Halloween decor

Time to decorate for Halloween



Spooky mantelscape.



A bit outside.



My favorite vintage plastic mold lights.





I get you coming and going...

Apple decor

Love, love, love apple season!

June decorating theme: boating

I have a totally new decorating theme for this June! Boating. We have the boat out of storage and out on the water so it's a good time to deck the house out with anchors and boat's wheels.

Can't have too many nautical themed dishtowels.

I had a lot of fun putting together the boating mantelscape. The "Welcome Sailors" plaque is for Aaron's benefit.

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.

Decorating for spring

Thank to an early Easter in March, I am left without a holiday to decorate for in April. The fallback is spring.

Spring themed decor is scarce. If I see it I grab it for just such an occasion.

And sometimes you are left to your own DIY crafty devices.

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!

A bit o' the green

I know St. Patrick's Day isn't a major holiday, but I love green so I try to decorate for it as much as I can.

Hit up Dollar Tree again. Glitter!

I love these plush cushy dish towels. Not for actual using... no no no. We just look at these dish towels.

Even the chalkboard gets updated for St. Patrick's Day.

I have to say there is a serious lack of St. Patrick's Day kitchen accessories. Those were the only oven mitt and pot holder designs I could find.

Pink and Red and Hearts and Love

Valentine's Day is in my top five holidays to decorate for. The bright pinks and reds with hearts are just what you need in the middle of a long cold winter.

I was particularly pleased with my kitchen display.

These glittery signs came from the Dollar Tree! They make me smile every time I come home and am standing there fumbling with my keys.

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!