Valentine Candy Home Decor

 Valentine's Day is just around the corner so I thought I would celebrate with some sweet and yummy home decor.

 Winco Foods sent me a $10 gift certificate in the mail so I bought the candy with that little freebie.  Love a good deal!

 Conversation Hearts, Valentine's Day M&M's, and Red Hots.  I used Mason jars I already had on hand.  The carafe and cake plate are from Hobby Lobby and the apothecary jar is from The Quilted Bear in Salt Lake City, Utah.

My husband thinks I have set up my own little candy store right in our living room.  He has been so good and not eaten any of my display until I could get the pictures taken.  Now he gets to dig in to this little stash.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Fall Home Decor

 It's that time of year again when the temps start to cool off and it's time to start thinking about pumpkins.  I still love these pumpkins I found at Wal-Mart last year.

 This is new this year.  I found the wheat and the carafe at Hobby Lobby.  Nothing says Fall like wheat.

 I put my twig/vine balls out again this year with some decorative garland thrown in the bottom of this wire bowl I still love.

 I took this old Gold Canyon Candle jar and threw some assorted pearls inside.  Found the pearls at Michael's for cheap. 

 I found these mung beans at Michael's as well.  The bowl was a gift.  I like the colors together.  It says Fall to me.

And last but not least, I took my white pitcher from Michael's and put some brown eucalyptus inside.  My birthday was this week so I decided to decorate my house as a gift to myself.  My sister got me a fun gift that will be another blog post.  Happy Fall Y'all!

Easter Decor

I got this idea from an Etsy find the other day. However, I was able to find these pretty little eggs at my local grocery store, Macey's, for a lot cheaper and I didn't have to wait for shipping. They were $7.49 for a package of 12 and I bought 2 packages to fill up this cute little wire basket I already had on hand. It feels like the eggs are made from a sturdy styrofoam. That means they won't break and I tried squeezing one just to see how durable they were and it didn't even leave a mark on it. I'm very happy with this little purchase. Happy Easter!

Baby Shower decorations

Wow, it took me forever to get these up. But here they are. My sister's baby shower. I did all of the decorations and had a blast! My sister loves yellow and I love pink so that's where the color combo came from. She is having a baby girl any day now. This is her first baby. I found all the decorations at Zurchers. Love that store.

Valentine's Decor

Well Valentine's day is fast approaching. So I decided to finally take down my Christmas decor and get with the times.
I had all of these things already lying around the house. I just had to put them together.
This is my new carafe I got for Christmas. I already had the mason jar. Love the conversation hearts inside. I used some ribbon from my sister's baby shower invitations. I've been working on getting that all together this week too.

I can't decide if I like the white garland around the two jars or not.

These are my Christmas ornaments but I will leave these out through Valentine's Day. Clark got me new bed sheets and I got him tickets to go to "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!" It's coming to town in February. He loves that show.

I just noticed this is my 100th blog post. I've been blogging for just about a year now and I still love it. Thanks for stopping by.

Fall Decorating

Here is my attempt at Fall decorating. Now I just have to remember which ones are real and which ones are fake. Happy Fall everyone.

Some projects I've been working on

One reason I've been slacking off on my blog is because I've been working on all of these lightbulb necklaces and earrings. I have had so much fun picking colorful beads and then assembling these necklaces and earrings. These will definitely be showing up in my Etsy shop soon. Happy crafting everyone.

The "lightbulb" just went on...in the form of necklaces

I just got an interesting email from Etsy. They sent me a link to a conversation about how to put some heart and soul into your Etsy shop. Soul is that quality that tells a buyer your product was lovingly made by a real person who loves his or her art. The link talks about how to convey that soul into every aspect of your Etsy shop. Check it out here. I've been putting some "soul" into a new product line that will be going into my Etsy shop soon. Above is a little sample. Any advice on pricing, color suggestions, etc.? I would love to hear from you.

The chaos I call the creative process

I had a day of floral arranging yesterday and I thought I would begin with the finished products first. I call this one "Pink Bubblegum". I love the vase and the glass bumps. I also had to throw a few vine balls on a stick in there too.

This one feels like spring to me. Can you tell I'm wishing it would hurry up and get here? I got stuck in 9 inches of snow while visiting my parents today. :p Thank goodness I remembered how to use the 4 wheel drive but not before I was blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare. Luckily the other cars were watching out for crazy ladies like me. :)

This is just some fun grass thrown in a vase similar to the "Bubble Gum" vase. It reminds me of plastic bubble wrap. I have to control my urge to try and pop those bubbles.

Here is my craft room/spare bedroom. This is where I do my flower arranging.

Wow, how can a cleaning lady leave such a mess?

As you can see I take advantage of every flat surface. Even the bed.

I had fun and that's all that counts. I love flower arranging and the process of picking the vase, vase filler, and flowers. Hopefully, I can do this again real soon. Happy creating.