Funky Fall outfit: Plum and Burgundy

Isn't this a fun combo? If it weren't for this fun shirt I found at H&M and my husbands good eye (he picked it out), I probably wouldn't have put these colors together. They turned out awesome (good job honey, outfit creating is just one of your many talents.) I love this outfit because it's perfect for a Fall and it's still vibrant enough for me. I LOVE color.  I actually think these would make amazing Fall wedding colors. The good news is you can still pick up half of the outfit in a store near you. Look below for outfit details. 

Outfit Details

Accordion Pleated Lace Skirt: Forever 21  

 Floral shirt : H&M

Cardigan: Target  2011

Shoes: Target: 2013

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A Pinch of Green Entry Table

 

I let my cute Hubby come up with a name for this Entry Table, and I think he did a great job : ) 

There is something about so exciting about Spring, the world is starting to warm up and everything is new, green, and fresh.  I searched high and low in my house for lots of green items in honor of Spring and St. Patrick's Day.  My favorite thing on this table is the Bell Jar with the Twig nests surrounding the cute little birdie. I didn't buy anything for this table, but I did put together a few things.

1. The cute "Keep Calm and Pinch on" was downloaded for free here.

 2. I got the white and green doilies at Michaels last year . I simply took some brown tulle and tied a knot onto each doily to make a banner.

Lovey Dovey Valentine's Day Entry Table

 

I love the color red, so I was super excited to decorate for the month of February! Luckily because of my love for red,  the only thing I bought for this display was the Hershey kisses in the apothecary jar. 

•  I got the cute "Keep Calm and Love" printable here.
• I made the Card banner by taking a deck of cards that I had and separating out all of the Heart Suit cards. I then took my hole punch and punched a hole in the top 2 corners of each card. I then took some 1/2" red ribbon and tied a piece about 3 inches long and tied 2 cards together at a time until the banner was complete. I also added some red tulle for dimension. 
• Most of the Metal decor and frames came from Ross ( my favorite place to find knick-knacks) 
• The "Love" and "XOXO" signs are actually dollar store finds : )
• The Bicycle art and frame came from the Target clearance section a couple of years ago

Spooky Entry Table

Well I'm a little late at getting this post up, but I thought I would share our Spooky Halloween Entry Table from October. I have always loved Halloween, and it has nothing to do with the candy. I hate scary movies! Blood and Gore really aren't my thing either, so what is it that I love about this Holiday?  I love the magic and the fun it brings to children. There is something about playing dress up for a night with everyone else that just strikes my fancy.  Growing up my Dad would always get super excited to help us pick out Halloween costumes and I think that's another reason I love it : ) 
To bring the Holiday Spirits to our home,  I thought I would create a little whimsy in our living room.

 Banner-  I decided what I wanted the banner to say and used the free font Rosewood Std, I think it looks like a creepy carnival font. {You can download it here.}I then print and cut out the letters.
 I made 11 pinwheels and hot glued the pin wheels to orange ribbon and the letters to the pinwheels.

 

 Spooky Haunted House- I bought a small paper mache house at Hobby Lobby, it was about $4.99    and I painted it black.

Halloween Subway Art-  I downloaded this free printable here.

Potions and Poisons bottles- I downloaded several different packs of Halloween Poison labels. I didn't write down the links, but you can find similar ones on a Pinterest search or here.
Once printed, I cut them out and just used double stick tape to secure them to the bottles. I purchased all of the glass from Hobby Lobby, they always have great deals on their glass bottles and apothecary jars.

Poisoned Apples- This was the messiest part of the decorating. I bought 10 plastic apples at the dollar store and used a paint brush to paint on Elmer's glue. I think shook red glitter onto the Apples and turned them until coated. I had red glittery hands afterwards, but I think it was worth it. I love how they turned out.

I created this entire display for about $30. Having a festive display in your home really does help you stay excited about whatever Holiday you are celebrating. I loved walking past this table each day and reminiscing on all of my past Halloweens and getting excited for the future ones.

Faux Wooden Coasters

We really needed some coasters and I knew that I wanted to make some. I've seen a bunch of really cute ideas on Pinterest for coasters but I hadn't decided on a an idea yet. We were shopping at Home Depot one day and started looking at the Laminate Wood Samples...and then it came to me....I can use the samples (that I truly was interested in : ) as coasters!! Here's what I did:

1.  I traced around each wood sample on cheap craft felt. My felt squares were not perfect.

 2. I then just hot glued the felt to the backs of the wood samples, it's that easy!!

 

3. They look super classy! You could even get super fancy and round the corners or mod podge something onto them!

 Sorry for the iphone quality, but they still look cute : )

Light Saber Pretzels

We had a Star Wars day at work and I wanted to give everyone a themed treat. After I made these I saw a different tutorial on Pinterest for creating lightsaber Pretzels, I guess I'm not the only one who has thought of this : ) Besides the terrible iphone quality pictures, I think these turned out pretty cute.

1. I used the following items:

 

2. I combined equal parts powdered sugar and milk to created a thin frosting. 

(If I made this again, I would have  made the frosting a little bit thicker.)

3. I spread the frosting onto each pretzel.

 4. I then rolled each pretzel into the sprinkles.

 5. I then poured the sprinkles out and separated the red sprinkled from the other colors.

 6. I took a 4 inch X 3 inch aluminum foil strip and wrapped it around the base of the pretzel, and put a dab of frosting on the foil and placed a red sprinkle on the foil to represent the button on the lightsaber.