Seasonal
November 23, 2011
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Can someone stop the ride for just a few days? I think I want to get off. Boy! It’s been a crazy few days! With my Internet being out and packing and traveling and a rush deadline and some other exciting things, I just feel like I’m going a mile a minute. I can hardly keep up! It’s nice to know that tomorrow will be a relatively quiet day and it will involve lots of yummy food and hanging out with my family. For those interested in buying my ornaments, I have worked out a way to sell them that will work with everything else I have going on. Tomorrow, an ornament trio (designed and handmade by me) will be the Wuslu Deal of the Day. Here are the three that will be in the trio… The clear glass bulb filled with shredded antique sheet music (this one is filled
I think it’s pretty safe to say that we all appreciate our fire fighters. They train and condition and prepare to put themselves in harm’s way when people need help. Well, here’s a great opportunity to say “thank you” in a small way. IKEA is partnering with The Family Handyman in sponsoring a contest for a $25,000 kitchen makeover for a deserving local fire department. You can nominate your local firehouse for a chance to win. The entry page can be found here: http://www.rescueremodel.com/. Please take a few minutes to nominate your local (or favorite) firehouse to give them the chance to win this awesome prize. I’ve received a lot of requests to buy some of my ornaments online and I really wanted to make that happen. Here’s the deal… last year, I opened it up to custom orders, made everything myself, packed them up and shipped them out. It took a lot of time
When I realized I was going to have to hang four curtain rods in the family room, I came up with a solution on how to hang curtain a curtain rod to make sure they are all hung at the same height and the same distance from the window. This process in the past has involved measuring up, measuring out, using a level, repeat. Sometimes it would involve drilling multiple holes when something didn’t work out. So, I took some time to figure out where I wanted the holes and I made a template. I used a piece of raw chipboard, but cardboard or stiff card stock would do the job. I hung my curtains seven inches higher than the top of the window frame and nine inches wider. Hanging curtains high and wide (when ceiling height and space permit) make the window feel larger and it keeps the drapes from blocking too much of
Yesterday was all about Lucketts. I went down there to get my room ready for the open house. (Minus the sofa. Poor Ruthie was up until 3:30am on Thursday working on that thing and just couldn’t make it to Lucketts in time, so she’s bringing it early tomorrow and will help me haul it up the stairs. Talk about above and beyond.) I did have some great help today, though, and we got the place looking sparkly and ready for Christmas. OK, I have to explain this tree topper. I know it’s ridiculous on that dinky tree. I had planned on getting a lush, live tree, but it just wasn’t going to fit and the thought of dragging it up the steps and everything that was involved just didn’t seem worth it. So, I pulled this little guy out of my basement and the paper star I had intended
Believe it or not, my very first blog was started in WordPress. Had I just stayed there, I would’ve saved myself a lot of trouble, but I think it was a good thing for me at the time. I was on WordPress and felt pretty alone. I didn’t understand how to plug into the blog community and get my blog “out there.” I was writing to myself and my mom and we both already knew what I was doing. As I started to get sucked into the world of DIY blogs, I saw that almost everyone was on Blogger, so I clicked the “start a blog” button and ran with it. Blogger was easy to use, easy to connect and easy for me to work on myself. Then my blog grew…and grew…and grew and about two years later, I realized I had created a bit of a mess for myself.
You know the saying, “Never shop for groceries when you’re hungry.” Well, I went “shopping while hungry” so to speak. My space at Lucketts was empty and I was pretty anxious about getting it stuffed to the gills for the holiday open house (November 4-6.) Well, I shopped and sourced and scrounged and made bins and bins of ornaments and now the place is definitely stuffed. Busting at the seams. And I still have more at home. I was planning on bringing in a live tree, but I think that will just take up too much space (I still have to fit a sofa somewhere in this space!) So, I’m going to bring in the plastic slim tree from home. Not exactly what I wanted, but it will fit a lot better. Here’s what the room looks like now… All in all, I’m really
The new issue of Cottages and Bungalows has hit newsstands, so I thought I would share a few pictures from my DIY Essentials column. (Table settings are one of my favorites to photograph…) This month’s issue shares a tutorial on how to make an over sized chalkboard with a chunky frame. (The piece is now for sale at Lucketts. I wanted to keep it, but it didn’t fit my requirement of having a perfect place for it. Bummer.) I also have several new Thanksgiving/Fall galleries and tutorials available on HGTV.com, including a fall arrangement gallery… …stenciled napkins… (Thanks so much to Laura of Maison de Stencils for making this custom stencil for me!) hand painted plates… custom trimmed table cloth… and ideas for a Kid’s Thanksgiving Table. I hope these projects and pictures get those wheels turning for fall decor. Tomorrow, Mini and I are going down to
I’m Marian, a painter, writer, and lover of all things creative. From art and antiques to home projects and everyday life, I share my journey in hopes of inspiring you to embrace your own creativity and make beauty in the spaces you live.
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