Holiday Wreaths

This year I made myself a new wreath for my front door, and let me tell you, it was time for a new one!  My old one was, well, old!  And not just old to me!  It was my mom's hand-me-down!  

Here's my new one that I'm thrilled with:

 But since I was so excited with how it turned out, I made a few more!  Ha!

I made this one to hang in my entry way,

this GIANT one for my Mom (who also needed a new one),

 and this lovely for my sister!

 I love how different they all turned out!  

Therena

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By Stephanie Lynn

It's Christmas at Our House

It's finally looking like Christmas around here!  I LOVE decorating for Christmas, so this is our house at Christmas time!

Of course, one of my favorite spots...the porch!

I call this my "Pretty Tree".  I love having the tree with all the adorable homemade ornaments from my kids, but THIS tree is in my music room and I love making this one "pretty"! 

 

 I just added little pops of red to these rooms to give them that Christmas touch:

Therena

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Craft-O-Maniac, Life on Lakeshore Drive, I Should be Mopping the Floor, Its Overflowing, By Stephanie Lynn
 

Thrifty Thursday: DIY Pumpkin Topiary and Fall Porch

While I was decorating my porch for this lovely Fall season, I made this cute pumpkin topiary (I'm not sure what they are really called, so that's the name I picked for it!)

 This project took me about 15 minutes, and cost about $35.  

All of my supplies came from Wal-Mart.  I used 3 plastic pumpkins, 3 autumn leaf garlands, and 3 small green pumpkin picks.

First, I pulled the top stems off two of my pumpkins, then hot glued them on top of each other.

Then I took the leaf garland and wrapped it around where the pumpkins glued together, gluing the garland in place where it needed it.

Next I took my small pumpkin picks and glued them on where I liked them.  I only used 3, so I placed them all on the side I knew would be the front of my topiary

When I was finished, I drilled a small hole in the bottom pumpkin and attached a short dowel rod.  Then I staked it into one of my existing pots on the porch:

Here is my porch, complete with my little pumpkin topiary!

Therena

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