Old Becomes New...

I purchased these cute little blocks last year and had our initial put on them in all different colors...

I thread a ribbon through the holes and hang them on wine bottles, hooks, or door knobs.

I wanted to create something unique that could be used for Valentine's Day decorations. So I pulled out this little notebook of scrapbook paper and picked out my favorite Valentine inspired papers...

I cut each paper to fit on top of each block and used my sticky dots to adhere them to the top...

I picked out some bright hot pink ribbon and used a sticky dot to create a hanger behind each block...

I think they look GREAT hanging from this little shelf in our hallway...

But of course now I need something to go in my hanger...maybe some fresh flowers???

I couldn't resist showing you my old door next to this shelf...I flipped it to the other side and really adored the color of the chipped paint.

Now putting it all together and you can see our entire hallway...

That is how something old can become something new :)

The more that I look at these blocks the more I realize that I think they can stay put all the way through Easter!

Thrifty Decor ChickCottage Instincts

A Soft Place to Land

Taking Your Advice...

This past Wednesday, I made this post for Wordless Wednesday about the cute little Valentine dishtowels that I had. But I couldn't decide where or how to display them. The overwhelming majority recommended that I display my cute little towels in a basket.

So I'm taking your advice...

I think you were right...they look just right now :)

No More of the Loo?

My mom gave me this pretty sign quite a few years ago...

Isn't the detail pretty?

The sign says "The Loo" and I think my mom still has one hanging in her guest bathroom. Well, I wanted to hang mine up too, but it just didn't match my decor any longer.

So I pulled off the floral sticker and looked through all my scrapbook paper until I found just the right color.

I also got a free vinyl from The Simple Stencil that said "The Knight's" but I really couldn't decide where to use it. So I decided that this project would be the perfect opportunity! But the entire wording wouldn't fit, so I cut off the word "The" and the " 's" until I just had "Knight."

This is how it turned out...

And I think I found the perfect place for it...


No more of the Loo!!!

Blue Cricket Designs

The Shabby Chic Cottage

Poppies at Play

What I would LOVE for Valentine's Day...

I don't mind admitting that I have to tell my DH what I would like for birthdays, Christmases, and of course Valentine's Day. I do like surprises, but it's also nice to know that I am going to really enjoy my gifts :)

So this year for Valentine's Day, I would really LOVE this...

We have the same cheap and disgusting faucet that came with our house when we bought it. I'm a little embarrassed to show this next pic, but this is what our faucet looks like right now...

I LOVE my sink, but the faucet has got to GO!!! It is chipped, dirty, and just plain old school.

So stayed tuned to find out if my hubby pulls through and makes me one happy Valentine on February 14th!!!

What You Can Do With 1000 Wine Corks!!!

Please do not be frightened with the title of this post...I really didn't drink 1000 bottles of wine. Well, at least maybe not by MYSELF!!! But...I have been collecting wine corks for many years now and finally decided to put them to good use by creating a corkboard.

I found this old picture frame in our attic.

I gave it a black spray paint makeover and superglued a piece of cardboard to the back of it.

I pulled out my box full of old wine corks...

I don't really have a 1000, but I had more than ENOUGH!

Then I just started randomly hot gluing the corks onto the cardboard.

I had to cut a few of the corks to make them fit, but here is my finished product...

I thought my corkboard needed ONE more addition. So I found this letter "K" for $1 at Michaels and thought it was the PERFECT addition!!

Now, what will I hang on my new corkboard?!?!

Inspired Room

Wordless Wednesday--Valentine Dishtowels

I have two valentine dishtowels that I wanted to put out, but I just didn't want to do the traditional thing of hanging them from my stove or setting them out on the kitchen counter. So I decided to roll them up like this and tie them up with a little white ribbon...

Now...where to put them?!?!?

Wordless Wednesday, Keeper of the Cheerios, Five Minutes for Mom, Extraordinary Mothers, and Seven Clown Circus.

DIY Magazine Holder...

I saw a tutorial for a Do It Yourself (DIY) Magazine Holder and because I already had ALL the supplies, I thought I would try it out.

The supplies I needed were a mailing box, ruler, scissors, fabric, and my trusty hot glue gun.

I took the mailing box and measured 6 inches on one side and 12 inches on the other. Then I drew a diagonal line on both sides of the box.

I cut along the line until my box looked like this.

Are you starting to see the magazine holder come to life??? I had some left over giraffe inspired fabric that a friend gave me and I used my hot glue gun to secure it to the box.

I thought it still needed a little something else, so I ventured off into my craft closet. I was looking for some raffia to tie around the magazine holder, but I found this pretty ribbon and decided to use it instead.

Now, I just need to figure out where I'm going to put my new DIY project!!!

Today is your last chance to enter my giveaway HERE...you could be the lucky winner of a personalized wine bottle label!

Trash to Treasure

I Never Knew Eating Healthy Could Taste So GOOD!

The DH went grocery shopping this weekend and everything he bought was HEALTHY!!! We have been on an exercising kick since New Years Day and we are now in FULL force of eating right too.

He bought veggies, fruits, and nothing but chicken!!

So I went on a quest to find some different, yet healthy, chicken recipes. I went to the Campbells Soup website and found a TON of recipes.

Last night we tried Skillet Garlic Chicken. I am not the best cook in the world, but I do not mind saying that this meal was SO good, it could have been served at a fine restaurant.

Here are the ingredients:

1/4 teaspoon ground sage

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leavescrushed

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast half

Vegetable cooking spray

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Healthy Request Cream of Chicken Soup

1/2 cup water

Parslied Rice

(I added one small onion, one bell pepper, a few carrots and broccoli.)

Here are the instructions:

Stir the sage and thyme in a small bowl. Season the chicken with the sage mixture.
Spray a 12-inch nonstick skillet with the cooking spray and heat over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the chicken and cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is well browned on both sides and cooked through (this is where I added in the onion and bell pepper). Remove the chicken from the skillet and keep warm. Add the garlic to the skillet and cook and stir until lightly browned. Stir in the soup and water and cook until the mixture is hot and bubbling (this is where I added in the rest of the veggies). Serve the sauce over the chicken with the Parslied Rice.
Parslied Rice: Toss 4 cups hot cooked long-grain brown rice with 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley.

Here is the nutritional breakdown:

calories 401
totalfat 5g
saturatedfat 2g
cholesterol 76mg
sodium 327mg
total carbohydrate53g

Here is a pic of our yummy meal...

If I would have known eating healthy was going to be this good, I would have been doing it a lot sooner!

Next on the menu this week??? Citrus Chicken!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE...you could win one of my personalized wine bottle labels!!!

Embellish...

Do you remember in this POST where I showed you the embellishments that I picked out from The Simple Stencil? Well, I won two of these cute little embellishments...

I was trying to figure out how I was going to display them. I hated to put them on my wall, only because 1. I already have a MILLION word vinyls on the walls in my house and 2. I thought I might want to use them in different rooms throughout the year (I rearrange ALL the time).

So I found some leftover tiles from our fireplace and thought the embellishment would look great on the tile. I literally just peeled the backing off of the embellishment and placed it on the tile.

I had an old plate stand that I used to secure the tile upright.


So what do you think? I have one more embellishment and I'm not sure if I should put it on another tile or save it for another project.

I am ADDICTED to these vinyls...they are SO easy and a great way to decorate your home EASY!

Lianna's Labels Debut and GIVEAWAY!

For Christmas this year, we were trying to think of something creative and cheap to give as gifts to our friends. I love receiving personalized gifts and I love giving them even MORE! We thought it would be a great idea to give our friends a nice bottle of wine, but with a TWIST. We created personalized wine bottle labels for each bottle of wine we gave away this year.

Here are a few pics of the labels I created...

The hard part was creating the image and the personalization. But after that step, I just purchased a package of full sheet sticker paper, printed out my images on the paper, cut the labels out, removed the regular wine bottle label, and placed my new label in its place. Then VOILA...we had a personalized gift that all our friends really enjoyed receiving!!

I thought that other people might want some of these labels, so I created more wine labels for other occasions.

I've decided to start selling these personalized labels for $10. For that small price, you choose the theme and personalization, I email you a proof of your label, and after approval you receive the rights to your wine label. With the rights to your label, you can print as MANY labels as you choose!!!



Email me at LiannasLabels@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing your very own personalized wine label!!!



So to kick off this new and fun business, I'm going to give one lucky winner the rights to their very own personalized label!!! Just leave me a comment and let me know what type of wine label you would LOVE if you win!

The last day to enter is Tuesday, January 26.



Good luck!

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