Recent Posts Tagged With 'seasonal decorating'

• A Cozy Winter Porch

  Posted on Saturday December 26th, 2009 at 05:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas and I’m all rested and ready to do stuff! Have you noticed that I have a new look? I want to thank the wonderful Amber of  Sprinkles On Top for designin...

• A Very Merry Christmas Everyone!

  Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 09:04 in seasonal decorating

    Hi everyone!  I have just a few more pictures to share with you. You might have seen a bit of my glitter village peeking out in my last photos.  Here’s  a better view.  Below is a  little house that I got ...

• A Happy & Colorful Christmas

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 05:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I finished the last of my trees and I'm ready to show you some living room photos. I still have a bit more to do and then that's it. Remind me next year to start earlier! Above is my lovely faux mercury glass collection which I lov...

• Home for the Holidays - My Dining Room

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 04:30 in theme parties, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! Today is the much anticipated "Home for the Holidays" Christmas party thrown by Rhoda at Southern  Hospitality. Click on the button to check out all the other participants. It should be loads of fun and maybe you'll get some ide...

• A Christmas Pom Pom Wreath

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 14:13 in tutorials, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I was busy making pom poms. I had a bunch of yarn that I've had ever since I tried to teach myself to knit two years ago.  I wanted to think of a way to use some of it, looked around ...

• Christmas Past

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 14:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! It's a cold day in Georgia today.  I've got a pot of bean soup with a ham bone leftover from Thanksgiving simmering in the crockpot and the house smells so good and is so warm and cozy.  I'm staying inside and work...

• It\'s A Holiday Cloche Party!

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 17:11 in theme parties, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! Today is Marty's (A Stroll Thru Life) Holiday Cloche Party! Actually you can use any glass thing that you can decorate in or under. Be sure to hop on over to her blog to see all the other particpants! I can't wait to see what ...

• Glittery, Glistening & Gleaming

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 08:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! Did you brave the Black Friday crowds or did you stay in like me? I never go out on BF. It's just not worth it to me. But I have several friends who live for this day! My daughter and I enjoyed a day of crafting, art making, movie watch...

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 07:40 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I'm sure you're all busy getting ready for Thanksgiving, but I wanted to pop in to wish you all a Happy and Scrumptious Thanksgiving!...

• A Christmas China Cabinet

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 15:22 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I'm so glad you liked my colorful bottle brush trees! I know that people who decorate with more traditional colors will want to keep them green but isn't it fun to know they don't have to stay that way! Here's what I did with some of min...

• Dyeing Bottle Brush Trees

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 07:48 in tutorials, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! Last year I did a "shiny and glittery" Christmas. This year's theme is "trees". So I'll be working on making all kinds of trees for the next few weeks. Look what you can do with those really inexpensive bags of bottle brush trees! You ca...

• Old Fall Decorating Pictures

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 17:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I was looking through my old photos to see what I had done in the past for Christmas and found some old fall decorating photos that I had forgotten about and thought some of you might like to see. I've usually tried to enjoy each holida...

• A Pumpkin, A Fleur de lis & Red Transferware

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 16:05 in collections, seasonal decorating

  Hello everyone! What a day! We had very heavy rains (again) yesterday and last night around 2 am a huge oak fell over (very common in Atlanta) and knocked out the power lines to my neighborhood. Thankfully it fell away from the person's house and sin...

• Thrifty Finds for Christmas

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 15:43 in thrifting, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I'm totally surprised by the response to this months book giveaway! I want to thank everyone for entering and know that I appreciate all your lovely comments. I will continue to do a monthly book give away as long as I can. Sometimes the...

• Fall Decorating Outdoors

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 11:36 in in the garden, exterior decorating, seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I'm in the throes of cleaning my house but I snapped a few pictures of the fall decorating that I did outside. I don't do a whole lot because my husband is crazeeee with the Christmas lights and starts early in November so I'd have to ta...

• It's Fall Y'all!

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 05:00 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! Rhoda (Southern Hospitality) is having a fall decorating party today so I hope you drop by her place to see the others that are participating. It's a good way to get some new ideas! You don't want to do the same thing every year do you?I...

• Black & White Pumpkins Plus A Winner

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 05:00 in projects on a budget, seasonal decorating, give a ways

  Hi everyone! I wish I had more than one Susan Branch book to give away! But I don't...so the winner is........ KAREN @ Some Days Are Diamonds. Congratulations! I will be having another book give away next month (actually two books that I feel complim...

• Welcome Fall & A Fall Give A Way

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 17:14 in seasonal decorating, give a ways

  It's officially the first day of fall! Of course here in Georgia it's more like monsoon season with heavy rain and lots of flooding, but we'll pretend that's not happening and that it's a beautiful crisp fall day!Rhondi at Rondi's Rose Colored Glasse...

• Fall Fireplace Mantel Ideas

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 16:55 in seasonal decorating

  Hi everyone! I took out my three boxes of fall decorations today. I'm so glad I organized all that stuff during the summer! Anyway, I'm playing around with my fireplace mantel in the living room today. I took a look at what I've done in the past. Whi...

• It's Fall! (I hope!)

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 07:08 in seasonal decorating

  We've been having cooler temperatures so I'm hoping that it means fall is here! I have my last (I hope) dental appointment today so I thought we'd revist some things I've done with faux pumpkins to get in the mood to add a few fall touches to our hom...

• Ferns & Urns

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 14:13 in decorating, seasonal decorating

  If you look around my house you'll notice that I obviously love toile but that I also like urns. Never met an urn I didn't like! As a matter of fact as you approach my house you'll be welcomed by two black (spray painted by the way) urns. I always pl...

• Happy 4th & Changing the China Cabinet

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 05:00 in decorating, seasonal decorating

  I changed out my china cabinet for the summer. I put away the blue transferware and quite a bit of the red too. The reason I change things around so much is that I don't have room to have everything out at once. Besides I like change and giving my ho...

• Change is Refreshing - Bookcase Makeover

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 09:48 in decorating, projects on a budget, seasonal decorating

  In the winter I want to feel cozy in my home and in the summer (especially this summer when it's already in the 90's) I need some "psychological" cooling! I always want to get rid of everything when it gets this hot and just have a cool white minimal...

• Pretty Little Things and Two Easy Projects

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 08:00 in decorating, tutorials, seasonal decorating

  I spent most of the day cleaning today! My daughter scrubbed the grout in the shower (I hate tiles) and I scrubbed floors and cleaned bathrooms among other things. My reward or incentive (however you want to look at it) was that when I was done I was...

• The Screened Porch Is Open For Summer Fun!

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 16:57 in decorating, thrifting, projects on a budget, seasonal decorating

  This is going to be a double party post. Rhondi's Rose Colored Glasses is having her second annual Porch Party and since I used some thriftstore finds I'm also linking to Rhoda Southern Hospitality Thrifty Treasures Party. Please visit both blogs if ...

• Les Fleurs

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 16:28 in decorating, projects on a budget, seasonal decorating

  Want to see what I did today? I'm getting ready for Rhondi's Porch Party on June 1. I figure that's good motivation to get my screened porch ready for the summer. You don't need a porch to participate. It can be a deck, patio or any outdoor space. I ...

• Happy Easter!

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 14:47 in seasonal decorating

  A few more pictures of Easter decorations around our home. Some pretty vintage Easter Postcards. The art work is always so much nicer on vintage cards than the newer ones!Instead of hanging our eggs outside. I hung them off the same branches that I u...

• Easter Decorating

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 13:15 in seasonal decorating

  I don't have a lot of Easter decorations so I decided to group them all in the dining room since that's where we'll be having Easter dinner.I made this plastic Easter egg garland from the eggs we used to hang outside. I wish I had a picture! It looks...

• Bunny On A Stick Spring Party!

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 05:54 in decorating, projects on a budget, seasonal decorating

  Barbara (Grits and Glamour) is hosting a fun party today. You're supposed to show either your Pier One bunny on a stick or any other bunny you have. I'm not quite ready to share my Easter bunnies so I thought I'd share my bunnies on a stick since I'v...

• Nests

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 11:54 in decorating, projects on a budget, seasonal decorating

  Look at this cute "Nest" plaque Vee ( A Haven for Vee ) made for me! Isn't it just darling! Do you see the button she put on the "N". So cute! The colors and paper she used are just perfect. Thank you Vee, I love it! I love it so much I framed it!I m...