Showing posts with label Wreath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wreath. Show all posts

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!!!!!
 
I hope everyone is having a safe & wonderful holiday!
 
I thought since I have so many new friends that I would revisit two patriotic posts from last year.
 
My Star Spangled Door Decor:
 
 
 
  And my "I'm Proud to be an American" post
 
 
 
I'll be back to show you what I added to my patriotic decor tomorrow!
 
Happy 4th of July Friends!

 

Friday, September 28, 2012

A Wreath & Some Randomness

Has September flown by for all of you too?  Mine has been a whirlwindNot the whole month, but the last two weeks seem like it!
 
I will start by sharing with you the one and only yarn wreath I will ever make. Seriously.
 

  This was not my favorite project. I have seen a hundred (maybe thousands) of these on blogs and Pinterest.  I loved them, I wanted to make one. So I did...or I tried to.  

Let me tell you, a lack of patience partnered with a case of perfectionism made this a hard project for me.  I had never tried rosettes or rolled flowers (whatever you call them) and it took me quite a few tries to get something semi- presentable. :)  I love how the wreath turned out, but that being said, it will be the only yarn wreath I ever make. If I say I want to make another one, someone please remind me! Lol :)

 So let me share some other things  I have been doing.
 
I attended a Christian Women's Conference. It was wonderful, just what I needed. God is pretty awesome like that. :) Three days with my Mom, my sister and other sisters in Christ was amazing. I met women from all over. Wonderful ladies from Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Illinois, and London! :)  Friday night was awesome, 27,000 women singing and praising God It still gives me goosebumps.  The whole theme of the conference was hope. 
 
Here I am rocking my leopard print in front of the hope sign. :)
 
I have also been super busy getting everything together for my daughter's birthday party this weekend.  If you happen to know me in real life then you know how much I love birthday parties My love of parties and themed parties started long before I blogged  What started out as necessity (DIY because of money!) turned into a passion. I prefer to DIY now.
 
My daughter has had a slew of theme parties, I think the best ones were the Harry Potter party, the rock star party and the Amazing Race Party (which was her 15th birthday.)  After the Amazing Race party she told me she was too old for themed parties so we have just had low-key friends out to eat parties for her 16th & 17th.  I was thrilled when she told me what she wanted for her 18th birthday.  A theme! I think I jumped up and down!
 
Any guesses what the theme is ???? :) 
 
And one last thing! I have been looking for chairs for the craft room/studio (aka as the current garage-it's a work in progress!) I spotted these chairs the other day and they were $3 each, score! You can only imagine my surprise and delight when I found out it was half price day at the thrift storeI almost hugged the cashier. For real. $1.50 each! :)  Have I mentioned how much I love thrifting? 
 
 
So this weekend is jammed pack, full of lots of friends, fun and birthday stuff.  We do birthdays big around here! :)
 
I'll be back with lots of birthday on Monday Have a fabulous weekend friends! :)

I'm linking this post up with Jen at Four Marrs and One Venus for her Stinky Linky Party! Ha Ha! (you know, for my pain in the neck wreath!)
 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Back to School Wreath

Is everyone ready to get back to school?  I have always loved the beginning of school, it makes me happy. I love, love, love the first day of school, when you can see all the kids wearing their new backpacks waiting for the bus or getting dropped off.  Too cute!

As I have mentioned before, I ALWAYS decorate my front door. I was getting ready to just put out some flowers in a cute little holder when I saw this cute back to school door decoration at The Diary of Daves Wife.  I was inspired!  ( I think I even used the same apple she did!) I love her super cute polka-dot blog! (You know how much I looooveeee polka-dots!!)

I grabbed my supplies, some of which I had and some of which I purchased at my most favorite store ever...Hobby Lobby! (At 40% off of course!)  


I started by wrapping my polka-dotted ribbon around the wreath form. 

 Next I took my handy dandy chalkboard paint (I love this stuff!) and painted the small piece of wood to make my chalkboard.  My plan was to border the chalkboard with pieces of ruler.


Once I got the rulers cut apart I changed my mind..mostly because cut up rulers just look...well silly!


Then I had the bright idea to make my chalkboard border out of popsicle sticks.
Ends up, I wasn't crazy about that either. In the end, I just decided no border.

I like the way it turned out!


My daughter will start her senior year this week. I am trying to figure out where the time has gone, and I'm trying not to cry. Seriously though, this is almost as emotional as the first day of kindergarten. Another milestone, for her and for me. I've begged her to let me drop her off on her last first day (tears again.) Can you imagine she said no? Haha! :)

Happy Back to School Time Friends! :)