My Lovely Willow House Items Arrived!

Last week, Debbie from Love the Décor {who is also a Willow House consultant} blogged about this great tray table that was marked down from $129.96 to $32.96.  A steal!

So after I took about 1/10 of a second to decide where I could put it, I ordered it!  The bad news for my budget is that while I was there I also ordered this pedestal.  {See it there in the back?}.

Then because I spent a certain amount, I got 50% off an item of my choice {over a certain amount} and I got these Amelia Thimble Domes.  Baby cloches! Aren’t they cute?  Love ‘em.  It’s a trio that only cost me $17.00 and change!

Everything came today {Friday} ~ a full day earlier than indicated!  I’m so impressed by that as I’m still waiting on dishes I ordered through Walmart online March 28th!  I’ll be playing with these things and showing them off over the next week.   I already love them!

*All pictures from the Willow House website.

Kathy

Can I Get Some Birds With Those Eggs?

Like a lot of you, I have nests and eggs all over my house.  It’s been starting to get to me, though, that with all these nests and eggs, I don’t have any birds around!  So I picked up two while at Michael’s recently.  One was $3.99 and the other $1.99. 

This happy fella is clipped to the birdcage that I won from Sissie at Sissie’s Shabby Cottage last year.  I think this is also my largest nest with eggs {found at Tuesday Morning last year and modified}.

He was one of the few that looked like an actual bird.

I like it!  The second one had a Blue Jay look about it {although the tail feathers aren’t quite realistic}.  I put him in my refashioned dining room table arrangement with the nest and egg addition I had added recently.

He’s good for now.  Although, I may  move him if I find a spot I like better.  Meanwhile, decorating meltdown averted!

Kathy

Quick and Easy Décor Crafty Project

I needed to get a new candle for my powder room and, as luck would have it, I had a Michael’s coupon that was good for candles this week.  My inspiration for this project came from Sherry at Creations From My Heart.  Sherry creates some beautiful things; please visit her blog if you get a chance.  This is the candle I bought {came with the glass lid}.

I was so happy to see that it had a “peel here” in the bottom right corner of the label.  So, peel I did!

I found some leftover scrapbook paper from another project, grabbed some ribbon that I’ve used before, a decorative button, a glue stick and my glue gun.

I started out by trimming the paper up to the size I needed for the candle and attached that with the glue stick.   I used the glue stick in case the candle actually lasts long enough that I change my mind about what I’ve put on it or for when the candle is done and I want to use the jar for something else.

Next layer was the ribbon.  This is the same ribbon I used on an urn re-re-do that wound up in my powder room with some faux boxwood.  I did use the hot glue to adhere the ribbon, but it is on the paper and not the glass.  This way, again, if I want to remove everything it should come off easily {I know, famous last words}.

Finally, I snipped the back off the button and applied that with hot glue to the ribbon {where the ends meet}.

Here she is with her urn buddy in the powder room!

You can do this with supplies you probably already have on hand.  The cost is minimal.  In my case, I had the paper, the ribbon and the button.  The candle was $3.39 and I saved $1.00 with my coupon, so this whole project cost me $2.39!

Linking up with

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Weekend Wrap Up at Tatertots and Jello

Tutorials & Tips at The Stories of A to Z

Kathy

Tray Update and Ruffle Runners

I didn’t want to leave anybody hanging or not mention the tray again, but I did get my stencil.  If you remember, this is the tray.

This is the stencil and I was just going to do the “Nest” portion in that upper left corner.  I figured this way you could still see it even if I put things on it.

It did not go well.  I used my craft paint and stencil brush, but the way it came out was just not right.  I think there is either a coat of something on top {although it doesn’t seem so} or I don’t know what.  Either way, when I saw it wasn’t going to work, I wiped the paint off while it was still wet.  I don’t have a photo of that part because I wanted to get the paint off quickly before it dried.

I could do a vinyl if I really wanted to, but I’m going to take it as it is meant to be left alone.  So, it will stay as is, which I’m okay with.  The stencil won’t go to waste; I’m sure I’ll find another project I can use it on!

Meanwhile, I have gotten quite a few emails about the triple ruffle runner I made and posted about here.  This is my runner in the natural with rose stripe.

I know that there has been some difficulty getting the fabric as it seems fabric.com is out of stock on at least one that I showed.  I was able to get more before they went out of stock and I have made a few for my Etsy shop.   It may be back in stock as the Michael Miller Venice Text fabric I wanted to do on my screen just came back into stock Friday.

I just finished these Friday night, so they will get a go over with the iron.  I also got a new one, which is just a plain natural.  I think this is going to be a favorite of mine because you can add your own touch to this one {like with a stencil} or just leave it plain.

These fabrics take a stencil really well, so you could add your own monogram, your favorite graphic, etc.   Similar to mine is a natural with blue stripe.  Love the faded look to the blue.   Update:  The blue stripe is sold!  Thank you, Tracy!

This is what I  have so far.  I will also be doing a blue with white {similar to the red which I used for my kitchen towels} and the red, which is the same fabric I used for my kitchen towels, which you can read here.

The red and the blue will have the same ruffle as the others and not this one I used on the towels. All of them have triple ruffle goodness going on!  They are about 69 inches long, from ruffle tip to ruffle tip, and are 16 inches wide.  So far, the two pictured above are in my Etsy and I will add the others in as soon as they are finished.

Kathy

New In My Etsy

Something I’ve been working on for awhile.  For now I just call them “Clip It”.

Finally took pictures and uploaded everything to my Etsy shop. 

I will also have a smaller size and hope to have those listed this coming week, too.  The first few  I made I have put around my house and my son uses one on his desk for a picture of him and his girlfriend.  I guess you could say we were the “focus group”!

You know me, the black and white is my favorite!

Button embellishments on all!

Thanks for looking!

Kathy