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Roasted vegetable; corn on the cob; apple pie. While these could easily be the ingredients for a neighborhood barbecue, they’re also the perfect ingredients for a memorable autumn celebration.

As you’re starting to sense the end of the summer season, why not have a fall-themed celebration to welcome the winter ahead? These ideas should help get you started:

• August, September and October are prime times for grape harvest for many wineries. Host a wine tasting party, and have guests bring a bottle of wine of their choice.
• Have a dinner party, using fall ingredients such as butternut squash soup, corn on the cob, pumpkin, cranberries and apples.
• Decorate tables with hearty winter squashes and mini pumpkins. Use colorful oranges, yellows and reds. You can even paint your pumpkins using silver or gold point to add a colorful accent.
• Have candy apples and an apple-dunking contest for the kids. Give your guests jars of apple-butter jam as a party favor.

Ready to get started?

The Solutions Team would like wish everyone a scary and safe Halloween.

Top: Ceramic pumpkins crafted by Jenn, lit with Battery-Operated Tea Lights.
Bottom: Team members showing off their costume creativity.

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