Repainting old frames.

So I just have a little mini project update! 

 I have a wall of frames above my sofa that needed a little updating so the other night I pulled out the paint.  This group of frames has undergone multiple paint transformations!   BUT this time I really wanted to give them a little GLAM look, so out came the silver leaf! 

This is just a little  peak as I have to finished the rest of them, but here is a little in progress picture!

More pictures to follow!

Hello again!

I feel like it's been forever since I have done a post!

Where has the time gone!  I just can NOT believe its only a week and a half till Christmas!  

Can you?  I mean I still feel like I don't know what happened to the summer...let alone the Holiday season!   The Holidays will be over before we know it....sigh....it always seems to go by so fast.

Anyway its only been about 5 days since I've done a post, but I have gotten all my Christmas shopping done, and most of them are now wrapped and under the tree.  So at least I've got all that taken care of.....that is until I think of something I forgot to get!

I just wanted to show you all this super adorable lamp I found at world market the other day.

It would be SO cute in a kids room....well it would also be super chic in a den too!

I love it!

Well I'm off to go finish a few sewing projects! 

I will share them soon!

Santa baby......

Santa Baby, slip a sable under the tree, For me.

been an awful good girl, Santa baby,

so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Santa baby, a 54 convertible too,

Light blue.

I'll wait up for you dear,

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Think of all the fun I've missed,

Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed,

Next year I could be just as good,

If you'll check off my Christmas list

Well I may not be getting a convertible for Christmas, but I would LOVE if Santa brought me any one of these great items from ZGallerie!

Bonus if Santa does his shopping soon, ZGallerie is offering 20% off gifts and accessories!

I love Love LOVE the elephant!!!

I have the cute little camera case, it's super padded and really protects my point and shoot when I toss it in my handbag!

These are a few of my favorite things.....

So my Christmas tree went up this weekend!  Well for the most part, I have not found a tree topper I like, ours from years past is broken. 

Our tree is much smaller than we usually get, just about 5 feet.   I had been planning on rearranging the furniture so we could fit a bigger one, but last week was kinda a another crazy one for me!

First I have been getting over something, everybody seems to be sick. Then I had someone hack into my bank account!  NOT FUN! Kinda scary actually!  Started taking money out! But all is fixed now! whew!

 Anyway,  I thought I would share a few photos of my tree, and a few of my favorite ornaments!

My Anthropologie-inspired Ornament!

You can find out how I made it here!

My nephew and I were Christmas shopping a few years ago, and he picked theses out for us.  We each have a sparkly star that goes on my tree.  A big one for me, and a little one for him.

Josh and I took my nephew to a paint-your-own pottery place last year, to make Christmas ornaments for his  mom and stepdad.

This is the one I made for my tree!

Heres Josh's ornament!

My BIG star!

We picked these up on an anniversary trip to the Outer Banks.

My mom made this for me when I was little, its been on my tree every year!

 I love this mercury glass acorn!

Well  there it is, MY TREE! 

 I'm off to go finish up my Christmas decorating!

Wishing you a very Merry Kate Spade Christmas.....

There is just something about Kate Spade that reminds me of this time of year. 

 Maybe it's her colorful stores and festive adds......

Maybe it's her sparkly footwear

Flashy, currently available on katespade.com

This one's on my wishlist!!!

I just love her!  And I seriously have a THING for her Adds!  I want to create a framed wall of them in my closet! 

Wouldn't that be chic!

Blog Updates!

Just a quick little note, I now have twitter!

I'm really a little unsure of how to use twitter.....I know....I know....it's been around for ages, but I'm just now getting to it!  So if any of you who have been using it for a while have any tips or tricks, PLEASE SHARE!

I also redesigned my header,and changed my background last week!

So the ole blog is slowly coming together, and better showing my personality. I apologize if you were visiting on one of the days were I kept making changes, and then changing my mind again!  

One day last week I think my background may have changed a dozen or so times, atleast!  

Anyway, I hope you like my new header!

Don't forget to follow me on twitter!

ohhhh and please share your twitter tips!

Christmas Sparkle!

I am finally getting my Christmas tree up!

I am not finished decorating her yet, but here are a few of my favorite ornaments, some new lovelies, some old lovelies!

A few are some I've had since I was little, those are, and probably will always be my favorites!

Our tree is nothing special, no theme or any thing; but most of the ornaments we have, have memories that go with them.

 It's always so fun to take a trip down memory lane, while unwrapping all the Christmas goodies! 

 I guess I'm a sap that way!

Do you guys prefer a themed Christmas tree, or just a tree filled with all of your favorite ornaments?

I will probably do one of both when we get a bigger place, but for now this is it.

Happy Decorating!

You guys are fabulous!!

I want to say a huge thank you to all of you! 

 For every comment, tweet, shout out, and feature of a some of my recent projects! 

THANK YOU! 

 You guys have been amazingly welcoming!

I really didn't expect this when started blogging recently!

I am so thrilled by all the feedback, and I love reading every one of your comments! 

A special thanks to everyone who has featured my

Glam Holiday Wreath 

and my Anthropologie Inspired Ornament.

Anyway, you  all have been fabulous, so one more time....Thanks!

Glamorous Holiday Wreath!!!

I finally finished my DIY Glamorous Holiday Wreath!  It took me a few days, and several trips to every craft store in the area, but I did it!  I also managed to wipe out every  little square mirror in three cities!  Well it was definitely worth it, and will be a new favorite wreath for years to come!

Here's how she went together!

I bought a 16" styrofoam wreath at Michael's, and laid out all my little mirrors first so I could make sure that the placement on the ring would work.  I initially was only going to mirror the top and had plenty of little mirrors for that, but I decided to keep going, and thats when I ran into a problem finding more mirrors!

I then used a mosaic glue to hold them down.....that had to dry for 5-7 hours before I grouted the ring!  Long wait time!

Here she is just about done, what you can't see is that I ran out of my smaller mirrors on the other side!

This was all after searching for them in three stores!  I didn't know each store was only going to carry two or three packs of the things!  But I made one more trip, found some mirrors, finished up the grout, and here is the finished piece!

I LOVE how it turned out!!  I can't wait to get our tree this weekend and see it surrounded by all the Christmas stuff!  We only put up a real tree and I wanted to wait an extra week to get it this year as it is usually just about dead by Christmas, when I get in Thanksgiving weekend.  So next weekend will be a BIG decorating time for me!  I can't wait!  I've pulled down all my Christmas boxes, and have put a few things out, but really the tree is what usually starts me every year, so I like to wait for that!  I will post pictures of the goodies when I get them all up and out, and of the finally home for my new wreath!  I'm thinking it will look gorgeous under a swag of greenery! 

How about you guys, are you all ready for Christmas, or are you like me, just getting started?


Oh PLEASE keep voting for my Anthropologie Inspired Ornament, in BHG's contest!
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Thank you!