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Thanksgiving tablescape. A rained out Thanksgiving: going to Plan B (with minimal freaking out.)

November 29, 2011 15 Comments

My dining room is too small to fit the 15 to 20 people that come over for Thanksgiving dinner, so I always host it outside on our patio.  Living in Southern California, it’s usually safe to do this.  However, this year there were cold temperatures (62 degrees. brrr!) and a threat of rain.  (Yes, yes, […]

Filed Under: Autumn, decor, Entertaining, Fall, Holidays, Sticks, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving

Pairing rustic and glam elements together: Everything looks better if you put it in a champagne bucket.

November 23, 2011 7 Comments

I love to play rustic items against the sparkle of silver and glass.  Makes me happy and the two really play off of each other that way.  I put together this little grouping of sparkly glass and silver on the buffet in our dining room. I especially love, love, love the rusticity of the sticks […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Crafts, Fall, silver, Sticks, Thanksgiving

Make your own frosted, icy branches.

November 21, 2011 64 Comments

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To buy decorative frosty or icy branches in the store can be very expensive. They’re actually quite easy to make on your own using epsom salt, glitter and glue. Check out this easy tutorial.

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Christmas, Crafts, epsom salt, floral design, Holidays, spray paint, Sticks, tutorial, winter

“Loco” is Spanish for “creative” right…?

November 18, 2011 12 Comments

I have less than a week to come up with a fabulous Thanksgiving tablescape and decor.  I just reposted what I did last year, hoping to inspire someone out there in blogland, but also hoping to inspire myself.  Just yesterday I was telling my friend Betsy that I needed Creative Defibrillator paddles to shock me into […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Fall, Free, Sticks, Thanksgiving

Spray paint takes Halloween into Thanksgiving…

November 4, 2011 9 Comments

I usually hate my mantel, but for Halloween I was pretty happy with it. I really liked all of the elements and the balance the large Raven artwork helped to create for the champagne bucket full of black sticks.  Obviously I can’t leave the Raven up there, so I will need to find something else […]

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, spray paint, Sticks, Thanksgiving

Orchids can celebrate Halloween too…

October 29, 2011 5 Comments

I love orchids! They are a quick, easy, cheap way to have fresh flowers in your house. They’re easy to pop into different containers and have them look like a million bucks. They’re often thought of as a spring or summer flower as far as decorating goes, but adding just a few  elements can make […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, floral design, Halloween, orchids, Pumpkins, Sticks Tagged With: Orchids

Black sticks & silver mini-pumpkins… mmm mmm good!

October 25, 2011 12 Comments

Yes, yes, more pumpkins… Does it make a different that these are little guys and not from the Dollar Store…?  No? These guys started out as little orange fakers. I sprayed them with Krylon’s silver metallic paint, then took a black Sharpie to add a little contrast to the stems. Then they just got dumped […]

Filed Under: apothecary jars, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Halloween, Pumpkins, spray paint, Sticks

Easy floral arrangement using fruit & flowers.

May 12, 2011 45 Comments

A few days ago I posted my Mother’s Day Brunch wrap up and told you I’d be back with the simple way to make this centerpiece using store bought fruit and roses from my yard. As promised: Gather your supplies. In this case, roses and hydrangeas from my yard, an empty olive jar, a glass […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, floral design, Sticks, Tables & Decor, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

The Blue Twig Chandelier. (who knew?)

April 25, 2011 82 Comments

This is the project I did for last week’s One Month To Win It challenge. It gave me so many problems that I almost included a “rest in peace” wreath when I sent it off to the judges. Shockingly, this project won for the week. (In spite of my son telling me it looked like […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, garden & outdoors, project du jour, spray paint, Sticks

Twig and leaf fall centerpieces.

November 26, 2010 18 Comments

I love entertaining. I feel like a grown up now that we host Thanksgiving each year. I love any excuse to make new centerpieces or to try a new recipe. (I also appreciate the motivation to really clean the house…) This year, I have been loving sticks and branches. First of all, they’re free. Second, […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, family, floral design, Holidays, project du jour, Sticks, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving

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