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A Black and Gold Christmas: Holiday House tour

December 23, 2014 2 Comments

A home tour featuring black and gold Christmas decor and decorations in the living room, dining room and front porch.

Filed Under: Christmas, decor

Last minute gift idea: Movie Tickets.

December 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BIC® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. You know those moments when you need a last minute gift?  Movie tickets are an easy fix and one size tends to fit all.  Everyone loves a movie! You can still give a pretty gift, even […]

Filed Under: Christmas, gift giving

DIY Icy Ornaments

December 5, 2014 1 Comment

This post brought to you by BIC®. The content and opinions expressed below are that of http://thevspotblog.com/. At Christmas time I love to get creative with my decor.  Sometimes that means making my own decor!  These DIY ornaments are easy to make and look like they’re coated with ice. To make these icy ornaments all […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, Glass, Holidays

Easy DIY Christmas Luminaries

December 3, 2014 1 Comment

Candlelight at Christmas-time is probably prettier than candlelight at any other time of year.  Today I’m making easy DIY Christmas luminaries using empty jars, wax paper and simple marking pens. Measure and cut a piece of wax paper to fit around your clean glass jar.  I used a pretty blue metallic marker to draw snowflakes on […]

Filed Under: Accessories, candles, Christmas, Crafts, DIY, Holidays, Paper

Easy DIY wrapping paper with Bic Mark-It markers.

November 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

This post brought to you by BIC®. The content and opinions expressed below are that of http://thevspotblog.com/. I love this time of year.  The holidays bring out the creative in me even more than usual.  I am sure a lot of us are like that… we might not consider ourselves crafty for 10 months out […]

Filed Under: Christmas, gift giving, Paper

Last minute Halloween Costume ideas.

October 27, 2014 2 Comments

Where has October gone? Every year, time passes more quickly! Need some inspiration for Halloween costumes? [Tweet “Last minute Halloween Costume ideas.”] There is plenty to be found in these wrap ups from some of our previous Halloween parties.  (Plenty of decor ideas as well.) Many of these costumes were elaborate (or rentals) but you […]

Filed Under: Halloween

Creepy DIY Halloween Candlesticks.

October 23, 2014 Leave a Comment

I love Halloween and although I haven’t been able to do any new projects this year, I still love to bring out the decorations from previous years.  The other day I posted an Instagram of these creepy candles and I had a few comments and emails about them. These are the easiest things to make. […]

Filed Under: candles, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Halloween

Pumpkin topiaries for Fall and Halloween

October 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

Pumpkins.  It might be a sickness that I have.  (Is Pumpkinitis a thing…?)   The only thing that might be better than an awesome pumpkin or two would be awesome pumpkins stacked into a topiary. I searched Hometalk and put together a little round up of some super examples of pumpkin topiaries that are sure […]

Filed Under: Autumn, decor, Fall, Halloween, Pumpkins

A chic black & white pumpkin with a crown (plus 11 more spooktacular Halloween projects!)

September 15, 2014 8 Comments

OK, so if Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, I wondered what the Pumpkin Queen might look like….  So I decided to make a pumpkin with a crown on it. My BFF  loves Halloween as much as I do, so I thought I’d make a pumpkin for her.  With a crown.  Because who wouldn’t want […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Halloween, Holidays, Pumpkins, spray paint

Heart shaped carrots.

February 13, 2014 1 Comment

Now that I have seen this cute trick from Jamie at C.R.A.F.T., I am going to refuse to eat carrots any other way.  From now on, I will only eat heart shaped carrots.   I don’t know why I didn’t figure this out on my own before this.  Please check out the easy tutorial and […]

Filed Under: Holidays, recipes, Side Dish, Valentine's Day

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