In all honesty, our mantle stays pretty much the same year round - I like it the way it is so I stick with it. For the holidays I decided to add a few greens and a little sparkle and managed to do it by gathering things I had around the house. This is the section I changed a little bit. The rest...
Happy Thanksgiving! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the holiday. It's nice to have a day that reminds me of all that I have to be thankful for - and that would be an awful lot! I am grateful for every day I have with my family - that's what life is really about! G had to visit the vet yesterday. High speed running injury -...
Josh's school just held their Holiday Bazaar. It includes a craft show and then many activities for the kids. It's really a nod to the school fair of the past. There is a cakewalk, storytelling, silk scarf dying, wool felting, and jump rope making among other activities. The jump ropes were functional and really stunning! They also had a pocket lady. For a...
This past Saturday we did something new. I was looking forward to it - my boys humored me! After visiting with Grandma and Grandpa we headed to a Holiday Fair at The Lamb's Tail Antiques in Armada. After seeing how neat this sale was my only wish is that we arrived there earlier in the day. There were items out on the lawn,...
The guest bedroom trough is painted and just waiting for some final details. Here are my supplies: shiny buttonsflower brads grandma's brown vintage acetate ribbongrosgrain ribbondistressed metal clipsglue gunneedle and threadwire cutters This clip was super easy - I used wire cutters to snip the back off of a button and hot glue to attach. Not bad. This is my very favorite! Before I started...
Here are a few more updates in the guest room. happy pillows ... Artwork in colors I like for the room - the frame is just really shiny so I have to decide what I'm going to do about that. A vintage wall candleholder ... found at an estate sale. A peek at the painted and distressed trough. I dry brushed a gray...
I have slowly been working on putting together some of the details in our guest room. We finally hung the drapes this weekend and I LOVE them! Honestly, I think I have had them in the closet for about a year. It is so good to have them up! This room already feels like a little tree house and the drapes just make...
