Christmas Decor (part 1)

I love how my starbursts turned out. I found out how to make them Here. My Grandma Mary gave me this Santa just after I was married. I didn't like him. His gold on his hat was all scratched up and he just wasn't my style. But now he is. I am not sure why I kept him and didn't toss him out long ago- but I am glad I didn't. Every year, I like him more and more. This year he plays center stage in my new cloche on the piano.

Other items are from Goodwill, Michael's, dollar tree (and the wooden green glitter 'hope' sign is from Walgreens for $1.99)

Anthropologie and Kmart

Who woulda thought that these two stores would have ever have come together in one outfit. (Anthropologie stores everywhere are cringing right now)

One thing I have learned from working at Kmart during college was that they have really cute shoes. Everyone ALWAYS over looks Kmart when on the search for a delicious shoe. We don't have a Kmart in our city anymore, but on my recent trip to Oregon, I had literally 20 minutes before I had to be somewhere and was right next to a Kmart. I ran in and booked it to the shoe dept. I found these babies for $15 (on sale). (You can close your mouth now!)

My Anthropologie dress that I found for $30 on a sale rack. Not appropriate to wear to church (or in my case anywhere) with the halter top, so I layered it with a black under shirt and a 3/4 sleeve sweater that I bought last year from Shade.

Jaclyn Smith shoes found Here

Anthro dress found Here (sorry- couldn't find it on the Athro site anymore)

I also found some rocking jewelery and hair accessories from Forever 21 for super cheap.

Because I feel like the prettiest girl at the ball when I am wearing it, it is probably my favorite outfit in my closet right now.

Dream room!

I just saw this one a blog and fell in love with this headboard. If I could have any headboard in the world- right now it would be this one- I am loving the colors in the room too.

A Big Difference

Before

I had this buffet cabinet that I bought at a thrift shop for $30 and refinished years ago ( someday I will have to post the b4 pics- hideous!) and have since changed the wallpaper panels a few times in it. I wasn't sure if I liked it this time after I put some toile wallpaper in it (last spring) that I had left over from my daughter's headboard- but keep getting a lot of compliments on it. I decided this week that I like the look of it in the living room, however- the search for fun- even somewhat trendy wallpaper has begun. (just keepin' my eyes open!)

After

I think it goes nicely with the new coffee table. The black grounds the lightness of the wallpaper.

Dollar store project

I saw this on THIS blog and fell in love with it. I just bought pumpkins rom the $ store. Cut them in half and tied some ribbon I already had around them. Next, I glued them to a dollar store plate. I love the shape of that plate.

Spooky Dishes

I honestly don't know where I got this idea. It might be one that I saw somewhere or one that I created from a bunch of silhouettes that I have seen. Either way- I love the way it turned out. I found white plates at Goodwill for 25 cents each and printed out pictures from my computer. Then traced the pics onto clear shelf liner using cabon copy paper and then I cut out the shape and put it on the pate. (Kinda like making your own sticker) Next I took black spray paint and srayed the whole plate. When it was dry I peeled off the sticker and touched it up with a paint pen.

The shelf was also a find from goodwill. It was wooden and super ugly. I sprayed it black and let my daughter help me put silver rub-n- buff on the edges and detail.

Spooky Decor

I haven't decorated for Halloween in years (fall, but not Halloween). This year I decided that I really like the "Goth" look. Maybe something that you would find in Dracula's castle. So I went thrift shopping and $ store shopping and found a bunch of things and got a bunch of ideas.

Here is one of them:

I got the ideas for the candles HERE. I can't tell you how cool they look in person. The pics just do not do them justice.

I found these at a thrift store for $2 each I spray painted them black to give them that goth look I was going for.

This was just the beginning!