My Backyard Eden

 

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She had me at Burlap……and having a labradoodle caught my attention too.  My Backyard Eden

Can there be too much burlap?  Not if you’re in my world…….bring on the burlap.  Carolyn decided on a round table cover……then added a bit of holiday flair with a stencil and some paint. With that Southern Living at HOME center piece, and red candle….you can’t go wrong.  (I have that jamestown tray….LOVE IT)She’s handy with the stenciling…..she saw some pillows from Potter barn….instead of buying them….she made them.  That’s my girl! She is kind enough to show us with a tutorial! TUTORIAL!!!After looking at PB’s then hers……….I like hers better.  I do.  I bet you can do with burlap too.  :)I never get tired of looking at these wreaths.  I don’t care how many people make them…keep em coming.  She bought all her ornaments from The Dollar Store and created this beautiful amazing wreath.   She nailed it with combining the colors.  I love it.  I need to head back and read her tutorial.

Being in the holiday mood, she was on top of it and planted her amaryllis.  I also need to get on this with my paper whites.  Such a great delight in the dead of winter to have these gorgeous flowers blooming.  The planters aren’t bad either.      Before I head down Christmas alley, I wanted to show you what she did with this Early American style coffee table.  I’ve seen a few of these in my lifetime.  Even with paint, you’d have a hard time getting around the making this work…….but leave it to her.She used it for her turtle habitat.  I think that’s what she has in there.  Perfect for that table.  And look at cute little Rosie.  She looks related to my Maybelline.OK, back to the holidays………

Easy toffee gift idea.  Love toffee.  She has the full recipe and tutorial.  No excuses now.      To decorate, she MADE these hurricanes.  MADE THEM!  She started out with 3 glasses and 3 candle sticks…..waved her magic wand and TaDa!!!

 

And these ceramic coasters are a very popular gift idea.  Simple, functional and cute.   

So grab your stenciling dabber and get ready for some holiday crafting!

Lucky Star Lane

Whoa!  You guys rock at adding your crafty stuff to my Get Your Craft On!  Thank you.

Christmas makes me all nostalgic.  You?  So when I saw this Retro inspired Macaroni tree….I was giddy.  Yes…….it’s a MACARONI tree…..not a PASTA tree…..that’s probably what they would call it today.  When I was growing up back in the day…….a child of the 70s…..yes, I am THAT old……how else do you think I got this sassy?  Back in the day, no one called pasta…..pasta.  It was macaroni.  Didn’t matter what the shape was……heck we didn’t have all those fancy shapes. We had Spaghetti and Macaroni.

Lucky Star Lane – crafty ideas from two crafty girls.

I love how this turned out.  They glammed it up by spray painting it silver and adding tiffany blue.  Beautiful.  This is something you could easily do with the kids. Good bye 70s macaroni tree…..Hello 2000’s Pasta tree.You know how we were just talking about adding an element to a wreath to change it up?  Remember?  This is perfect.  Just head to your local craft store and grab one of those monograms they sell, paint it and hang it to your wreath.  Love!And I’m not sure if you’ve noticed my obsession with burlap lately, but I found these burlap gift tags on her site.  I could even manage the stitching…….although I probably wouldn't.  I’d line it with more glitter and call it good.  I love these too.  Because we’re a little nutty for birds……..look at this cute one they made.  Darling.  I’m not trying this one either, but I sure admire it. These have nothing to do with Christmas, except you could make them as a gift.  They picked up a few wooden hangers, painted them, added the rub on…….I think it’s a rub on….What a great gift! Their blog is fairly new, so chances of already knowing about it are slimmer.  Don’t you LOVE finding a new jewel?

While you’re visiting them, you may as well leave them a comment telling them how you found them.  Why not?

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Merry Christmas!
Christmas looks a bit different this year. It's WHITE! A LOT of WHITE! So much WHITE that our Christmas dinner and brunch have been postponed. So it looks like we get a special treat of just the 3 of us here at home. I am making Christmas Eve dinner for tonight, getting Cinnamon rolls and Hash Brown casserole ready for tomorrow morning. I am feeling a bit guilty for feeling so giddy for this opportunity to be stuck and home with the people I love the most.
So here's from my house to yours. Merry Christmas.

This shot isn't the prettiest of my home........the garage door is open, my husband shoveling snow to the right and my son a blur snow boarding down the hill. Life as it happens. It is what it is........ Also this was taken about 10 inches of snow ago. We've received a total of 14-15 inches so far. It's been snowing all morning.......

And just in case you didn't see my amazing card yet................

Have yourselves a Merry Lil' Christmas.

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