So Long Easter Decorations...

The maine reason for posting this is so I can remember how I decorated for next year... I have to say my spring decor was rather boring before this year, with all my new crafts I like it much better. It's sad to think that I made over half of this stuff this year... My decor before must have been really sad...

 

Living Room Change #3

So this was before...

I didn't do a whole lot this year. I basically painted the green stripe dark red...

 Found this material at Joann's and made some pillow covers...

 Re-painted my canvas.

 And made some removable covers for these lamps. I'll post a tutorial for the lamps soon.  The original lampshades are so cute... so I didn't want to ruin them... so these fabric covers are just double stick taped on! I'm sure next year I'll be redecorating anyway, so i gotta make everything easy to re-do...

Spring Cleaning

Apparently my definition of spring cleaning is redecorating...   i've lived in my house for two years and every spring i've redecorated... 
this is when we first moved in...

 1st spring I changed to this...

 2nd spring I changed to this...

3rd spring or this year???...  Yes. that is what i'm working on this week!!!  stay tuned for all my finished projects...   I'll just say the green is gone...
update:  my bedroom... branch is done... still looking for the perfect bedding though...

In the middle of a mess...

So when I saw this vinyl branch I knew I wanted to do that in my master bedroom...  I thought oh, I have a vinyl machine, what an easy decoration... but for some reason my husband has put a limit on vinyl... he said we have too much... so this is crazy but I decided I would paint...

1. So I first painted the top half of the room a steel gray/blue color... it's called greyhound from walmart, and i love it!!!

 2. Using a pencil I sketched out the branch.

3. Using a 1inch brush I lightly painted over the pencil...  To make the edges crisp I used a 1inch foam brush and went over all the edges...

Over the past week I've added leaves.... yes it's taken a week... Each day I've added a few more...

 STAY TUNED for the big reveal... Hopefully it will include a new bed spread... thank you Tax return!

Trio Spring Blocks

So we also did these blocks at my sister retreat. My husband cut all th blocks... so thanks to him...  again I was the only one that did black paint, but I'm into it right now... I'm sure next year I'll be painting everything white..  anyway, so spring on one side, USA on the other...

Again if you'd like to order the vinyl for this let me know! I'd love to help...

Easy Art

This probably isn't blog post worthy, but I don't know what i'm doing here, so whatever right?!  So I use this square frame to switch out season decor. I did the glass pebbles for st. Patricks Day

and valentines.

So i thought i'd switch it up a bit. I'm not a super scrapbooker so here is what i did...  So simple. just cut a flower out then to add some dimension or actually i just wasnted some of my orange paper in, i cut some sprig/things, and then just a simple green circle for the center...   done. 

I've been using the same paper for all my spring crafts so hopefully the black paint and the paper gives it some sort of a theme... i'll post more pictures when it's all done!

1ST GUEST POST!!!

So today I am over at guest posting!!!   this is my first ever guest post! so I'm excited. Lindsey, the creator of inspiring creations, is so talented, I was floored when she asked me to guest post. She has incredible recipes and some of the best holiday decor, and great tutorials!
Here are a few that I love.     Go check her stuff out.

Today I am showing you how to make these hobby lobby inspired eggs!

again GO CHECK IT OUT! Inspiring Creations

Thank YOU Lindsey for letting me, a newbie blogger, post on your incredible blog. I feel very honored!

I am also linking up to

. I love lil'luna too!

Spring Wreaths

Another thing at my sister/mom retreat were wreaths. I love how everyone has their own style...  I acutally love how my moms turned out.. She made her own wreath form out of poster board!  I'm probably going to make one for a 4th of july wreath...

Tulip Topiary

I had a craft night/girls night out and my talented friend cut these out for us. Mine are just a little bit different. Most girls painted theirs in different colors, which i was so tempted to do, and had basic 2x4 bases but I had seen these flower pots at craft goodies. and I knew I wanted to incorporate them, I love how they turned out. My bases are different than craft goodies. i needed my tulips and pots to be finished on all sides cause they are on my table. So i did paper on both sides of the tulips. For the bases I did a 4x4 block then for the border did paint sticks cut to size. Added some moss and ribbon. Done.

 

I'm sharing this idea over at

Spring Banners

So I was so lucky to be able to get away for a few days. My sweet husband took time off to watch the boys so I could go spend some time with my sisters and mom. It was so much fun. For one of our activities we made banners. Everyone's turned out so cute I'll post all of them.  Such an easy way to add some color and holiday decor.