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Sometimes I'll admit, it's just the little things that excite me. :-) I asked a landscape friend of mine to collect some birch logs the next time they go trimming trees .  A few months later he showed up with a truck FULL of them!  WOWZERS, I was only hoping for a few logs but hey, that was GREAT!  I probably should have taken them all but I just grabbed about 20 logs and told him I was set.  You see, I ADORE texture and I ADORE barked trees.  Honestly is there anything more beautiful than rippling crumbling bark full of white, tan and black?  OK, no need to answer that question ;-) I guess I just have this strange passion towards logs - ha! I was looking and found this log online.....  It was from SAVE ON CRAFTS where ONE log is on SALE for 17.99 (reg. 27.99)  I am going to text my friend right now and tell him I'll take the truck load - SERIOUSLY!!!!  I mean how much do they charge on top of that ...

Hello All! This is the VERY FIRST year in my entire marriage that we have put up Christmas lights! Granted, there have been some pretty good reasons why we haven't done it before BUT I am just excited we put the extra effort in and got them up this year.   To be honest, it was more expensive than I thought it would be (bummer!) I suppose if we were on top of it, we would have figured out what we needed (how many strands) last year and bought them on a big clearance for this year. :-)  I guess I can't be on top of everything! We went with the icicle lights due to the fact that they were a decent price at Costco and they came in 10 foot increments  We needed the smaller strand size to make the endings correct.  (Too much extra line looks odd and definitely not having enough to fill out your roof line looks odd!) The little candle lights in the window was something I picked up last year at the 75% off. ...

 OK friends, so my wonderful mother (who helped with this before and after project) actually wrote this book!  I told her I’d be delighted to review it and she said she’d be happy to give one of my readers a free copy! It’s titled “Fun Family Christmas Devotions”   Subtitle “Advent Guide for Busy Parents”   ummmm yep, that’s me!  As I am sure it’s most people, young and old….. It has some very fun Christmas craft ideas (hey, my craftiness has to come from someone – right?) Sheep sugar cookies, and a faux gingerbread nativity (in which my daughter told me was SO MUCH FUN) are just a few.  It even comes with a classical music Christmas CD.  (dare I tell you that I am on that CD playing violin and singing??) This picture of my son cracks me up!  A lot of the book talks about the true meaning of Christmas and that the word “Advent” actually means the coming or arrival (of the birth of the Christ-child) With the book she s...

Here we go!!!   Let's get right into the Rustic Christmas decorating! Alright, I'll admit, I'm not always ready to start decorating for Christmas but this year is my FIRST year (after a FIVE year renting era) in our new house. You have to understand, in the rental, we didn't even HAVE a mantel.  I was very thankful for that house but c'mon people, I am an interior designer and I went 5 years without a mantel.  :-) So I guess I'm a little excited.......bear with me :-) I wasn't sure what my plan was for my huge mantle but I was walking around Michaels with my eldest daughter and we walked by this GIANT (I mean H.U.G.E) wood wreath and I started laughing and said to my daughter, " Look at that wreath, who in their right mind would buy a huge thing like that??"  We got a kick out of it, chuckling over the idea of the crazy person who would want that. But of course, as things usually progress......that night when most people...

Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Just the other day, I noticed my 5 year old's turkey masterpiece was attached with STICKERS onto my fringe.  Upon closer look this is what I saw........ High heels, hat, skimpy tanktop, mini skirt and a hand full of accessories! I would DEFINITELY say, this is the BEST way to dress your turkey.... (Some of you who know my gourmet cooking skill may have been worried about the title of this post!  ha!  I have not a clue how to truly dress a turkey!)  Thanks to this cute little TURKEY, I got a laugh. (I can totally hear her now, "I'm not a turkey, I'm a little GIRL") Can you tell she LOVES to dress up! I am thankful for all of you, my sweet readers :-)  Enjoy your day and a have a great Thanksgiving!

Hello my friends! I just finished painting all my electrical outlets because I kept looking in my kitchen and thought, wow, having all those white outlets on my stone back splash really makes things look busy,  I need to CAMOUFLAGE them. I am SOOOOO happy I did!  The kitchen really looks uncluttered now, it was just a fun custom final touch. So let me give you a full tutorial on how to camouflage your own outlets. 1.) First take the outlets off the wall. 2.) Sand down the outlets just to roughen them up a bit to take off that super shiny top coat. 3.) You can now prime the outlets with a white (or grey if you are going dark) primer.  You can purchase spray primer at any home improvement store or off the internet.  I'll be honest with you guys, I didn't prime my outlets because I'm bad.  I think they will be fine, but to be on the safe side, I wanted to tell you what you SHOULD d...

Sarah over at Thrifty Decor Chick is doing a fun link up party so I thought it was a great opportunity to show all the details of my "foyer" - I suppose it's more of an entry, but my guess is you guys are fine with it being called a foyer for the purposes above! WELCOME!  (make sure your entry comes complete with your own cute little barefooted scurry maid - ha!) Remember when I did a post about 10 easy home decor tips ?   Number 9 was about how important first impressions are!  (i.e. the entry!!)  With some simple furniture arrangements and deciding on a focal point anyone can turn their entry into something special.   My favorite part of the room is the iron grilles .  I had a wonderful iron worker create them up for me.  He was good, inexpensive and fast!  My goal was to have one wall in my entry be the focal point. As I stated in the previous post, it is really good to give your eye a focal po...