I Wish It Were A Blue Christmas

I can’t afford my own Christmas decorations for the apartment and at my parent’s house I have no say in the decorating, but I still have been dreaming of what I would do if I had my own place and the money to decorate however I want.  I love all shades of blue and would love to fill a whole house wit them.  However, I like other colors as well so one time I could really use blues to cover my entire house would be during the Christmas season.

Growing up in Minnesota, I am used to blankets of snow on the ground and bright blue skies during the winter.  I love traditional Christmas colors, but lately I have been really attracted to blues in Christmas decorating, especially when used with white.  Here are some photos of inspiration that would set off my blue decorating if I were able to do some major Christmas decorating.

Green Trees:

http://www.houseandhome.com/design/diy-projects/decorating-perfect-christmas-tree

House and Home

http://www.coastalliving.com/homes/decorating/decorating-coastal-christmas-00400000035287/page20.html

Coastal Living

http://www.countryliving.com/homes/how-to-get-the-look/blue-christmas-decorating-1208

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Thanksgiving Review

I had an amazing Thanksgiving surrounded by family, full of love, with lots of food and game-playing.

   The decorations were simple but sweet.  My parent’s house is already filled with really warm and happy fall colors, so a little Thanksgiving decorating goes a long way.  Delicious pinwheels that will now be a staple for every Thanksgiving for years to come. This isn’t even a Thanksgiving decoration, but I love how elegant this wine bottle turned candle holder is.    See?  The decorations already fit in with Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Review

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Thankful Thursday: Ode To Stuffing

Source – Food Network

 

ODE TO STUFFING

The turkey is roasting. My toes, they are toasting. By the fire I wait For you to appear. With my nostrils held high, I sigh a big sigh While the chatter of family Draws near.

Small talk surrounds me. They talk so profoundly. Yet my hunger pains Drown out their songs. I’m sorry, I swear But your talk can’t compare With the love I’ve been Hiding so long.

It’s ready!  I cheer! I see you, my dear As we line up to eat you and Your brothers. I trip little Sally And elbow darling Allie To get to you before Any others.

Your heat rises and rises. The whole family surmises. What the

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A Banner That Will Make You Smile

I felt that my room needed something else to make it feel more “complete.”  I wanted to do something crafty that I could hang on my walls which are still a little bare that would bring color and happiness into the room.  I decided to make a banner to hang above my window.  I was inspired by Kate’s thankful banner and Meg’s peace banner.  I had first wanted my banner to say “Imagine” because it is something I’m doing all the time and it is a variation of “dream.”  I decided it would be too long, however so I chose “smile.”  The word smile makes me happy and I thought it would help to remind me to not get overly stressed out from school.

I gathered my supplies and I got to work.  I used glitter, tacky glue, white ribbon, a sponge to spread the glue with, scissors, five sheets of thick scrapbook paper (not the flimsy kind), scissors, and a large sheet of tagboard.  I picked out colors that would work both in my room at my apartment but also at my room at home.  I try to make sure I can reuse everything during the summer when I am

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A Custom Way To Display Your Photos and Jewelry

After deciding to completely revamp my bulletin board, I quickly got started planning what I would do with it.  I drew up a sketch, headed to a craft store, and got to work!  

I started with some dark brown burlap, a spool of thick white ribbon, a spool of thin white ribbon, and some white thumb tacks to match the ribbon.  That was basically all I needed to create a one-of-a-kind corkboard.

I started by drying the burlap to get any wrinkles out of it.  Then I covered the entire board with the burlap and tacked it to the back.  You could use staples, too, but I already had plenty of tacks.  Then I took the thin ribbon and tacked one end to the back and stretched it diagonally across the board and pinned it to the back on the the opposite side. 

I then switched directions and weaved the ribbon under and over the previously laid ribbon.  Note, this picture has an error, the ribbons going horizontally should be weaved in

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