Creative Juices Decor

There are some posts I  get really excited about showing you.  This is one of them.  I first saw this on  Christina's blog the  Frugal Homemaker .  Ri ght away I got to work on my plate collection (that I had planned to do for months!)  This is in our guest bathroom.   As mentioned before in my Top 10 Decorating Tips , hanging plates on your wall is an incredible way to make a statement VERY inexpensively.  You can also see my other post on monograming or personalizing a plate before you hang it on your wall. Previously, I bought Heavy Duty Wall Hanger for around 3.00 a piece but as I mentioned above it wasn’t tell I ran across a post by Christina telling me how to make FREE plate hangers that got me started on the plate wall I had always planned for my guest powder room.  STEP 1 Start a collection of thrift store plates, whatever your style is. Coastal White? Old World Pottery? Victori...

It looks like it's time again to do a COCONUT OIL giveaway ! Here are some of my favorite recipes using coconut oil - just click on photo to see them. Such a moist pumpkin bar! Date and Nut Power Bar - great texture and taste! Here is the giveaway plan: Tropical Traditions  would LOVE for you to sign up for their newsletter  for specials and news.  If you do, leave me a comment telling me you did.  (one entry) For further entries, you may do one or all of the following. However, for each item you do, please leave a  SEPARATE  comment. (so, max amount of entries would be FOUR!) Let me know you follow me, or just started following.  Make a status update on your Facebook page with a link to this specific blog post. On your next blog post add a link to this specific blog post giveaway! One winner will be selected so please, make sure I can get a hold of you!!! (leaving email in comment is recommended, if I can't easily ...

Without further ado......this is my friend Heather from Mom4Life blog :-) Hi Creative Juices Decor readers!  I am a former scrapbook junkie. Although I no longer "scrap," I have yet to officially get rid of my supplies. This recently worked to my advantage when I came across an idea on Pinterest using buttons. "I have buttons," I thought. "I need to make this!" The project was not only fun, but proved to be a lovely addition to the mantle above our fireplace (just don't look too close because I see that one button has apparently gone rogue). Want to make one of your own? Here's how: 1) Print off the letter you wish to use for your monogram from your computer in the font and size of your choice. 2) Cut the letter out and discard. 3) Place your letter stencil over the fabric you wish to glue your button's on. 4) Arrange your button's to your liking inside the border of your stencil. 5...

I suppose a few of you might have wondered why I haven’t ever shown you the exterior of the home.  Since we built in the middle of winter, the contractor had to wait tell we had a week of perfect and warm weather in order to get the painting done.  The painting just wasn’t going to happen right when the house was finished! So we waited and waited…….There may have been a few other homes scheduled before us…… House pictures BEFORE we painted (some people thought it was painted already!) I guess it doesn’t look bad, it was just not what I had in mind for the colors) Back Exterior Before: Choosing the colors was very hard!   Interior colors come much easier for me. I love all kinds of colors, moss green and a beautiful grey blue can look amazing on a home but I decided I was going to go classic brown.  I suppose I was playing it safe, but I love safe and classic! :-) One thing that makes choosing exterior paint hard is that you have FULL su...

THIS.....IS......SOOOOOO......GOOD!!!!!   You'll want to bookmark or PIN it! The lady I got this from said she serves it all the time when guest come over and they always ask for this chicken recipe.  That’s how I got it, I took one bite and knew I had to put it on my “must make” list!  To top it all off, this recipe is easy and you guys know I don’t post recipes on here unless they are easy cause this crafty mama doesn’t spend a ton of time in the kitchen.  :-) OK back to the Chicken Dish…..you can make this less or more spicy by adjusting the chili flakes to your liking. Sticky  Chicken with Chili Glaze    (serves 2-3)   1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken thigh (6-8 pieces and yes, Costco does sell these in the frozen bag section) ¾ c coconut milk 1 TBSP minced ginger 1 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. chili flakes Mix Coconut, ginger, pepper, and chili flakes Rinse and dry chicken. Add to coconut marinade (sit for 1...

What do you think of these plates??!!!  Are you sighing like I am??  They are Mikasa plates from the Poppies Collection. They had JUST come in at Costco and didn’t even have a display set out yet so I  took it upon myself to start the display set and undid a box (OK, only part of a box, and when one of the Costco workers came around the corner, I pretended I hadn’t touched anything and was looking at a different item a few feet away.  He just looked at the dissembled box, shook his head and continued to nicely lay it all out so wacked out people like me could see what prettiness lies under the box!)  I justified my purchase by the fact that the night before, my spastic wonderful dog came up to do his normal “licking of the plates” routine in the dishwasher while I did the dishes and his collar caught on part of the dishwasher and the noise FREAKED him out so he literally JUMPED up and down (while still attached to the dishwasher rack) while I just stoo...