EASTER & SPRING WREATH

Lately I've been really loving all the natural grapevine wreath and garland trends around pinterest and craft stores. I think they give off that cool rustic farmhouse kind of look. Also, must I say they are incredibly easy to decorate according to seasons. For example I created this adorable Spring/ Easter wreath for our front door in about 10 minutes using artificial flowers, berries and butterflies from Dollar Tree.  

I bought one bouquet of pink cherry blossoms, two bouquets of each pink and purple glitter berries and also two sets of  yellow glitter butterflies which I thought were darling. I used a pair of wire cutters to cut the bouquets apart into single flowers. Then I just kind of intertwined each flower within the looped grapevine. 

THRIFTED HANDMADE BUNNIES: BOUGHT IN A GALLON SIZE ZIP LOCK BAG FOR $1 

One of the things I adore about this wreath is it's versatility. It can be an Easter wreath one day, and a gorgeous Spring wreath another. Without any effort at all! All I did was tie one of the little bunnies I picked up at the thrift shop and BAMM there goes the Easter wreath! 

Too, when Easter passes I plan on keeping my little wreath until summertime!  

Thank you guys for stopping by!! 

Xo, Nancy

HOMEMADE SPRING TABLE RUNNER

Hey yall!! As we all know Spring is finally here! I don't know about you guys, but I'm very excited. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and colors are brighter! 

It's also that time of the year when many of us are changing stuff around, doing a little spring cleaning and decorating. You know... getting the spring spirit in our homes. After all it's been a heck of a long winter and we're all ready for some nicer weather. 

Today I'm pleased to share this floral homemade spring themed table runner that I created for my home. If you ask me, a beautiful table setting is always the easiest way to welcome any season and this little DIY says Welcome Spring all over it!    

Supplies:

• Felt in various colors
• hot glue gun
• scissors
• needle
• thread
• green embroidery floss
• "23 x 13" piece of fabric
• embroidery hoop

Optional:

• Sewing Machine ( or you can also hand sew)

First I finished the raw edges of the fabric using the zigzag stitch on my sewing machine, just to keep the fabric from unraveling. Then I folded the edge of  my fabric into 1/2" and 1/2" hem (this is easier if you iron the hem down before you sew). I used my sewing machine to sew along the folded hem(this can also be done by hand).

     After I sewed my hem down and made it all around the fabric, I started making my felt flowers in various colors and sizes.  

There's so many beautiful styles of felt flowers you can make. I stuck with two simple ways. The first one is the daisy looking one. I just cut a strip of felt, folded it and cut little slits along the folded edge. Then using a small piece of scrap felt, I made a little ball for the middle of the flower. I glued the little ball to the very tip of the flower strip. Then I rolled the strip up creating a pretty little flower. 

The second style is what I call the portulaca. First I cut up a bunch of felt squares and then cut them into petals. After I had several cut petals, I then hand sewed them together using a needle and thread. 

I attached eight flowers on each end of the runner using a needle and thread. Once I attached all the flowers I hand embroidered leaves on my little runner using a needle and green embroidery floss.  

And that's It my friends!! I must admit I absolutely LOVEEE how my spring table runner turned out. It's by far not perfect, but it gots tons of personality and most important it just screams out SPRING every time you look at it.   

Also how incredibly cute is this little blue thrifted creamer filled with wildflowers that I picked from the woods!!!! I just love getting creative with my thrift finds, it's soooo much fun...

Have a good one you guys!

XO,Nancy!! 

A LITTLE TWEAK IN MY KITCHEN: PART 1

My home is always a work in progress. One day I can be completely happy with a certain room and another day I'm taking stuff down and putting stuff up. There's a lot of improvements and redecorating I plan to do since it seems like the Army will be keeping us in Clarksville for quite a while. Unfortunately our current home is just a rental...SO permanent renovations are out of the question. I'm always looking for ways to personalize my home without damaging its original state. Otherwise there would be a lot more crazy stuff going on! Today I want to share one of my on going projects. I've somewhat became obsessed with how funky and expressive this little corner looks. A bar area is something my husband and I have always tried to incorporate into our home. Weather its just a tray with wine glasses or a huge china cabinet filled with old liquor bottles and a collection of shot glasses. Every time we've moved around we have had to change it up according to the available room, floor plan,etc.   

This time I wanted to create a space that expressed who we are and where we come from. After lots of thinking and moving things around. I began to create a collage with postcards, ads, bottle caps and memories from our hometown. We love to entertain and have get together's with family and friends. I thought this would be a great way to express ourselves over laughs and drinks. 

 Like I said my home is always a work in progress...so stay tuned my beautiful people because my collage is not quite finished! There will be a lot more tweaking as my collection grows.
Have a good one everyone!

XO, Nancy!