Great finds at TJ Maxx!

I love shopping at TJ Maxx.  I can always find something.  

While on a recent trip I found this great glass vase.

I love the bird detailing.  If I had a Silhouette machine I could have gotten a tall glass vase or picked one up from a thrift shop, but since I don't, I just purchased it. :)

 I also found some light up twigs that I thought were gorgeous.  So I put those and a piece of floral foam that I had on hand and some moss that I was going to use for another project and made myself up a pretty decoration for my foyer.

Don't you love it?  

XOXO

Happy Friday!

Ornament Wreath

So I have been seeing these ornament wreaths all over blogland and was dying to make one.  When I saw this cute little tutorial over at Domestic Fashionista I just had to make one.

I found a bucket of silver ornaments at Marcs for $6.99 and I stole a white wire hanger from my husband's shirts. :)

Here's how it came out:

Winding the wire back together at the top was somewhat of a challenge, but some flower wire and duct tape seemed to hold it together.

Now I need one of those command strips to hang it in my foyer and I will be all set.

Thanks Ashley!

Handmade Gift Exchange

So my partner Brooke from Johnson Bits received her Handmade Gift Exchange, courtesy of Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous, gift this past weekend, so I can now blog about it!  YAY!

These are my favorite gifts for friends and relatives.  

I am never quite sure what to do with my leftover bottles... and we always look for ones with cute labels.

I found a craft that I love to make and it uses those pretty bottles!

It's a wine bottle that has been filled with a mini strand of lights and some filler.  

Then you find a lamp shade, embellish it, if you'd like, and place it on the bottle.

And you have a gorgeous little light!

Love it and I hope Brooke does too!

I did decorate!

Well, I did decorate for the Fall Harvest!

Here is our dining room...

Can you believe I got that little chandelier on the table from Marc's for $3??

The tablecloth is from Target.

With the lights off... so spooky!

Our foyer and stairwell.  Hopefully I will find more garland on sale for next year!

Our front door and our little monkey!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!