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Gilded and Glittered – A Christmas tablescape
Happy Thursday!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week! It’s supposed to rain/snow this afternoon, so while it is dark and gloomy outside, I decided to put a little tablescape together. It all started when my little guy wanted to get some mixed nuts for his nutcracker. After breaking just a few nuts, he decided that he no longer wanted the nuts. I decided that I was going to use them for something that I saw in a Martha Stewart book. Here’s my inspiration picture, from an older Martha Stewart Christmas book…. I just love it! Such an easy way to add a little glitz and glamour to a tablescape.…
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French Vintage Friday ~ vintage sheet music
Happy Friday, friends!! I’m so ready for the weekend! How about you? I really need to finish decorating for Christmas, because on Monday, I, along with some of my blogging friends, are having our Holiday home tours! I can’t wait, but still have a lot to do! Today, for French vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for vintage sheet music. I love it, especially during the holidays. It’s such a fun, easy thing to decorate with. Last year, I used vintage sheet music on my mantel… This year, I have some in my entryway…. I simply rolled each sheet of music, and tied it will some gold tinsel. I then…
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Creative Thursday ~ easy to make candy cane garland
Happy Thursday, friends!! Just one week until Thanksgiving, can you believe it!! Where has the time gone?!! Today, I am so excited to be joining a few friends for this month’s creative Thursday! We are each sharing a Christmas craft. So much fun!! I love to craft! My oldest two have never really been into crafting, not when they were little, and definitely not now, but I can usually convince my two youngest to join me. We decided to make a fun candy cane garland, made out of clay. You’ll need…. •Polymer clay, click HERE for the one that I used. •eye hooks or wire (we started with eye hooks…
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Crafting Up Christmas
Happy Sunday, friends!! This was the last weekend of my two oldest sons’ football season. It was a fun weekend full of football and excitement!! When I wasn’t at a game, I was crafting up something that I am so excited to share with y’all today…. While visiting my brother a few weeks ago, I came across something that I had been on the hunt for, a stocking stretcher! I wanted to find a bunch, but I just found one. But, I had an idea! I could make a few to use, at least until I find more. I started by tracing the original stretcher, on a thin piece of…
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Top Shelf Clearance Challenge ~ November
Happy Monday, friends! This time of the year is always so much fun, and so busy! Tara and I have both been so busy, that we completely forgot to get a group together for this month’s clearance challenge! So, it will just be the two of us today. For my clearance find, I found the cutest little glass knobs at Hobby Lobby, and instantly knew that they would be perfect to use as the bases for some bottlebrush trees. I took the screws out of the knobs. This was the most challenging part, because the screws were glued into the knobs. So, if I were to do this again, I’d…
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Fun and Festive Halloween Decor
Happy Monday, friends! Can you believe that Halloween is less than two weeks away!!? Do you decorate for Halloween? I don’t do a lot, but I always try to do a few fun things for my kids. My boys love Halloween! I was at Michael’s the other day, and found some really cute die cuts! I knew that with a few glass bottles and these die cuts, I could make something fun and festive. Using Elmer’s glue, I simply glued a die cut on each bottle… Such a fun and easy Halloween vignette!! For those of you that want information about this white wood riser, you can check out how…
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Rustic Fall Tablescape
Happy October, friends! Today, I am so excited to be joining a group of blogging friends, for a fun fall tablescape Blog Hop, hosted by Terrie, from Decorate And More With Tip . The rules for this challenge were simple, a fall tablescape with at least one DIY. For my tablescape, I decided to have it rustic, with a touch of beauty…raw woods with brass candlesticks and greenery. To start my tablescape off, I gold leafed some wooden candlesticks. I found with these little wooden candlestick holders from Hobby Lobby… I stained them in a dark walnut color… Applied a thin layer of craft glue, and adhered a gold leaf…
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My Favorite Easter Tradition ~ DIY Sugar Eggs
Happy Thursday, y’all!! Hope y’all are having a wonderful week! Can you believe that Easter is this Sunday!! It completely snuck up on me this year. This crazy weather that we’ve been having, has me feeling like we’re still in the winter months, not even close to spring. It was snowing just last week! I am really hoping that true spring weather is finally here to stay! Speaking of Easter, today I want to share with y’all one of my very favorite Easter traditions. It is a tradition that my mom started with my siblings and I, when we were young, and I have continued it with my sweet boys.…
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A Pinteresting Challenge, DIY Valentine’s Day Wreath
Hi, friends! Hope y’all had a good Monday! Monday has such a bad rep for being the worst day of the week, but to be honest, I quite like Mondays. Am I so weird for saying that? Anyway, today, I am so excited to be joining so many talented ladies, on this fun Pinterest challenge! This is the inspiration picture that was sent to each of us, for this challenge…. SOURCE Isn’t it such a cute wreath! When I looked at the picture, the things that stuck out to me most….heart shaped, made of paper, and, of course, the word “love”. Those were the main ideas that I wanted to…
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Five on Friday ~ Quick and Easy DIY Garlands
Hope y’all are having an amazing Friday! Can you believe that Chrismtas is just 11 days away!! If you’re like me, you still have a lot to do. That’s why Tara and I thought it would be fun to show y’all 5 quick and easy, last minute DIY projects. Be sure to check out Tara’s blog, you’re not going to want to miss the fun projects that she has to share with you today, the link is at the end of this post. Today, I’m going to share with you, 5 quick and easy DIY garlands. These garlands were all made this afternoon, with the help of my two littles,…
