Valentine's Day Decor

 I got crafty Sunday night & finally finished a painting I started last spring. If you have been following my blog you my remember be posting about here. I decided to add some glitter because, glitter makes everything better :)

 Here's my little big of Valentine's Day decor for this year. I made all of the canvas art. I made the "LOVE" art last February. It was my second blog post! Read it here.

 

 I have a bunch of these little quote cards about love. They are left over from my wedding. I had them on all of the tables at my reception.

 

 This year, since Valentine's Day is on a Saturday I thought maybe my husband and I would go somewhere special because we actually have time! Unfortunately, since we really have never gone anywhere for Valentine's Day (besides our local winebar), we didn't realize that every place was already going to be booked when we tried to make reservations! Alas, our Valentine's plans are up in the air. Are any of you doing anything special/fun? 

Hope you have a happy Friday & a lovely Valentine's Day weekend :)

Christmas Crafts with Family

This past weekend we had a Christmas gathering at my Aunt & Uncle's house and a bunch of us ladies got to do some Christmas Crafting. We made paper Christmas ornaments inspired by this pin my cousin found. They were really easy to make--cut the shapes, fold in half, and glue together!

The first one I made was OSU Beaver colors, of course...

So my husband said I had to make a duck colored one too :(

My Aunt made this Christmas tree one, and I loved it so much she let me have it. She also gave me the ones below. She's really creative!

Our crafty bunch! Love them :) I had so much fun visiting in my Aunt's festively decorated house with all these lovely ladies!

Happy Tuesday!
 

Happy Fall DIY Banner

This weekend was mostly spent sleeping, drinking cold medicine & tea, and watching TV. I developed a cough over the week and luckily, in 2 days of rest, I have nursed it away! I decided earlier this week that I needed some Fall decor in my house, so I decided to make a banner.

I decided on the words "Happy Fall". This way I can leave it up all Fall, unlike if I made one that was geared toward Halloween or Thanksgiving (although, let's get real: I love these banners, I will probably make one for every holiday in the future!) I am so in love with Fall colors right now: burgundy, rose gold, bronze, brown, mustard-y yellows, and of course, I always love glitter :)

I have cardboard pennants that I got at a craft store that went out of business, and I used them as a template for my banner. I have not been able to find any at other craft stores like Michael's and Hobby Lobby, obviously you could just cut out triangles. The pennants I have, though, have a scalloped edge. Also, I am just better in general, if I have a template to follow! Faster & no mess ups.

Supplies: scrapbooking paper (card stock is best), twine, foam glitter stickers, hole punch. I already had the solid colored paper on hand, but the patterned papers came from Target. The foam glitter stickers also came from Target and they were a great buy! It was $5.29 for a pack and it came with a set of gold, and a set of silver. Usually foam letter stickers of this size cost that much just for 1 set of the alphabet.

I'm pleased with how it turned out! Now I just need to move to a different place so I can have a fireplace mantle under it ;)

Happy Fall & Happy Monday!