Seasonal Projects

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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I was inspired by a wreath created by Matthew Mead in Country Home magazine this month. It’s made by hot gluing lemonhead candy onto a wreath form. As much as I love it, it’s a little small for a front door…not to mention that lemonhead candy isn’t exactly weatherproof. That baby would get sticky on [...]

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I have my glue gun fired up and a can of spray paint at hand but my project isn’t quite ready to share. Check back later for what is sure to be the most wonderfully glorious spring wreath ever. In the meantime, check out these other wonderfully glorious spring wreaths. I adore this gorgeous egg [...]

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It’s still cold and snowy here in the northeast. But look! My fake foliage is blooming! I made these grass bundles in the fall. They used to look like this. Some pretty (fake) spring flowers and a little hot glue and now I have blooming stick bundles. This is one of my favorite ways to [...]

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{Big sigh of relief} I have a working computer, for now. Apparently, there was some sort of problem between the external hard drive, the cd drive and my camera. I believe the technical description was that the whoosefrazit wasn’t talking to the flingleflopper. Frankly, I don’t see what they could possibly have to talk about [...]

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Or is it mantel? Either way…I never know what to do with my mantel/mantle after Christmas. After all of the more is more decorating of Christmas, I am ready for clean and simple. But I live in Pennsylvania. I can’t even begin to pretend that spring is on the way until at least March. Way [...]

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I just had to take a break from my blogging break to show you what was under the Christmas tree for me this year. The Hubster and I decided to be practical this year and buy each other a garage door opener for Christmas. Romantic, no? But he went ahead and got me a little [...]

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Merry Christmas, my friends.

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Before I utter one trivial word about pine cones, glitter or reindeer, I need to tell you one thing. I adore you, my dear readers! I was blown away by the response I got to Friday’s post about being real. Seriously! You all made me cry…in a good way. You shared your hearts with me [...]

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Raindrops on roses and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Can someone PLEASE explain to me why that is considered a Christmas song? It makes me nuts! Anyway…I was completely blown away that nearly 300 (and still climbing) of you linked up to my Open House. Seriously blown away. I love you guys! Some of you [...]

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I’m so glad that you’re here! There’s a lot of partying going on in blogland this week! I hope you saved lots of energy to make some more rounds today. I love this time of year and I can’t wait to see all of your holiday goodness. Me? I’ve been making paper chains. I decided [...]

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Only in blogland can we attend two parties at the same time! I love it! First we’ll swing by Boo Mama’s 2008 Holiday Tour of Homes. And then we’ll stop by Julia’s Hooked on Holiday House Tour. For my regular readers, today will be a bit of a re-run. I’ve been blabbering on and on [...]

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I’ve had this wreath in my stash for a couple of years. It’s perfectly serviceable and not one would have blinked an eye if I hung it up as-is. But is just wasn’t working for me. Some extra pine boughs, more pine cones and a few feathers. Much better, I think. Are you getting ready [...]

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It’s true! Each one is at least 13″ long. They’re pine cones on steroids. The pine cones that ate all of the other pine cones. I saw these sugar pine cones in a magazine and I HAD to have some. There are a couple in my garland. Apparently, they grow on the sugar pine tree [...]

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