Toad's Treasures Lifestyle Family Blog by Emily Ashby

{Cozy Autumn Food}

Fall weather in Utah sets the tone for good eats. As the nights start to have that cool chill, it sends a signal to the Ashby home that the crock pot needs to come out and the baking needs to begin! Pumpkin bread, soups, and hot dips keep me going through the work week so I can whip up a little goodness when I have time on the weekend. What about you?!

Each October our church has a General Conference and its is the perfect time for me to reflect on life and get back into the kitchen! Do you have a fun fall recipe you'd like to share? I'd love to try it! Use the hash tag #ldsconffood on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and everywhere else so we can all find it!

Here are a few of my favorite fall recipes!

Fall Fruit Dip

This one is great with apples or anything else!

Pumpkin Bread (The best recipe ever!)

You can't go wrong with this one!

Easy Popper Dip (YUM.)

Easy Vegetable Soup

Enjoy! Can't wait to see what you're cooking up!

XOXO
Emily AKA Toad

+Emily Ashby

{Camera Coats: A Camera's Dream Come True}
If you've ever left your camera at home because it was "too much trouble"...just stop. Yes, your phone will take a picture but will it be the quality you are hoping for?!

There been an interesting trend in the photography industry the past few years. As soon as the DSLR cameras like the Canon Rebel and Nikon 5100 became affordable it seemed like everyone headed to Costco to get one! (Were you one of these camera shoppers?:) But once phones started to take better pictures we all stopped carrying our cameras around with us unless it was a special occasion...are you nodding?

Well, as we look at these photos from our phones and try to use them, edit them, and enlarge them it seems that there is something missing that we can't quite capture. Do you know what it is? The ability to create and capture that photo that we love to have hanging in our homes! Let's reclaim our quality photos with the DSLR cameras sitting on our counters!

Enter...Camera Coats, the camera bag of tomorrow! Gone are the days of big, bulky, black bags! This sweet camera accessory is not only smart (padded & waterproof) but oh so hip! (I think I just heard your camera cheering!)

And this weekend Camera Coats is offering the BEST deal of the year! 50% off everything!

So if you are one of those plan ahead Christmas shoppers you'd better jump on this one! Talk about the best photographer gift! These come in 5 sizes & 40+ styles!