Saturday, March 1, 2014

Moss Lovin on the Front Porch

Hello and Happy Weekend Everyone....After I took down all Christmas Decorations this winter,  I just kind of let the front porch go for a while. Everything was BLAH and uninviting  looking out there. Today I finally got to it . I was shooting for a "Wintery" look with moss accents. Soon I will have to change everything again for Spring and Easter...LOL...


 I got these cute little lanterns at IKEA a while back. I hung them from the ceiling with some twine and stuffed fake moss in them for color

I also made this cute little moss heart and hung it on a grapevine wreath with some twine
I stole this cozy "Teddy Bear Fur" from our sons room, he hasn't noticed yet...lol


 Another cute moss heart to add a little color
If you want to know how I made the moss hearts, you can see what products I used below
A glue gun is all you need to glue the moss onto the Styrofoam hearts.

As always, thanks  to each and everyone of you for reading my little blog!!!!
xoxoxo
Christine

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A Copy Cat "Demijohn" And The Problem With Blogging

Hello Sweets, I hope you all had  a wonderful weekend. I have long been looking for a "Vintage Demijohn" with a wooden crate around it. While browsing through T.J. Maxx this week I found these 2 large glass bottles for a good price.

I placed them in a wicker basket that I already had and dressed them up with some twine and little iron numbers. I also stuffed some string lights in them.
I put the basket on a narrow wall in my kitchen nook
Here is a close up of the little iron numbers I found at Hobby Lobby
Here they are with the lights turned on...
Here is my inspiration picture of a real Vintage Demijohn from 
The Blue Willow House

So until I find the "Real Thing" such as this beauty, my little "Copy Cat Version" gives me a similar look.

 On another note, I wanted to share a problem I've been having ever since I started blogging...lol
I am so inspired by all the wonderful talent out there by my fellow bloggers, that my head is spinning with new ideas every day. Suddenly I criticize all sorts of areas in my home and can't wait to change them. Is it just me, or are you guys feeling the same way? For Example, this week I was reading a wonderful blog from Kristi at Addicted 2 Decorating. Kristi was talking about how to decorate a ledge above a front door
One of her suggestions was to resist the urge to decorate with fake ivy. I immediately thought of some areas in my house where I use fake ivy to fill some spaces high up. The very next day I got my ladder out and threw all my fake ivy in the trash. Here is my ledge, high up in our living room. Lots of ivy draping down.

BEFORE
AFTER -- No Ivy
Much better and cleaner looking without the ivy draping down, what do you think?
Another area I had with ivy,was above a small kitchen cabinet, I changed it out immediately with some decorations I already had on hand. 
 
Much better, I think decorating with "FAKE IVY" is a thing of the past!!! A big thanks to Kristi at Addicted 2 Decorating

Well, that's all I got for you this week peeps, thanks for sticking with me!!!
Christine

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Happy Valentines Day

Hello and Happy Weekend everyone. So I keep seeing all these awesome Valentine posts everywhere in Blogland. I never really have decorated much for V-Day, not really sure why. However, I always like to take pictures and make my own Valentines Day cards, so today I got busy with my Model. 
An old crate, some perdy hearts, a basket filled of hay and a cute lop-eared furry Model is all I needed and Voila....
Now I can make some special cards for everyone. 
I'm afraid that's all the V-day decorating I will be doing...lol...
Wishing all of you near and far away a Happy Valentines Day!!!
XoXoXo
Christine

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