Apple garland

I was up for a bit of crafting so I made a garland for fall.



Just the thing I needed for my apple themed mantelscape.

Mountain mantelscape

Typically for May I go with a birthday decorating theme but this year I have something new. It's a "mountain theme" with a "Go to the mountains" sign and three laser cut wood displays.

We love the mountains and our stays at the family cabin hold such good memories.

So here's a little bit of that on our mantle.

Shamrocks out. Bunnies in.

An early Easter always throws me for a loop. As soon as St. Patrick's Day is over I scurry to put away the Shamrocks and get the bunnies out.

How can you not love decorating for Easter? It's all bunnies and chick peeps.

For the Easter mantelscape this year I got out my bunny village.

Bunnyville.

Dollar Tree had cute signs again... with glitter.

Glitter!

St. Patrick's Day Mantelscape

I got a smidge lazy and swapped the hearts out for shamrocks for the St. Patrick's Day mantelscape.

When you unpack this much milkglass you like to get as much out of it as you can.

I have a new appreciation for sticky sided foam cut out shapes.

Valentine's Day Mantelscape & Milk Glass

A few years ago, I used my milk glass collection for my Christmas mantelscape. I like it so much I decided to use it for this year's Valentine's Day mantelscape. As you can see the collection has grown a bit since then.

I added red hearts on wire and red candles to make it look Valentiney. That chicken was all set to go.

It's such a nice way to get the colletion out to enjoy once in awhile.

I also added this cool King and Queen of Hearts playing card photo garland that I made for work. It's cute and easy to make with just some photos, a deck of cards and some ribbon.

Winter decorations

We got this star on clearance at Target after Christmas, so it became the January mantelscape. Aaron thought it looked a little lonely there by itself, so I picked out red lanterns from his collection and added them.

The winter kitchen decor is a little toned down with a lumberjack theme. I am ramping up for Valentine's Day decorations!

Christmas decor

The halls are decked for the holidays.

We put out our wood German decorations for the Christmas mantelscape.

I found these light up laser cut wood houses at Christmas Tree shops. They were such a good price, I wish I had got more.

Santa is too cute to light and melt.

My cherished aluminum tinsel tree with vintage Shiny Brite ornaments.

I put a lot of decorations up in the kitchen. I had to explain to Aaron - "This oven mitt is for looking at, not using. Use this burnt grubby one over here instead."

I think it makes the kitchen cheery to decorate in there too.

Ready for Thankgiving

I got my Thanksgiving decorations up in record time this year. The days have been so sunny and bright, it got me in the mood for putting out turkeys.

I put some up in the kitchen too. The little sign is new and it cracks me up everytime I look at it.

A little something in the breakfast nook. I told Aaron it gives me something to look at while I'm eating and he clearly was offended that I wasn't satisfied with gazing at him. Haha.

The foyer blackboard got a Thanksgiving overhaul with photos and printables. For those of you following along, I'm sure you have noticed that the bucket lists generally get checked off while the "projects" seem to be sort of stuck.

Signs on our doors - thanks to Dollar Tree!

Halloween Decorations

It took me awhile to put up my Halloween decorations. I was enjoying fall.

Halloween mantelscape.

Skulls, owls, and glitter.

Kitchen decor.

A lil pumpkin in the window boxes.

And in the planters. I got these light up solar pumpkins at my number one spot... dollar tree!

Squeaking in fall decorations

I wasn't ready to take down summer decorations, but my fall stuff is so cute.

Fall mantelscape. A little less than what I usually do since Halloween will be here soon.

Kitchen decorations.

Door hangings. These four are all from Dollar Tree. I am such a Dollar Tree fan. They aren't paying me to say that either.

Light it up lobster!

The key to making summer last longer is to keep a summer state of mind. It was time for the Fourth of July mantelscape to come down though so I swapped it for a beach theme.

I was over the moon when I found this light up lobster at Christmas Tree Shop. I think it makes a fantastic edition to the beach mantelscape. Light. Up. Lobster. People. Light up lobster!

I went with a crab theme for the kitchen summer decor.

I found flip flop signs for the doors from the Dollar Tree. Bonus... glitter!

Star garland for July Fourth

I couldn't find a garland that was just right for my Fourth of July mantelscape, so I decided to make one. Some red, white and blue felt, a star template and string was all I needed.

Simple, but just right!

Fourth of July decorations

Since the Fourth of July comes so early in July, I figured I might as well put the decorations up now to replace the birthday ones for June.

Some patriotic decoratons for the kitchen too.