Snowflake Wreath

I knew it in my gut. I knew it was wrong. Not finished. Not attractive enough.

Us decorators know. We just do,  and this was wrong and I am here to admit it and fix it.

What am I talking about?


This...

This so called bookpage-decoupaged-songbook rose-snowflake-wreath that I created last winter.  I just called it good and moved onto another project until it surfaced again in this post HERE.

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Book Wreath & Snowflakes Review

I found this past post of mine that I did last winter on the Book Wreath and Snowflakes that I made. I thought that you may like to see this again. However, now that I look at this minimalistic wreath that I completed last year and compare it to the music page wreath that I just made this year, it's a stark contrast. Shows how I have grown because of inspiration from other wonderful blogs out

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23 days to a New Garage!

The new brick was wet, so it appears darker than the house, but it is the same brick.

We decided that we needed a hobby garage (One bay for me to do my furniture projects in and one bay for hubby to have some kind of hobby car in.) and asked our builder friend (who is totally awesome) to build it for us. We also thought we would get a big fat 'NO' from him because he usually only builds large

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Winter Whites

Around my house...


Silver tray, white berry wreath, mica flakes, wire bed spring, nest, glass bird, chicken wire cloche


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These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
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Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The Porch
Motivate Me Monday @ Keeping It

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Spread'n the LOVE!

Christmas(?) ... what Christmas?!  That was *ages* ago!  LOL.  And, now that it's over, it's time to spread the l-o-v-e around our humble abode! 

I've never been one to decorate for Valentine's, BUT, this year, I just wasn't ready to take down the tree from our kitchen island.  Soooo, I replaced our elves and gingerbread men with inexpensive hearts of different colors and textures, red and white striped mesh and ribbon filled with glittery hearts: 

Aren't these felt hearts from Target the cutest?  You'd never know that they're Christmas ornaments, would you?  A sweet friend I met through Facebook suggested I take a peek at them.  They're perfect (especially at 50% off)!

Love all the glitter:

A vintage "love" note is a great filler and down below is one of a few ornaments Jax made (from Michael's):

Of course, I couldn't stop there ... so, I added inexpensive heart bowls (from Wal-Mart) filled with good ol' Brach's *rot-your-teeth-out* candy hearts:

Annnnd, up on our shelves (a la Becca), I left the red and white polka dot bowl from Christmas and then decided to mimick it by adding a canister full of Valentine gumballs (from Cracker Barrel), as well as miniature red and white Christmas balls to a clear wine glass:

Down below, I added a French lamp (that I had on our screened porch) to this little vignette:

And, since the lampshade says "patisseries," it was only fitting that I place a sweet *faux* treat under the cloche:

Over to the left ... I brought back a white tray and then added a red striped napkin and placed our scale on top of that ... shiny red apples took the place of our sweet treats from Christmas.

And, well, I was happy to bring back my "summer" cookbooks ... yes, folks, I'm ready for warm weather!

Self-adhesive hearts (with my chicken scratch) add a bit of color and whimsy to our glass canisters:

Too bad *these* treats AREN'T fake!  Ugh.

This candle was lonely until I paired it with leftover hearts ... what an inexpensive way to add a bit of fun ... I *know* you have a lonely candle somewhere, too, just waiting for a bit of company!

Of course, I couldn't forget the soffit:

I love our little tree all lit up ... hmmmm, a St. Patty's tree might just be next!  LOL

Have a fabulous weekend ... thanks so much for stopping by!

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No Minimalist Here/Open House Party
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Check Mark!

who knew that my hutch would be so much fun to decorate and I change it a lot. Here is its look for winter with my new Royal Stafford checked plates and Fitz and Floyd snowman plates!



I hand painted the pitcher at a local pottery place. And the checked spoon is a bookmark that I made from an old flattened spoon, hand painted and bowed.


So that's another check mark off my list for 2012!

NOTE

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My NIGHT Winter 2012 Mantel

You've gotten to view and dissect my Winter 2012 Mantel HERE. Now you get to see what I view every evening. Enjoy...



All the candles lit!



With just the center timer lights on.
A winter wonderland!
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These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri

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