Deco Mesh Center Piece for Christmas!!

I wanted to share with you my deco mesh/garland

center piece.  I picked up the metal center piece a little

while ago at my local thrift store for $3.97 !  I thought I could

come up with something clever to do with it eventually:)

Below is a Before shot of what I started with.

I had the garland and actually cut it to the length I needed so

I could wrap it around the metal center piece.

The candles I purchased at Kohl's on sale and then got an

extra 30% off!!  Woo hoo :)  Gotta love Kohl's!

Just a close up!

Here is a close up of the finished center piece along with a few other pics!

 I think it turned out pretty good!  Very colorful and it should

take up most of my coffee table:)

I also wanted to share with you these two cone

trees I got at A.C. Moore the other day!  They are so fun

and they light up!  I thought this would complete my picture

and put everybody in the holiday spirit!  :)

I can't wait to start decorating down stairs!

I am mad at myself self because I didn't buy enough green candles

but hopefully you really don't notice since the piece

is so full and colorful :)  I will have to go back and see

if they have anymore!

Thank you again for stopping by and I hope

you and your family are getting excited about

the upcoming holidays!!!

I will be linking up with these fantastic blog parties!!

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Best Wishes!!

Mrs. C



Birthday Celebration!!

Well Wednesday was my birthday and I wanted to share a couple of

pictures with you!  I am not really excited about getting older

but I had an awesome birthday!  My hubby always makes me

feels special and loved but he really out did himself this year:)

My first celebration started about a week ago

when my mother-in-law came to visit:)

She got me the cutest wristlet wallet and with

my Kohl's gift card I got these fun boots!!

They are actually very comfy!  :)

Below my hubby sent this adorable arrangement

to my work:)  It really made my day!

Getting flowers never gets old:)

Close up of the doggie:)  Too cute!

I got so many goodies and more pictures to

share with you! 

I also have about 5 projects started that I need to

get finished this week!!  Wish me luck:)

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. C



Starting My Christmas Projects Early!!-Deco Mesh Garland!

This past Monday I was home all day and actually took some time

to get some Christmas/Holiday projects started!  I see all of these

great ideas every year but by the time I get around to doing it I am

busy shopping and getting ready for Christmas parties! 

So this year I have started early:)  My hubby said no Christmas decorations

can go up before Thanksgiving but he didn't say I couldn't start getting

things together:)

I wanted to share with you two strings of garland I have about 90% completed!

Over the summer I hit an AMAZING garage sale and scored a bunch of Christmas

wreaths and garland for only a $1 each!!

Below is a picture of the garland and supplies used before I

assembled them!

My inspiration came from Christmas bulbs and ribbon

I bought last year at an after Christmas sale at Sam's Club!

I noticed this year that they are also selling 9 ft deco mesh garland

all jazzed up for I believe it is $49.99 or maybe $39.99, don't hold me to that! :)

Anyways where I am going with this statement is that the total

cost of my project below is between $8-$10 and I think it turned out pretty good!

I got the cute little ornaments at AC Moore for 2/$1 :)

Now below you will see that I have added the

lights, deco mesh (both red and green), and started to

weave the ribbon through the branches!

Below is the garland lit with the ribbon added.

Below is a close up of it with some of the ornaments added to it!

Here is the final what it looks like now about 90% finished.

I still have beads and a couple more twigs to add but I want to wait

to I put it out for display because I need to get it out of my

attic craft room to my living room where it is going to be placed on

my piano:)

Here are some fun picks I made out of craft filler balls and

kabob sticks.  I like making these because you can

mix and match and make them any color that you want:)

Here's the a before picture of the second garland!

This one here I used all left over supplies from last year!

I really love all of the fun colors of this piece!

Same process as above with this one.

I added a couple of fun ornaments, ribbon, and bows!

Below is a full picture of the garland.

This one here will also get a couple of extra

goodies once it is place down stairs:)

Here's a side view!

Don't mind my dirty floor:(  That's the only thing

the garland does loose a couple of its needles when

you are adding all of the goodies!

Well I am starting to feel pretty good about getting a head

start on Christmas decorating!

Remember it doesn't have to cost a lot of money to

look pretty:)

Here's to Decorating on the Cheap!!

I will be sharing these projects on the following

FANTASTIC Blog Parties!! :)

Have a Great Week!

Mrs. C



Frankenstorm Is Here!!

Well I am sure if you have been watching the weather you

know that the North East is getting hit by hurricane

"Sandy" or better known as "Frankenstorm"!!

I am normally off on Mondays so this worked out well for

 me today to stay around the house and out of the weather!

As long as we don't loose power I hope to be up in my

craft room working away today!  I normally have errands

to do on Monday but I decided to stay home in case things got bad!

So if you live in this area where the storm is be careful in

your travels!  I hope to have a few projectes to share with you

later this week!

Be safe and Happy Monday!

Mrs. C



Scrapbook Attic Space & Halloween Cards!

Well I finally have a couple of pictures to share with you

of my new Scrapbook room in our attic!

It's finally coming together!  It is not fancy and nothing really

matches but I feel very blessed to have this much space devoted just

to me and all of my goodies!  It is a pretty big space which is nice because I can spread out

and make a mess and not worry about anyone seeing it!

In the above picture this is my extra work space for cutting

paper of if I have a friend over they can work here as well.  Most

of this wall area is devoted to card stock and paper!  You can never have too much

paper:)

Above there is a picture of my work space.  I have my table in the middle

of the room so I can easily move around and find

what I need for each project!  I love this project desk!  It was

a Just Cabinets find:)

Now over to the left of my personal work space I have

part of my ribbon collection, wrapping station, and my Cricut

cutting area.  Having all of my crafting supplies in one area really

makes it handy!

Since having this space and finally getting organized, I feel like

I have been crafting more often!  Which is a good thing:)

Sometimes I just go up there and sit and move stuff around:)

I wanted to share with you a couple of Halloween

cards I made to send out:)

I am so excited for next week to come, I hope I get a

few trick or treaters!

Here's a close up of the two larger cards.

I think this one is probably my favorite!  I love the

spiders:)

 Happy Wednesday

Mrs. C

Halloween Tablescape!

What a crazy week but I am now ready to share with you my

Halloween table scape!  Most of the items used I had

or bought at the Dollar Tree:)  I have been finding a lot of

cute accent decorations there lately!

Here are two over view pictures of the table!

I love the skulls, I got them for $1 each and then just

hot glued orange marbles to the inside of their eyes!

I think it added just a flair to them:)

Below I just filled some purple cracker dishes with

orange marble filler things and then added a "BOO" sign

and skulls to the dish!  The BOO sign I picked up last year

at Michael's for a $1.29 after Halloween was over!

Here is a close up of the skull, you can really see his

orange eyes!

I did the same think in this dish just with an "EEK" sign!

The rat behind the dish was another Dollar Tree find:)

I think it just adds a little fun to the table!

My centerpiece is made up of crystal hurricanes, these are really

neat because the tops come off and you can use the bottoms

for candle stick holders!  I picked these up at a garage sale

last month for only a .50 each! SCORE :)  I filled the middle

hurricane with fake moss and skeleton parts!

Below is a pumpkin project that I just completed!

I bought my fake pumpkins at the Dollar Tree and then

just bought some rhinestone accent stickers at Michael's added

them to each pumpkin to give it a little flair!

I think total cost for each pumpkin turned out to be close to $2.25 which

isn't too bad! 

Gotta love the bling!!

Here it is on the Halloween Table!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the post and maybe inspired

you for some Halloween decorating!

I will be linking up with the following blog parties!

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http://www.apinchofjoy.com/

Thanks again for stopping by!

Mrs. C



Pumpkin Dollar Store Arrangement!

This past week I was at the Dollar Tree

and picked up some great supplies and decorations!

I have been trying to use supplies I already have but

as you know with any project you are always missing something:(

So here is a picture of what I started with!

The pumpkin basket was a find earlier this year a garage sale

for only $0.50!  You gotta love those finds!

The Styrofoam and moss I got at the dollar store and the

leaves and pumpkins I had left over from last year.

I wanted to use the pumpkins as floral picks so

I went to the kitchen and got out wooden kabob picks

and there you have it! I pushed them into the bottom of the

pumpkin so the pointy side would then go into the

Styrofoam!

\Below are filler balls you can get at Michael's, I had

purchased these last year and knew I would use them for

something!  I think I got them for 75% off!

Once again I pushed them onto the kabob picks

and turned them into a fun addition to the overall arrangement:)

Below is the final arrangement!

I think  I had a total of about $4.00 in it:)

Not too bad and it used up some of my stash!!

I think it matches pretty good with the sunflower picture I have in our

living room right now!

Don't you just love Fall decorating?? :)

All of the pretty colors and smells just put me in a

good mood:)

Well I hope you enjoyed the post and

maybe got a few ideas to try with some

left over craft projects!

I will be linking up with a few great blog

parties!

http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/

Stop back later this week I will
have my Halloween table scape to share with you:)

Have a great week!
Mrs. C