My Halloween Decor

I just thought it would be fun to share my Halloween Decor. I found this mantle at a yard sale for $5. It was red but I decided to paint it white. 

I made a candy corn banner using some burlap and paint. Super easy!

 I also found this Halloween Printable online and mod podged it to some wood I had from a cabinet.

 My husband loves vintage books. I took a few and put them on the mantle and filled a fun jar with some candy corn.

 These pumpkins are my favorite! I've had them for years and just love them.

 I also have these fun Trick or Treat blocks. That green canvas has been blank forever! I don't know what to put on it? Any ideas? Vinyl doesn't stick great to it so it would have to be something I paint on.

There you have it. A fun and simple Halloween Mantle. :)

Decorating a nursery on a budget

 So...my son is almost 9 months old and I just finished decorating his nursery. I feel more settled in our new place and finally decided to tackle his room. I really tried to decorate on a budget so most of the things in his room I found at D.I or yard sales.

Here's the view from the door.

Before we moved I found this rocking chair at D.I for $8. As I was checking to see how sturdy it was a gentleman that worked there said, "I'll give it to you for $4." Really? I was going to pay the 8 bucks but $4?!? Awesome! I've thought about painting it. But I kind of like how it is. Don't you? The crotcheted blanket was a gift.

 I wanted a place to display some decorations. I found this shelf at a yard sale for $1. The little elephant pull toy was about a dollar from D.I. I used that to to base color scheme and decorations. Then his little white shoes he wore on his blessing day and some awesome vintage letterpress letters spelling out his name. Those were also a D.I. find. :)

 I found this great tutorial to make this circle mobile. I love the different fabrics and colors. It was so much fun to make. 

 I found this canvas for $4 at D.I. I wish I took a before picture. It was horrid! I just had to paint it. Then I used my silhouette and cut out these elephants. I love the light blue on top of the gray.

 I really needed a little nightstand for his lamp which I also found at D.I. I then spray painted it gray. I'm thinking of putting some new fabric over the lamp shade. Yay or nay?

 I saw via pinterest that you can use IKEA spice racks as bookshelves. I didn't like the unfinished wood so I painted it white. I also found that cute book "Clean clothes for Oliver" such a cute book and perfect for my little Oliver. :)

 I also snatched up this curly O at Hobby Lobby and modge podged on some cute scrapbook paper.

I really enjoyed decorating his nursery and I hope you got some great ideas. I loved taking old things and giving them new life. Now, every time I walk into his room I just can't help but smile. 

Fun with Vinyl

My mom and I got a Silhouette Machine a few months ago. I finally tried out vinyl and I am Hooked! It's such a fun, easy and cheap way to add that extra touch around the house. Here are just a few that I've done.

I found this saying and I just LOVE it! I see it a million times a day, it's a great reminder as to what is most important in life. This is right about our television in our living room.

One of our family goals this year is to, " Search, Ponder and Pray." So I put a little reminder by the picture of the Savior.

For my son's room I added a little saying to the wall as well. I really love how it turned out with the pictures.

In the kitchen I added this little sign right about the oven. Doesn't it look great with the star? If you'd like your own star similar to the ones in the pictures you can find them here.

Yarn Wreath

I'm sure you've all seen those yarn wreaths before. When I saw them I just knew I had to make one. So, I went to good old D.I. and picked up a straw wreath for $0.50.

I decided to use gray yarn that I already had on hand.

Then I made some white felt flowers.

I decided to hang it by our family pictures and I just LOVE how it looks.

I'm thinking it needs some more roses though. What do you think?

I also wanted to be able to switch out the flowers for different seasons. So instead of gluing them to the wreath I just attached them with pins. I attached the ribbon the same way and just used a push pin to hang it on the wall. This was really easy and lots of fun to make. Now I want to make a whole bunch of wreaths in tons of different colors. If you'd like to make one too here's a great tutorial. You could also do a search on Etsy to get some ideas.