Just want to give a shout out to all of you who have joined "the party" of my FB page and blog this year!!! Looking forward to an awesome 2012 full of moments to share, inspire and celebrate with you all!! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! HAPPY NEW YEAR xoxox

Rustic/Elegant Tabletop after a light snow...

To be honest, I had a hard time pulling

this one together. The creativity isn't

always "just there"

But I do find once I kinda start it, it

usually does come.

Again, I used things I had but

in a different way and then just

added a few frosted fruit bundles

from Micheals.

I wanted it to look like the woods

after a light snow.

Magical and Peaceful!

I used pinecones to pull the brown and rustic

look through and to add texture.

As soon as I saw Bird's Party winter

printables I knew they would be perfect!

I matted them on some glitter paper for placecards

and then used them for drink tags by tying on with silver ribbon

and added a little rhinestone.

The lil Christmas ball place card holders...

the $1 Store!!

The tall snowflake glasses are from Ikea

and so are the silver paisley napkins I've

used as my placemats (Another inexpensive trick)

These sweet little glitter boxes are also from the

$1 Store. There are so many treasures there to find.

May you all have a BLESSED Christmas and

THANK YOU

for another year of allowing me to inspire you to

be creative, think outside the box, and bring beauty and joy

to your friends and family,

thru celebrating the moments in your life!

And also thank you all, for inspiring me with your comments,

 encouragement through here, emails and

my facebook page.

It truly means the world to me!!!

Modern/Vintage/Aqua Christmas Decorations

This is going to be a short post but with LOTS of photos.

 Of course the holidays are busy

 but I also have 2 weddings on December 30th!

Just wanted to share my foyer with you all.

Inexpensive tricks to change things up are using

 a pack of colored Christmas balls.

One pack can fill a jar, bowl and glue a few

to the garland. Wrap a few boxes in coordinating

 paper and VIOLA a whole new look!

Tablescape/dining room post coming up  next week.

Stay tuned!

Christmas Mantel by "Upcycling"

I wanted to change things up some this year.

I am loving the vintage/neutrals look and wanted

to do a music theme. My husband and son are REALLY

into music. My son writes tracks & plays the drums

 in a local Christian band called "The Remedy."

So, I used my mercury glass collection, on the mantel this year

and then added the materials below. One pack of these music

cards from Pottery Barn $6, an old book from

a flea market .50 and this pack of chipboard

 from the $1 section in Micheals.

Using what ya got... Holiday Paper Wreath

So excited about this wreath I made this week.

TOTALLY FREE... Sweet!

I had to climb over a few things in the attic

 to get to the wreath base... LOL

but I did not want to have to run out again!

You start by bending the pages back and

forth gently. (Tip: make sure if you are using an

old book it isnt TOO old or the pages will crack)

the above picture is actually the "bottom" of

the wreath. You want to start gluing them on there.

Then flip it over and start tucking in next pieces.

You will want to fold the end in some so they

are the same height as the back ones.

Lay the wreath on the floor or hang on the

wall to see where you may need to fill in.

I added paper flowers I made out of sheet music

to bring in my music "theme" this year.

(stay tuned for more of that...)

Of course I had to add a little glitter to them!

Sprayed with spray adhesive and then dipped into

the glitter. I may also spray the whole wreath

with some glitter spray too.

I just LOVE it!!!!  Hope you to do.