Saying goodbye to my guest room...

So now that we are having our third little girl it was time to retire the guest room and turn it into a play room.  It was my favorite room in the house so I'm sad to see it go. Right now I'm in the middle of transforming it into a fun girly  

play room, and  I'm excited about how it's turning out.  Pictures are coming soon.

I used my grandma's antique hats, gloves, umbrella, and scarfs for decor.

She also let me have these antique pictures.

Farewell. 

Christmas Decor...

Christmas Wreath Idea...

I made this wreath by using garland I wasn't using.  I wound it around twice and tied it in some places to keep it's shape.

Ok, so Walmart has super fun sparkly sprigs and ornaments in a rainbow of colors.  It took me forever to decide which ones to use.

For the sprigs I chose red, white, and green and wrapped them into little bunches and hot glued them into the wreath here and there.  But first I took my dollar store ribbon and looped it in and out around the wreath using hot glue.

Then I contined with the sprigs.

I loved this sparkly blue sign that they had in 6 different colors. 

Then I took my dollar store ornament and hot glued them here and there around the wreath.  Then I took white ribbon and tied it to the bottom of the wreath and attached the ornaments to it.

Some of you might notice that I painted my hideous security door blue.  It was an aweful off white and so I sprayed it brown and then dry brushed blue on top.  I was so sick of putting cute wreaths and decor on top of such an ugly door.

I found the most perfect garland that matched my wreath for around the door at Home Goods.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

 My tree is kind of candy cane themed.  I'd say about 85 % of my tree is from the dollar store.  Everytime I go there I always grab more ornaments.  We upgrade to a taller tree last year so I had to add alot more to fill it in.

I love how a Christmas tree can make a home feel so cozy :).

Ornament Chandelier Idea...

I found this idea at My Home Ideas.  Such a cute idea.

This lovely idea is from Better Homes and Garden.

And this one is my favorite!  I'm thinking the table might have something to do with it, love the color.  I found this at Country Living.

I decided to hang some ornaments from my chandelier.  I first wrapped some red berry and beaded garland around the top.  I also taped some red and white ribbon to my chandelier and to my hurricane on the table.  In the hurricane I filled it with red ornaments and gold pears.

For the chandelier and used different colors of ribbon and ornaments and hung them various lengths. 

I love how it turned out and it was so easy.

Fall and Halloween Decor Ideas...

At Crafts & Sutch learn how to make these spooky hat boxes.  I love them and can't wait to try.

I love this Halloween Tablescape found @ *junkrestore*.

And I definitely want to try out these easy paper pumpkins from Everybody Loves Raymond and Kat.

Fun Halloween and Fall Decor Ideas...

I love this entry by Imperfectly Beautiful.

These recycled sweaters turned vases are so perfect for fall found at Under The Table and Dreaming.

Over at The Speckled Dog you can see how to make these Fall inspired embroidery hoops using scrapbook paper.

And I love these Feelin' Witchy dishtowels by Flamingo Toes.