Showing posts with label holiday decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday decorating. Show all posts

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Creative Valentine's Day Ideas


Celebrate love this February 14th with more than the average drugstore card!
Why not pitch a Valentine's Day love tent or paint some paper roses red?
Check out some of my favorite Valentine's Day ideas and be inspired!



Wednesday, December 19, 2012

holiday touches


Here are a few seasonal touches in the family room. I used shiny ornament balls in glass containers to decorate the tabletops, simple. The key is to make sure everything is sparkling clean. Tied grosgrain ribbon to the ones used for the tree.


Satin ribbon on a wreath.


The first paperwhite narcissus have been harvested from the big pots we have growing in the bay window of the dining room.

Using florist capped tubes to keep boxwood on the mantle fresh.





Our son brought me this scented candle from a recent business trip to Copenhagen. It smells divine. Christmas trees seem impossible to get a good shot of without natural light and with the lights lit, which results in a very blurry image. The burlap skirt was rumbled  when I took this, usually lies flat. I like an understated Christmas tree in our casual house. Will try to get a better shot of the tree but the dark days make it difficult and I don't like to use the flash. 



Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays by taking time to appreciate the little things that make this time of year special. Prayers are being said for Newtown, CT...

Sunday, December 9, 2012

winter house

Added a  few holiday touches to the house this weekend...

I made this swag several years ago, just give it fresh ribbon each year. I see I need to clip the boxwood on the left a bit. This happens every time, photos reveal things the eye just does not pick up.



 Our sweet daughter overseeing the bar, this buffet chest recently swapped places with the Welsh dresser which is now on the long wall of the dining room. 



A dressed up dresser! Why are they called dressers? Made the little boxwood wreath on a wire frame, will take it down for a soak in the sink once a week to keep it fresh through January.





Used dark pink ribbon to compliment our wedding china stored on the tea cart in the bay window. Also is the best place to grow the winter bulbs. 

A little begonia for the front hall.

Nut tree I also made several years ago, a painful project...hot glued fingertips. Also one of the deer antlers Andy finds in the woods in the spring after the thaw.

 How do you decorate for the holidays? Do you simplify every year like I do? I am getting lazier in my older age/emptier house stage of life but I love to see what magic others are able to create in  their homes during the holidays!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Upcycled Christmas Wreaths That You Can Make


The holiday season is quickly approaching and many of us are busy decorating our 
homes for Christmas. This year, why not create your own unique holiday wreath
 from things that you already have around your home? 

To get started, all you need is a wreath base (inexpensive wreath bases can be 
purchased at most dollar stores), a glue gun, and a little creative thinking.

Check out these extraordinary upcycled wreaths created from ordinary household 
objects and maybe you'll be inspired to try your hand at creating one for yourself!


Paint brush wreath by Anthropologie