Dec 31, 2011

What Are You Doin' New Years...New Year's Eve?

i will be spending it in Narnia...ok, way GEEKY, I know...but
not AS geeky as, say...Middle Earth! ;} to me, New Year's Eve
is craziness and drunk drivers...so I play it safe.
i am just very grateful that this "eve" is less eventful than last
week's "eve"...and that my kitty girl is finally better! small mercies!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
BE SAFE!
BE CAREFUL!
BE THANKFUL!

and see you next year! ;}

{ photo: walden media }

Dec 29, 2011

This New Year...

let's step into the new year with



new ideas




new dreams





new hope




new inspiration





new creativity




new desire




new vision




and a brand new bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos! ;}

Happy New Year everyone!





{and mended hearts...we miss you Bern!}

Dec 24, 2011

Sing We Noel!



here's wishing each one of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!




family, food and fun!




and most importantly, remembering the reason we
celebrate and the best gift anyone could ever receive!



For there is born to you this day
in the city of David a Saviour,
who is Christ the Lord
.
And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.



MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS! AND GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!




Wreathed In Glory!

how awesome is that sight? {yes, i'm already crying...}
we can all thank an awesome man named Morrill Worcester for it!
he is the owner of WORCESTER WREATH CO in Maine and mastermind
behind the WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA project!




read the story of his idea to honor our fallen soldiers and its
fruition HERE ...it will truly bless your heart...so many volunteers...
so amazing!

this man OWNS the Christmas spirit!


to know that so many people are thinking of and honoring these soldiers must
be a comfort to their families...they will not forgotten.

{all photos Worcester Wreath Co }

Dec 20, 2011

A Tree Skirt You'll Want To Wear!

burlap...
stencil...
fab-oooooooooooolicious!
now i am just certain that ange of The Blooming Hydrangea is just a peach...
a doll, in fact...nice as can be! unfortunately, we can never be friends...
she has a stick-tu-ative kind of patience that i neither know...nor comprehend...
just look at that AWESOME stenciled burlap! the same pattern,
painstakingly repeated over and over again...
oh, for the love of kris kringle, i need a nap just thinking about it!
{she probably measured and stuff like that...ACK! ;}
and yet...i also get palpitations! because HEL-LO DOLLY, how cute it it??!!
wouldn't that material make adorable coolots? ok, not really, i just
wanted to use the word coolots in a post before 2011 was over! ;}
but i'd totally take a chair, davenport or throne covered in it!!!




by now, poor ange is more than sorry that she ever allowed me the
privilege of sharing her lovely creation! but honest and truly...is
it not fabulous? in all its damasky vintage-y wall paper goodness??!
{you can tell i went to design school with the firm grasp i have on
all that designy terminology, right? ;}

as someone who grew up with a "sheet" tree skirt, ange's Tree Skirt just
simply set my heart all aflutter!
so, go check it...and all manner of crafty cuteness...out at Ange's!!



Dec 18, 2011

Silvery Goodness...

yep...just the merest hint of silver...and my inner badger takes
over! so, when i saw these little ornaments my eyes glazed over
and i lost all my words...all except, "shiny! shiny! shiny!"




the fact that they were 75% off...well, let me tell you, there
was almost the need for a defibrillator! {they were only $4.95
to begin with! ;}
now, i have to say the little brown birdies were not really doing it
for me...but i had a suspicion that i could come up with some
sort of presto change-o to remedy that!





off the The Graphics Fairy, naturally...for a bit of Christmas cheer!





pop out that glass! {but i saved it...you never know...come next fall,
those little brown birdies just might warm the cockles of my heart! ;}





instantly festive!










print, snip...there you go!
{the hardest part is deciding on which graphic cuteness to use!! ;}
easy, lazy, classy, cute...all rolled into one cheap package! ;}






and, for good measure, i made a "year-round" version since i don't think
i'll want to put them away just because December has gone!


Met Monday @ Between Naps On The Porch
Mosaic Monday @ The Dear Little Red House
Project Parade @ The DIY Showoff
JSIWU @ The Girl Creative
Brag Monday @ The Graphics Fairy
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice
Good Life Wednesday @ A Beach Cottage
Trans Thursday @ Shabby Creek Cottage
VIF @ Common Ground
Saturday Night Special @ Funky Junk Interiors

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Dec 11, 2011

When You Need A Little Chritmas...Now!


sometimes...most of the time...ok, all the time,
there's the need for just one more thing...that
extra little detail to make the wall, the shelf, the
mantel look juuuuuust right! and often you can
just poof that little something in to existence!
not as easy as it was on I Dream Of Jeannie...
but then again you won't have to wear that
little tiny top...unless of course, you want to???!! ;}

so, let's say you have a selection of Christmasy Sandy
Lynam Clough cards cuz, seriously...doesn't everyone?! ;}
{ok, maybe not everyone does, but Kae did...and that's
when she got her Martha on! ;}



and you have this frame that you haven't known what to do with...





and you have some red spray paint...





ohhhhhh, i like that frame all by itself! a little sprig of green hung in
the middle...cute!
but where was i...





Kae is all about the gold accent...so she added a touch of rub n' buff to
bring out the detail and to just plain sparkle!




she slipped those cards in and...voila!




it looks like it came right out of a catalog...or darling pricey shop!
and it sure sets of Sandy's cards famously!


Project Parade @ DIY Showoff
Met Monday @ BNOTP




ummmm...words fail me...poor Noelle! ;}

Dec 10, 2011

Yuletide Tagger...

what???!!!
ok...don't judge!
so, i 'm slightly...more than slightly...freakishly...
obsessed with my chalkboard taggery!




and now they have morphed into gift tags/tree trimmings!
sure...they may not be quite as cost effective as buying 3700
tags for $2 at walmart...but you can punch quite a few from
a roll of chalkboard contact paper!
easy peasy yultide squeezy!




and if you expected to see these gift tags attached to wrapped gifts...
well then you have come to the wrong place! in my world, the gift
wrapping takes place at about 2 am...Christmas morning! ;}


Dec 9, 2011

Love You Annie Sloane...But Check Out This Homemade Chalk Paint!

if necessity is the mother of invention...then Michele, the proprietrix of
Knot Too Shabby , is quite a...
hmmm...not sure where I was going with that... ;}
let's begin again shall we...ahem..




nestled at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains lies a quaint little city
named Glendora...and i am talking Stars Hallow quaint! among the many
adorable shops filling its twinkle light enrobed tree-lined main street you
will find an equally quaint shop called Knot Too Shabby .
it's simply bursting with old suitcases, bird cages, vintage books and
refinished furniture...none of which are the reason i gathered you here
today...




Michele, finding the cost of the standard bearer's chalky paint to be a tad
prohibitive...just took the bull by the horns...can do spirit and all...and
mixed up her own recipe! now, this sort of effort goes well beyond the
bounds of what i am willing to exert for my "art"...no laziness here...
completely foreign to me! ;} but i can admire her ingenuity! i'll have to
admire it from afar though...or else i'll need a nap...and some chocolate! ;}

find her recipe HERE !!!!