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The Great Halloween Party wrap up.

Handsome Hubby and I hosted a Halloween Party on Saturday night. Thanks to the generosity of Shawn from Seriously, HH and I were fabulous vampires. She loaned us these great costumes.

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Twig and leaf fall centerpieces.

I love entertaining. I feel like a grown up now that we host Thanksgiving each year. I love any excuse to make new centerpieces or to try a new recipe.

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Hello, Butterfly! Easy decor for your porch,

Spring is here and I wanted a little color and sparkle for our front door, so I thought this easy arrangement of twigs and butterflies would be just the thing. My 14 year old, Conner, reads my blog...

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Getting the Easter boxes down… Easter decor ideas.

Like he does before any major holiday, Grant has been chomping at the bit for Daddy to go up into the rafters and get down the bins of decorations. At our house, Halloween, Christmas and Easter...

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The Blue Twig Chandelier. (who knew?)

This is the project I did for last week’s One Month To Win It challenge. It gave me so many problems that I almost included a “rest in peace” wreath when I sent it off to the judges. Shockingly, this...

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Easy floral arrangement using fruit & flowers.

A few days ago I posted my Mother’s Day Brunch wrap up and told you I’d be back with the simple way to make this centerpiece using store bought fruit and roses from my yard. As promised: Gather your...

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Spray painting sticks and hiding dirt…

I may have previously mentioned that I loves me some sticks.  When a storm blows through and there are sticks and branches all over the neighborhood, I become Crazy Stick Lady.  I  stop in the...

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Black sticks & silver mini-pumpkins… mmm mmm good!

Yes, yes, more pumpkins… Does it make a different that these are little guys and not from the Dollar Store…?  No? These guys started out as little orange fakers.

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Orchids can celebrate Halloween too…

I love orchids! They are a quick, easy, cheap way to have fresh flowers in your house. They’re easy to pop into different containers and have them look like a million bucks.

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Spray paint takes Halloween into Thanksgiving…

I usually hate my mantel, but for Halloween I was pretty happy with it. I really liked all of the elements and the balance the large Raven artwork helped to create for the champagne bucket full of...

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2010’s Thanksgiving Decor… a recap so I can figure out what to do for this year.

I am getting busy with my Thanksgiving preparations.  So busy, in fact, that am going to re-post what I did last year. I love entertaining.

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“Loco” is Spanish for “creative” right…?

I have less than a week to come up with a fabulous Thanksgiving tablescape and decor.  I just reposted what I did last year, hoping to inspire someone out there in blogland, but also hoping to inspire...

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Make your own frosted, icy branches.

Today I’m sharing a quick and easy way to turn ordinary sticks and branches into frosted, icy ones for the holidays.  I love the pretty, frosty branches, floral picks and other accessories that are...

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Pairing rustic and glam elements together: Everything looks better if you put...

I love to play rustic items against the sparkle of silver and glass.  Makes me happy and the two really play off of each other that way.  I put together this little grouping of sparkly glass and...

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Thanksgiving tablescape. A rained out Thanksgiving: going to Plan B (with...

My dining room is too small to fit the 15 to 20 people that come over for Thanksgiving dinner, so I always host it outside on our patio.  Living in Southern California, it’s usually safe to do this....

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A hanging centerpiece using photos and branches.

Just the other day I wrote about how I needed to come up with a centerpiece for our annual Mother’s Day Brunch.  I didn’t have a lot of time, and I never want to spend a lot of money, so here’s what I...

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Decorating with {free} sticks.

It’s getting to be that time of year… time for sticks and branches!  Yay!  Free decor!

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Using clearance Halloween make-up for your autumn decor…

When hitting the Halloween clearance section, don’t just look for items to use next year, be on the look out for things that you can use right now when decorating for Thanksgiving. Please trust me...

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A transitional floral arrangement: Fall into Winter Centerpiece.

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving.  Ours was wonderful, and I will have a wrap-up post coming on next week.  Until then, I wanted to quickly show you an easy way to start bringing in “the...

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Using Epsom Salt in your Christmas Decorating.

Epsom salt…  Isn’t that what people soak sore feet in? I wouldn’t know.  I only use it for crafts and decorating.

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