Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home decor. Show all posts

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Apostrophe Vol.26, Ep.55

My Weekend According to Instagram!

- ladies brunch decorations - Evan, the cutest baby in the world! -
- Mom driving to tree farm - hunting down the perfect tree -
- finally picking a tree - Ernie, stealing a stocking -
- organizing ornaments - tree, decorated - whew! I'm exhausted -

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Apostrophe Vol.26, Ep.54


Happy Weekend!
And Merry Christmas-Preparations!

I am so excited this morning! Our church is having our annual Ladies Christmas Brunch. I've missed it the last few years because of school and work and grad school. But with none of those things in my life, I am free to attend! Yay!

We're going to have brunch and laugh, sing Christmas carols and laugh, exchange gifts and laugh, and laugh, and laugh, and laugh! This year we're also collecting items for Samaritan's Purse.

And then! After a perfectly delicious brunch, Mom and I are going to hunt down the most beautiful Christmas tree! Last year, we started looking much too close to Christmas and had a jolly good, but nearly treeless, time. If you care to peruse my twitter favorites, you can see the play-by-play.

After we bring the tree home, the rest of the day will be filled with organizing and decorating and filling the house with Christmas cheer! It's going to be awesome!

If you're in the Rochester area, you can join in the chaos and attend the Resurrected Reads bookstore open house and maybe even get some sweet (& cheap) books. Stop by from 10 am to 2 pm. (Below is the ad I designed - I'm so proud!)

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Asterisk Vol.1, Ep.1

Fabulous Finds!

Pinterest (pinterest.com): If you're not on pinterest and you love beautiful things, get on over to the website to request an invite. You can even follow me! (u: cebella) Below are a few of my favorite things that I pinned today! Enjoy!

As someone who is constantly losing everything, keys, phone, my mind, etc, this is a cute way to hang keys. It's recycled wood siding board, vintage baby blocks, paint, glue, nails, and screw in cup hooks. Super easy! And so much fun to personalize! I'm sensing a homemade wedding gift in my future! Love!

If you're not the handy type, rumor has it that you can order a ready made key rack here.








I love this super simple decorating idea! You'll need: Glass Vase, Buttons, Water, and Flowers.

Can life be more simple?

Change up colors for different occasions. Red and green for Christmas, Red and pink for Valentine's, Red, white, and blue for Independence Day, etc. (I'm sensing I'll need a lot of red buttons.) Add a ribbon or raffia for a little more glamour.

Hint: do floating tests on your buttons, I like it when the buttons sink to the bottom, but it's a preference, make sure it looks the way you want it to. Love!

This is genius!

All you need are strawberries and a straw.

Line the straw up on the bottom of the strawberry, push through until stem is removed in one fluid motion.

Perfect for finger food parties and dipping in chocolate.

I feel good about this simple trick, I feel like I'm wasting less strawberry and making a smaller mess. Love!

With the holidays upon us, we need our homes to be welcoming and warm, and look good too.

All you need are candles, cinnamon sticks, and string. It can be helpful to use a little dollop of glue on the candle to adhere the cinnamon sticks to the candle. I love it when the string is wrapped several times and then tied in these loopy bows. Beautiful!

Remember, safety first! Light candles after glue has dried, make sure string is hanging free away from any other candles, place all candles on fire resistant base, and never leave open flames unattended. (I think my firemen friends are satisfied.) Love!