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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Tuesday dear readers! I hope you all had a great weekend and a good 4th of July. I had a great weekend with family and friends and couldn't have asked for better weather. We saw fireworks over the lake and ate lots and lots of good food! I am very proud of the state that I live in because of all of the outdoor activities that you can do in the summer. I would prefer the ocean but we do have a ton of lakes that we take advantage of during the summer. Since I love my state so much I have really been digging the state silhouette projects that I have seen on Pinterest lately. I even created one last fall on a <a href="http://keepcalmanddecorate.blogspot.com/2013/09/state-silhouette-pumpkin.html" target="_blank">pumpkin</a>. I have been trying to find something else that I could put a silhouette on and saw my plain flower pot needed some sprucing up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello and I hope you are all enjoying the first few days of summer! We only have a few more weeks until the fourth of July gets here. I don't know if you do any entertaining or go to any summer parties, but I wanted to share this cheap and easy patriotic craft with you today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello there friends! I hope you are doing well and are enjoying some beautiful spring weather where you live. Today was a great day for my daughter and I, we were able to go on a walk and play outside. We even went on a hunt for the Easter bunny. Actually, we have a sweet little bunny who made a nest under one of our pine trees. Every now and then we can see the bunny hiding out under the tree and my daughter is loving it. She is convinced that it is the Easter bunny! Anyway, speaking of the Easter bunny I think my mantel is already for the Easter bunny's visit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy St. Patrick's Day eve friends! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I enjoyed a great weekend with my family and friends. Weekends just go by too fast! In honor of St. Patrick's Day tomorrow I thought I would share with you my fireplace mantel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow, has it really been almost a month since my last post? This has been such a long winter my friends and I am so ready for spring. I really wanted to get my spring decorations out but it just felt wrong with the 5 ft. piles of snow sitting on the edge of my driveway. Seriously, winter I am so over you! I am sick of being stuck inside and I am ready to just spray paint something. My spray painting days are still a few months away so in the meantime I must stay inside and keep myself busy. I thought it would be fun to add a few decorations for St. Patrick's Day this year. I made this St. Patrick's Day banner is less than 30 minutes one afternoon for my fireplace mantel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, the snow is not letting up here in the Midwest. I must admit I do have cabin fever. It really is enough to drive you bonkers. I have to keep myself busy by doing crafts and projects around the house. I really enjoy decorating for each holiday and enjoy it more now that I have my daughter. My fireplace mantel is always one of the main things that gets decorated each holiday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello friends! Sorry, for my lack of blogging. We have had frigid temperatures here and tons of snow. I am soooo over winter. However, I am so excited that Valentine's Day is almost here. I have been working on some crafts and have been decorating the house. One thing that I always have to have for every holiday is a wreath for my front door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut some branches from my pine trees to create a small Christmas spray. I have also heard from others that you can go to Lowe's or Home Depot and they will give you the clippings they have from their evergreens for FREE. You might want to call your local store before you go. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this burlap bow in the dollar spot at Target. I tied it around the branches to finish off the spray for the door.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This project took about 15 minutes to put together and I had all of the supplies on hand with the exception of the bow. It makes me smile every time I see it on my back door. I also love how simple it was to make! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339720700155067520noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474973494525436734.post-58421492225280128912013-11-26T22:26:00.002-05:002013-11-26T22:26:38.893-05:00Monogrammed Pinecone Turkeys<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Long time no blog! How are all of you doing? I am looking forward to the next few days to spend with my family! We are hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year. This is the first time in all of my 8 years of marriage to be hosting. I feel a little pressure to make sure everything is awesome, you know like Clark Griswald awesome! Well, I thought it would be kind of fun to make place holders for the kids table. And you know my story about all of the pinecones I got from my pine trees this year. So, I thought I could make something fun and Thanksgivingy for the kids. This is such an easy craft and takes no time at all to make. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339720700155067520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474973494525436734.post-9076762671372654022013-10-29T13:58:00.002-04:002013-10-29T13:58:22.706-04:00Witchy Halloween Mantel<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello friends! It feels like it has been forever since I wrote a post about things around my home. My life is crazy from October through December so it doesn't leave much time for blogging. Please bear with me for the next few months as my posts get shorter and shorter. I did want to share with you my Halloween mantel for this year. It is themed around my favorite musical of all time! Are there any Wicked fans out there? </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339720700155067520noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474973494525436734.post-11273963662224938282013-10-10T08:15:00.000-04:002013-10-10T08:15:16.749-04:00Pinecone Garland<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Thursday Friends! I don't know if I told you this already, but I love fall. I think October is my favorite month of the year. The weather has just been beautiful and the trees are changing colors. I wish it could stay fall all year long. My pine trees as you might remember from my <a href="http://keepcalmanddecorate.blogspot.com/2013/09/pinecone-wreath.html">pinecone wreath</a> finally produced enough pinecones this year to fill several buckets full. I have been trying to come up with ways to use them in my seasonal decor. I thought it would be kind of fun to make garland to fallify (totally not a word) my entryway. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was such an easy project. I think it took maybe 30 minutes from start to finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing I did was cut my twine, I cut mine to about 6 ft. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next, I tied the twine around the pinecone and added a little hot glue to the tie to hold it in place. I tied the twine closer to the top of the pinecone. I just kept adding pinecones until I had enough to fill up the twine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once I had all of the pinecones added to the twine I hot glued the leaves in between each pinecone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love how the garland turned out and it makes my entryway feel so cozy and fallish. I also love how cheap and easy this project was to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have really been enjoying this cooler weather, it has definitely helped put me in the mood for fall. The trees are starting to change colors and the leaves are falling. There is nothing like a gorgeous fall day! One of the things that I do every year is decorate my mantel. Sometimes, I tend to go a little overboard with the decorating. This year I decided I was going to try to keep it simple and not get every fall decoration out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This little ceramic acorn came from my husband's grandma. She had an antique store and she let her children and grandchildren go through the store and pick things out before she sold the store. I might have squealed when I spotted this little cutie!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339720700155067520noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474973494525436734.post-62291874923622272232013-09-15T21:29:00.003-04:002013-09-15T21:36:38.439-04:00State Silhouette Pumpkin<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fall is finally here in Indiana! Wahoo!!! I was a little worried earlier this week that fall wasn't coming because of a few 90 degree days we had. The temperatures finally dropped and I have had to break out my cardigans. I have a checklist of things that I need to do once September 1st comes 1). put up a fall wreath 2). buy mums, 3). buy pumpkins (this includes anything that looks like, smells like or tastes like a pumpkin). Yeah, I might be a little obsessed with pumpkins! So, I must warn all of you that you might see a few posts about pumpkins. One project I did this past week was create a state silhouette for a pumpkin that I have on my front porch. I first saw the idea <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/pumpkin-decorating-1009#slide-4">from Country Living magazine</a>. I know I am a total copycat, I hope we can still be friends but I think you will like my version. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing I did was spray paint a "Funkin". Have you all heard of a "Funkin"? It is a fake pumpkin that you can carve. See, I told you I like anything that looks like a pumpkin (even if it isn't the real thing). Funkins are awesome because you can use them year after. I bought mine at an end of season sale at <a href="http://www.joann.com/">Jo-Ann's</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I spray painted mine with <a href="http://www.rustoleum.com/">Rustoleum's</a> Heirloom White spray paint.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To create the state silhouette I went to <a href="http://www.50states.com/maps/#.UjUm6MbigfU">50states.com</a> and printed off the state of Indiana. You can print any state you want. Once I printed off my state, I turned the printed sheet over and took some black sidewalk chalk and rubbed the chalk on the paper. You might remember me using this method before in previous projects. It's the easiest and cheapest way to transfer images. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After you have finished rubbing the chalk on the back of the printed paper you can then tape the picture onto the pumpkin. This was probably the trickiest part because the pumpkin is not a flat even surface. Once I had taped the print to the pumpkin I then began to trace the outline with an ink pen. The pen transfers the chalk onto the pumpkin and creates an outline for painting the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the image was transferred to the pumpkin I was ready to start painting. I used an outdoor paint for the state because I am putting the pumpkin on my front porch. I would use a smaller paint brush for the outline and then a bigger one for the inside of the state. I did a total of two coats and let it dry for two days before sitting it outside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am pretty pleased with how the project turned out. I was a little worried that it wasn't going to look like the Hoosier state but I think it looks pretty darn close to the printed state. Here is a picture of the printed state again and the finished pumpkin. Not too shabby, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hello! I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. We did some camping with our family over the weekend. It's kind of like our end of summer party! The best part is we cook everything over an open fire. It is seriously the best food and I always feel a little sad when the weekend is over. Although the thing that always gets me cheered up is knowing that it is September and that means the fall decorations start going up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first thing I do whenever a season changes is change out the wreath on the front door. I like to change things up quite a bit so I am always looking for thrifty ways to decorate. This year our pine trees finally had pinecones. I have lived in my house for 8 years and no pinecones until this year. Don't worry, I wasn't going to let my pinecones go to waste so I collected a few buckets of them. I knew the first thing I wanted to do with my pinecones was to create a wreath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really love the style of the farmhouse chairs, but not excited about the light wood seats. The chairs also didn't exactly go with my table. So, I gave the chairs a few coats of <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Painter-s-Touch-2X-12-oz-Satin-Heirloom-White-General-Purpose-Spray-Paint-249076/100670446#.Uh_wbZJONs4">spray paint</a> using my favorite go to color, "Heirloom White" by Rustoleum. It's not too bright and not too beige.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of what the chairs look like that came with the table. The table was actually my grandparents that they bought in the 1930's. The chairs are very pretty but they are creaky and they seemed too small for the table. I also wanted something that would also fit in with the rest of my house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the farm style chairs add a lot more character to the table and I like that the chairs are a different color than the table. I also found the two blue chairs at the head of the table at <a href="http://www.target.com/p/avington-dining-chair-set-of-2-laguna-paisley/-/A-13740475?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=Google_PLA_df&LNM=%7C13740475&CPNG=Furniture&kpid=13740475&LID=PA&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=13740475&gclid=CPzrmt7_o7kCFelAMgodWm0AQg">Target</a>. They are super comfy and were easy to put together. I was a little worried that they weren't very durable but they have seemed to hold up well. I was able to get mine on sale for $70 for each chair!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to repaint my dining room and foyer now and add moulding, but that will have to wait until this winter. I love that the only thing I bought were the two chairs from Target. </span><br />
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