A quick flower arrangement for MOM

I love my mom so much, that I would turn this......

Into this!

 

I know you are thinking how sweet I am to do this, but  it was actually very simple to turn this old holiday cutlery holder

into something really special for my mom

A little satin nickel spray paint, blue vinyl letters, a coordinating ribbon for a pop of color and some cut flowers from the garden and I am ready to share a beautiful basket just for her.

Okay, I'm sweet!

 

Grateful for~

My Mom and all the other mom's out there!

 

 

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How I used a sheet to set the Easter Table!

Really I did..... in fact I re purposed just about everything on the Easter table this year.

It started a few days before our Easter Brunch when I found out that my sister did not have a cake plate , so I headed out to thrift  and picked up some needed table supplies, including an anthropology Noble Sneed candle holder and plate to make my sister this cake plate

Then it turned to vases to put flowers in. In my quest for the cake plate supplies, I also picked up a few milk bottle jars. The jars and some old reed diffusers were perfect to put some pretty cut blooms in.

I decided that white was the theme for the table so I pulled a white king size sheet out of the linen closet to use as a table cloth. Sorry for the wrinkles, no time to iron!! 

I used a variety of beautiful white flowers from her garden to put in the vases and scattered them throughout the table

I took a birdcage from her den to use as the centerpiece because of it's color and size.

 

 Not to bad for a totally "use what you got" tablescape.
Brunch is served!

Sharing the bed sheet tip with:

The Delectable Home
Between Naps on the Porch 
A Stroll Thru Life 
French Country Cottage

Delicious treat idea for Your Valentine

Although my love for chocolate is out of this world, these scrumptious treats that I made last weekend are  pretty darn "sweet"! I wasn't entirely sure how they were going to turn out, but I am pleased to say that I have impressed myself with my hidden culinary skills. If you find yourself eating ~200 of these, then I would say you would agree as well!

This is basically an improvised cake pop because  instead of the traditional "cake" batter that you would use, I  used plain donut holes.
If you are not familiar with making cake pops here's some easy instructions for you to try.

Supplies needed
Candy Melts- I used Wilton Brand Red Candy
Lolipop sticks
Sprinkles
Donut Holes

(Sorry of the image quality)
Melt your candy in a heater on high temp. I use the Wilton Candy Melt. There are other brands out there but this is the only one that I am familiar with. When your candy is thoroughly melted you can place your temp on warm. Take your stick and dip the tip into the candy melt, insert about 1/2 way into your donut hole. Place on a plate upright.

You will want to chill your pops for about 1 hour. This will allow time for the candy to harden to the donut hole, thus securing it to the stick. You can shut your candy melt off until you are ready for the next step. 

Turn your candy melt back on to high or warm depending on the consistency of your candy. Now your ready to decorate your pops. Dip your pop into the candy melt, cover entire pop and tap off excess. After a few seconds apply your embellishments.This is where you can be totally creative and use sugars, sprinkles, nuts and candies. For this project I bought a bottle that had a variety of colors perfect for my valentine treats.

Place your pops on wax paper until they are dried and the candy mixture hardens.I have also used styrofoam and stuck the pops in to dry, but wax paper worked just as well for these.

Of course you will need a cute "free" printable to package your yummy red pops , so Jenny from Jenny Steffens Hobick shares this simple but darling printable for you to use.

Now if I can only stop eating my red pops long enough to get them all packaged for my children's class , I'll be in good shape or I will need to get in shape!

Love Fest- DIY Moss Heart Wreaths and Floating Hearts

Love is in the air....... and today after this tutorial it will be on your door!!

Yesterday I showed you these simple but sweet mossy heart wreaths. Today in a few short steps, I will show you how to make these sweet wreaths and the floating hearts for your mantel.

 Moss Wreaths
Supplies Needed:

Heart form- I got mine at Joann Fabric for about $8.00 each

Spray adhesive

Roll of moss- for 1 wreath you need about 2 rolls of moss

Ribbon- I used wide red grosgrain to hang my wreaths

 Begin wrapping the wreath form with the moss. You will wrap fairly tight , but not to tight where is pulls the  moss apart. When you finish with one roll you will want to use some spray adhesive to tack the ends down- you will want to do that with each start and stop of your ends.

 Your finished wreath should look like this. When you are done , cut a piece of ribbon ( to your size) and loop at the top of the heart. I used some glue to hold my ribbon in place.

 

 I told you these were simple! And will look lovely hanging up.

DIY Floating Hearts

I have never thought to decorate the mantel for Valentines Day until I started seeing all of these cute Valentine mantel displays. I wanted to do something that incorporated everyone in the family so I came up with these personalized hanging hearts.

This is so easy to do, I almost feel foolish giving you instructions, but I will anyways.

Supplies needed:

• lettering for the hearts- I cut my silver letters out of vinyl from my silhouette machine

• pre-packaged felt hearts in an assortment of colors- I purchased mine from Joann Fabrics for about 8.00.

• jute twine to hang the hearts

• clothes pins to clip the hearts to the twine

• tape or something to secure the jute twine to your mantel

Secure your letters to the felt hearts. Clip with clothes pin onto the jute twine. Told you- easy!

With Love,

Love Fest - Moss heart wreaths

I love to hang wreaths at my front door. It's such a great way to express yourself before guests come into your home.

This year if you come to my front door, you will be greeted by these lovely moss wreaths.

 

 Nothing fancy, just a simple expression of how you will feel when you come to my home- loved. Well, at least I hope so.

 

 I added a few other accessories to complete the look. A red birdhouse, pillows on the chair and natural elements of dried sticks.
If you are not into moss ( no feelings hurt) I have found a few other wreath ideas you may want to consider.

Red satin wreaths from My Blessed Life

This Martha Stewart inspired wreath made out of cupcake liners from Tater Tot's and Jello

I saved my favorite for last. Yes, I even like this better then my plain little mossy one's. This is from Salvaged Whimsy and made out of tissue paper. These will be on my door's next year!

So, if moss is your thing, I hope you will come back tomorrow where I show you how to make my DIY Moss Heart Wreaths as the Love Fest continues.

With Love,

Love Fest- DIY Burlap Heart Napkin Holders

 

I kicked off the Love Fest showing you some sweet burlap heart napkin holders for the dinner table.Today I want to show you how to make them in a few simple steps.

 

Supplies you will need:

Burlap

Scissors

Twine

Package of felt flowers - or you can make your own

Dinner napkins

Glue

First thing is to cut out your hearts with the burlap fabric. My hearts were traced from a heart template that I had and were approx 7 inches wide.

Next, make two holes in your fabric heart with your scissors to thread your twine between. You can also use ribbon instead of twine.

 Now it's time to take your pre-made flower or homemade flower and secure to the heart with a small dab of glue

Let the glue dry before tying around your napkin.

These will look beautiful on your table!

With Love,

Taking my hearts over to

Dear Lillie Valentine's Party
Between Naps on the Porch Thursday Tablescape