Random Winter Projects

 

My favorite thing about winter is knowing that spring is next...

Okay, I admit to being the pessimist that came up with the quote but winter is just not my favorite season. Oh, it has it’s good points… snowflakes, hot chocolate and (my mind just went blank).

One of my highlights in December is the shortest day, which just was..the 21st. I can now think every day is a little longer than the one before.

I’ll share some of the projects I’ve had going on the past month or so..nothing major, just something to pass the time.

I had some sign orders to fill…

Mom’s birthday gift.

 

Our mantle sign. To see this year’s mantle click here.

 

I decorated the church tree using blues and whites. The tree was a very artificial green which I fixed using snow spray, giving it a frosty look…

Our primitive tree at home…

I’ve been pretty busy at times with “garden parties” (as I still call them, though they are now indoors)

We made a room divider so my guests would have a little more privacy…

A brunch special.

I’ve had an obsession with snow globes this winter!

Christmas chalkboard wall…

Just yesterday I finished painting kitchen cabinets for someone that had started doing it on their own when they found out they are getting two little boys to foster!

I’ve never done kitchens with red paint, so this was a first for me! This is a retro look where most of the other kitchens I’ve done are a little more country.

To see a few more kitchen makeovers click here and here.

I really had an eye on these cute little benches in their kitchen…

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

-Mary

 

 

Christmas Twig Tree

 

This is a short post on my favorite tree in our home this year. Although it cost hardly anything and didn’t take long at all to make, I felt it deserved a post all on it’s own.

 

It’s really simple consisting of a few twigs from the woods sprayed with fake snow. I hung some aqua ornaments on it.

 

 

This is the first Christmas for our aqua kitchen and I am loving it. I love how aqua goes with Christmas colors. To see this kitchen makeover click here.

 

 

 

I couldn’t resist snapping a few pics the other night of the porch through the window. Love little twinkling lights!

 

 

Good night! Thanks for visiting!

-Mary

 

Simple Christmas decorations

 

This year I got the urge to do some Christmas decorating a few days before Thanksgiving which for me, is a little unusual. I’m thinking it was due to the beautiful snow we got then…

I did all my decorations spending almost nothing! Some of them were from past years and this year I felt like using lots of naturals, including pine, twigs and different evergreen shrubbery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For these, I printed out music notes and wrapped them around the glass containers that hold candles, tying with raffia.

 

 

I made this sled last year using an old mirror holder ( the old kind that held an oval mirror on top of a dresser) for the runners.

To see more thrifty ideas, click here to read about the mantle. Click here to see an easy way to create snow globes.

Happy decorating, everyone!

-Mary