happy Spring

Well, the weather is gloomy and depressing here -- but this makes me happy. On a leisurely 'stroll' the other day, I took my kitchen shears and snipped little branches of blossoms around my neighborhood. Hopefully I didn't look too crazy. I then put them in 9 different baby jars hot-glued together into a square, and wrapped some lace around it. A cheap way to get some fresh florals into my kitchen.

wishful thinking..

I sooooo wish I could make my little girl's nursery look like this adorable room:

(And I could handle having that rug in every room in my house!!)

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Here you go...

As requested, here are the photos from my wreath from last year which sat this season in a storage unit in La Mirada CA. Maybe its virtual appearance here makes up for it being locked up this year.

Christmas Wreath

So, I must say that this idea came from Lindsay's personal blog last year. My friend Rachell and I got together a few weeks ago and made this little cutie. We just bought ornaments from the dollar store, took out the top part that has the hook/string attached, and hot glued it top-down into a foam wreath.

p.s. Lindsay - I think you should dig out and post the picture of your wreath last year. It is too cute not to share.

Christmas Ornaments

I found some really cheap, ugly ornaments at the dollar store for 12 cents a piece and decided to make my own unique ornaments out of them.

So, I cut some strips of fabric..

Mod-podged them on to the ornament...

I let it dry sitting in the rim of a plastic cup...

And here they are. I even added a little ruffle on a few of them. One of the best parts is they're unbreakable and very kid safe.