A Winter Display

I love decorating with pine cones around the holidays.  They're so festive and perfect for that time of year.  Now that the holidays are gone, I've still decided to keep a basket of them around for a while.  Don't get me wrong, I can't wait 'till spring but I'm trying to keep my patience and wait for it......juuust wait for it.

Winter is here in New England for at least another month.  We might as well make the best of it. 

That greenery you see, I picked it shortly before Thanksgiving.  I can't believe how well it has lasted. 

xoxo

My Twine Vase's

Hey Everyone!!  Spring is on it's way and I've gotten back into the groove with some DIY projects.  The first one I've conquered are these lovely little vase's.  I love them because of the natural texture. They're great because they were super easy to make!

I started with two clear vases, some twine and my hot glue gun.  I cleaned the vases up good because they have been sitting up in my attic for quite some time.

I put a dab of glue on the bottom of the vase and then wound the twine tightly around.  Every so often I would stop to sort of pinch the twine together to avoid gaps also to add a dab of glue. 

Soon it looked like this.  What do you think?  You can stop how ever far up on the jar you want to give it your own look. 

 I set them on my dining room table for display.  I can't wait to have some spring blooms to add to them!

xoxo

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Living Room Decor

I've been shopping around gathering ideas for our living room.  The goal is to warm up the space and give it a bit of a cozier feel. I want to walk in the room and feel alive yet secure and cozy.  Do you know what I mean?????  It seems easy enough but its been almost exhausting figuring out how to accomplish this goal.  I'm really happy with the pale blue walls but at the same time I'm not.  I need to figure out how to make them work.  Here are some of the items I've come across so far...

1.Amy Butler fabric.  Love the fun and colorful design.

2.Bamboo blinds.  I like the warm look they give to the windows.

3.Jute Rug from natural area rugs.com.  I think this will act as a nice foundation for the white slip covered sofa and love seat. 

4.More Amy Butler fabric.  This of course compliments the above fabric I'm thinking about. 

Still much to think about and more ideas and shopping around to do. 

DIY Updates to our Living & Dining Rooms

This is the newest edition to our living room.  A DIY paper wreath.  I've seen them made out of pages from a book or music sheets.  I like those very much however I had the need to add some color.  I got a pad of scrapbook paper and made this one.

This is a grouping made from a tray found in the craft area of a dept. store, a single plate I had and an old picture frame that I painted.  I plan to tweak this project a little to make the colors stand out better from the pale walls.  

These are plates that I mounted to the wall using gorilla glue and hanging brackets.  The plates each came from old sets of dishes that have just the odds and ends remaining but I like too much to throw away or tag sale.

This is the beginning to our family photo wall.  I still have photo's to add or update and hang the right way.  I want all the photo's I hang in this group to be B&W or sepia tone. 

Thanks for staying along for the tour of updates.  A tutorial for the paper wreath will be coming soon.  Best wishes in the New Year!!

Our Home for Christmas 2011

This holiday season we decided to switch things up a bit.  My husband thought it would be a nice idea to have a cozy little Christmas morning and thought that it would work best in the dining room.  Soooo, we moved the living room to the dining room and the dining room to the living room.  It definitely gives a cozy feel to the living room ( perhaps a little too cozy!!:)) I definitely think that it looks cute and that it will be perfect for a warm and cheery Christmas morning.   

Our Christmas Tree.

The living room from the dining room.

The living room from the kitchen

Into the dining room from the living room.

A corner in the dining room.  You can see my three year old's home made who house and the three older kids "second chance cans" for Christmas.

All of these photos were taken at night.  I'm hoping for a bright and sunny Christmas morning. 

Happy Holidays to all!!