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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!

Antique Farmhouse Designer Pick Event + GIVEAWAY

5 · Oct 22, 2015 · 3 Comments

+ Antique Farmhouse GIVEAWAY +

9 times out of 10 when someone comes to my house and ask where I have found a decorator piece, the answer is always Antique Farmhouse. Have you discovered them yet?

It is a magical site that has a new sales event almost every day.

Antique Farmhouse features unique farmhouse style décor, vintage reproductions and home decor design sales up to 80% off retail. Antique Farm House offers multiple sales events that include furniture, design lines, décor and art products at incredible savings focused around industrial decor, farmhouse decor, shabby chic, industrial vintage and vintage reproductions.

Just take a look at a few things that I have fallen for…

And that is just a SMALL taste of all the goodies that they share each day. You should run over and sign-up for the daily email.

I know, I know… One more email to weed through everyday. I PROMISE, it’s worth it!!

It’s really one of my favorite emails that I receive everyday. It’s always packed full of beautiful and unique finds that I love to add to my home. If you can’t tell I’m a huge fan! I’ve been shopping with them for years.

Every Thursday, they have a special Designer Event. Last week it was Marian from Miss Mustard Seed. This week they’ve asked ME to be their guest designer!

I selected this beautiful large metal tray that will be wonderful to add to any decor.

It’s perfect as a base for any kind of display on your table, coffee table or even your mantel. Here’s a photo from my Instagram showing how I layered it with a new BB Frösch sign that I created yesterday.

It’s so versatile and I LOVE it! Run on over to the event HERE and grab one of these trays before they sell-out. The event goes live at 11:00 am central time.

My friends at Antique Farmhouse would like to giveaway one of these large metal trays to one of you! All you need to do is follow the directions below.

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+ Disclaimer // This is NOT a sponsored post, however Antique Farmhouse did supply a tray for my use and one to giveaway for one of you. This giveaway is open to US residence and will be open from 6:00 am October 22, 2014 through 10:00 pm October 29th. The winner will be announced on October 30th. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest in anyway +

Pumpkin Halloween Decorations + The Jack O’ Lope

4 · Sep 1, 2015 · 5 Comments

Guys I’m so excited… We are heading into my favorite time of year!

AUTUMN!!

And with Autumn comes all kinds of fun decorating… Back-to-School, Fall, Apples, Pumpkins and Halloween to name a few. I am thrilled to be one of this year’s Michaels Makers and this months challenge is PUMPKINS.

I’ve always loved pumpkin Halloween decorations and I decided to take kind of a silly route with my challenge and make my version of the Jack O’ Lope…

I thought it turned out fun! It was so easy to put together, I just gathered a few supplies at Michaels Craft Stores. Did you know that Michaels is carrying HALF pumpkins?! No more will we need to pull out the heat knife to try and cut our craft pumpkins in half. We can buy them that way now! Well played Michaels, you always know what we need.

I found this great chalk board at Michaels (I couldn’t find it online, but it is in stores) and thought it would be fun to add some antlers to my half pumpkin for a fun wall piece for my Halloween display, to make a Jack O’ Lope of sorts.

First, I seasoned my chalk board to give it that worn in look.

I crushed a little chalk and then rubbed it all over the board with a cloth or paper towel.

That way it looks more like a used chalk board rather than a black sign.

Then I hot glued some antlers that I had hanging around onto the board…

Then, I glued the half pumpkin in place right on top of the antlers.

It fits perfect!

Next, I set-out to create a fun Halloween display to show-off my Jack O’Lope.

I grabbed some of Heidi Swapp Marquee Bats (sorry, they aren’t online but they are in-store) and spray painted them black with Krylon Chalkboard Spray Paint.

Then I added some paper wall bats that are also available in-store.

I added a Halloween printable that I created last year, I still LOVE it!

You can download it HERE.

To fill-out the scene, I added some more pumpkins to the drawer of my buffet…

I wrapped one with a pumpkin sleeve from the Martha Stewart Halloween collection at Michaels. They look really cool and are an easy way to dress-up any pumpkin.

Last but not least and made another set of large dice to use as decor this time. I just love how they fill-in the scene with a little more whimsy. These are super easy to make and are fun to have on hand for all kinds of things. I LOVE my new black set for Halloween!

All together, I think it makes a pretty fun scene for the season. My kiddos think it ‘s pretty cool anyway.

How do you like to decorate with pumpkins? Do you like to decorate for fall, or do you jump right into Halloween like we prefer to do?

Michaels is having a great sale on the crafting pumpkins this week, 40% off… Run and grab some quick before they disappear!

Disclaimer // I am a member of the Michaels Maker crew, this is not a paid position but I do receive store credit in order to create projects for the Michaels Makers program.

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