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How To Paint a Holiday Table Runner

November 21, 2014 By Colleen Jorgenson 5 Comments

Paint your own table runner! Totally no-sew too. I’ve included a pattern for a festive deer for you to use too!

Filed Under: Accessories, Glitter Paint, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, How To & PIY, Metallic Paint, Paint Fabric, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, patterns, PIY, Stencil, Techniques, Transfers

31 Halloween Painted Projects

September 20, 2014 By Colleen 5 Comments

Halloween Paint Projects

31 DIY projects for Halloween, from pumpkins to candles to burlap table runners! These are all beginner projects so don’t let them scare you! Muahahahaha

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, How To & PIY

Christmas Decorating–Getting The Designer Look

December 12, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

I wanted to write this holiday decorating series because, while the majority of the year I have a paint brush in my hand, from Fall thru December the florist in me comes out. Having worked in a craft store for years, I find that’s true with a lot of people. When holidays roll around, we […]

Filed Under: Holiday Decorating, Home Decor

Christmas Home Tour 2013

December 9, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 29 Comments

To have a home to decorate, With lots of holiday cheer, To share what talent God gave me, With friends far and near, This is one of my greatest blessings Something I hold true Welcome to my home, my friends This post is just for you. I’m truly honored to share my holiday decorations with […]

Filed Under: Floral Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

Trio of Woodland Trees

December 7, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 3 Comments

Woodland Tree Trio

It’s been a number of years since I’ve had my own Christmas tree, what with my husband & I losing our home in 2010 and my mother not really wanting one. I think this year I’ve made up for lost time. It’s possible, just maybe, that I’ve gone a bit overboard. Who? Me? These three […]

Filed Under: Floral Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

No Sew Tree Skirt

December 6, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 4 Comments

No Sew Poinsettia Tree Skirt

In all the years I’ve been decorating Christmas trees I’ve never had a tree skirt. Ever. I mean, what’s the point? Aren’t there just gonna be a ton of prettily wrapped presents under the tree anyway? A swirl of fabric always worked just fine for me. Until this year. Two things – one, I saw […]

Filed Under: Glitter Paint, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, How To & PIY, Paint Fabric, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Tutorials

Dollar Store Christmas Wreaths

December 3, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 3 Comments

Dollar-Store-Wreaths

I’m not a big fan of the big, loopy florist bows. You know the ones . . . the ones that when they’re stuck in a wreath, all you notice is them. Those guys. They’re show-stealers, yes, they are. That, and we have a history, big loopy bows and me. It seems that everybody in […]

Filed Under: Floral Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

12 Days of Christmas Home Tours!

December 1, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

decorated-gates

I decided to go to the craft store after I dropped the kids off at school. Isn’t there one on Kenneth and Madison? It’d been so long since I’d been to a craft store I couldn’t remember where one was. I only needed one can of spray paint . . . something Egyptian Tomb-ish color […]

Filed Under: Floral Design, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

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