New Home

My husband and I spent the past few months house hunting and found one we absolutely loved!  After a month of ups and downs trying to finalize the deal, we finally closed and are all moved in!  If you've seen any of my previous posts, you'd know that I LOVE decorating.  Check out a few of my favorite places in our new home!

What better place to start than our front porch?!  Since it's close to Halloween, we are all decorated and ready for trick-or-treaters!  I made the "Happy Fall Y'all" sign from an old board I found in the attic at our old house.  Check back around Christmas to see the other side!

This is our entry way.  I was so excited to finally have a place to hang my windmill I got from the flea market last year!  I absolutely love how it turned out!

Another one of my favorite places is our living room fire place!  To be honest, I was a little sad that the old owners left the TV because I had so many plans for this space and the TV was completely throwing me off.  Eventually, I decided it was pretty nice that they left it and was able to work around it.  We're all ready for fall!

Our dining room table is also right by the front door so people can actually see it now!  We may not eat here very often, but I just love to look at it!  Now, if only I could find a fabric I like enough to recover our chairs!

My great grandmother's china never looked better!

More new things

Continuing my previous post, here are a few other things I've done since I last posted!

I've had an obsession with tassel jewelry this past year so this is one of my creations!

Another one of my creations!

This is a banner I created for an old co-worker's daughter! 

Something very exciting that has happened is that I became an Aunt!  I made this wreath for my sister's shower and my nephew's nursery!

Another banner I made for a retiring co-worker

My co-worker retired after 30 years as a lunch lady and this was her retirement "plaque" I made for her!  We bought the printable sticker paper and woodburned a wooden fork-"stick a fork in her, she's done!"

Last but not least, I made this highchair banner for my friend's daughter's first birthday!  The theme is cookies and  milk.  I think it's just precious!

Long time no post

It has been a VERY long time since I last posted so I've got quite a few things to add to the blog!  Let's start with the holidays and I'll make a smaller post with the other random things I've made.

We'll start with my fall/Halloween decor.

Just some fresh flowers, leaf & "boo" bannger and some light up pumpkins and gourds!

Next, I made two fall wreaths at a wreath making party at work!  The top one is mine and the second I made for my sister.

Now for Christmas!

First, I made this board for my parent's Christmas gift.  I stained it first, then carved out the wise men and phrase and drilled holes to put lights through.  I think it turned out great!

I bought this 19-piece bud vase centerpiece from Kirklands and love it!  I think it looked great with my Christmas picks and ornaments!

I've had these crystal pieces for years and never knew what to do with them.  I finally decided to make it a cute mistletoe hanger!

This is probably my most favorite holiday decor piece yet-and it was so easy!  I've been hoarding ornate frames hoping to someday make a wall display, but this is just too cute!  All I did was tie this seasonal wreath to the frame and hung it on our door!

Ignore the messy table, but this was another super simple revamp of Christmas decor.  I had been searching for a tabletop pencil tree and could never find one.  Finally, I decided I would take a tree I already had and make it one myself!  I had planned to just cut the branches shorter, but then decided to simply fold them in half.  I think it turned out better than expected, more fluffy and full!

Last but not least, I was in charge of decorating our Christmas tree at work!  Being that I work with food as a dietitian, I wanted to have a related theme so I chose silverware!  I bought a bunch of cheap spoons, lace and holiday picks from Walmart and came up with this!

End result!