We're hosting the grandparents this year for Easter. I'm already playing around with the table settings to get an idea of what will look the prettiest. I bought a pretty Chevron table runner from Etsy that will match the plates perfectly. Here's what I have so far: I will have to mix and match plates because the ones you see I got from the Pottery Barn outlet a few years ago - but are only for four. ...
With all the Halloween pins popping up on Pinterest, I have actually started making some Halloween items. Crazy, right? Maybe it's also because I'm dreaming of cool, crisp weather on these sweltering hot days. Seriously, it's so steamy here, I can't even muster the energy to go garage sale-ing this weekend. And Pottery Barn isn't helping with this cute Halloween banner. I'm debating on whether or not to have a costume party this year. I...
I was browsing the Pottery Barn site the other day and came across these pretty numbered frames ($39 for a set of three): (Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn) When I saw these oval frames at my local church thrift store on Friday, I knew immediately that I could do something similar with them. First, I spray-painted each frame black. While they were drying, I used my Cricut to make my 1,2,3 stencils. Instead of canvas, I...
Pull up a chair! We'll be hosting a small Christmas eve gathering this year and here's what I'm thinking our table will look like. This is the first year I'm getting to use these Christmas plates that I got at Home Goods last year: I love a plaid tablecloth for Christmas and I got this one at Target. The rooster plates are from Kmart. The big ornaments are from a local nursery called Hicks. I bought...
I'm not the biggest fan of working with glitter. Mainly because I always seem to make a mess with it. But I do love the look in the end. This week I broke out my German glass glitter and some Martha Stewart glitter for some quick Xmas touches. First up is this old pocketwatch: I've seen this look on Etsy and wanted to take a crack at it so when my husband dug up this...
Here we are 2 weeks away from Halloween and I've got Xmas on the brain. First it was Home Goods' fault and now I blame it all on Pottery Barn. I just got their new holiday catalog and it's definitely put me in an Xmas mood. I picked up a few of these battery-operated candles from AC Moore earlier this week with the intent of using them for Halloween. But after flipping through the PB...
I confess...I started buying some Halloween decorations already. I don't feel too guilty because these all came from my local dollar store. I saved two glass jars with Halloween in mind - one held pasta sauce and the other honey. I put some fake moss on the bottom of each jar. Then I added my black spiders to one and the fake eyeballs to the other. I used some coffee-dyed hang tags to hand-stamp each tag to...
When I got my new Pottery Barn catalog this morning, I spied these wonderful newspaper text candles: Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn While I wouldn't mind stocking up on a few, I wanted to take a quick try at making my own version. I used this French newspaper image from The Graphics Fairy. I printed it onto clear Avery label paper. I trimmed the image down to fit each candle and then simply peeled and sticked. ...
