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DIY winter tree forest
Happy Thursday, friends!!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far! Tara and I decided that we would start sharing a Christmas/winter DIY with y’all each week to help prepare for the busy holiday season. We’re so excited for this holiday season!! For my DIY today, I made a sweet little winter forest. For these trees, I went to Home Depot and bought •4×4 post •petite trim pieces •basic pine board (6in wise) •dowels I stained all the wood in my favorite Minwax stain color called “Early American” I then cut the pine board into varying sized triangles Using a hot glue gun with Gorilla Brand glue sticks, I…
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Decorating Ideas using a French Market Basket
Hi friends!! Happy Thursday!!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week! Today, I am joined by a very sweet blogging friend of mine, Cindy from Cloches and Lavender. We are going to show you how we have each styled one of my favorite Target finds, this darling market basket. Like all things in my home, I love to move this basket around from time to time. It is usually hanging on the peg rail in my kitchen, full of garden clippings, eucalyptus, or other greenery. The market basket even made an appearance in the Traum Wohnen September 2020 magazine, that was released yesterday!! So exciting!! The caption next to the…
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French Vintage Friday ~ a sweet little sugar bowl
Sugar and spice, and everything nice. I’d like to introduce you to the newest obsession, the sweetest little sugar bowl that you ever did see! Look at that spoon with a little flower on the end. So in love with it!! This sweet sugar bowl comes from one of my very favorite companies, Vagabond House. Click HERE to check out the Vagabond House website, and this sweet sugar bowl. Now let’s hop over and see what Tara is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!! Lots of love to you all! ~Emily
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Abundant Autumn – kitchen shelves
Hi friends!!! I hope you’re having a wonderful day! Can you believe it’s September!! Fall is almost here! Today, Tara and I, are sharing some fall decor ideas for the kitchen. My kitchen is the busiest place in the house (four boys!!!) so I like to keep the countertop decor to a minimum, and focus on decorating the shelves. This year I’m going for super simple, minimal touches of fall. Just a few faux pumpkins, that I replaced the stems on, using little twigs that I cut from a grapevine wreath. I also added warmer tones by adding these DIY bread boards (which I will post about soon) I filled…
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Cottages & Bungalows Holiday Decor Magazine Feature
Hi friends!!! I’m so super excited to share some exciting news with y’all…some of my holiday pictures are in the Cottages & Bungalows Holiday Decor magazine, and it hits stores TODAY!!! I was in such disbelief when someone reached out to me to be in this magazine! I was almost certain that they had reached out to the wrong person. I’m completely overwhelmed with gratitude for all of you, for all of the kindness and encouragement that you all show me, and for the opportunities that come from all of my hard work. Thank you for sharing in this excitement with me! So much love to you all!!!!! ~Emily Check…
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French Vintage Friday ~ old buckets
Happy Friday, friends!!! I hope your week has been wonderful! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for old buckets. Old buckets are one of my favorite containers to hold fresh cut flowers! I absolutely love summer, but the fall feels are staring to creep in. A few deeper, moodier colored blooms are starting to show their faces in my floral arrangements. I’d love to know….what’s your favorite season? I hope you all have a wonderful day!!! Sending you all happiness and sunshine!! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list
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For the love of crates and baskets
Hi friends!!! Happy Saturday! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend so far! Today, I’m so excited to be joining a group of bloggers for a fun blog hop, hosted by the very sweet and talented Cindy of County Road 407. Today’s blog hop is all about baskets and crates, and y’all know how much I love old baskets, crates, bins, buckets, etc. I love to fill them with flowers, pillows, blankets, books, etc. When placing fresh flowers in a basket, crate, bucket, etc, start by finding some sort of container/vase to hold water for the flowers. For this antique crate/box, I used four glass cylinders to hold the water.…
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French Vintage Friday – vintage tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week was wonderful! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I’ve had for a few years, it was actually one of my first vintage treasures, this lovely Johnson Brothers tureen. I added some fresh flowers to it, for a little added happiness inside my ironstone cabinet. I used “wet” flower foam for the floral arrangement. It was actually the first time that I’ve ever used flower foam, and I LOVED it!! I highly recommend using it! Flower foam comes in “wet” and “dry”. “Wet” is for fresh flowers, “dry” is for faux flowers. It holds the stems perfectly! It was a must…
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weekly table centerpiece – summer vibes
Happy Thursday, friends!! It’s good to be back after my little break! How was your Fourth of July? Although life is a little different this year because of COVID, we had a great holiday weekend! I hope you did too! As many of you know, especially those who follow along with my Instagram page, I love to have some sort of centerpiece on my table alway, and always!!! I think it would be fun to show you my weekly centerpieces from time to time. This week, my centerpiece is all about the summer vibes. Flowers, teacups, gold lanterns, and the sweetest little bunny taper holder. Isn’t that little bunny taper…
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How to easily create chippy/crackle paint
Happy Monday, friends!! How was your weekend? Over the weekend, I worked on a few little projects. One of them being, this sweet little cabinet… I decided that I wanted it to be white and chippy, are you surprised?!! Using glue and white paint, I gave this sweet little cabinet a new look. I started by brushing some Elmer’s glue on the cabinet. In some areas I brushed the glue on thicker, and other areas got a thinner layer, this helps the cracks to vary in size, making it look more authentic. I left it in the sun to dry for just two or three minutes, before painting. You want…
