Christmas Ideas

So I was browsing on ways to update and add to my current christmas decorating plan, and came up with this awesome ideas! Here are a few simple ways to add a little flare to your decor without spending a whole lot.
And the last pic is of an advent calendar that can EASILY be made DIY. Just find cans of the same size, wrap them in paper, number them, and stick colorful tissue and ribbon on the top and fill with candy, handmade notes, little toys, etc.
I love this idea...something that can easily be changed from year to year.

Fun Christmas

I can't believe it's getting close to the holiday season. I'm trying to think of how to spice up my christmas decor and I came across this pretty little thing. Isn't it the best? I do believe I want to go bright and fun this year. This is all something you can do yourself...and just think of how the kids would feel to have all these bright colors around them too!

Fall Decor

I love decorating for each new season. It gives me a reason to redecorate and add new things. This year, I added fabric pumpkins. They were super easy to make and really cheap. It cost me about $7 to make them. You can find the tutorial for them here: http://bloggingwithholly.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-requests-for-pumpkins.html

Here are my pumpkins. They are sitting on my mantle. I think the best thing about these pumpkins is that the sewing does NOT have to be perfect and they will still turn out GREAT!!

* tip: if you are going to make these, just get the samples from the fabric in the home decor departmet at Joanns. They are the perfect size and it is free!!!*

Find something around your house that is fall colors and stick them in vases in your fireplace, or go outside and cut some branches (with leaves) off a tree and stick them in a vase, then tie a ribbon around the vase. It makes a huge difference and adds a nice little impact that makes me smile everytime I look at my fireplace. Continue to add little things here and there. They all add that touch of 'home' to your house.

If you don't have any fall decor things and you want some, just wait a few more weeks and they will all be going on clearance. Trust me it is worth the wait, then you have something to look forward to when you decorate next fall!!

Halloween Wreath

I found this wreath online somewhere a few weeks ago and have been wanting to make one ever since. So, yesterday I got everything together and went to town. Here is what you need: black spray paint (I bought the cheapest kind I could find), a wreath from Micheals or Joann's and a small spider web package. Here is the type of wreath that I used. I got it for only $2 at Micheals.Spray paint your wreath.

Let it dry. I didn't spray it in all of the crevaces, just on the outer layer, I figured it would give it character, and it still had the look I wanted without spraying it that much. This part took me about 15 minutes.Lastly, Get your spider web and string it across your wreath until you have the look you want. This stuff comes with a lot of web and you use hardly any of it, so if you want to get together with a couple of girlfriends and do this, you could all split the cost of the web and the spray paint. (Which is only about $3, but hey, every little bit counts!!!)

The total that I paid for this came to about $4 and it only took me about 20 minutes to do minus the drying time. So, go call up some girlfriends, buy the stuff, and plan on making one this week!!!