Spring Has sprung at our house!

Spring is in Full effect at our house!!! Thought i'd share some pictures of how we've decorated- i'm a nut about decorating ( Mini me calls me the " Holiday Hoarder" ) . A little Terrarium ( is that how you spell it?) that mini me made with the neighbor across the street for my birthday- we live in the country and they found all of these things, minus the egg out here. The white thing is a baby turtle shell, about the size of my fist-

Good ol plants.. they make me happy and they are my first ones since we've moved here- i had to give all my other ones away when we moved-

Mini me made the brown birds nest in art class- i stole it and used it for decor ;)


The wire cross was also a birthday gift- my plant in my planters is pathetic i know, but i'm holdin out for my dad whose coming in a few weeks so he can spruce them up and i CANT wait!

A bad day- a GREAT idea, and so i rolled with it. Did you know they sell SHEETS of moss?! Any craft store, and you can use a coupon on it!

These too will have plants in them- - -

Bunny from last year ( pi@R 1) that got a little coat of ballet slipper pink spray paint

Birdhouse i stole from the neighbors across the street- they downsized their home, and then her mom died, so i feel like a kid in the candy store when i go over there.. they give stuff to me all the time

Mish Mosh- Corky's daughter birds nest and eggs ;)

Another nest- pack of 3 last year from Tj's

EgGS! i'm OBSESSED!

More Mish mosh from everywhere! Just painted the frame and will print out a word to put in it. The white stand - Corky's, and spray painted white


This picture- EVERY time i pull it out, i cant believe how little she was!!!! She fit into an Easter basket- this year, this picture means even more to me. Gosh.. i miss her!

How have YOU decorated for Spring?

Its Beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Ok--- here's the Christmas pictures i've promised so many of you- there will be another post on things as well.. We'll start with the front porch!!! We're the first house on the street, so we need to represent it well ;) I think, GO BIG OR GO HOME!

If someone stole these, i'd laugh.. they'd get lots of boxes of ROCKS! - thanks to the construction workers and their LARGE pile of rocks next to our house, they helped make this porch possible, HA!

My husband LOVES this white bench ( KIDDING! he hates it) so he was happy when it was put on the side of our entrance and covered. HE thinks its junk- he cant appreciate Shabby Chic, i guess.

Last year we came up with the candy cane idea- we went to NewSpring church, one of our FAVE to visit in SC and in the childrens area, there was a white tree with candy canes and that's how our tree this year came about!

One of my fave blogs, 320 Sycamore had the idea to put her childrens Christmas books under the tree and wrap each one and each night a child can unwrap it and read it every night leading up to christmas . Great idea, however, i didnt wrap them, in all honesty due to NO TIME-

Candy canes- Target

All things glittery- hobby lobby ( seriously, my FAVE store)

green and red ball picks and green flower picks- Wally world

Sled- clearance @ marshalls last year

Sleigh- 1 buck @ goodwill, and found the same one @ Carolina Pottery this year for 20 bucks!

Boxes- burlington coat factory after christmas.. had them seriously for like 5-6 yrs and redo the ribbon every year

Bottle brush trees- Target last year in the dolla spot

jingle bells- dolla tree

Glisten above mantel---Corky's daughter, along with my elf on the shelf, my 'we still believe' sign and my 'Believe in the magic' sign on my tree, and my BIG lime green ball ornaments.

MARIE- OPEN A STORE HERE, I MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY! Every season, there are touches of your store everywhere to remind me of all of my fun talks and visits. XO!!!

Oh my goodness do you not LOVE this cake plate?! only 15 @ Target and i'm SO glad i snatched it.. it was sold out everywhere and online. - y ou can use it for so many holidays!

My willow branch nativity i wanted to make a statement since Christ's birth IS the reason for Christmas!I put it on my Kitchen countertop so everyone can see it when they walk in.. See the red nail ornament in the back behind Joseph? That's the nail to remind us of Jesus dying on the cross for us. Another one i love that i've saved for years and never used because i could never find the right place. And the Noel- the first Noel!!! Tinsel tree-- in love, Another Corky's daughter!

And the star in this pic.. i love how it all turned out. So classy-

There is MUCH more to be seen, so i will be doing another post on our house-

More Random Halloween decor

I have been so busy lately- i'm so behind on blogging.. forgive me- here's some more halloween decor.

*My first wreath- my friend, Stacey helped me make it.. super fun to make *

Now that my computer is working, i'll be posting more.. i promised

Its Baaaaaaaaaaaaack..

My creative side has returned!! Today was the FIRST day that i could home after the gym and STAY HOME for the day- i mean, i got SO MUCH done!!! i decorated my laundry room to satisfy me enough until i do it how i REALLY want ( New paint color, etc)- i also found some 4th of July stuff at Target Dollar spot and ran with it with decorating today- I still have plans for the front yard, but for right now this is what i have- * Strawberries are vase fillers - target in home decor section. They have them at ours for 1.98 a BOX!

*Flags - dollar spot, Target!!

*Random straws i had from grocery store- walmart i think

*Glitter stars- Dollar spot at Tarjay ( they have them in country-ish type too one with blue and white stars and white and red stripes. They are pretty heavy duty, i just LOVE them!)

I took a Mason jar, filled with blue and white marbles, vase filler and then have these red things.. i think they are Christmas tree filler! but they remind me of fire works!
*Flag from Memorial day from joannes fabrics
*there are fake fire works to left of jar- its a toilet paper roll with striped crepe paper, and then Vintage cutouts glued and fun stuff coming out of top ( i bought these in Oregon)


These are the COOLEST vintage looking metal buckets! Once again 2 yrs ago, Corky's Daughter- they are metal buckets and i have them in Rusty Red, Blue and sky blue with the white star in middle. I LOVE them! (Super easy to make your own, i was just too lazy!)

I Love this bench!!! I got it on a clearance sale YEARS ago. but it was still spendy- so shabby looking.. the blue polka dot ribbon matches blue star.. looks better in person.

Im going to take my other 2 metal buckets and one more and plant red, purple and blue flowers in them and place them in an old, rusted out wagon and position it in front of our house/driveway.. our driveway is off to the LEFT of our house, so driveway is upside down L shape.. pics to come