The V Spot

Rants, observations, and home decorating... from a woman with no time for a blog.


  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Home
    • Privacy Policy
  • All Blog Posts
  • Crafts
    • All projects
    • By Project
      • Accessories
      • Artwork
      • Before & After
      • Cheap & Easy
      • decor
      • Floral Design & Centerpieces
      • Furniture
      • garden & outdoors
      • Glass
      • no-sew
      • Upcycle – Recycle
      • Wreaths
    • By Season
      • Spring
      • Summer
      • Fall
      • Winter
    • By Materials
      • corks
      • epsom salt
      • fabric
      • Mod Podge
      • Paper
      • Spray Paint
      • Sticks
    • Round-Ups
  • Holidays
    • Halloween
      • Pumpkins
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
    • Valentine’s Day
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Easter
    • Cinco de Mayo
    • Mother’s Day
    • 4th of July
  • Food & Drink
    • All recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Appetizers
    • Side Dish
    • Main Dish
    • Desserts
    • Drinks & Wines
    • Tables & Decor
  • Real Life
    • Family
      • Grant
      • parenting
    • Tales To Tell
    • friends
    • Keepin’ It real
    • Tips & Tricks
      • cleaning
      • Health & Beauty
      • Let me help you
      • organization
    • Just Funny
      • No Mom wants to hear…
      • Exchange of the Day
      • Snarky
      • wacky strangers
      • Big Time Fail

A simple, kid-friendly centerpiece.

January 13, 2012 17 Comments

Should form follow function…?  Function follow form…?  Why not put them in the same bowl? It’s tangerine season, and we go through a 5 pound box of Cuties at least once a week around here.  By adding the tangerines to a bowl of pine cones,   I have a simple, everyday winter centerpiece and I […]

Filed Under: Centerpiece, cheap and easy, decor, floral design, Simple, Tables & Decor, UseWhatchaGot, winter

Easy ways to organize your Christmas decor and be ready for next year.

January 3, 2012 24 Comments

Packing up Christmas always makes me feel a little sad.  (Also a little tired, there is a lot to pack up.) I have been asked how it is possible to change my color scheme every year… it’s all about color coding and organization, baby! It’s so simple, it’s kinda stupid.  Store the decor by color. […]

Filed Under: Christmas, decor, Holidays, Let me help you, organization, planning ahead, Tip of the Day, Tips & Tricks, winter

Our home’s Christmas decor… better late than never.

December 23, 2011 10 Comments

The month of December has just flown by!  I haven’t had time to do all of the things I wanted to, but at the same time, I’m not stressed out at all. (Other than having my exterior Christmas decorations ripped apart due to a roof emergency…) Anyhow, I didn’t link up to any holiday “home […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, decor, home tour, traditions

Make easy Christmas garlands & wreaths without time, money or talent. Seriously.

December 21, 2011 10 Comments

Yesterday I shared how to hide everyday artwork by just covering it with fabric and adding a wreath. Today I’m almost embarrassed to show you this stupid-easy way to turn the fake, plastic greenery into something that looks totally real.  For free.  It’s fast, easy and literally anyone can do it. When it’s fake, you […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Christmas, Crafts, decor, Free, UseWhatchaGot, winter

An easy way to turn your everyday wall art into something festive.

December 20, 2011 11 Comments

The things that work with my everyday decor sometimes just won’t work at Christmas time.  For example, I love the Family Rules art piece that hangs over the buffet in our dining room, and come October, its orange color is a perfect pairing with the black and silver of my Halloween decor. However, when Christmas […]

Filed Under: artwork, cheap and easy, Christmas, Crafts, decor

The one where Southern California weather jacked up my Christmas decor.

December 17, 2011 20 Comments

It’s Christmas time!  Perfectly trimmed trees… angelic children, playing nicely in front of a roaring fireplace… the delicious smell of holiday baking, wafting through the house…  wrapping and shopping are done… That’s the image that many of the gorgeously decorated homes all over the internet are showing us. But there are a few brave bloggers […]

Filed Under: Big Time Fail, Christmas, Crafts, decor, just funny, Keepin' It real

Why I change my Christmas colors each year. (And what I’ve done for the past five…)

December 5, 2011 2 Comments

I love decorating for Christmas!  The season is so special to me that I want to decorate everything!  I obsessively and impulsively buy Christmas ornaments through out the year.  (I might have a little Christmas Ornament Problem… I’m trying to get help) It’s a sickness.  I can’t help it.  But would it make a difference […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, decor

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

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

The Great Halloween Party Wrap Up (2011 edition)

November 3, 2011 16 Comments

I love hosting parties and dinners.  I love getting ready for them and creating special little details. I love my friends and family so, so much, and I’d really like to be able to say that all those little details are for them and for them only… but that wouldn’t be completely true. Creating the […]

Filed Under: decor, Entertaining, frames, friends, Halloween, Handsome Hubby, Holidays, no reason - just fun, party, Tables & Decor, UseWhatchaGot

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • …
  • 12
  • Next Page »

Recent Posts

  • Spooky porch decor and a Halloween Chair.
  • DIY Plaid Wine Glasses
  • Easy Sand-N-Sea Flower Pots
  • How to use an indoor chandelier outside.
  • Quesadillas made with slow cooker Carnitas. (Pork in a crock pot… nothing is easier.)
  • No Sew Project: How to recover your outdoor cushions using fabric and a glue gun.
  • Upcycle project: plain flower pot into decorative ceramic planter.
  • An easy Valentine’s Day globe.
  • Simple, winter themed decor. (Using what you already have, of course.)
  • Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer Recipe

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Vivienne Wagner is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Popular Posts

  • How do you like your eggs? (A faux Robin’s egg tutoria...
    Comments (152) | Mar 09, 2011
  • Make an Outdoor Rustic Chandelier – an easy DIY
    Comments (30) | Nov 21, 2016
  • Holy Cow-hide! A dresser make-over.
    Comments (138) | Feb 26, 2011
  • Faux Coral (“daux” coral… same difference....
    Comments (105) | Jun 14, 2011
  • How to use an indoor chandelier outside.
    Comments (26) | May 20, 2018
Privacy

Copyright © 2026 The V Spot · Website by Houndstooth Media Group