Harvest Decorating

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So here we are in the month of November and I realized I NEVER even tried to write a post in October.  Shame on me.  I did happen to take a few photos of my Halloween/Harvest decor so I thought today would be a good day to show all of you.  I went pretty simple this year.  Isn't it funny how our decorating tastes change over the years or in my case it has changes almost every year.  These first two pictures show  the only real Halloween  decor I displayed this year.  I just was not in the Halloween spirit this year.  My poor kids!  They love the month of October.  So on with the tour....

 This side table/pie safe is sitting in my living room in front of my very large window.  I love having a table there but this one is a bit too high.  I hope to have that rectified in the future.  The skull I got last year after Halloween at Walmart.  I absolutely love it.  There is a button you push that plays the theme music from the movie "Halloween".  It is awesome.  I made the "Autumn, Harvest, Give Thanks blocks a few years ago.  Everything else was from around the house.

 Here is my side table I got from Goodwill while living in Michigan.  I still need to paint it but have not decided what color or if I should just re-stain it.  The cloche was the one I made  back in the day.  It is the one that made Allison of House of Hepworths go viral with hers.

 This is my coffee table in my living room.  I got that tray/cupboard door from the Habitat Restore. The ceramic squash was from Hobby Lobby in their clearance section, and the faux plant and sign are from Tai Pan Trading.  Absolutely Love them. 

 Here is my Dining table center piece.  I was trying for a bit cleaner look this year and used what I had around the house again.  The tray was from Goodwill in Michigan, the pitcher is from Ikea, wooden sticks are from a blind that I cut down, that faux foliage ball is from Tai Pan Trading, canning jar and pumpkins were from my stash from last year, and the rot iron bracket is from Hobby Lobby.  Got it for anther project but had never used it until now.  The table runner is just a scrap piece of fabric (can not remember the name of it) you use for Swedish Weaving.

 Here is a closer look at the vignette.  I really love how simple it is.  Lots of texture there.  LOVE IT!

Here is what my dinning room looks like now.  It is coming along.  I will do another post on my new addition...  The utensil wall art.  It is my FAVORITE!!!!  And so simple.  Well thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have a great week.  :O)

Projects here and there

So I decided to take a little break and spend some time with my family.  It sure has been nice and  we have had some fun.

 But it is about time for school to start here (in 2 weeks) so I better get in gear and start posting again.  I mean can I really expect the kids to get back in to school/homework mode if I myself can not get back into blogging?  So here I am back from a fun summer break.  :O)

I thought I would show you all some fun little (and I mean little) projects that I have been doing over the summer.

  I had painted the inside of the front door black last fall.  I love it.  But it needed something.  I had  leftover ruffles from another project and thought they would work great to make a rag wreath.

 Next, I changed out the blue Christmas ornaments that were in the cloche I made a couple years ago.

 I had gotten these green moss rocks quite a while ago so this was a no cost change-a-roo.

 If you have never gotten on Groopdealz than you are missing out.  Check out the fun personalized kitchen rules subway art I got.  It was an awesome deal.  I LOVE IT!!!  It has even helped the kids table manners.  Maybe the kids can learn to be civil at the table.  Ha ha ha.

 It is hanging in my dinning area.  I also FINALLY made the curtains for the window in the dinning area.  They match the living room curtains.  I know why did I have them match?  Because I loved the fabric.  I was thinking of doing different curtains in the dinning area but did not want to spend any more $$$$$ so I had to use the same fabric as the living room.  That is alright cuz I still like them.  Just gives it a little more of a finishing touch in there.  See...

 I had decorated the tops of my cupboards last fall and never showed you all.  I know shame on me.  I had these miss match baskets and some fake grass ( from my neighbor who worked/worked for Albertson's warehouse here in Utah) and he had all of this fake grass that he was getting rid of.  I guess they had an over abundance and was going to throw it all away and he saved it.  Then I got some.  Wish I would have gotten lots more.  Anyways,  I spray painted the baskets black to make them match and put the grass in them.  The memories sign I got from an antique store that was going out of business.  And wouldn't you know it,  the lady that owed the store and I had met via our blogs a year earlier and did not know we lived in the same town.  CRAZY I tell ya.

 I don't know?  I am wondering if I should paint the memories sign.  The finish on it right now is like galvanized metal.  What do you think?  Come on give me your input.

Another part of the cabinets is small so I needed something to fill it up with out it looking cramped.  I made the "B" blocks back when we were living in Michigan.  The egg basket I got from the Goodwill there too.  More of the grass and some fake fruit.

 Here is a better picture of the "B" blocks.

 Just another view of the top of the long cabinets.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have/had a wonderful summer like we did.  As always have a great week.  :O)

4th of July Decor

I figured it was time to show you all some of my 4th of July decor.  This happens to be from my living room.  If you follow me on Twitter than you might remember a little shopping trip I took with my daughter to some of my favorite stores (Ikea and Tia Pan Trading Co.)  These are some of the goodies that made it home with me.

 The medallions I made for a Cub Scout Pack Night.  I loved them so much I new they needed to find a home front and center.  And what better place than on the living room table.

 Speaking of the table...  Do you all remember me buying it like 2 years ago on a late night walk with my bestie?  I snagged it for $8.  I sanded it and painted it white with leftover paint.  I knew it needed something extra so I pulled out the painters tape and some more leftover yellow paint (used on my family room several years ago).  I instantly loved the stripes.  The hubs not so much.  In fact he said he hated them.  So it sat in my living room waiting for a make over.  Funny thing is.  Come New Years the hubs said he liked the stripes and I was so over them.  LOL  Well it sat there forever.  Now I am liking the stripes again.

 Doesn't the legs of the table remind you of an elephants tusk?

I do love how curvy they are though.

Well have a great summer!  I know we are.....  :O)

Gallery Wall

I know I have showed several pictures of my living room and a certain wall but have not talked about it.  I jumped on the Gallery Wall band waggon last year.  I knew ofter I put the board and batten I wanted to do a gallery wall on the main wall that stretches from my front door to the kitchen/ dinning room.

 I just used what I had around the house.  I have been hoarding stuff just for this purpose.  See the rectangle mirror on the very top of the wall?  I got that at the Goodwill while we were living in Michigan.  It was actually a candle holder.  It has these little feet on it. And it is heavy.  I just popped the feet off and use a few Disc adhesive plate hangers.  I hung it up and it has never moved since.  Those Disc hangers are awesome.

The "B" was the one from the dinning room from this post.  I liked it in there but LOVE it so much more on the Gallery wall.  I really enjoy looking at my wall every time I walk into the living room.  Not bad for using only what I had around the house. 

Hope you all have a great weekend.  I know I will.  I am at the SNAP! Creativity at Your Fingertips Conference.  If you are there look for me and say hi.

The wheels on the truck go......

I just love it when the UPS truck stops in front of my house.  Today he brought me something so fun. Take a look.

 I found this lovely on a site called Save-on-Crafts.com.  And at a great price.  Only $8.oo plus shipping.

 Aren't the little milk jugs soooooo stinkin cute?


And what about those handles.  I love how it is rustic but not to overly done.  Now the big question.  Where to put it?  I have so many ideas. 

Well, we start Spring Break this afternoon and it decided to SNOW/HAIL.  What is with that?  I hope it changes back to sunny weather soon.  I wanted to start painting the outside of the house this weekend.  I even picked out 2 colors to choose from.  ARGH!!  Wish me luck.  And have a great one!  :O)

Hall Cabinet Redo

Wow has it been over a month since my last post?  I had such high hopes for myself this year.  I better get my butt in gear and start making weekly postings.  I do have a lot of projects I have been working on that need to be posted about.  So lets start with the hall cabinet.

 Now if you have been following my blog for long you have seen this cabinet several times.  Back when I did the Board and Batten post I showed you a glimpse of it I think. But I know you saw it with my book page wreath already made over.  Sorry this next picture is from my old camera so it is really bad quality AND I never turned the picture so it is sideways.  Oops...  But you can still see what it looked like before the makeover.

Here is an up close shot of it right before I started to prime it.  I am not sure if you can see it as a video.  Did not mean for it to be a video.

I used the same paint for this cabinet as I did for our master bedroom makeover.  I love that color.

It is so nice and pretty sitting at the end of the hall now.  I love to look at it.  It goes real nice  with my book page wreath.

                                                           Up close and personal.

I also put new knobs on it.  I was given 2 glass knobs from my mother that she had purchased from Hobby Lobby and never used.  Score!  I ended up having to buy 2 more matching knobs for this cabinet.  I of course used a 40% off coupon.  So my total cost for this cabinet makeover was............. $5.00!  I LOVE THAT....

                                         I just love how the details pop on this cabinet now.

Thanks for stopping by.  I sure do hope I can get my rear in gear and get to posting every week.  Thank you for being so patient with me.  You all are the best.  As always, have a great one!   :O)

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Better Late...Then Never

So I was downloading some pictures and found these ones.  I am so late in posting.  Been busy but should have at least gotten these posted in December 2011.  BUT not a chance.  So here are the rest of our Christmas decor.  Enjoy.

           This is the tree in the 4 and 6 year olds room. I know it is girlie and I only have one daughter but I bought everything for it last year during the after Christmas sale at Walmart.

This is the tree  that was in our basement family room.  I let the kids decorate it by them selves.  I think they did a great job.

Well, I hope to post tomorrow about a little trip we took today which ended up with us bringing home some goodies....  :O)  I am so excited about it...  Until then...  Have a great one!

Favorite Projects of 2011

After going through this years posts, it seems like I did not get very many projects done.  When in reality I have gotten quite a few more done than I have posted about.  I better get on that.  *New  goal for 2012:  Be a better and more frequent blogger!   So here are my favorite projects this year  (and in no particular order)....

 

1. Board and Batten in the living room.  You can read about it here, here, and here.

2.  Shelving for our food storage.

3.  New flower garden for next year (2012).

4. Book page wreath.

5.  My Halloween table scape.

6.  Room redo on a very tight budget.

7.  Our ADULT Christmas tree.              

Hope your have had a wonderful 2011 and here's to making 2012 the BEST ever! 

Decking our halls for the holiday's.....

Wow, has is really been a month since my last post?  Time is sure getting away from me.  I/we have been really busy.  Always something that needs to get done.  We are in the middle of a big project for the kids.  We are moving what seems like the whole house around to accommodate the older boys having their own rooms.  But, that is another post for another time.  Well, tis the season  that the Christmas elves come and make a mess of the house for the holiday's.  Thought I would show their progress thus far.

                 Thought I would start off with a nice picture then show you all the real mess..

                            Why does Christmas decoration have to take up so much space?

See my lanterns on the bench?  I got those from a store here in Utah called RC Willey for, wait for it, $10.00...  Yep you read that right.  $10 for all THREE.  I love them.

See I told you it is a mess..  Cleaning up after these Christmas elves is my top priority right now.

They did happen to get the tree up in the living room.  PLEASE ignore the half covered wing back chairs.  They are still a work in really bad progress.  My sewing machine is still broken so I am trying to cover them at little expense as possible until either I get a new machine or mine fixed OR I go buy new slip covers from Sure fit.  We shall wait and see.  Anyhoo,  to the rest of the pictures.  This next one is actually very promising.

The snowmen will be finding another home.  Just needed to get them up off the floor so the dog does not chew them up.  Still working on that with him.  See the table in the left corner?  That is the table from this post.

Here is a better view of the start of our holiday decorating.  This table was the only thing decorated for like a week until the elves decided to come and help out.  I love its' simplicity.

 We also had a little help from Rocco.    Thanks for coming.  Have a great weekend and enjoy getting your house ready for the holiday's.  :O)