Mrs. C with Style!

Bathroom Clean Out/Organinzing!

2013-04-13T19:07:00.001-07:00

Well I am happy to report that one more closet in our
house has been tamed............
well at least for the time being:)

Here is our upstairs bathroom closet:
BEFORE

This bathroom is going to get a make over soon!
I can't wait:)

After moving a couple of shelves, re-arranging baskets,

and cleaning out old medicine we have a more

organized and pretty space!

Here is a close up of the new baskets:

Bathroom Supplies

HIS/HERS

TRAVEL Supplies

& First Aid

Lastly there is still room for our laundry hamper and

a spare toilet paper holder!

Well one more closet tamed! Now we can move onto

the fun part remolding this space!

I can't wait to show you some of the progress!

We actually went today to look at a

new vanity :)

Spring Fever is in full bloom here!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. C

Easter Centerpiece-Late :(

2013-04-02T12:24:00.001-07:00

Well as usual I am a day late and a dollar short :(

I was on Pintrest touring myself with beautiful flower arrangements and
last minute decided I would make one for all of the lovely
ladies in my life:)

Below are the items needed for the arrangement:
Tulips
Clear vase
Edible Grass
Peeps
& Jelly Beans

Fill the vase with jelly beans about half way
then you will need to add a
container to put water in for the flowers.......
I should have used a bigger container because my flowers
didn't do so well :(

LESSON Learned!

Next you will wrap the edible grass around the
container that holds the water and
arrange the peeps on top of the grass.
The last step is to add the pretty flowers!

I actually made a bunch of them!
I think this idea could be used for a lot of
holidays and center pieces!
Use your imagination :)

I hope everyone had an amazing Easter with their families!
We were actually very lucky and got to see almost
everyone in our family :)

I should be back later this week with more
projects that I am trying to get completed!

Mrs. C

The Conch Republic-Key West!

2013-03-21T16:18:00.001-07:00

Today I wanted to share with you some of our pictures from our

trip to Key West. We really did have a great time:)

We got very lucky with our weather! Most days it was

was in the mid to high 70s, which is perfect:)

The week before we got there it was in the 50-60s :(

Here is a picture of the airport as you get off the plane.

The airport in Key West is pretty small but still nice.

Here is a picture of our resort at night by the pool.

We stayed at the Mariott Beachside Resort, which was

very nice and convenient to downtown Key West/Duval Street.

During our visit we did get in two rounds of golf!

There were quite a few iguanas around the course, which

is something you don't see in PA :) This guy was pretty big!

Here he is going across the lake! Boy they are quick!!

Below are a couple of pictures from around the down town area

and Duval Street.

We had a Key Lime Oatmeal Raisin cookie at Kermit's,

I must say it was pretty yummy!

I believe I took this picture after the cookie....

two very happy customers:)

I really love this painting on the building below.

It was done by an artist name Wyland, which I believe just finished his

100th painting on the Great Wall of China!

Below is his website, stop by and check out all of the beautiful features

he has done!

http://www.wyland.com/

I think I fit in pretty nice with these turtles!

A picture of the hubby with "Sponge Man"

Of course we had to eat at Margaritaville!

Jimmy Buffet was actually in Key West the week before we were

there at his recording studio, which we also got to see:)

You can't help but feel good with a little bit

of Jimmy Buffet's music on!

A stop by Mallory Square to visit the shipwreck

museum and aquarium.

Below is the view from the top deck

area of the shipwreck museum. You

get to see how beautiful Key West really is!

Look at these cookies! I refrained from eating

one but boy it was so tempting. Every time
we walked by it smelled so good!

At the aquarium we got to hold a conch and got

to see it come out of its shell. They really are kind of

cool looking..............needless to say

I didn't eat any more of the conch fritters:(

I must admit they are very good!

I have to admit this was one of my favorite trips

we have taken!

I would love to hear if you have any trips planned or

have went on any recently! I love to hear about new places

to visit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mrs. C

New Kitchen Storage

2013-03-15T08:20:00.001-07:00

As of late my main motivation around our house is to get organized!!

It seems that the more spaces I get organized the

easier my life gets:) I LOVE IT!
Ever since adding the pantry to our kitchen it has opened

up a lot of cabinet space!

Here is the before picture of my pantry area before adding

shelving to a coat closet to make it into what is now our

new and improved pantry!!

You can check out the full transformation here:

http://mrscwithstyle.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-pantry-area-organized.html

After you will see my newly organized pots and pans

closet!

I love how everything is easily seen and there is no digging

through drawers any more looking for the lid that matches

the pan which you are cooking in!

This closet contains the following shelves:

Top Shelf: Baking, Muffin Pans, Cookie Sheets, Etc.

Second to the Top: Pie Pans, Taco Shell Pans, Etc.

Last Shelf in this Cabinet: This shelf actually has a little extra room if we need to

grow which is nice! This shelf contains, aluminium foil, wax paper,

baking cups, etc.

Bottom Cabinet:

First Shelf: Baking Casseroles & Loaf Pans

Second Shelf: Extra Knife Set and Lid Storage

The rack that is holding the lids is from Ikea. It was a great find at

only $5.99 because it holds up to 10 lids and expands to fit your needs!

Last Shelf: Pan Storage & Fire Extinguisher ( just in case:) )

I bought the pan stacker organizer at Lowe's for $8.99

It really helps to keep down on the clutter and you can easily see

what sizes you have so it makes cooking a breeze!

Below are two close up photos of the shelves.

Well for less than $25 and 45 minutes of my time

I have two more organized spaces in my kitchen!

Yeah!!!

I hope this has given you a couple of ideas

to help you get a space organized around your house!

Since we have been working so hard around the house we

took a couple days off to go on vacation!!

Stop back I would love to share our pictures with you

from our trip to Key West!! :)

Now back to reality of 35 degree weather:(

Happy Friday!!

Mrs. C

Wrapping Paper Station!

2013-03-07T05:17:00.000-08:00

I don't know about you but I love to give and sometimes

receive gifts.............but what I really love is the

wrapping and presentation of a package!! :)

I have to admit I am very lucky to have a separate

craft room where I am able to store all of my goodies for

such things as a wrapping station!

However I do feel you could set up a similar

area in a closet or in a home office space.

In one corner of my attic space which is where my craft

room is located I turned it into a functional ribbon, wrapping paper,

and bow storage area!

Below is an over view picture of the space.

Here is a cheap storage rack that

my Mom picked up for me at a garage sale.

I gave each bin a labeled tag with what

it contains in each compartment.

For example these bottom three hold:

Tissue Paper

Gift Bags &

Gift Boxes

Easily seen and easy to find when you are in a hurry!

To the right of that storage is where I actually keep

all of my bows and wrapping paper.

I got this little organizer at Michael's

when they were having one of their 50% off coupons! Woot Woot!

I think I paid close to $20 for it and it was totally worth it!

I put the bows in glass vases so I could see what colors I had on hand.

I try to use what I have around the house for most of my projects to

keep down the costs of all the projects I want to do:)

Up close view of the bow storage area.

Last but not least my ribbon storage!

I have to admit I love ribbon!!!!

I found a picture of a similar system a long time ago in a

magazine and thought this would be a great way to store

all of my ribbon. All I used was a couple of eye hooks and

dow rods that you can get at any hardware store. The nice thing

about this project is how inexpensive and easy it is!

Well thank you for stopping by!

Here's to Happy Wrapping!

Mrs. C

Kitchen Drawer Organization

2013-03-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

Happy March 1st!

I am getting so excited................ I can feel it Spring is around the corner!

This month is super busy for us so I wanted to try to get as

many project done as possible around the house.

I started in the kitchen with the pantry and have now have moved

on to the kitchen drawers!

A couple of weeks ago I went to Ikea and bought a couple

of plastic containers for these drawers to help with this mess!

Here is the before:

It was always a challenge to find what you were looking for

not to mention to try to close it!

After:

This drawer organizer was $2.99 from Ikea

and now holds all of our small kitchen appliances.

Below is another drawer that needed attention in a bad way!

Below is the after:

Nice and organized!

These organizers were only $0.99 each!

Another great find from Ikea!

Last One: Before

Below is the after picture with all of our

grilling utentels organized! Finally :)

Well finally I feel like I am making headway and really

getting our house organized.

Total cost for the organizers: $7.00

and only about 20 minutes of my time!

Not to bad:)

I hope you had a great weekend and maybe

finished or started one of those projects you have been

meaning to do!

Mrs. C

New Pantry Area-Organized!!

2013-02-25T06:28:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to share with you our new

pantry area in our kitchen! We didn't really have this
area before because we really do have plenty of cabinets in our

kitchen but the ones I used for our food storage were

very deep and hard to keep track of what we had.

Here is a small coat closet as you first walk into our kitchen.
I didn't feel as though we utilized the space as well as we could so
I decided I would sweet talk the hubby into putting in some shelves
and turning it into a pantry!
With a little bit of persistence........... wink wink
He agreed!

Now on the other side of the kitchen

is where I use to store all of our snacks, can goods, and

pantry items.

I am kind of embarrassed to show this to you because

it is a Hot MESS but it was actually really hard to keep organized!

Speaking of embarrassed I found can good from 2009!! YIKES!

Needless to say the trash was heavy this week:)

Back over to the pantry area, my hubby was so nice

and surprised me with a fresh coat of white paint! I think

it really makes a huge difference and is so easy to see what you

have and need to get at the store!

Below are a couple of after pictures with all of

the goodies inside, labeled, and most of organized!

I didn't want to break the bank with this project so I got

all of my containers but two at the dollar store!

With a little imagination, scrapbook paper, and labels

the dollar store container too can be pretty:)

I think being organized has actually helped me cut

down on some of my spending at the store.

Before I never really knew what I had or wanted to take the time

to look through the cupboards because to be honest it was a little

overwhelming! Since finishing this project I take a couple of minutes a week

to go through and see what I have and haven't used and then

build my grocery list from there. It actually seems like we

have more variety in our meals as well:)

Just a close up of a few of the baskets.

I have one whole shelf devoted to snacks,

the shelf you see in the picture below contains:

Seasoning Mixes

Drink Mixes

Oatmeal

Salad Toppings

This project came together after reading the blog

I Heart Organizing!

She is amazing and I love all of her ideas, tips

and decorating for an organized and pretty space!

Make sure to stop by her blog!

http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/

This month's challenge is organizing your kitchen!
I finished this one just in time!

Make sure to stop back by to see
what I did with our old pantry closet!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Monday!
Mrs. C

I will also be joining in with the following
blog parties!!

Safe Haven Movie & Book

2013-02-15T15:57:00.001-08:00

Well first of all I love Nicholas Sparks books and inspired movies!

I can't help it, I am a hopeless romantic!!

For our Valentine's Day/Anniversary date we went

and saw Safe Haven! It is now one of my favorite movies!

I feel bad that I went to see it without finishing the book first

but I couldn't wait! If you get a chance get a bunch of girls

together to go see it! You might have to twist your hubby

or boyfriend's arm for this one but definitely go see it

and the book is also a must read!!

I love Julianne's hair in the movie! She is so pretty and Josh

Duhamel is not too bad on the eyes either! They really have

great chemistry for this movie:)

Happy Friday to you!

Remember to Love, Love:)

Mrs. C

Love...... Acts of Service ;)

2013-02-14T05:15:00.001-08:00

Well first of all Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you enjoy the day with the ones you love!

I thought today would be a good day to share this post with you

since it has to do with Love:)

I wanted to share with you one of the Five Love

Languages....

Acts of Service

I think this one is my favorite of all 5 and my

husband knows it! He definitely knows the way to my

heart which I love!

This past weekend my hubby finished up a project I have

been wanting to do for awhile and now it is complete......

A wall of our wedding photos!

I am so excited to share this with you!

Here he is in all of his glory doing something special for his girl:)

This what I mean by acts of service:)

I know he would rather be watching the golf channel

or out in the garage working on one of his own projects

but instead on Saturday afternoon he is hanging pictures and

helping me pick out our wedding photos that would like nice in the frames.

No Valentine's Day present can top that!

I LOVE YOU BABE!

And now the final project:)

I really love how it turned out!

My best friend gave me the Life Is Good sign

as a wedding gift so I thought it was fitting for the space!

Here is another view of that corner of the room.

I am in LOVE with this wall now:)

Well if you have a couple of minutes today check out the

5 Love Languages, I think you will find it interesting:)

I hope everyone enjoys the day with the ones

they love!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Mrs. C

Scrapbooking "SCRAP" Organization

2013-02-09T13:26:00.000-08:00

My scrapbook room is an on going project

here in our house and probably will be for

years to come but I am ok with that because

I think this is my favorite room in the house to o

organize!

Today I wanted to share with you my

most recent way to store my scraps.

It seems like when I am done with my project I

also have smaller pieces left over that I just

can't seem to part with but over time they just

lay in a pile and it becomes over whelming.

SO................

that is where my new organization comes into play!

I bought this rolling cart at a yard sale a couple of

years ago for only $5 and it came with the hanging folders!

I used it for a long time for our personal bills

but we really didn't need this much space and I

like to keep that kind of information a little more

sealed in a desk drawer.

So I decided to make this into my

"Scraps" storage area!

My hubby got me this cute sign at a

local antique store on one of our dates

and I thought it would be perfect on the front of

my cart to give it a little flair!

Below I organized the dividers by how

I scrapbook, everyone is different so organize your space

to fit your needs and style.

I went by colors, patterns, and themes.

This method really seems to work for me because

if I am working on a project and need something to coordinate

with it I can go right to the tap and find what I need!

Remember Rome wasn't built in a day and organizing

your space doesn't have to be done all at once:)

I know I have changed around my space more times than

I can count so don't get frustrated if you don't

have all of the time and money to do it at once:)

Happy Scrapping!

Mrs. C

Hobby Lobby Love!

2013-02-08T05:56:00.001-08:00

Well it is official............. I AM IN LOVE

with Hobby Lobby!

I am sure that is no big surprise to most of you that

have been there before but this past weekend I scored

all of this great loot for only $80!!

(6) Picture Frames

(5) signs/pictures

(4) decorative signs

Vases, and much much more!!

I have a few projects in mind in which I am going to use

some of my new found treasures in!!

I love to shop in the clearance section because you never know what

you may find! I think the picture frames were the best

deal because it nice to have some extras

on hand to change out pictures or even to give

as gifts! So if you don't mind to dig a little that

hit the clearance section and you never know what you may

find!

Happy Friday to you!

Get out there and get your "Bargain"

Shop On!!

Mrs. C

Pink, White, & Black Closet!

2013-02-03T14:37:00.001-08:00

Happy February!!

Can you believe that we are already on the second month

of this year!! Where does the time go??

Well I know where my has been going...............

Cleaning, organizing, painting, and having

fun in my clean craft room :) but that

is a whole other post which I hope to share with you soon.

But for now I would like to share with you my

new closet space in my dressing room area/office.

Ok below is the before picture:

Yikes!! What a HOT MESS!!

So I started from scratch!

Removed all of the clutter....

Cleaned...

and then put a fresh coat of

white paint on it!!

Much brighter and cleaner looking.

I decided to give this shelf a little pizazz with wrapping paper and ribbon!

I just wrapped the shelf with the wrapping paper like you would with package

just in case I wanted to change the color scheme. I then hot glued the ribbon to the

edges of the shelves.

Below is how it turned out!

I really like how pretty and organized it is.

I can actually find everything and makes getting ready in the morning

a breeze!

I found some fun signs in the dollar section at

Michael's and thought they would look cute!

On this shelf I have my wallets, perfume,

small shoe jewelry, and lotion.

Below this shelf in the bins are purses and bags.

Lastly I have an over the door organizer for my

favorite scarfs!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the closet re-vamp

and maybe got a few ideas to try!

Happy Sunday!

Mrs. C

Storage Solutions!

2013-01-29T16:20:00.001-08:00

It seems like 2013 so far for me has been all about getting

things done and organized! I have been cleaning out, re-painting,

and trying to be as organized as I can be:)

I wanted to share with you our dining room. It is not huge so storing

all of my table accessories can be a challenge. I didn't really want to buy another

piece of furniture for this room because I don't really have room for it:(

Below is a general picture of our dinning room so you

can get an idea of how big it is. 12 X 12 to be exact.

So in this picture you will see I added another mirror to this wall.

This piece was a left over from our living room re-vamp....SCORE :)

I was worried that two mirrors in such a small space might not look

right. However I believe this mirror is more like art work

than a mirror. I love all of the earth tone colors and that is

kind of has a funky element to it!

I was so excited that I finally got to use these two large flower vases!

These were an excellent find over the Summer from a garage sale!

Both for only $5!!!! Woot Woot :)

Now onto the storage I have been talking about:)

I purchase the four basket below for only $6 each.

They currently hold all of my table napkins, runners, and

table clothes. I think it really looks like a totally different

piece of furniture since I added the baskets.

On this wall we have our buffet piece which already has

a lot of storage available in the drawers. I store extra silverware and

candles in this area. So I decided to add a few baskets for extra storage

but haven't actually filled them yet which is exciting!

So now I can buy more dinning room goodies since

I have un-used bins right?? :)

Well I hope your week is going well and your

off to a good start on all of those

New Years Resolutions:)

Mrs. C

Living Room Revamp!

2013-01-27T17:18:00.002-08:00

I am back in LOVE with our Living Room:)

It seems like I was having a love hate relationship with this room.

I would try to make our living room into what I wanted by buying

more pieces and moving things around on the wall but

all I seemed to do was make our walls

look like Swiss Cheese! :)

So I decided to do it right and take everything off of the

walls, fix all of the holes, and paint the entire room a litter color!

Well I can't take all of the credit my hubby did fix all

of the holes for me and helped me re-hang everything!

So a HUGE thank you to him:) I think we both are

happy that we gave the living room a little face-lift :)

So now onto some pictures!

Below is a before picture. It wasn't a bad color but just a little drab.

Now here is pretty much the same view of the room, just

much brighter and less on the walls which I think makes the room feel

larger and cleaner:)

Now here is a before picture of the other side of our living room.

I wish I would have taken one before I started to give you a better

idea of what the room looked like without the Christmas Tree and us

standing in the view! Oh well I think you will see the difference.

Now below you will see the lighter color choice, new curtains,

and we decided to move around some of our decor items.

I love clocks so I decided to take a wall and make them

into art/focal point of that side of the room.

Below is another view of the room after its transformation!

I love the feel of the room!

Well I hope you enjoyed the new living room tour:)

It is kind of amazing what a little paint and planning

can do to a room!

So have you been busy this week with any projects?

Please share your blog link, I would love to what you have done!

Have a great week!

Mrs. C

New Bathroom Bliss!

2013-01-22T07:17:00.000-08:00

What a difference a little paint and elbow grease can do!

Our down stairs bathroom also serves as a laundry

room so it is pretty good size which is nice but it always felt

a little dark and closed off so with a new color scheme,

new vanity, and a complete cleaning we have a new bathroom

that I LOVE :)

I really love how all of the colors in the new vanity

came together with the new paint color.

We used Behr Paint & Primer in

Brown Tepee

I really like Behr paint, it covers so nicely and they

have such a nice variety of colors.

Here is a couple of before pictures:

These pictures were taken right before I was getting
ready to paint.

Over here I tried out a few colors to see
which one would look nice before I painted the entire room.

I tried to plan it out and tape everything off. It

is kind of a pain while you are doing it but it pays off in the

end! For me it seems like I can paint faster and make less of a mess:)

Now onto the New Color!!

I think the lighter pallet really brightened up

the room and gave it a bigger feel!

Now onto my favorite update that we did.....

the new vanity!!

Here is another view of the vanity. I was really happy that we

could keep the mirror in this room and that it would tie

in with the new color scheme and vanity! It has such

pretty detail and think it just adds a little elegance to the room!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the new bathroom tour!
Stop back by to the living room transformation:)

I will be linking up with the following blog parties:
Southern Lovely

Happy Tuesday!!
Mrs. C

Christmas Re-Cap!

2013-01-17T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well I believe this goes without saying that I haven't been a

very good blogger lately:( It seems like as soon as Christmas

was over I had an urge to start a whole mess of

projects!!! Not to mention it took me a week to

get Christmas put away!!

Any who I will have a lot to share with you shortly on

completed projects around our house!!

I think 2013 is going to be the year of getting things

DONE!! :)

So here are a couple of pictures from our Christmas

and holiday break!

So we decorated :) ............

Tortured our dogs with Santa hats!

I think Jackson actually liked his :)

Doesn't he look so cute!

We got dressed up and went to parties!

Got to visit with our families!

Everybody loves Jackson!

We got a lot of fun presents :)..........

I love this box! Don't you love things you can re-use!

We went hiking while visiting in NJ !

I think this is a nice picture of Sean's family!

I love Grant's face :)

And we got snow the day after Christmas!

I love how it looks on the garland :)

Well that about somes up our 10 days of Christmas Bliss!

As much as I love the holidays I am ready for the New Year

and feel good to get a jump start on some projects!

Stop back later this week to see the bath room

transformation!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Thursday :)

Mrs. C

Merry Christmas from Mrs. C!!!

2012-12-23T08:10:00.001-08:00

Well first of all I can't believe it is here!!

This month flew by and I had high hopes of all these projects I wanted

to do and share with you and it seems like all I have gotten done is

shopping, more shopping, wrapping, more wrapping, and definitely

OVER Eating:(

Oh well I guess that is what the holidays are all about! :)

It definitely has been fun but I think I will be ready for a little

down time shortly:)

Well have made it through 5 Christmas parties so far this month

and now only have 8 more to go:)

Any who since we will be traveling and seeing family over the

next few days I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a

VERY Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has a blessed holiday and enjoys the time with

their families and friends!

Mrs. C

Winner Winner!

2012-12-17T07:36:00.002-08:00

Happy Monday!

I am sorry I have been MIA recently but it seems
like I have been working on Christmas projects for months! :)

I see all of these great ideas I would like to try but there just isn't
enough time:(

Any who! I would like to thank everyone for
taking the time to stop by my blog and enter
the deco mesh/ribbon giveaway!

The winner is Jen from Jen's Place!!

Congrats Jen!
I will get this package out to you in the next few days
so hopefully it will reach you by Christmas!

Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments
and for joining in on the fun!

I will hopefully be back to you this week with a
couple of post and a cute little project for the
dogs of your family this Christmas!

Only 8 days until Christmas!!
Mrs. C

Our Real Tree & Give Away!

2012-12-04T17:39:00.000-08:00

Hi Ladies!!

Happy December to You! In honor of

Christmas I would like to do a little giveaway!

Here's the scoop:

You need to be a follower of Mrs. C with style and then

just leave a comment with what your favorite colors are to decorate

with for Christmas!

How easy it that??? !! :)

The winner will receive a total of 25 yards of holiday ribbon,

1 roll of red deco mesh, and a pretty photo ornament!

I will draw a winner out on Saturday December 15th!

So are you getting ready for the holidays??

I am happy to report that I am 85% done with

my shopping:) So now I can enjoy all of the fun stuff like

parties, Christmas cookies, wrapping presents, and my

FAVORITE!! DECORATING! :)
We now have our real tree up and decorated!

Here is a picture of me with our furry son Jackson :)
He goes along every year to give his approval on the perfect tree

and this year he didn't disappoint!

Below is a naked picture of the tree!

Just like most of us we feel more comfortable

dressed up :)

Now with adding deco mesh to a real tree it can be a little more

difficult since you don't have the branches to weave the

deco mesh into. So I found the easiest way to

attach it to the branches is with pipe cleaners. They are pretty

inexpensive and come in a bunch of color to match your

color scheme! I actually cut them in half so you get double

the quantity!

So here she is once the mesh is added.

I did the same technique with adding the ribbon and used

the pipe cleaners to add it in the branches.

The flower below is probably my favorite decoration on the

tree next to my Grinch Ornaments!

I love how fun and whimsical they look!

Here she is looking big and beautiful!

I love all of the fun colors!

Just a close up of the flowers on the tree!

I wanted to share these bell ornaments with you

because they were such a great deal and add a lot

of flair to the tree!

I purchased them at Target for only $1 each in there

fun section that is usually right inside the door!

It gets me every time :)

The snowman hat tree topper idea came to me after my

visit to Valley View Farms. I didn't really want to spend $30 for

a topper so I looked around and found this cute hat at

Boscov's for only $5 and it lights up! I think it is to be used

as a table decoration but you can really use it for other things!

Here is just a little display area above a cabinet I have in my

living room. You gotta love the Grinch!

Here is one of my lanterns I have filled with ornaments and pine cones.

The picture frame beside it is just a little project I made this week.

I used scrapbook paper and a vinyl decal I had bought some time ago.

This would be something fun you could make if you own a Cricut machine!

Supplies Used:

Picture Frame, Scrapbook Paper,

and a vinyl decal.

Here is a close up of the finished project!

Finally one last picture to leave you with!

These are my two big helpers!

Well at least they would like to think so!

I would like to thank you for stopping by!

I love to share ideas so please sign up for the giveaway and

share with me your blog address so I can stop by and check you out

as well!

I will be joining up with these great blog parties so please stop

by and visit all of the talented bloggers out there!

Also there is a Christmas Tree Contest happening over at A Whimsical

Christmas and I would love for you stop by a vote for your favorite tree!

I will be entering this tree in the contest:)

Voting Begins: 12/17-12/24

http://www.awhimsicalchristmas.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-contest.html

http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/

http://www.apinchofjoy.com/

Happy Holidays!!

Mrs. C

Silver and Purple & Silver & Blue Trees!

2012-11-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

Well I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving and

got to spend some quality time with their families!

Over the last couple of days I have been off work on

vacation which has been AWESOME and it has allowed me

to get a bunch of projects completed and a lot of my decorations up

for Christmas and Fall themed items put away:)

This past week I have completed a silver and purple tree for

my office area and silver and blue tree for my guest bedroom.

I am really excited with how these trees have turned out!

Below is a before picture:
She is looking pretty sad :(

Sneak Peak of some of the pretty colors!

Here it is! This tree is
is the corner of my office area. I have this room decorated
with kind of a vintage feel so I think it goes well with the other decorations.

Below is just a close up! One of my favorite ornaments

on this tree is the pair of silver glittery heels:) My mother-in-law

gave me this ornament last year and I love it :)

Here is a just a little swag I added to a shelf in this room

to kind of tie everything together.

Now onto my guest bedroom area!

I did this room in silver and blue with touches of green!

I really like how well the Santa matches the decorations and then

I just filled a lantern with left over bulbs for a little flair :)

Below is a picture from the door way.

Below is a picture of all of the goodies

on the tree! I love a full tree! Let's just

hope it doesn't fall over! :)

Well thank you so much for stopping by!

Please leave a comment with your blog name so I can

check you out! I love seeing every one's holiday decorations,

ideas, and cheer!!

I will be linking up with these great parties!

Make sure to stop by and see what others have

created :)

All Things Christmas Party!

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Happy Holidays!

Mrs. C

Gold, Green, & Leopard Tree & Garland!

2012-11-26T18:29:00.000-08:00

Well it seems like I have been on a roll

with the garland lately and wanted to share another

finished holiday project with you:)

My dining room was gold, green, and blue last year and I really

liked it but I got an awesome deal last year on red and green bulbs

at Sam's and wanted to make my main tree those colors so I had a a lot of

left over gold and green items so I think that is going to be my theme this year!!

Yes hunny I said this year:) Love Ya!!

Any who I think I am going to re-use all of my silver and blue items

in my upstairs spare bedroom! :)

That will be a whole other post!

Last year at my work they were going to throw away this
tree so I decided to rescue it:) It isn't perfect but it is a 6.5 foot
pre-lit tree so I decided by the time I got all of
my deco mesh, ribbon, and ornaments on it, you really couldn't
see any of its imperfections:)

Below is the before picture of the dining room.

I used gold and bronze deco mesh with leopard
and bronze ribbon. Here is a picture once the
deco mesh and ribbon was added.
It really fills out the tree nicely.

Below is a picture of a candle ring/swag that I got on sale
the other day at Christmas Tree Hill for only $3.99.
I thought it would be a fun addition to the top of the tree!

Here it is with our gold star we have used for a couple

of years now. I think it make the top look full and

add some fun flair to the tree :0 )

I always like looking for different toppers or

fun elements to add to our trees.

I also added flowers.

Here is the finished product!

I think the colors really blend well with our dining room.

Here are a couple pictures of the buffet table.
I tried to incorporate the same ribbon and green
flowers into the garland.

Here is a picture of the whole table.

Just another shot of the room.

Well that is tour of the dining room tree and decor:)

I hope you enjoyed and maybe got an idea for your own tree.

Check back later this week I will have 4 more trees to

share with you!!

I will be linking up with these awesome blog parties this

coming week!

Also there is a Christmas Tree Contest happening over at A Whimsical

Christmas and I would love for you stop by a vote for your favorite tree!

I will be entering this tree in the contest:)

Voting Begins: 12/17-12/24

http://www.awhimsicalchristmas.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-contest.html

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-party-2012.html

http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/

http://www.apinchofjoy.com/

http://romantichome.blogspot.com/

http://debbie-debbiedoos.com/christmas-decorating-ideas.html

http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

DIY Thanksgiving Napkin Rings & Arrangement!

2012-11-20T06:13:00.002-08:00

First of all I would like to thank Allyson over at

No Place Like Our Home

http://noplacelikehomeally.blogspot.com/

for this great (cheap) idea! :)

Thanks Allyson!

DIY Thanksgiving Napkin Rings

Here is what I started with:

I got the flower bunch at Michael's the other day for 90% !!

So the entire bunch of flowers $1.99

Ribbon that had in my stash

Paper Towel Tube

Glue Sticks and Scissors!

I measured the width of the ribbon and then cut the

paper towel tube slightly smaller.

Hot glue the ribbon around the ring.

Since the flowers are large, the rings didn't have to

be perfect because you won't see the top of the

ring once the flower is glued on.

Top View

I love all of the bright colors!

Below is the finished product with Napkins!

Not too bad! Total cost for 8 rings and a table

arrangement: $2.50 :)

Here is what me my table looks like so far.

I don't have all of my chair around it yet but you

get the idea:)

Here's a close up view of one side of the table.

I love how the napkin rings tie everything together!

Now here is a close up of the flower arrangement I

made using the left over flowers and some ribbon I already

had in my craft room.

Just a few other pictures of the napkins on

the plates!

Well I hope you have the Turkey out

and you are getting ready for the big day!

I can't wait!

I have three trees upstairs decorated and everything

ready to go for Friday so I will be in full

holiday cheer mister mode then!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you and your family a happy and safe holiday!

Mrs. C

I will be thinking up with these awesome

blog parties!

Valley View Farms Inspiration!

2012-11-18T19:14:00.001-08:00

Valley View Farms is a huge store/nursery that

goes ALL OUT for Christmas! I could literally

spend hours in there just looking at all of there

beautiful trees! I always leave there with so many

great ideas!! So this year I am hoping to capitalize on getting

an early start!

I really liked this wreath display they had on a door
inside the store. Simple but pretty!

Here is a gold and silver tree.
I love all of the ornaments they fit on their trees.

I would love to get enough ornaments
to do a tree for my husband like this
"Tee Time Tree" display, since he is a golfer!

This Jersey Shore tree made me laugh!

On the tree below I really loved the topper

but didn't get the best picture of it:(

The below tree is called
"Purple Passion"

In the below picture I love the Santa Hat Topper!

I am going to try to make one of these at some point!

They also a beautiful display of Mark Roberts Fairies
which I love!! They are kind of expensive so I don't
have any but would love to start a collection at some point!

This is the girls night out tree! Such a cute idea!

Another neat tree topper idea! A snowman's hat:)

I loved the ribbon on this tree. They actually glued

pom poms to the red ribbon! I thought about trying this

but I don't thinks my patience would last:)

I loved this Santa! I need one:)

We also went to another store in MD called
Watson's. I love the white trees with the beautiful
red cardinals.

I think this village display looks

so festive!

Well I have my silver and purple tree up and decorated:)
I went to Michael's tonight to wrap up a couple of
things I needed this week so I didn't have to go out on
Black Friday! I usually go out for all of the good deals
on Black Friday but I think I might skip it this year!
I have a lot of my shopping finished so I think I might take it easy
and stay home and decorate:)

So are you going out shopping or are you decorating this
coming week? :)

4 days to Thanksgiving!
Mrs. C

Deco Mesh Center Piece for Christmas!!

2012-11-14T13:07:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share with you my deco mesh/garland

center piece. I picked up the metal center piece a little

while ago at my local thrift store for $3.97 ! I thought I could

come up with something clever to do with it eventually:)

Below is a Before shot of what I started with.

I had the garland and actually cut it to the length I needed so

I could wrap it around the metal center piece.

The candles I purchased at Kohl's on sale and then got an

extra 30% off!! Woo hoo :) Gotta love Kohl's!

Just a close up!

Here is a close up of the finished center piece along with a few other pics!

I think it turned out pretty good! Very colorful and it should

take up most of my coffee table:)

I also wanted to share with you these two cone

trees I got at A.C. Moore the other day! They are so fun

and they light up! I thought this would complete my picture

and put everybody in the holiday spirit! :)

I can't wait to start decorating down stairs!

I am mad at myself self because I didn't buy enough green candles

but hopefully you really don't notice since the piece

is so full and colorful :) I will have to go back and see

if they have anymore!

Thank you again for stopping by and I hope

you and your family are getting excited about

the upcoming holidays!!!

I will be linking up with these fantastic blog parties!!

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Best Wishes!!

Mrs. C

Birthday Celebration!!

2012-11-09T19:25:00.000-08:00

Well Wednesday was my birthday and I wanted to share a couple of

pictures with you! I am not really excited about getting older

but I had an awesome birthday! My hubby always makes me

feels special and loved but he really out did himself this year:)

My first celebration started about a week ago

when my mother-in-law came to visit:)

She got me the cutest wristlet wallet and with

my Kohl's gift card I got these fun boots!!

They are actually very comfy! :)

Below my hubby sent this adorable arrangement

to my work:) It really made my day!

Getting flowers never gets old:)

Close up of the doggie:) Too cute!

I got so many goodies and more pictures to

share with you!

I also have about 5 projects started that I need to

get finished this week!! Wish me luck:)

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. C