Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Share Your Easter Front Door Decorations...

I had such a great turn out for my Easter Decor Inspiration Party, so I thought I would host another link party where you can share your Easter Front Door Decorations.


Here are few snapshots of mine...





I'd love to see your Easter Front Door so snag your link and post up!



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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Wordless Wednesday--My Little Vignette...

I am participating in The Stories of A to Z's Ready Set Vignette this Wordless Wednesday!!





Here is my little Estate Sale table vignette in our entry hallway...






Happy Wordless Wednesday!


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One Small Change...

I found an old frame in our extra bedroom and thought I'd spruce it up a bit and put it to use. I painted the brown matte an off-white color and used a piece of the scrapbook paper I had left over from this project...


Here's how it turned out...


It's amazing how one small change can make a HUGE difference!




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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Rainy Day Change...

I cleaned out our catch all kitchen drawer this weekend and decided to put all our extra change in one location.


I needed a jar of some sorts to put all our extra change and found this old pickle jar in our cabinet.



I thought it would be a good idea to pretty up this jar, so I could leave it out and enjoy it all the time.


So I added a little black ribbon to the rim of the jar.


Then I found some black and white scrapbook paper and printed out Rainy Day Change on some cardstock and stuck it on top of the scrapbook paper.



And there you have it...our Rainy Day Change jar!!


This jar will be purchasing MANY Starbuck's Venti Hot Chocolates :)


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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Productive Saturday...


I got SO much done yesterday!! I woke up at 7:30 a.m. and didn't stop moving until around 11:00 p.m.


Here is a run-down of my day...

I decided to tackle our laundry room first. It isn't a place I like to hang out--I HATE washing clothes. Well, to be honest, I don't mind the washing party, but I despise the folding part :(

Here is one side of our laundry room.



I realized after looking at this picture that I'm going to throw away all these wire hangers and start stocking up on plastic hangers. The wrought iron piece is used to hang our keys, Kodi's leashes, and anything else that can be hung there. During the summer months you'll find an assortment of the DH's caps hanging there. You will also notice that the sink is FULL of dirty towels.
This is the other side of our laundry room. Notice all the towels on the shelf...we use these towels mainly for miscellaneous things, like washing the cars, picking up spills, wiping off feet, etc. Unfortunately, this shelf ends up being a place where we throw our towels instead of folding them up nice and neat.
This is the opposite wall in the laundry room. Nothing special. Actually, our laundry room is pretty drab, isn't it?

Well, I found this sign at Hobby Lobby for $5 and couldn't pass it up. It gave me some inspiration to clean up our laundry room...no pun intended :)
I'd LOVE to paint this room a light green shade to match the sign...maybe that will be a project this summer. For now, I just wanted to get a little organized.


I had these baskets in storage and decided to use them to keep our towels nice and neat on the shelf. You'll notice that I got rid of a lot of those wire coat hangers, but until I get some plastic ones, I can't throw them ALL away.

I also hung this card holder on the opposite wall.



I'm not sure what I'll hang on it yet, but for now, I put some of my Easter Carrots on it :)



Next on the agenda was the catch all drawer in the kitchen. Doesn't EVERYONE have one?? This poor drawer literally gets EVERYTHING thrown into it and it got so out of control that I was embarrassed to show you the before picture. So here is the after...




Ahhh...nice and neat :)


Next on the agenda was my HAIR!!! I seriously have seen so many grey hairs that it isn't even the slightest bit funny. And NO I didn't take a before picture of my hair either... I do have SOME modesty!! But I picked up a box of this...


And got to work!!! My hair turned out great and I really like the color. Here is an after pic...


And NO MORE GREY :) Well, except on my shirt and from my necklace..don't you just LOVE my Alora Handmade necklace??? So so cute, I just L.O.V.E it :)



I then took off to my mother-in-love's house for a small Mary Kay party and I took a few orders. If you are interested in any Mary Kay products, go to my site HERE and place your order. I'm submitting my order on Monday night.



We then headed to PF Changs for some yummy chinese food....Kung Pao Chicken and Chicken Fried Rice for me...man, did it hit the spot!!!



After I got home, I made an appearance at a birthday party across the street and now at 11:00 p.m. I am wrapping up this post and heading to bed.



What a great day...what a great productive Saturday!



What did you do this weekend???

Texas Caviar...

I posted on twitter last night that I came home from work and made Texas Caviar for a snack. I had several people ask me exactly what Texas Caviar was...and a few of them were afraid until I explained it was a dip and not real caviar.


So I thought I would share the recipe with you, if you'd like to try it. It's SO yummy!


Ingredients:
4 large tomatoes (I use Rotel Tomatoes instead)
1 ear white corn (I use white shoepeg corn in a can)
1 ear yellow corn (I use drained corn in a can)
1 bunch cilantro
2 jalapeno peppers
4 cloves garlic
2 tsp salt
2 limes
2, 15 oz. cans black beans, drained and rinsed
Vinaigrette:
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
2 tsp seasoning salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 tsp dried Italian seasoning
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil


Cook corn and cut off the kernels or drain the corn and put in a large bowl. Small dice the tomatoes (or drain the rotel tomatoes and add to the bowl), chop the cilantro, fine dice the jalapenos, mince the garlic, and place all in a large bowl. Then you will add the drained black beans, the juice and zest of the limes and the salt. Next in a small mixing bowl place the red wine vinegar, seasoned salt, pepper, celery seed, and Italian seasoning; then slowly whisk in the olive oil to form the vinaigrette. Toss the vegetables with the vinaigrette; chill for one hour until flavors blend. Serve with tortilla chips.


I usually make a batch of Texas Caviar and snack on it when I get off work. It's a neat spin off of regular salsa.


If you try it, please let me know.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Flower Power...

I think I am addicted to all the fabric flower necklaces that you've seen lately. After receiving one recently, I thought to myself, "I can do this!"


For $3 I found these adorable gray and black fabric flowers with tiny pearls sewn in the center.

Let me repeat that...I let someone else do the hard work of creating these delicate flowers and got 15 of them for only $3!! Now that's a deal!!

I arranged a few of the fabric flowers and hot glued them onto a piece of leftover black fabric. I took a necklace and threaded it through the fold in the fabric.

Now doesn't this look like a necklace you would pay $20 or more for???

I wore it this week to work and got SO many compliments on it :)

Now I'm looking for ideas on what I can do with the remaining 8 flowers...any suggestions?

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Now Can You Guess?

On Tuesday I made this post about the yard decorations in our garden. I asked my readers if they could identify this yard decoration...

I LOVE guessing games and was a little disappointed that NO ONE could guess what this originally was before it became a part of our yard decorations. So I thought it might help if I isolated the object. So check out this pic...

Still no guesses?


How about now...

How about a little hint? Right now, I am using the object upside down. This object was originally used this way...

How about one more clue???


Now can you guess what this unusual yard decoration once was?

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Wordless Wednesday--Topiary LOVE!!!

I have seen SO many tutorials on how to make an easy and cheap topiary with just a few supplies. So I purchased two foam squares and a bag of moss...


AGAIN, another Dollar Store trip...$3


I pulled out this white bowl that was included in a fondue set and thought it would be perfect as the base for my topiary.
I shaped one of the foam squares into a ball, put hot glue on the foam, and then covered it with the moss.
I used a stick from our yard...I trimmed it up and stuck it into the foam ball and into the foam base.

I added some of the moss to the base and tied on a pretty white bow.




And now that's what I call topiary LOVE!!!

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Decorating Your Garden...

I love planting pretty flowers in our yard, but I LOVE adding a little unusual decor in our yard too!

My mother-in-love gave me two of these cute yard decorations for my birthday. Last year, I hung them on a tree in the backyard, but I thought they would look cute in one of our potted plants instead.

I picked up these little flower stakes from the Dollar Tree and think they look festive with these real flowers.


I bought these little flowers from Pier 1 about three years ago. They are really meant to hold tea light candles, but I added a little dirt and some flowers and I think they make the perfect plant holders.
I made this bird (squirrel) feeder last year. The base is a pedestal that my mom gave me and the top is a star tray that I purchased from Pier 1 years ago. I just screwed the tray on top of the pedestal and added birdseed :)
And last but not least...I picked up this cutie YEARS ago at an antique store and just recently added it to my yard decor. Can anyone guess what it is??
Do you decorate your garden?
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Freeze FRAME!!

I found these cute little frames at Dollar Tree...


And yes...for only $1!!!


I had some of this black and white scrapbook paper leftover from making greeting cards...

And I printed out our initials on some cardstock...

Put them inside the frames and hung them on the wall...





So easy and SO cheap...I literally only spent $2 on this project!!!



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