Remember this pile of styrofoam I showed you? You won’t believe what some very talented artisans did with it. These gals are two incredible sculptors, believe me. See all the round balls on the table back there? Those are all ‘heads’ waiting to be attached to snowmen bodies. They used pipe for arms and […]
Behind The Scenes – Part 2
I’ll warn you ahead of time – I can’t show you any finished photos of the projects. This is all ‘in-progress’ stuff. But I thought you’d still enjoy seeing just a small portion of all the work that goes into a national TV show. My first project was to paint part of a huge canvas […]
Behind the Scenes – Part 1
Do you remember when I wrote here my concerns I had about being on TV? Guess what? None of them mattered. At all. I had absolutely no idea what to expect, or what I was in for. I headed out there, excited to be a part – a really small part, but still a part […]
Deck the gates with boughs of holly . . .
GATES? Yep, gates, folks. You’ve seen them around, haven’t you? Big, beautiful, wrought iron gates decorated with a simple green wreath and a huge red bow. Well, not on these gates, thank you very much! I’ve done these gates for a few years now. The Homeowners Association hired me after one of the property managers […]
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 […]
Lazy Gal’s Guide to Christmas Wreath
I had plans to decorate the entire house the other day. Big plans. I managed to get the mantel done before my back said, “Enough!” This thing is so big, I decided to just put it on the floor to start with. It was either stoop over it or climb up and down the ladder. […]
Lazy Gal’s Guide to Fall Decorating
I coined this phrase yesterday – Lazy Gal’s Guide to Decorating – just as a passing thought. But a Facebook friend thought it was catchy. And when I thought about it a little more, I have to admit, I really am lazy when I decorate – especially for myself. I think the key, though, is […]