Everyday Celebrating

Goodwill shoes into decor!

This post is dedicated to my Orlando friend, Jessica, who self admittedly, has been stalking my blog waiting to see what I did with these...  remember these?    The mystery is over!  This one's for you, Jess!

 

I talked about these shoes in this post. and at the time I had plans to use them in a gift I was making for someone.  Well, that gift ended up going in a different direction BUT here's another use for those shoes!

First, I'll say that those shoes were not my size.  Not even close, so don't feel badly that I cut off the buckles.  Second, as you'll notice, I found them at Goodwill and actually got the pair for $2.50.  If you know anything about actual rhinestone buckles, you know that you can't get a pair of those for $2.50.

So here's what I ended up doing with one of them...

 
The urn was actually a Goodwill find as well.  When I bought it, it was white and cracked and definitely worse for wear.  Add a little black spray paint and it was brand new!

The beauty of buckles?  You can run ribbon through them and add them as a decorative touch to anything.. presents, wedding bouquets, headbands, etc.  

For this one, I ran a wide white satin ribbon through and secured it with hot glue.  Now, for the purpose of this photo, I added a red paper pom on the top, but imagine this with a ball of red carnations or roses.  Very striking!

Here is the buckle up close:

I love it!  I wish I would've had them for my wedding several years ago which featured red, white and black as the colors.   Or wouldn't this be nice at Christmas or Valentine's Day?

I think I may use the other buckle on a photo frame.  Wouldn't that be nice? 

Next time you're in Goodwill, don't pass up the shoes! You never know what you'll find that you can reuse into something fabulous!

It's that time of year...

Looking for a unique vase for your graduation centerpiece?  A Class of 2010 birch bark vase!  

Everyday Events: A beautiful DIY wedding

Melissa from A Very Chocolate Life, created a wedding with beautiful details she made herself.  It is amazing what lovely details come from paper.

Her bouquet... made from paper...

along with the pomander for the flower girl

poms on the church pews

poms along with lanterns above the dance floor



Some of the other details she made that I loved... banners in the reception
 


boutonnière for the guys


table numbers and holders

Take a peek at Melissa's blog to check out pictures of the rest of her fabulous details!  They are a real inspiration for all of us DIY types.  

Old School meets Modern

Remember making these?  Blow up a balloon, wrap string around it and apply fabric stiffener, let dry and then remove balloon?

Carissa of JL Designs in Los Angeles does it again!  I really don't believe I've ever seen anything she's done that I don't love.  Check out her blog for endless eye candy and ideas and the rest of the details of the table above.
 

DIY floral arranging party!

I love this idea!  These ladies are attending a get together/class to learn how to transform flowers you buy at the corner store (or the Bodegas like in NYC).  It's a flower arranging class featuring flowers you can find everyday.

My favorite part?  Two things:  (click on the photo to enlarge)

1.  The kraft paper covered tables with the places of each participant and their names marked.

2.  The packages that await them:  their own pair of scissors and an apron.

 

Results!  See more photos here.

This week: on someone ELSE'S desk

Yesterday was a day to celebrate Administrative Professionals.  I put together this arrangement to celebrate the fabulous woman in our office who answers all the crazy questions and keeps things straight.  The tricycle planter was found at Goodwill and was originally a dark bronze.  I gave it a new coat of paint for a spring look.  Added a green pot to match the flower stems and not take away from the pop of the pink.  Finished it off with pink and white tulips.

The moss was added to hide the lattice work of the floral tape.  I forgot to take a picture of it, but here is a picture I found of what it looks like.  This is how you get flowers like tulips to stand up in a pot or vase. In this case, I used both wet floral foam and created the lattice design with tape.

Here's to celebrating those that help organize the chaos of everyday!

DIY: Easy home decor or centerpiece

I needed a little somethin' somethin' on the corner of a piece of furniture.  Something with a little height, but not huge and something I didn't mind if my 3 year old knocked off and destroyed.   

Enter Goodwill and Dollar Tree items!

I started with this. I'm always on the lookout for urns at Goodwill.  Soooo many great uses! This one is a FTD floral urn.  It was originally a very dirty off white.  You could tell it was pretty old. Cleaned it up, painted it black...and filled it with floral foam.

 

Pulled out some spanish moss I also found at Goodwill some time ago and these moss rocks from the Dollar Tree. (I think I used 3 bags.)

 

From there, I glued down the spanish moss and then started stacking and gluing in the moss rocks. The moss rocks are VERY light, basically styrofoam covered in fake moss.  So you really have to glue it down tightly since they have no weight of their own.

Here's the finished product!  Easy filler for a table.  Two of these would be great to frame a mantel or use as centerpieces on a long table.  In the fall, add beautiful fall leaves instead of moss.

 
GIVEAWAY!
Next week I'll be giving away TWO Goodwill gift cards!  One will just be for my Middle Tennessee people!
Stay tuned!!!!

Wedding inspiration

Let's soften the blow of a Monday with some gorgeous wedding eye candy!

   

Images by Jessica Claire Photography

Still time to: create a beautiful Easter centerpiece

The Easter bunny is sure to love this adorable Easter centerpiece put together by my friend Robyn of Mix Mingle Glow.  Check out her blog for complete how to and the "behind the scenes" trial and error you don't get to see on Martha Stewart's blog.  LOL 

 

This week: on my desk

Crazy daisies!

In a beautiful milk glass bowl from... you guessed it... Goodwill.  LOL

I passed up on one of these a few weeks ago and kicked myself ever since.  Luckily, I ran across another one last weekend.  I'd like to find a few more to paint.  I'd love one in black, robin's egg blue and spring green.  It's such a great, classic shape.