Our Front Door

After the holidays our front entry became naked and boring once again..

 I finally got around to sprucing it up a little... 

I hung the wreath I just posted about, added a mat, and then flanked the door

with some plants that not even I can kill! LOL

Just a few little changes to help welcome spring in :0)

It's made it  a lot more welcoming to come home to also!

Our next project is the laundry room..we are in the process of building the cabinetry now,

so soon I will get to share that with you.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Spring Wreath

I've had this photo of a wreath I loved in my files for a long time. 

I finally got around to making my own version! 

This was my inspiration photo.

I can't remember where I saw it, I save so many pics in my files

that I just can't remember!

It's so perfect for springtime and it's been feeling a lot like spring around here!

So, to get started I made some little eggs out of my favorite clay:

I let them air dry and then painted them with acrylic paints. 

I bought a floral stem and  nest at the craft store and just added some feathers to the nest.

Glued my nest in place, stuck the flowers all around and; Voila!

Here's my version of the wreath:

I really like the way it came out, and the little eggs are my favorite part!

:0)

Bienvenue!

Hello! Well I thought I'd start this up and post the various projects we are working on. There's always one thing or another in the works :0) We try to make most things ourselves, if possible...and I'm pretty blessed because Sher (my DH) can make me almost any piece of furniture I want. We have yet to learn how to carve though and we need to work on our upholstery skills. lol.

I know Easter has already passed but Spring is still here so I will show you my Easter project.

I came across this cute platter surrounded by baby chicks at the store and really liked it but I refrained myself from buying it.

A couple weeks later though we ran into each other again! it was meant to be so the baby chicks came home with me! I really loved it, but I thought the chicks could be a little cuter and the paint job needed some cleaning up - so out came the paint brushes...

So here they are all gussied up! The little baby girl chicks even got their lashes curled. hehe

I REALLLY love it now and it's completely my own. I love putting my touch on things :0)

About a week later I found this platter online for $89.00!! Mine was a LOT cheaper and in my opinion cuter, although I do love their little feet!

Well I hope everyone enjoyed Easter :0)
Like I said, even though it has passed I'm going to keep my chickies out a little longer simply because I love them. You should surround yourself with things you love, so my chicks are staying!

I'll post more of our past handmade projects soon.

Take care,

Debbie