Swag no more!

I purchased 5 custom made and unused swags at a garage sale for only $5 total! I knew that I could do something fun with them. This is one of the swags. See the pretty tassel trim? And the deep red fabric is very nice too.

I realized that they would make awesome pillows. It took a bit more than one swags worth of tassel trim to make an 18 inch square pillow. Which means that I was able to make

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2011 Ornaments

Each year, I make ornaments for my family and this year I have taken on a MacKenzie Childs look. I hope they like them.

I purchased these wooden stockings unfinished at Hobby Lobby last year...after Christmas. Then I painted them this year. Do you think I captured the essence of MacKenzie Childs?

I also made the black and white check balls too and will share with you a tutorial on that soon.

I

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Wine What!

While on a shopping trip, I purchased this wine rack.I liked the way it looked vine-like. This is the wine rack holding wine bottles.
It's what it was made for, right?OKAY, let's think outside the box, but not too far, because it's been done many times before.
Yes, as a hand towel holder in a guest bath.
Not a huge stretch, but fun and pretty.
NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the

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Bye, Bye Valance!

I made a pretty valance, for the bay window in my dining room, a year or so ago.I decided to take the Christmas holiday as my opportunity to put up what I really wanted, a white wooden rod with rings.


Why mess with a good thing you ask? Well, I have made the decision to use the rings during the month of December to hang Christmas decor. This forces my hand to...
Make a NEW Valance AFTER

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Revisiting Last Year's Christmas Mantel ...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!  Are you still full?  I sure am!

Before I share our holiday home, I thought I'd show my sweet, new blogging buddies what our Christmas mantel looked like for the past few years:

It was filled with sequined nutcrackers of varying sizes:

Littles fellas perched on top of festive holiday nuts:

And, lots of sparkle and beaded garland:

It glowed and shimmered when it was all lit up at night:

While I loved the *blingy* look, I decided to do something different this year.  Lemme tell ya' ... I was stumped what to do until my sweet 5 year old kiddo inspired me ... can't wait to share it with you !!



Have a great day and happy decorating!

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Let The Dance Begin

Goodbye Fall...


Ready to go to the basement for another year!
Hello Christmas...

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Client's Great Room ~ Coming Along!

My current client's

Great Room


is coming along nicely so I thought I would share what I have done so far.

Upon my first visit, there was only one thing in the room...a new leather sectional. Oh, and a ton of baby gear.  This is all I had to go on...

So the first thing that I did was go shopping! Yeah...fun, fun, spending someone else's money!
I found a large wool rug at Sam's Club for an

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