Happy Thanksgiving from my nest to yours.The No Holes Garland Holder-upper!
November 26, 2008 Filed Under: seasonal
Don’t want to make holes in your mantel for your garland? Lysa emailed me yesterday all excited about the cure for hole-ly mantels. She found this new thing-a-majig called the Garland Grabber. It holds your garland on the mantel, fences, banister, granite {in case you want to garland up your kitchen}. This thing is gonna [...]
Bird Watching
November 25, 2008 Filed Under: bird watching
Need a quick and inexpensive idea for your Thanksgiving centerpiece? Get you some tiny pumpkins and candles and do like Martha. Now that’s a Martha project that even I can handle. Loving this memo frame that Shannon from Bless Our Nest was inspired to make. I bet you could make one too with stuff you [...]
How To Hang A Wreath
This big, beautiful, full and luxurious wreath on my front door was made by one of my favorite friends in real life, Betsy . When I got it home, I just knew that I couldn’t use one of those run-of-the-mill metal wreath hangers for this work of berry and foliage art. Why not? Well, the [...]
Bird Watching
November 21, 2008 Filed Under: bird watching
Check out Show me your urns from Restyled Home for some urny inspiration. I heart urns I love, LOVE what Fussy is doing or should I say not doing this Chirstmas. Keep that in mind when you are being inspired by these other posts…. I came across two fantastic ideas at Blissfully Domestic this past [...]
Garland: The Rest of the Story
November 20, 2008 Filed Under: seasonal
I need to keep it real with y’all. Look what happened 10 minutes after I took the last photo of my garland the other night. Apparently, that 30 pound garland combined with the weight of the shutter was too much for this little shelf to bear. Actually, the hardware was still in the wall–it came [...]
The Most Wonderful Christmas Garland Ever and How to Make It
November 17, 2008 Filed Under: seasonal
Ok, it’s finally here. I took my garland apart just so I could show you step by step how to think about making a fluffy, luxurious garland this year. I’d like to complain about it but, I secretly had a great time! I had over 30 photos and tried to whittle them down to a [...]
A Renter’s Mantel
November 16, 2008 Filed Under: quickies
Our little rental is completely builder grade. That means there was no money or thought put into extra things like hardware, lighting or God forbid, a simple mantel. I appreciate the hole over the fireplace for the TV. It’s a great space saver in a house with a tiny living/family room. But this was a [...]
