RED Armoire!

Happy Valentine's Day to me! 

 Look at this great RED armoire we found

 this week! Just in time for Valentine's Day. 

Larry knows just what makes me happy!

This is part of my Master Plan*

Just look at all the storage to organize

stuff...red stuff. I can store all of my

Valentine decorations as well as all the 

red decor accessories I use for 3 holidays:

Christmas, Valentine's Day, and the

patriotic ones from Memorial Day thru

July 4th, and 9-11. All in one place. 

All so easy to get to. No more rummaging

around in  boxes on garage shelves. 

Yes, this baby is going in the garage. 

My Master Plan is to find and repurpose

armoires I find for sale on craigslist

and on Facebook and use them in the

garage for storage. Great, cheap, sturdy, 

attractive, storage. Better than open metal

shelves and cheaper too. This one was only

$25 !!!

Cheers to unconventional Valentine love. 

XO

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All Set For Valentine's

First let me say how much I love my 

Emma Bridgewater pink hearts tea pot.

Love. 

I'm also using my red/pink transfer ware.

Sometimes I use this set or this way. 

 No more "Please pass the salt and pepper" 

when everyone has their own at each place.

 I made them re-using those mini jam jars

you get in restaurants with your breakfast.

Doesn't everyone save those? 

 Table for the two of us.

 I added the framed printable plus more

 red accessories and plates.

 Now the yellow and blue seat cushions 

would't do, so I covered them with a red

checked pillowcase and white matlesse'
pillow shams. It's a quick fix for me
(sewing challenged).

I do this at Christmas and 4th of July too.

You can see the before (no tea set) and after

(with tea set). I love tea sets. 

 I love to use a different tea pot and mugs.

It keeps afternoon tea fun and happy. 

This little trio heart basket

was a rescue.

 I can either hang it on a wall or just

pop it on a shelf or table. 

This set always puts a smile on my face. 

It's a gift that keeps on giving.

Looking for a yummy dinner?
Try Chicken in Lemon Cream Sauce.

Love!

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Simple Valentine's Touches

How to decorate for Valentine's Day
when you don't have much continues.
I'm improvising with a few Valentine's
touches while I'm still here at
(daughter) Kim's. 

 I repurposed a gift basket and filled it with
pinecones and added little white lights.
I turn it on just when it starts to get dark.
It's very pretty and you don't notice the
 green wire as you see in the photo. 

 I surrounded the glass hurricane with
more pinecones, a string of red beads,
 and a few cut-out red dot hearts.

 I filled her beverage container with 

red Christmas balls.

 I brought 2 printables with me. It's
 so easy to have a different printable
 for each holiday. I keep the extras
in a file here. 

 The red bead and wine cork garland that I 

made for Christmas when we were here 

for Thanksgiving works for Valentines's 

decor too...I think.

Anything red was used. I'll be adding a very 

easy paper heart garland too. 

The same one as I made here.

I had a small red wood frame, 

so I brought that with me.

 She'll be able to change that one each month
 too, or just print out and pop in one of my
 photos that I've done  using the
  Waterlogue app on my iphone.

Of course I brought a couple of

Valentine's Day mugs with me.

Time for a cup of coffee and 

a slice of warm banana bread.

XO

MORE printables, Valentine's Decor
and other goodies can be found on my
Pinterest Boards HERE.
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Valentine Doors

Walking around Kim's neighborhood in

Frisco, Texas checking out the doors

showing a little Valentine love.

 Lots of different hearts.

 Some hearts showed up on a couch on a side patio. 

 Some were stuck into planters, 

some were hung on the doors.

Some were banners hung on gates. 

Do you have your Valentine's wreath

up. You can make one in minutes with

a wire coat hanger and scrap fabric 

and ribbon as some of the above. 

Click here for an easy tutorial.

XO XO 

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Craft/Project Withdrawal

What are the symptoms of craft/project 

withdrawal?

I'll tell you my experience. I'm taking care 

of my daughter Kim in Texas because

 she broke her foot and required surgery. 

She has 2 dogs and stairs and can't put

 any weight on her foot for weeks. I'm here

 tending to everything and keeping very busy. 

Now yesterday I needed to do something 

Valentines-ey. There was nothing to work 

with; no wood scraps, no glue, none of that

 "saved stuff to use for a project someday". 

What did I find? Cardboard from a box and 

red tissue paper left stuffed in a gift bag. 

Good enough. 

I cut the cardboard into a heart, tore the

 tissue paper, and made the glue from flour, 

sugar, water and oil. Desperate times. 

To hook it on to the nail already in the

 wall I bent a paperclip and taped

 it on the back. 

You could embellish it in all sorts of

 ways. Add lace paper doily to 

edge or add do-dads to the heart. 

This is just the emergency craft. 

I'm sure there are some loose buttons here somewhere...

Cheers!

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Lace Heart Garland

Here's a quick and easy to make

 Valentine garland.

I just taped it to the top of the cabinet.

I used heart shaped paper doilies.

From the Dollar Store.

I threaded a cute red and white 

polka dot ribbon through the slits.

 I didn't even need to cut the ribbon. 

I just laid the spool on top of the 

pie safe, tucked out of sight. 

That way I can remove and reuse it easily.

I attached a little needlepoint door hanger 

to the knob in the wreath.

Be My Valentine

XOXO

from the archives 2/12/12
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DIY Effortless Winter Centerpiece

It takes me about 5 minutes to change

 the centerpiece on the breakfast table

 for the seasons.

I've used this one many times.

It works from Fall thru Spring.

I just placed a hurricane lamp in the center of

my large antique bowl, added a pillar candle 

(chosing a color for the season) 

and surrounded it with some of my

gathered pinecones.

I first used this easy centerpiece

 for Fall and it was featured in 

Country Living Magazine.

 To add a bit more color, I cut a few
hearts free-hand from a piece of red
scrap paper. I'll add more and this
centerpiece will be work for
 January and February.

 I decided to add a string of tiny white
 battery-operated lights for the winter.
It makes a nice glow along with the candle
 now that it's dark when we're having dinner.

Cheers!

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