How do you decorate after the holidays? Do you leave everything bare, or bring in natural elements? Or do you just dive into RED for Valentine’s Day? I have never decorated for Valentine’s Day. Ever. When my kids were young they were lucky if I made it to the dollar store to pick up valentine’s […]
Chocolate & Gold Christmas Tree
The holiday season is all about traditions, isn’t it? One of my new favs is Sarah’s Christmas Tree Party, so this is a rewind from a couple of Christmas’ ago. But it’s still one of my favorite trees. As a little girl, hanging homemade ornaments and silver tinsel on our tree, I’d never have dreamed […]
Christmas Home Tour–A Little of This ‘n That
Welcome! I put together a few Christmas photo collages to join the phone at Melissa’s Christmas Home Tours. As I looked at each grouping I realized that this year I decorated with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. There’s a theme for each area, but they are all different. Wanna […]
Make A Simple Christmas Mantel Scarf
Make a Simple Christmas Mantel Scarf. For me, ‘simple’ and ‘Christmas’ usually don’t go in the same sentence. I have a bit of a . . . let’s call it an issue. We can blame it on my time in the florist shop. Or the craft store. Or maybe it’s the fact that I can […]
31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 8 – Spooky Burlap Runner
I might be a little late jumping on the ‘burlap train’ but you gotta admit, I’m jumping with both feet! First there was the stenciled burlap runner. Then came the burlap fall leaf mantel scarf. I really thought I was done with burlap for a while. Until I saw this on Pinterest . . . […]
Make a Tealight Shade–31 Easy Holiday Paint Projects
How are ya today? This 4th day of a 31 day blog challenge. It is now 3:37 pm PST, which means it’s 6:37 for those of you on the east coast. But, hey, it’s still Tuesday so I’m still not ‘technically’ late for the 4th day. Right? (It is a challenge, after all. If it […]
Tomato Cage Christmas “Tree”
This was ridiculously easy. I’m not kidding. My girlfriend did one a few years ago and I’d been wanting to try it, but not enough to go out and buy a tomato cage. Then I saw this hanging out in Mom’s garage. Without tomatoes. Nothing is sacred around Christmas. Wait a minute . . . […]
More stuff on easy Christmas decorating . . .
I had a few more notes about decorating the mantel . . . easily. I was going to say simply, but it’s not really simple. But it is easy. Easy, because you just cram the stuff in there. Easy, because you use what you have, and make it work. But, simple? Uh, not exactly. You […]