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!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site.

Spring Wreath for Easter and Beyond

I wanted to recycle another wreath I had to create a spring wreath.  Something that would work for Easter and beyond.  So, I took the fabric off of my Valentine's Day wreath and re-decorated it with this shabby floral print.

Recycling again, I used a burlap ribbon I had created for a Christmas look and turned it into a hanger for this wreath.  I like the rustic burlap mixed with the feminine floral.

I finished it by pinning a silk peony I already had on the bottom.  And that is it, very easy makeover.

I love that feminine flower.  It sort of flirts with you.

This was the wreath before I recycled to make the spring wreath.  Since I recycled all of my materials, this wreath cost $0.

 Sherry

I will link this to:

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome Life

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Cowgirl Up Party at Cedar Hill Ranch  

 Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Creative Craft Thursday 

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm

Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove  
Waste Not Want Not Wednesday at Poor and Gluten Free 
6 Days of Spring Linky Party at Jennifer Rizzo

Recycling a Wreath for Spring

I decided for spring I would recycle one of the wreaths I already have into a new wreath for St. Patrick's Day.  I took this Book Page Wreath and stripped it of it's leaves and ribbon.  That left me with a burlap wrapped wreath form and the black and white ribbon hanger.

 I cut out my own patterns for four leaf clovers and hearts.  I put glue down the fold of the hearts and glued them only by the fold to create the 3D effect. 

The Scrabble tiles are just printed out with my computer.  You can get that printable here.

The four leaf clovers are made with old book pages and construction paper.  I put a spot of school glue on the back to adhere them to the burlap wreath.  

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing

 Sherry

I will link this to:

A Return to Loveliness  at A Delightsome 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

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style 
Penny's Vintage Home
Creative Craft Thursday  
 6 Days of Spring Linky Party at Jennifer Rizzo

Home Sweet Home #104

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I made a Valentine's Day Wreath and showed you how to make it too.

I put some genuine pressed four leaf clovers for sale in my Etsy shop in Some Luck For You.

I made some Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies.  They taste like a chocolate covered cherry in a cookie.

And I created this photo of a Sailor's Valentine from the inspiration I had in the latest Romantic Homes magazine.

I am going to feature again this week by the most viewed post.  Here are the top viewed post from last week's Home Sweet Home party.

Ann, Heather, and Shelia at Friendship, Life, and Style created this winter decor on a baker's rack.

Shirley at Housepitality Designs created this new table vignette.

Cindy at Beaux R'eves showed off her beautiful vintage guest room.

 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 

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sister's Stuff 

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!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site. 

Black & White & Red All Over

What is black and white and red all over?  My Valentine's Day wreath is.  It can even be read because I made the hearts and flower out of book pages. 

Supplies:

12-inch straw wreath

3/4 yard of red taffeta, cut into 3 inch strips

stick pins

1/8 yard of contrasting fabric

Vintage book pages

scrabble tiles (I printed mine from a resource on Pinterest here)

pencil

scissors 

tape

glue

Here is how you can make one too.  First take the strips of taffeta and wrap the straw wreath.  I pinned each strip in place at the back of the wreath.  This is the beauty of a straw wreath, you can pin and disassemble later to make another wreath. 

Then make the hanger with the contrasting fabric.  I first cut the fabric into a 3 inch strip.  Then  loop it around the top of the wreath and tie a knot in it.  The fabric I used doesn't ravel.  If you pick a fabric that does ravel you will need to sew or glue a hem down each side of the strip before this step.

To make the hearts I hand drew a heart and cut out the four hearts from a vintage book.  I glued the four hearts on the wreath where I liked them.  I copied the scrabble tiles from the craft resource above and glued them onto each heart.  I hand drew the flower spiral on another book page.  I found this also on Pinterest here.

Cut the spiral design out.

This is the tricky part.  You start from the center and roll this spiral design up to create the flower.  I tried to loosen the flower up by taping the bottom as I rolled it.  In taping it you can stabilize the part you have rolled up and keep rolling.  My flowers always look a little uptight. I just keep working with the flower until it looks like I want it to.

I placed my flower on another flower base and pinned it in place.  I thought it looked like a daffodil.  I hand drew all my patterns, I am not a perfectionist so if it was a little uneven I thought it just added to the character of the design.   That is the fun of making your own wreath it doesn't look like anything in the stores.  Time to bring out the romance for Valentine's Day, it is right around the corner.  

Sherry

I will join:

Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Sunny Simple Sundays  at Sunny Simple Life

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
Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 

Home Sweet Home #102

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I showed off my favorite teddy in Teddy Love. 

I created another Depression-era recipe with Baking Powder Coffee Cake in the post French Enamel Coffee Pot.

And if your trying to get back on track with your diet after the holidays try this Chili Lime Crock Pot Chicken.  It is delicious and nutritious!

I am trying something new this week.  I am going to feature the posts last week that had the most views.  It is wonderful to see what is looked at the most, it tells me a lot about the readers of this blog.  

 The most viewed post was French Country Guest Bath by Confessions of a Plate Addict.

Next was Winter Blues With a 25 cent Find by The Country Farm Home.

Then there was Cozy in the Kitchen by Carol's Heirloom Collection.

And then, Valentine Wreath by Penny's Vintage Home.

 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 

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sister's Stuff

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!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site.

Home Sweet Home #101

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I created a Winter Wreath.

I took some pictures with my new prop in Tea & Barnwood.

I shared a recipe for a Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast.  Comfort food done easy!

And if you haven't heard about it yet, you have to get over to My Recipe Magic and discover the first and only recipe sharing website that does it all!!  I mean everything, you will create shopping lists, menus, print your own cookbooks, and have nutritional data.  This was created by Six Sisters Stuff blog.  So hop over and start submitting recipes.  It's a win-win website!

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

Kristen of Sophia's Decor did a year-in-review of her projects and it was full of fabulous decor and many ideas.  If you missed it check it out!

Carolyn of Aiken House & Gardens did a tea time year in review that was really beautiful!

 Mary at Home is Where the Boat Is did a a year in review at the table that was a wonderful review of her fantastic work.

Cristina of Remodelando la Casa did a year in review with her favorite top five posts.  She has great remodeling skills and there are many great ideas for decor in this post too!

Lisa at The Enchanted Oven showed off her annual gingerbread house tradition.  She really has a magical oven!

Mandy Jean of Mandy Jean Chic showed off how she used pallets to transform this bath.  Isn't that smart!

Trick or Treat showed off her top ten favorite recipe posts of 2012.  The food all looks so good!

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 

Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sister's Stuff

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!

 *If you are pinning a post submitted here, please pin from the original site.