Seasonal Projects

The holiday party season is in full swing. We’re not exactly the Hilton family, but we have our fair share of get-togethers over the next two weeks. There’s Milk and Cookies with Santa at a friend’s house next week…and there’s the annual Gathering of College Friends where we all pretend like we’re not way too [...]

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Do you want to try your hand at making the Most Beautiful, Wonderfully Sparkly Christmas Tree Topper ever? I got tired of the bow that I always have on the top of my tree and this idea has been bouncing around in my noggin for a couple of months. I was inspired by something I [...]

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What do you do with your stockings? Do they all match adorably or they are they a wonderful mishmash of colors and styles? Where do you hang them? We don’t hang our stockings on the mantle. We use our fireplace a lot and I’m always afraid the the big socks will go up in flames. [...]

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I always have a such a hard time with the first few sentences of my posts. I feel like I need to write some glorious introduction. How’s this for an introduction… Readers? Meet my Christmas door bucket. Christmas door bucket? Meet my readers. I’ve been s l o w l y sneaking in some Christmas [...]

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Country Living One thing I love about fall is being able to decorate with the beautiful pumpkins, gourds and squash that I find at the grocery store and farmer’s market. You gotta love decorating with produce. BHG I’m thinking about making this simple garland by wiring some mini pumpkins and real leaves to a piece [...]

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Sigh. I love the transition from the clean simplicity of summer to the lush, warm beauty of fall. The greenery (or should I say fall-ery) on my mantle began it’s life as a garland that I found on clearance. I don’t usually use fake garlands (unless it’s Christmas) but this one looks so real that [...]

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Don’t forget! DIY is moving to Tuesdays starting this week! That means the post will go up tonight at 10pm (eastern time)! Get ready!!! My fall decorating is usually pretty quick and easy and uses things I already have. By the time I get settled into fall, I start thinking about Christmas. So quick and [...]

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It was time for a little fall fluffing, so I decided to foof up my front door with a new wreath. And by “new”, I mean I used a bunch of junk that I already had to make something that will get torn apart later in the year. Perhaps “temporary” would be a better word. [...]

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I glue-gunned starfish to my candlesticks. So simple…but it made me happy. They used to look like this. Now they look like this. That is all. Here are a few other projects. Some simple. Some not.Raising Olives ~ Rain gutter bookshelvesLiving Locurto ~ Lots of FREE downloads!Complete Organizing Solutions ~ Paint can cubbiesThe Magic Brush [...]

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A couple of days ago, I showed you the bounty of beautiful oyster shells that I collected on vacation. I stuck a bunch of them in a glass hurricane, but I asked for your ideas on what else I could do with eleventy-million pounds of oyster shells. I haven’t gotten around to doing anything with [...]

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It’s T minus 3 days (what does that “T minus” thing mean anyway?) till our annual beach vacation with The Hubster’s family. So what am I doing? Hitting Sam’s Club for the gallon size bucket of sunscreen? Going to Blockbuster to rent enough movies so we survive the drive? Nope. I’m browsing through last summer’s [...]

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My poor, beautiful mantle is always neglected in the summer. Fall, Christmas and winter are prime mantle-time. But summer? Not so much. But this year? Much mantel love. That glorious driftwood sailboat came from my friends at White Flower Farmhouse. Isn’t it gorgeous? I’ve put it in at least 17 places in my house, but [...]

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I was itching for a little summer spruce up (on the cheap) so I scavenged around the house (and dug through a few boxes) to find something things that I could use. Here’s what I came up with: Thrift store ironstone plates Starfish Seashells Rattan balls Yes, dear readers, I hot glued starfish to my [...]

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I’m not a huge fan of fake flowers because most of them look so, well, fake. I do like the color and they’re more palatable if I mix them heavily with nice fake and dried foliage. I had this rather wimpy forsythia wreath that didn’t do it for me. Pretty color but I like it [...]

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