MIA

Sorry all for being MIA the last week or so, but you'll soon see why....


So I've been working on the house getting ready for my family christmas party. I wanted to get the fireplace done, so I could hang the stockings with care!

This is the fireplace a few months ago after we got the original hard wood floors redone.

Not much to look at! But the last couple of weeks, in between work and everyday life i've been doing this....

And here is the completed project....

And totally decorated for the party!!

Easie peasie decorating....

I found this picture in Holiday Crafts 2011 and wanted to make them.
So I got my supplies:
2- Premade wreaths -Hobby lobby 50% off  ($9.99 reg.)
4- floral picks - Hobby Lobby 50 % off ($1.27 reg)
2- vases - already had (you can use old flower pots instead of vases!)
4- wooden skewers - already had
2- Styrofoam disks - dollar tree (2/$1.00)
floral wire - already had

So I attached the wooden skewers to the back of the wreath using the floral wire. I also added a bit of glue from my glue gun to secure placement.

I put one of the Styrofoam disks in each vase, securing with glue from glue gun.
Then stuck the two wooden skewers through the Styrofoam disks.

Then added one floral pick to each side to hang over the sides and secured with the glue gun. I also added some floral moss to hide the bit of Styrofoam showing at the bottoms.

Tied with a ribbon and DONE....Easie peasie.....SO cute!!



O christmas tree...

Here is my Christmas tree. The photo isn't very good...I guess I need classes a better camera!

The prelight 7 foot tree is in a galvanized bucket and the decorations have been collected over the past couple of years from Tai Pan. The garland was handmade this year and I will show you how to make your own in a couple days.

As you can see we are remodeling the living room and trying to live through it. I can't wait to show you the finished room.  We have completed refinishing the wood floors and tore down some of the old yucky paneling. Still working on the fireplace, hoping to have the stone on by christmas. I guess we better hurry!

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Annette

WELCOME!!

Hi ALL-
I am Annette, and this is my first entry of my first blog! yippee!! I am hoping to share all sorts of ideas for home improvements, thrifting, DIYcrafts and organization ideas with you through this blog.

As you join me in this journey, I hope you will find your creative spirit and decorating sense to make your home look like a designers (or at least close!) on a thrifty budget. I hope to show you how and where to find great deals along the way and connect you with others who share the same intrests and family values. You'll see me at my best and probably at my worst...ha ha... as I whip my 1st mortgage paying house, into the designer home I've always dreamed of and seen in so many magazines!