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French Vintage Friday – winter mantel
Happy Friday, friends!!! I hope you’re all having a good week! It’s Friday, which is always exciting! Today, for French Vintage Friday, Tara and I are each sharing how we have decorated our mantels for winter. After taking all the Christmas decorations down, everything feels so empty and sad. It’s fun to add a few winter touches to keep things feeling fresh and happy! A faux cedar garland, fresh eucalyptus, and a few flocked pinecones for this easy winter look. I like to look to nature for my seasonal decor, winter green and pinecones for these winter months! Let’s hop over to Tara’s blog to see her winter mantel. Simply…
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Hanging wintery branch
Happy Thursday, friends!! Today, Tara and I, are each sharing a simple winter decor idea. For my winter decor idea, I created a magical wintery scene above my bed, using a branch that I found outside, fairy lights, command strips, and a few other sparkly details. I started with this branch that I found outside, blown from a tree in a wind storm. I was going to hang it from my ceiling, but decided to save time and tuck it behind my headboard. I added fairy lights, glittery stars, gold glass pinecones, and some faux poinsettias. I used both plug-in lights and battery powered lights. For the battery powered lights,…
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French Vintage Friday – Christmas Entryway
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week! Can you believe Christmas is just one short week away! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my entryway, dressed for Christmas. I kept it simple with vintage sheet music that I rolled and taped to the walls, old books, a nativity, vintage ornaments in an antique ironstone tureen, and my favorite candelabra. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! ~Emily
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French Vintage Friday – Vintage Santa Mugs
Happy Friday, friends!!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my Santa mug collection. These little mugs are so cute!! I absolutely love them, and hope to find more soon!! My collection is still quite small, but growing. Let’s hop over and see what Tara is sharing today! Simply click on the picture below…. Happy Friday!! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!! -Emily
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Five minute, Two Dollar DIY Christmas pillow cover
Hi friends!! I hope your day is going well! Tara and I are back for our weekly holiday DIY! Today, I am sharing a super quick and easy pillow cover. I found these cute tea towels from Target for just $1 each. After unrolling the tea towels, give them a quick iron. Then, using a hot glue gun, I glued the two towels together. Leaving the top open to slide the pillow insert in. I don’t sew, otherwise I would have sewed these, instead of using glue. I should really learn how to sew! After the pillow insert is in, glue/sew the top closed. Simple as that, you have a…
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Holiday Home Tour 2020
Happy Thursday, friends!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week!! It’s almost the weekend!! Yay! Today, I am so excited to be joining some blogging friends for a holiday home tour. I have finished most of my Christmas decorating, but still need to tweak a few areas in my house. I will probably never be completely finished decorating for the holidays, it’s part of the fun! I love decorating all season long!! Here is a glimpse of my holiday decor so far this year… Simple touches in the entryway. My favorite new addition to my tree this year, vintage candle clips and candles. When I am sitting in this room,…
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Thrifted Treasure – vintage dining table turned coffee table
Happy Monday, friends!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!! Today, I’m so excited for our monthly thrift store challenge!! For my thrifted treasure, I found a small antique drop leaf table, for just $20! I’ve been looking for a cute coffee table for a few weeks now, but haven’t found the perfect one. That is, until I saw this table. I knew that with some paint, and a few inches cut off the legs, this would be the perfect coffee table! And here she is! A few inches shorter and white. perfect!!! I love how visible the wood grain is, even through the paint. I am absolutely loving this…
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DIY Winter Village
Hi friends!!! I hope you’re having a good week! Can you believe Thanksgiving is just about two weeks away! Christmas is going to be here before we know it! Today, for our weekly Christmas DIY, both Tara and I are sharing how we have transformed basic paper maché houses. I absolutely LOVE these sweet little houses! There are so many great ideas out there of how to transform these cuties. For mine, I kept it simple. I started by priming the houses… I then chalk painted the houses, leaving the roofs natural…. Using glue and glass glitter, I covered the roofs with a glistening sparkle! Click HERE for the glass…
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French Vintage Friday ~ DIY candle holder
Happy Friday, friends!!! It’s been a long week, don’t you think? I’m so excited for the weekend!! Here’s a fun little DIY project that takes less than 20 minutes to make! A DIY candle holder. I love the impact that so many candles make! It will be fun to use throughout the year! I started by painting a 4×4 board, that I cut to length of 36 inches. I decided to space each candle two inches apart. I measured, marked the board, and drilled holes. I used a 3/4 inch drill bit to drill the holes. After all the holes were drilled, I sanded the board, and placed candles in…
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Thrifted Treasure ~ perfectly patinaed tool box
Happy Thursday, friends!!! It’s time for our monthly thrift store challenge! Yay! For all those that don’t know, I am a true procrastinator! Just yesterday, I was starting to stress because I had not gotten anything for this month’s thrift store challenge. Then, out of the blue, my little brother stopped by and brought me the cutest tool box. He had recently found it at a thrift store, and knew I would love it! It was a miracle! I now had the perfect piece to use for the thrift store challenge! Some people might not use a tool box on their entryway table, but I couldn’t resist! Perfect patina deserves…
