumn is definately Halloween and pumpkins. x
I love the cold nights and being able to get all snuggly on the sofa with a nice hot drink. Cooking dinner is so much easier aswell full of yummy stews and other great slow cooker foods.
Wearing tights, boots and chunky scarves
collecting & kicking leaves with my girls, collecting acorns & whatever other autumn treasures they want to collect
The colours of the leaves 🙂
got to be the crunchy leaves!
The smokey smell late in the afternoon.
The darker nights which means cosy nights in 🙂
The sound of walking on crunchy leaves
the lovely colours of the trees
morning walks in our wellies
Hiding that I need to lose weight under a fleece
The changing colours of the hedgerows and trees.
I like going for late afternoon walks while the sun is setting wearing a nice warm coat and leaves crunching underfoot
I love the dark cosy nights x
Walking in the crunchy leaves
Seeing my local area changing every few days due to the leaves altering colour and Autumn taking charge!
cooler weather outside makes indoors seem much cosier
Getting the fire on and snuggling up with the wife of an evening
my favourite colour is orange so Autumn is definatley my favourite time of year,I love getting the house cosy for winter.
The colours of all the crunchy leaves 🙂
I love the first autumn bonfires with toasted marshmallows
I love the change of colour on the trees and all the exciting things that are around the corner, halloween, fireworks and Christmas
cosy nights in wearing pjs and drinking hot chocolate x
Walking in the forest..stunning colours
conkers
Sunlight through the autumn leaves on a crisp, frosty autumn morning.
To see the changing seasons and the smells of dampness or frost and smoke.
I love the fact that we have different seasons, walking in the rain, drawing the curtains early in the evening, my birthday, Trick or Treating and digging out my Uggs and warm gloves.
WALKING THROUGH the crunchy leaves
Foraging for wild foods & harvesting food the family has grown…Also watching the squirrels hiding their nuts, & Halloween celebrations.
Cooler temperatures (but not TOO cold!) and autumnal colours (oranges and browns).
I love woodland walks crunching through fallen autumnal leaves
I love the colour of the leaves as they start to fall from the trees, I like that we can cosy up after a nice chilly walk 🙂
Cosy nights in and warming stews,Wooly jumpers & autumn hues.
the dark evenings and frosty mornings
I love walking on crunchy leaves through the woods – wrapped in chunky knits xxxx
The colours of the leaves.
getting dark earlier x
Bonfire night and the pie and peas ‘er Indoors knocks up!!!
Leaves changing colour
Walking through the woods – the scenery is fantastic
I love the slight chill – means I get to wear my lovely red coat and my lovely collection of scarves!
I love going for a walk and seeing all the different colours and the leave crunching underfoot
The colours 🙂 I love the long crisp autumn walks with my dogs looking at all the beautiful colours
I love walking through the piles of leaves
Crisp walks through fallen leaves.
The colours! And crunching leaves whilst walking and enjoying said colours 🙂
jumping in piles of crisp autumn leaves, wearing my beanie hat and snuggling up under the duvet with a good book when its cold outside
I love going out into the woods with my son with our wellie boots and snug coats and forage for sweet chestnuts and hazel nuts and then roast the chestnuts in our woodburner…bliss
I love the cool damp mornings and getting bundled up cozy for a walk in the leaves!
I love walking along and kicking up the crunchy leaves
Getting in the kitchen and cooking up some comfort food after a summer of salads 🙂
All the colours changing and the conkers
Cosy nights with a nice candle burning
Love the colours of autumn and snuggling in front of a slushy DVD on a sunday afternoon after a long walk kicking leaves. Autumn is my favourite season!
Love the colours of autumn and snuggling up with a slushy dvd on a sunday afternoon after a long walk kicking leaves. Autumn is my favourite season!
having walks in the woods
i love the colours of the trees, oranges, reds, yellows
THE CLOURS xx
I absolutely love Halloween, my friends come around with their kids and we all get dressed up and go out trick or treating. The house gets a spooky make over too and we come back with rosy cheeks and bags full of goodies to play a whole load of games (Mummy wrap, duck apple etc.) So good seeing the kids big and small have so much fun. Then when that fun is over you know it wont be long before Santa comes!!
Going an collecting all the different colour leaves and helping the hedgehogs make their nests ready for hibernation. (@PeanutHog)
The colour of the leaves
Walks in the woods with the kids and kicking up the leaves x
I like the weather.
The beautiful colours of the trees and walking through fallen leaves
Autumn Leaves
Autumn walks with my family, crunching in leaves and finding conkers then I like coming home and getting snug by the fire!
Acorns and Conkers everywhere
the cold
I love walking my dog in the park and all the pretty colours on the trees.
The dark evenings. The sound of the wind and rain outside, whilst cuddled up with the log burner roaring and of course the colours.
The the beautiful autumn colours
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I love foraging in the. Woods for walnuts hazelnuts and mushrooms walking over the crisp colourful leaves and enjoying seeing the shapes of the trees without their leaves
I love the crisper mornings; they give me a real ‘wake me up’ feeling.
the smell of wood fires and crunching through leaves!
I love the slightly cooler fresh mornings and running through leaves!
I love crunching in the Autumn leaves
I love halloween its so much fun for the kids and i love horror films
Love all the beautiful colours. Seeing all the leaves fallen off the trees, esp when there in huge piles and me and the children will have fun with them
The pretty colours of the leaves 🙂
Being able to spend nights at home in front of the fire in my dressing gown with my family watching films and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallow and cream!
i love wrapping up warm
Snuggling up in front of the log fire, listening to the crackling of the wood and watching the flames dancing.
Getting wrapped up and going on a family through our local forest and look foward to snuggling up with Hot chocolate when we get back
Te fantastic colours of the leaves
changing colour of the leaves
Autumn leaves
I really love all the colours of autumn. My favourite season!
the colours and the dark nights
I love the autumn colours
The changing colours
I love the change colours of the leaves and the sounds they make under foot. I love Cody nights in wrapped in my fleece blanket watching movies with friends and how Autumn is the build up to Christmas which is the most magical time of year
the colours of the leaves as they fall and I just love kicking them about !!
The local lake gets quiet again so I can let my dogs off to run around and swim xx
Halloween
conkering 🙂
Fireworks.
Every autumn I fall in love again with the magnificent Liquidambar tree. I wish I had a garden big enough to plant one as their beautiful autumn leaf colour is unsurpassed by any other tree.
the crisp leaves walking over them as they crunch n dog hides in piles of thm just so much fun come bk to nice mug of hot chocolate
The trees changing colour
The leaves going rusty orange, kicking the mounds of fallen leaves, hunting for conkers (to ward off spiders) and getting all cosy and warm
I love being able to go out for a walk and feeling the leaves crunch under your feet. The colours are so vibrant and beautiful in Autumn too x
I love walking my dogs in the morning while the sun has not yet burnt of the morning dew and there’s still a slight mist lying over the fields.The reds,golds,scarlets and plum shades of the leaves on the treas and the crunching sound as my dogs run through the fallen leaves.The sunsets silhouetting the trees at night.I can honestly say Autumn is my favourite season x
Long autumn walks collecting conkers
I love taking my twins & my basset hounds out walking down the valley… I don’t know who enjoys leaves & twigs the most!!
The colours of the heather on the Scottish hills. Stunning!
Hallowe’en
I love getting my scarf bag out, to start wrapping up cosy, I dooo love a nice scarf!
I love cosying up by the fire x
The darker nights – brrrr.
The beautiful autumn colours, so vibrant
Candles, warm jumpers, hot chocolate, blankets and fluffy slippers.
Can’t beat it getting cold!
Its slow cooker season!
The low morning light
Getting wrapped up in lots of layers
I love getting home in the colder, darker evenings, wrapping up warm on the sofa under a blanket with the kids, a nice hot drink and some candles burning. We also love walking through and kicing up the fallen leaves.
Crunching through the leaves
Changing colours
Enjoying woodland walks with the grandchildren 🙂
The different colours of the leaves.
Saying goodbye to my old life and walking into a new era x
My favourite thing about Autumn is the beautiful colours in the woods by me and able to put the heating on during the dark evenings
‘Scrunching’ through the leaves in the park with my daughter xxx
Long evenings and colourful garden
Walking through the crunchy colourful Autumn leaves x