Fireflies and Jellybeans

Monday, December 2, 2013

Tulle Twist Christmas Trees Tutorial

Here is a quick easy craft you can still fit in for Christmas Decor!

Tulle Twist Christmas Trees

Here is what you will need: Styrofoam Trees Tulle in 3 colors Hot Glue gun with hot glue Ribbon {not pictured} 1. Cut your tulle into 3 inches wide strips. My Strips were about 19 inches long for the tall tree. (I cut them in half for the smaller tree) Fold your strips a couple of times.

2. Put a dab hot glue on the bottom and glue and glue the end of the tulle to it. Twist it around your tree, up to the top and hot glue it to the top, leave a little tulle sticking out at the top.

3. Repeat with your two other colors. I used red, green and white. I also twisted some red and white ribbon about the tree to give it some added detail and to help hold the tulle in place.

I love how these trees turned out!

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Snowflakes Everywhere! {HUGE Silhouette DEAL!!}

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I made some easy Snowflake Decor with some Silhouette's silver and gold vinyl.

I try to keep the christmas decor simple each year so not to clutter the house. I love to use silver and gold, since red and green seem a little in-your-face. I also like to use snowflakes because they last until March (or May in Minnesota!).

First I set my width and height. I used the 9 inch vinyl so I set the height to 9" and I thought that 2 feet was long enough so I set the width to 24"

Then, I used the assorted snowflakes and made them different sizes. I cut them out of the silver and gold vinyl... the same snowflakes for both. I just recut the same shapes.

I peeled and sticked (stuck?) them to the wall. I started at the middle of the snowflake and worked the bubbles out each side.

I love that they are not permanent! Just take them down when you need to!

Once you have some snowflakes cut out you will want to put them everywhere!

Having a holiday party? Customize some mugs with some vinyl.

Or add it to a lamp(shade)

I love that I change this out for each holiday or season!

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

A home tour of Fawnda's House

We finished a bunch of project this spring/summer. So I thought I would show you some pictures our our house. I don't have before pictures of everything...but I will show you the ones that I do have.

The living room:

BEFORE:

After:

Hard to believe it is the same room. We moved the toys out, got rid of A LOT of furniture, painted the walls (Sherwin-Williams popular gray) and woodwork (White), and got the hardwood floor refinished.

The Kitchen:

Before:

After:

We painted the walls (popular gray) and painted the cabinets white.

The Dinning room:

(no before pictures)

We got rid of some furniture and also painted one of the walls (popular gray) It is right off of the living room.

The Master bedroom:

(No before pictures)

We painted, and added the bottom paneling. We got new carpet. We also added the plantain shutters on the windows.

The boy's room:

We didn't change much in here... mostly just moved furniture around.

The Girl's room:

No changes here.

The Sun Room and backyard:

We rearranged our furniture out here and it added so much space! We LOVE this room and spend as much time as we can during spring/summer/fall!

Here is the front of our home.

A few years ago we added a stall onto the garage (it only has a 1 car garage when we moved it). At the same time we painted, added the front porch, and the stone to the house.

It seems as if we are always working on our house some how... but right now we have all of our projects done...for now!

I hope you enjoyed a little look into our home. We will be decorating for Christmas after Thanksgiving so I will try to remember to show some pictures then.