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How to Decorate with Flowers

0 · Mar 1, 2016 · 2 Comments

+ How to decorate with flowers post brought to you by Michaels Craft Stores +

I ADORE flowers!

I love how something so simple can transform a space.

Especially this time of year when we are all waking up from our winter hibernation. It’s time to pack away the buffalo check and the fun plaids and bring out the romantic spring florals. That’s why this month’s Michaels Makers Challenge is all about the Flower Market!

How to decorate with flowers

My one issue…

I HATE how quickly fresh flowers fade. I love having them around, but I truly dislike the cost of keeping them up in our home. That’s why I’m in love with Michaels new Floral Market with over 500 fresh new blooms that will for sure match almost any personality and decorating style!

I tend to keep things more on the simple end. As much as I love huge arrangements in other spaces. I feel like the space in my home needs something a little more delicate.

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I have always loved Ranunculus blooms and thought they would be the perfect addition to this little corner in my kitchen.

These beautiful Ranunculus blooms paired with the romantic bud vase that I also found at Michaels it was a real home run!!

The beauty of the whole thing is that I get to have this romantic splash of spring and it’s not going to wither and die on me. I LOVE IT!

I’m sure you have a space in your home that could use a little love… It’s amazing how adding a little bloom can totally transform a room.

Looking for more simple floral ideas, you should visit Michaels blog The Glue String for all kinds of inspiration OR you can visit the 49 other Michaels Makers to see how they’ve dressed up their home from the Flower Market.

Michaels Makers Summit Challenge

Speaking of Michaels Makers… YOU could win the opportunity to join us for this years Michaels Makers Summit

Come and be creative with some of your favorite creative friends!!

All you have to do is submit a photo of your work at the Made with Michaels site. We will be pouring over your fun creative projects and we will be selecting a few of you to join us for this years event. Head on over for all the details.

NOW, here are all of the other fresh new spring ideas from the other Michaels Makers this month…

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How to Create Damage Free Holiday Decor

0 · Dec 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

+ This How to Create a Damage Free Holiday Decor post is brought to you by the folks at Command™ Products +

It’s no secret that I love to decorate for Christmas… Most of us do typically.

I start dreaming up my Christmas decor around September and it’s always grand with all kinds of fun elements that typically aren’t possible in nature or would require some home modification. Then I whittle my crazy ideas down a bit and come up with a more feasible plan and typically my Husband will say, “You can’t do that, it would put too many holes in the wall!”

Anyone with me on that?

What is it with men and nail holes in walls?

In years past that would mean that one of us would win… Either I would get to place nails to my hearts content to create the scene that I had envisioned OR… My husband gets his way and I pout for a few days. Neither option wasn’t great in my mind.

That is until I discovered how to have a damage-free Holiday with the Command™ Products!!

How to create DAMAGE-FREE Holiday Decor

I LOVE these little gems!! They have saved my bacon AND my Christmas dreams on countless occasions.

I use them ALL THE TIME when I’m creating fun vignettes around the house. They really come in handy around the holidays. This year, I have been wanting to create a kind of simple Scandinavian feel for Christmas. Simple colors, simple decor.

To me when I think of Scandinavian decor I think of red and white felt ball garlands and I wanted to create a fun little scene in my living room with some garlands. The problem was, the room I wanted to decorate doesn’t have a mantle or anything to hang the garlands from. I initially thought that I could place little nails on the wall and it would do the trick, BUT… I didn’t want to rock my husband’s world.

I turned to my favorite decorating tools, Command Hooks so that I could do a little damage-free holiday decorating …

I even hung our stockings right on the wall and they look great!

I love that you can get Command Hooks that are CLEAR so they don’t distract from what you are trying to create.

Now here’s the deal… I wanted to create my scene with my chalkboard wall, this wall has chalk all over it. Normally that would be an issue with any type of adhesive. All I did was clean a little spot where I wanted to place the hooks with alcohol, place the hooks, wait for an hour and then hang my display.

It’s that simple!

Here’s a little secret… I also used some Command Hooks to hide my cords from the tree and the lights.

I used a couple of hooks on the underside of my buffet to tuck those cords away out of site. LOVE IT!!

Want to know my extra special secret… I even hung my light fixture and wreath with a Command product but that’s a post for another day!

So… How are YOU going to have a damage-free holiday?

+ Disclaimer // I am proud to be a Command Brand sponsored blogger, and as part of my responsibilities, I get the opportunity to evaluate Command Brand products. Opinions are my own and additional products used in the project were selected by me.+

Red and White Christmas Tree

1 · Dec 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment

+ This Red and White Christmas Tree is brought to you by Treetopia +

I’m so excited for Christmas this year!

I love decorating for the holidays and this year has been so fun. I’ve been selected to participate in the 2015 Treetopia Design Council. I’ve totally shaken-up my routine and I’ve played around with new colors, new concepts… AND, I love it!

Our theme this year is more of a European / Old World simplicity. I’ve already shared our first tree for one of our rooms and it has more of the natural, old world feel. This new tree is for our front room and it has more of a Swiss Chalet feel to it with a pinch of whimsy…

I’ve always wanted a white tree and this one is a gem from Treetopia.

In our family we kind of take the less-is-more direction when it comes to decorating our Christmas trees and I found a few simple ornaments that fit perfectly with our theme and gave it a simple but beautiful outcome.

Looking for more tree inspiration? You should come and check-out the other Treetopia Design Council Members.

Disclaimer – I am a member of the Treetopia Design Council and received a tree to participate in this design challenge.

Copper Basket + Styled X3

0 · Nov 11, 2015 · 4 Comments

I’m super excited for today’s post… I’ve teamed up with Stacy Risenmay NOT Just a Housewife for her Styled x3 series. I adore Stacy, she is one talented, hilarious, generous & genuine lady! Have you seen her new book, Natural Accents? (affiliate link) I bought one at the Pinners Conference this weekend and I LOVE it! She is so creative and her ideas are amazing, you should go grab it quick!

Each month Stacy selects a simple item that works well for home decor. She styles the product in her home and then sends two more of the same item to two other creative bloggers to see what they would do with the item.

This month she sent out a wire storage basket (affiliate link)…

To myself & to Amy from Her Tool Belt to use this in our decor somehow. I was kind of excited for this challenge. I’ve been to several Junk shows like Junkstock here in Nebraska and those vintage locker baskets (that this is a replica of) go for big bucks. They are so fun for using as home decor along with corralling small items as well. As far as I’m concerned they are also a blank canvas. You can paint them whatever color you want!

I decided that with all of the fun copper elements that are popping-up this season, I wanted to transform my wire storage basket into a copper basket. I used Krylon Premium Copper Brilliance Spray Paint (affiliate link) to transform my basket…

It looks fantastic! I turned the copper basket on it’s side and added some books and some white bowls for my Fall display in my kitchen.

I love what it adds to the display. Now you need to run over to check out Stacy & Amy’s projects!

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