Book Wreath

I love this and want to do it, but I think I want to do one out of sheet music to put above my piano. I think that might be cute!
Check it out here.

Hanging Fabric Ball

This is so cute and I think would be cute in a nursery. Easy, cheap, quick. My type of project!

Love is in the Air...

Love in creeping in and I love it! January is a bleek month, so to get me happy I already put up my Valentine's Day decor. I've had fun making new things too. As I finish more projects I will update this post, so check back for more lovey-dovey things.
I hope you enjoy this walk through my house...

I'll start with my pride and joy for this year. I love how this glitter/burlap banner came out. As many of you know, burlap is all the rage right now. I like it, espeically for banners, but I don't love it. It's too stinky, but I guess that's what you get for $2-3 a yard! :)

I love the roughness of the burlap and twine with the fanciness of the glitter. I think it's a good balance.

I made it by using my cricut to cut out a stencil out of freezer paper. Then, after ironing it on the burlap I used white glue and spread it on the stencil instead of paint. Then I sprinkled it with glitter. Waited a minute and then ripped my stencil off. Pretty simple, right?!

Here's some made the same way, just using paint.


I got these letters at a garage sale for $.25 forever ago. They were a pinkish-red with a a nasty wook rose on them. I rip the rose off and mod podged them (one of my first attempts). I still hated them. Well, this year I am definately into glitter, so I thought...

Glitter makes everything better! I love the rough edges with it. Much improved don't ya think?!

Looks pretty good altogether I think!

I've seen words framed before....so I got thinking. I have a frame, I have some things....and this is what I came up with. I love it! and best of all it was FREE!


Sometimes I just buy things because they're cheap, or on sale, or just because they're cute. I don't always have a plan for them. This works most of the time, like these for example. I loved them and so I decided to string them on my curtain rod. I LOVE them. You could make your own for cheap, I just really liked the metal look.


I have loved stringing something around my lamp for each holiday. I think it's cute. For Christmas I had Holly there.












I found these gems at WalMart last year for $.50. I love them. I don't know if they are made to be door hangers, but that's what I took them for! :)

Wood Nativity and Wood Joy

I love the simplicity of this nativity. It is beautiful. Check it out here where you can get the pattern too.

You can also see this on their blog and get hte pattern. I love the idea of the big ornament for the "o".

Christmas Trees a New Way

This is cute. You can use any fabrics for color, style....I like the idea and will try it in my colors.
Here's where the original idea came from.

Here's someone who copied. I like both versions.

Cornicopia

How did this one slip by me? I will defiantly be doing this one hext year! Beautiful!

Chirstmas is Here!

I love this pinecone garland. It would look beautiful in my mom's house!

Door Decor

Love this.

Joy and Ornament Stands

I love this. I might add a little color when I do it, we'll see.

I also love this. It's made with candle stick holders as well.

Cake Stand

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. I have some round boxes I don't use and I can pick up the other things to do this. I love the look and really want one, so perfect! Check out the link to see how it's done.

Finally did mine. It turned out great and I can't wait to use it for all holidays.

Halloween Frames

What a cute idea.

Domino Art

What a fun, creative, cheap way to decorate. I want to make my basement a little more "gamey". This is perfect!

Loom Art

This is such a creative and cheap way to have some art. I am thinking maybe in my craft room.

Bleeding Candles and A Sppoky Banner

This was such a clever idea. They're called "Bleeding Candles". You just spray paint a red candle black, light it and let the red drip down. Easy and fun.

This was a really fun banner I saw on that same blog. I love the fabrics. She also added ribbon and little halloween doo-dads to it. It looks great!

Thanksgiving Crafts

I love this idea for a pumpkin placecard for Thanksgiving Dinner. I'm not sure I would just paint mine solid gold, but I do love the idea. I would probably do mine like the Metallic Pumpkin post I have. Check out Martha's Ideas.
Here's the place card

Here's the glitter pumpkins. These last forever. They can last from before Halloween until Christmas!

This pumpkin garland is so adorable. I am definately doing this for the fall.

This pumpkin chandelier is amazing. I love it.

Boo Banner

I love this burlap boo banner. It is very simple and uses the freezer paper-fabric paint-cricut thing I just learned a little bit ago! Check it out here.

Heritage Blocks

I am looking for a way to display my family history. I tried once and it was a MASSIVE mess. I had a great vision, it just didn't turn out. I REALLY like this idea and may try something in this direction. This site is also a great resource for ways to stay close to your heritage and create your own personal history and story.

My Halloween is already leaking out!

So doing these few Halloween crafts that I have loved has made Halloween already start leaking into the house. I just love Halloween and have felt a little "Holiday Deprived!" There is such a lull in the holidays from Spring to basically Fall (with the one fabulous exception of the 4th of July!).
Here are a few I have finished. I will probably keep updating this post as I finish crafts so I don't have a gazillion posts about it. Here you can find where some of these ideas came from.



Target has the best after holiday sales. I bought these frames after Halloween last year and have used them for so many things...but lately they were just sitting around, so I thought why not do a little Halloween somethin' somethin'?! So here it is. This is my first time stitching paper. I don't like how you can see a little white where the needle came through, but over all I really like the look. I love texture in a frame. It is a little unexpected and gives great interest.


I then of course had to go buy some candy to see how it went with it. This is a great way to decorate if you don't have a certain holiday decor. I bought these jars last year and just fill them with seasonal candy as the times change. It is very festive, a lifesaver when you just need a little sugar fix, and cheap.