Home Sweet Home #109

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I styled my Spring Mantel.

I recycled another wreath in a Spring Wreath for Easter and Beyond.

And, I shared a way I survive my food allergies by eating Gluten Free Coconut Flour and Banana Pancakes.   Which are delicious, by the way.

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Now, I would like to feature some of the great blogger's post that caught my eye from last week's Home Sweet Home. 

Debra of Common Ground showed off her spring Mantel in Tell Me it's Almost Spring.

Luisa at Living and Learning with Luisa had a wonderful craft room makeover!

Kelly at Eclectically Vintage showed us how to grow our own Springtime Grass Centerpiece.

And Liz at Quirky Vistas had a great fun post on Competitive Thrift.

So many great post each week and so many talented people!   It is really hard to feature a few!  Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here! 

Sherry

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I will join these ladies today:
Be Inspired Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or you won't be featured.

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes, delicious recipes, crafts, or whatever makes your home special!

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Spring Mantel 2013

I went with the farmhouse style for the spring mantel.  I always find this mantel hard to photograph because it is so dark and it isn't near a source of natural light.

You can never go wrong with ironstone, it looks good no matter what the season.  Nothing says spring though like green and white.  Do you like my vintage Ovenex baking pans?  I need to find something to bake in them and do a photo shoot.   They have so much texture they look great in food photography. 
 Sherry

I will link this to:

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life 

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Share Your Cup Thursday  at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson

Cowgirl Up Party at Cedar Hill Ranch 

Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style 
6 Days of Spring Linky Party at Jennifer Rizzo

Home Sweet Home #96

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I showed off my Christmas mantel.

I showed off how I styled my dining room into a Farmhouse Christmas.

I also started to try some new things with my photography by starting a photo-a-day challenge.  My View Today starts the month long challenge and I am excited to say I have been shooting in manual later this week with some nice results!

 Now, I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week.

Kristy at Shona Skye Creations created this pumpkin pie that was altered to fit her husband's diet.  It looked delicious and healthy!

Doreen at Hymns and Verses created this wonderful hot cocoa bar.

Sylvia at Sylvia's Simple Life made some homemade gifts that would be perfect for a lot of people on my list.

Yvonne at StoneGable showed off her Holiday Granola Bars.  Such a great treat to have handy for the holidays! 

Many great links every week!  It was really hard to feature a few!  Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here!

Sherry

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I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 

Inspiration Friday  at The Picket Fence

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sister's Stuff 

 Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Attention: To link up with inlinkz you must have a permalink back to this party in your post or they will not allow you to link.  

Link up anything in your home or garden.  I love seeing neat shops too!

My button is on my sidebar for the party, if you want to use it.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower. Please don't link up more than two posts.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Please visit some of the other blogs and get some great inspiration.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes, delicious recipes, crafts, or whatever makes your home special!

Christmas Mantel '12

Here is my Christmas mantel for 2012.  This shows it with the lights on and you can see the lights on the tree reflected in the print.  That may be all you see of the tree this year.  I have decorated and redecorated that tree twice and the lights keep blowing out.  I am afraid I have thrown in the towel on it.  The guys in the house haven't even noticed...and couldn't care.:)

Here with the lights off you can see what I have done better.  I took a 6 foot lighted, decorated garland, and centered it over the mantel.  Then I took each hanging part on each side and wrapped it up on the mantel with a little twist on the center of the garland.  This keeps all the decorations up high on the mantel.   I babysit through the week so, I had to come up with decorations that would be toddler proof.   Then I just took some tin snips and cut my hydrangeas into separate flowers and tucked them in the garland.  That's it!

The garland on top of then print is real from Lowes.  It was really long and has gone a long way to decorate the house.   I took a five foot section of this, cut it in half,  and arranged it  so the garland would drape properly on the frame.  I just wired it back together with pipe cleaners and placed it on the frame. 

Have you been busy decking the halls?

Sherry

I will join:

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Mod Mix Monday  at Mod Vintage Life

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

Share Your Cup Thursday  at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson

Mantel Party at The Lettered Cottage 

Vignettes and Mantels at Savvy Southern Style
Natural Decor at Fishtail Cottage

A Classic Fall Mantel

I have got a classic look going on here for the fall mantel.  I am still trying to decorate with out spending any money.  So I shopped the house and pulled out the pewter.

Just a little bit of bittersweet and the mantel will stay right through Thanksgiving.

You could copy this idea with any dishes; for example, transferware, ironstone, or vintage dishes of any pattern. 

Something simple and something free makes for easy decorating.
Sherry

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Cottage Style Link Party  at Lavender Garden Cottage

Sunday's Best Party  at My 1929 Charmer

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

Mod Mix Monday  at Mod Vintage Life

Share Your Cup Thursday  at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
My Monday Muse at Carter's Cottage

Autumn Link Party  at Centsational Girl
Fall Into Fall  at DIY by Design
Mantels and Porches at The Inspired Room

Magic on the Mantel

Witchy flew home and put her broom, lantern, and hat on the mantel. 

The cat is always jumping up on the mantel to see what Witchy brought home.

Witchy has been working on that one spell.  She still can't get it right.

By Halloween she will have mastered the spell and all will be....

...magic.

Spring into Summer Mantel

I am changing up the mantel from Spring into summer.  This was the spring version.

Here is the new summer version.    I have added a basket of shells, a little zinc cloche, a few shabby candlesticks, and an hourglass.

I hope all the mothers are having a lovely Mother's Day!  Thanks for stopping by!

  Sherry

  I will join:

 Show off Your Cottage Monday  at The House in the Roses  

 Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper
Sunday's Best Party  at My 1929 Charmer
Metamorphosis Monday  at Between Naps on the Porch
Masterpiece Monday  at Boogieboard Cottage

Spring Looks on the Mantel

It is time to do some new looks for spring around the house.  The easiest place to start is on  the mantel.   I pulled out some brown transferware and added a little forsythia.  You know when it is time to prune the roses?  When the forsythia blooms.  My forsythia is fake. 

Here on the mantel, was a great place to put the little spring projects I have been working on.

How are you sprucing up your place for spring?

 Sherry

  I will join:

 Show off Your Cottage Monday  at The House in the Roses  

 Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper
Sunday's Best Party  at My 1929 Charmer
Before and After Party  at The Thrifty Decor Chick
Spring Mantel Party  at Grits and Glamour
Spring Decorating Link Party  at The Lettered Cottage

Beginning Anew

Welcome 2012!  Time again to begin anew.  Fresh changes going on around my house for the New Year.

I created these devotional candles for the mantel.  In seeking peace and tranquility for the new year, borrowing from the French, this made for a wonderful look. 

The candles are really easy to create.  You just need the candles, which I bought from the grocery for $1.79 each.  I printed the holy cards from The Graphics Fairy, just browse images under religious.  Then to finish them, I tied twine and religious charms onto the front.  As the candles burn, the images should glow even more.

My rusty wire crown was from TJ Maxx.  I am seeking to borrow the calm and tranquility of the French Nordic style for this year.  I think there is a reason it is so popular, we need the peace of white.  My house is not white, but I am thinking I will adapt a lot of the looks to make for a peaceful setting in my home this year.  
I was so amazed that on my Christmas post I was wished Merry Christmas from people all over the world.  This blogging adventure has been wonderful.  So, to all of you reading all over...
Have a very Happy New Year!  
 Sherry
 I will join:
Show off Your Cottage Monday  at The House in the Roses  
Brag Monday at The Graphics Fairy
Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday  at Coastal Charm
Tabletop Tuesday  at A Stroll Thru Life
Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage
Amaze Me Monday  at Dittle Dattle
Berfore and After Party  at Thrifty Decor Chick
White Wednesday  at Faded Charm