Saturday, February 25, 2012

Shelves

This is an old project, but one I'm willing to share none-the-less. I completed this project not long after moving into our current house. We had a large blank wall above a couch, and I was hoping to have a place to display my Willow Tree figures. These shelves have proven to be a great way to show some meaningful items that I have added over time.

I found these shelves at Hobby Lobby and painted them myself, but (depending on your budget) you can also buy many different types of shelves other places. The colored glass jars are also from Hobby Lobby - they have lots of great shapes and colors to choose from, and I love the splash of color they bring to a room! The pussywillows (on the bottom shelf) are from the floral section, but the other plants (on the right) are actually from our yard last fall! We added a couple small picture frames, and other meaningful items, and voila! A cute way to display all those fun little things you don't know where to put!

Winter Wreath

Welcome to my home!

I am excited to get started with my new blog, starting by sharing this neat wreath I made. It started as a Christmas wreath, but works just as well being a fun Winter decoration. I first saw this project on Better Homes and Gardens' website a year ago. I bought the materials then, but didn't get around to it until this year. This is a cute, simple, and very inexpensive project - my favorite!

Materials: Yarn, foam wreath (can be found in the floral department), hot glue gun, ribbon or other decoration

Directions: 1. Make lots of yarn pom-poms - here are directions. I made a couple different sizes, and wish I would have made even more varying sizes.
2. Hot glue the pom-poms onto the foam wreath.
3. Decorate with whatever you'd like! I kept it simple, but you could also put Christmas ornaments, or a variety of ribbons!