Yes, more greenery.

So the Stink Eye Sister strikes again. She walked by me tonight as I wrapped lights around some greenery and gave me the Eye: <div><br /><div align="center"><em>"More</em> greenery?" (Stink eye.)</div><br /><div align="center">Whatever Sister. </div><br /><div align="center">Yes, more greenery. Shut it. </div><br /><div>I wanted to show you the various places I put the stuff... It really is such an inexpensive way to make your home pretty and just plain <em>loverly</em> this time of year. </div><br /><div>**Edited to add -- the <a href="http://nestingplacenc.blogspot.com/">Nesting Place</a> blog is having a party about just this! Other people love it like me! Go take a look! (It's gonna take me hours to get through all of them.)<br /></div><div><br />You've seen the mantel: </div><br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278382711833258402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfafrIRb7gEPCGwtnEIPtcDtoz1qgjaao0qefVHiNkeGyKzt4WzRg7iL-Dw5fjtZOtQ2p49tq1Dyke7sC0Uf0ZpKNbxDLY43MYgll3CCpqrL0RGZmH6ZHneW17J88z3pj2JfOHgzz8Ba_W/s400/DSC06390.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278386403699474402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1XMNpCA-RrsR5-XFA8dSPyVNudHboP4Zu6gOItL8FP7nAp1Acs2cQNnamz6XbQyYXd_2yo9PEPcY7SBG6zJ5GKrZdA1qjueK9PhOw-cP9C0k-mI61VBzyV7cEmALXT0v30OpZstLjZ6X/s400/DSC06684.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />The dining room:</div><br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278382718486903266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7r9tEYtgbm0yspBojM_61qllLNn4gU31CZ6cV8Fw9T6iMGMWZDa1T3PtvRCkch6OZhzn_utvFIA67eHaOqGo-ROz7YYEofwi-oG5lWO_OCJR0P37w9a_DuVpcHA_UoJNPCjnfKrUzguhB/s400/DSC06543.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><br /><div>But here's some more. I put it on furniture:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278387703441259266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlwrvzoI111CluXeqv7Egaq2V3nNrk0koccgXjdTkUlAemmi1sssyE3DM4HBlfkOLpk_9PwMjvSrid2iOXdqGsXf7RIdj0t9XX5IdOc_ZmaCT3VtwfcudJX-O4yDvg_dXyCN4il_VSQg7/s400/DSC06746.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><div>On top of cabinets:<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nW972Gcwlsk4GIfuEXLnkX-riWITsw7F6mZdiH6e-SiayE-54UmTMP8ENQaz8HBDwayziRoKYs8j_DuxL8TuUNLuM6ULohyphenhyphen5ZdAG_2xQW9tU-SPqG_WSdRtUxTcXpCPtU8Hrnd824dy7/s1600-h/DSC06742.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384365487444418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nW972Gcwlsk4GIfuEXLnkX-riWITsw7F6mZdiH6e-SiayE-54UmTMP8ENQaz8HBDwayziRoKYs8j_DuxL8TuUNLuM6ULohyphenhyphen5ZdAG_2xQW9tU-SPqG_WSdRtUxTcXpCPtU8Hrnd824dy7/s400/DSC06742.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Hanging from various places:<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS34cj1jT4-ExLjgcEpAtTsugmB33w9qUYVl0qxhhEWO96yD_aUsl6nXG0DRVCB7TmSSQAiuq22AdAWnr0_Rfon4AQTSIMUT9WQku3e2h5kM2wyrMoVVesXt00kc7GnVMDfTg67veQ84OH/s1600-h/DSC06732.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384121792737746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS34cj1jT4-ExLjgcEpAtTsugmB33w9qUYVl0qxhhEWO96yD_aUsl6nXG0DRVCB7TmSSQAiuq22AdAWnr0_Rfon4AQTSIMUT9WQku3e2h5kM2wyrMoVVesXt00kc7GnVMDfTg67veQ84OH/s400/DSC06732.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Throw some in a window sill:<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELhw83JyLPT6tH0rWprr3to7SmOBmmSMBuMzGQ3uEIHUQhN3bgyzW96Bi7HcuEEY90XN9mjj4MQniDUARkkZPI6iEJ-NuokN1_elJrBGOXe9e9bA3X6mL_1NHvmxentPG3x1Pv1lCTjO8/s1600-h/DSC06730.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384114811497970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELhw83JyLPT6tH0rWprr3to7SmOBmmSMBuMzGQ3uEIHUQhN3bgyzW96Bi7HcuEEY90XN9mjj4MQniDUARkkZPI6iEJ-NuokN1_elJrBGOXe9e9bA3X6mL_1NHvmxentPG3x1Pv1lCTjO8/s400/DSC06730.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><em>Behind</em> furniture:<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLNBZmXrJ8FnYEADTcV1RXxPgyagrJsHJbA8NTqzHogkKEPz77JurhhZyR5-Un6LDF4NOQJ_n6mXhg2sgnX9t7QrZ_lQkGNcIJ8M7G2qSWZiNICbV20oRopGHnqXGGayhB4pwzBmAiXry/s1600-h/DSC06729.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384110822841650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLNBZmXrJ8FnYEADTcV1RXxPgyagrJsHJbA8NTqzHogkKEPz77JurhhZyR5-Un6LDF4NOQJ_n6mXhg2sgnX9t7QrZ_lQkGNcIJ8M7G2qSWZiNICbV20oRopGHnqXGGayhB4pwzBmAiXry/s400/DSC06729.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Stairs: (When I complain I don't have pretty railings to wrap my greenery around, Hubby reminds me that <em>he</em> wanted the railings, not walls. Yeah yeah. Whateva.)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1bRjPpjyJU6ERcC6nrEIkGM9DWkCgvVuq5aeKZSloE6Y_7GEsV8_MieGkymryWqgMmNNM3sI1jalyVFJEJQWAxEgFRPoVJ4f5vYa1YwiYs8lySkk6_DS7VP20S8gLIqwDiAgRPpv9sI-/s1600-h/DSC06726.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384094880198210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1bRjPpjyJU6ERcC6nrEIkGM9DWkCgvVuq5aeKZSloE6Y_7GEsV8_MieGkymryWqgMmNNM3sI1jalyVFJEJQWAxEgFRPoVJ4f5vYa1YwiYs8lySkk6_DS7VP20S8gLIqwDiAgRPpv9sI-/s400/DSC06726.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 357px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Around doors:<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxBMKwHbRsMO9xyCtMtcMpSUkdcEPsQC64rviE2rB4CCmRLxB6OiL1Nfc3nAn5WI5SUnXopaQ0SDx5e-t4nWWBKRvkRwQu_EHUj_H8Dz_7DF167by5Ptw2MpCApG_3S68AqfOKv45gW6O/s1600-h/DSC06723.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278384081014230914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxBMKwHbRsMO9xyCtMtcMpSUkdcEPsQC64rviE2rB4CCmRLxB6OiL1Nfc3nAn5WI5SUnXopaQ0SDx5e-t4nWWBKRvkRwQu_EHUj_H8Dz_7DF167by5Ptw2MpCApG_3S68AqfOKv45gW6O/s400/DSC06723.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div><div></div><div> </div><div>And more...I'll show you our bedroom soon. I have a little project I want to finish in there first. I think that's it otherwise...I think. Try it in your home. Wrap some lights around it or throw some ornaments in, and just stick it places. It works. Swear. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Yes, more greenery.

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Bling bling your light fixtures

First of all, thanks for all the sweet comments on my Bub. He had a great birthday, and I cannot believe he is two! Funny how the terrible two's started <em>literally</em> on his birthday. Huh. Interesting. (His "terrible" is not so bad, but still.)<br /><div><br />So tonight I wanted to share how easy it is to add some bling bling on your chandeliers or light fixtures. My example for the class is my $30 kitchen chandelier. (Yes, $30, told you, don't hate.)</div><br /><div>Every year I stick greenery and a few ornaments up there. This year I did bit more:<br /></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDky0qqce-aFGAHtToEkFB0ZQzDlguyRKmqYm9V8w2LG05uj_6Nj101WZmEx7HG_skH1-8Z0Rmp8XsfE4dNzCuzVRVRnahg5H0Sy8cASggHBcOEqu7FWIFhcHtIJMNIofEO5MUwm6ymAz/s1600-h/DSC06688.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016363934478626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDky0qqce-aFGAHtToEkFB0ZQzDlguyRKmqYm9V8w2LG05uj_6Nj101WZmEx7HG_skH1-8Z0Rmp8XsfE4dNzCuzVRVRnahg5H0Sy8cASggHBcOEqu7FWIFhcHtIJMNIofEO5MUwm6ymAz/s400/DSC06688.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Last year I added the glass ornaments filled with "snow."<br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KoaMjj1OGjdzjQ1c7_FycJgronL8wPSyHidbhQpa78yO-a7ePlAFMmI3nU_t-CkHwUzh2gE5rq_gGAys8LKiU1bi4iIfv2wl56NCndfBYYWQt81FxwCwP6kEUo_gkDpyG_qvPW-La5WA/s1600-h/DSC06690.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016369845881058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KoaMjj1OGjdzjQ1c7_FycJgronL8wPSyHidbhQpa78yO-a7ePlAFMmI3nU_t-CkHwUzh2gE5rq_gGAys8LKiU1bi4iIfv2wl56NCndfBYYWQt81FxwCwP6kEUo_gkDpyG_qvPW-La5WA/s400/DSC06690.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />This year, I added MORE ornaments, filled with curled up ribbon. I saw this somewhere in blogland, and <a href="http://shadesofcolorpoci.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-finished-projects-and-some-just.html">Erin</a> did a CA<em>UTE</em> version I loved!!:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016374772762146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiwfKXnxZ7X1D4OyerK7xOEFurbQutdxg30WzjljRAoIJQOsiMS6dDbRm5pBAgchxUO-TTud-8-xrlCYLPHXQJ473SSWLrDs1XUbsVEQygwXbu4_wAT21rAGJgPB7dctwsDnaUzg8BRIr/s400/DSC06692.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016378347022834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWiBGjY-TZpORuI7-NbT1PbcQP9dXqAOvaNU_DxkCtcOy_QLfh43wGXhXkTupph5jJ30_QoFy_QJhp2FepRA4koBr934K_QPbWIg3edAIfT13JxUX9TUqlbSvt5SWvZWNKJ7S_b0E58vA/s400/DSC06693.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />So to bling them up some more (why don't I say that one. more. time.) I used my snowflake puncher to cut out glittery snowflakes and glued them on:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016384748558658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGfVPycPHSqVHENO4saOwCWKGzMiYHjYm2FZ9Ey1OigmlNC-RSPwQ96emn5ZCaMHrpMAQg28ojj1XeWbAOffBjmFmMXAqlhWxOKenPQjV3WtKezCyaNulxh4hzo9z-rfKmlzo-qQtEL3L/s400/DSC06694.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />Added my little beady green sparkly things that go on candlesticks to the lights...<br /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016654971865762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqH5icsQNk9ZWY2C8rHdOKkk7f_MMttlaqyXIGR792AQ_WYx4pGpm8u5pYizSGH7LZbqGp6RZz4eD7b2bEMJ6TBEHokRrlGhlA8auHc3wY3BpJlsCij09Wx18g3C1vPoSV1-RXBxqm-Ke/s400/DSC06698.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><div>Some cheap snowflake ornaments from the day after Christmas last year...taaaa daaa!!</div><div></div><div></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016657116867378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwSIVv6QBIL-4gLXAKhohDqsuj73kzJT-42Ih1tU1xdMoGjWBsTUf7fKYSqKd7G6H-KqqpbvF9k-AYR6N1oo630DqDebTmBtJO8kLZghcIAtRQxD_8FurisvO-tjKqKjHyWG2b85mLfEn/s400/DSC06701.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><div></div><div>Just so you don't miss a square inch of it, another view. Sheesh Sarah:</div><div></div><div></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278016647306843186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2KMovC30vRyRRijAYl8OXfwqNDDq9HkkzC3u1kKHKe0uaaVVJBYl4RYnMeEfxkA9qzSu9ZjOusKpcV3AuoXET0UM2oWwlh3uwhq5EoKkOewceSJWLGOKm0CjUdNq9YMXX3e6GbV1o3Zn/s400/DSC06697.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Really, the cost for this is just in the glass ornaments...which at Hob Lob is about $3. And then the snow, which is $2. (Warning -- you need a good funnel for this. Major pain the bootay. Fake snow sticks to everything. <em>Everything.)</em></p><p>Oh my goodness...I have so much to show you, it's hard to decide what to show next!! I'll show you some wreaths later this week...any other ideas? OH, and I'll show you how garland pukes all over my house too. OH, and my craft projects. OH and fun ideas I've seen all over...OH OH and my easy, cheap gifts. OH! </p>I'm done.<br /><br /><br />Edited to add: CRAP my countdown DOES NOT say "14 days till Christmas." Santa, don't lie!! 14 DAYS??

Bling bling your light fixtures

First of all, thanks for all the sweet comments on my Bub. He had a great birthday, and I cannot believe he is two! Funny how the terrible t...

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Our beautiful tree. Take two.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU40wfWrhpo79ELlnvZ4oPcw3N5cnieYTMdfknLDLE0EJvS4r1QOn1nqenripD7KwMPW1OttS_l7dNHrv_aJTO0I29HMR59OJza2QpsLbbJogGntcZCkXJfw6Ev6vgmlX4g7_yRZKLXdM3/s1600-h/DSC06653.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINPaQ4zcH8VvCQh86ZZ6DyNd3ezw2BdE-UYxfEPbRkBKkPBZQQ2cT9VMgdMGW_MSI9RpChDtoa79wfNAG-k65NPOFqE6rIO9fHW9JzR8_2XAWfV5QPBirqQI8SFxandQdWieiT4kYuJ5x/s1600-h/DSC06636.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277256448118563538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINPaQ4zcH8VvCQh86ZZ6DyNd3ezw2BdE-UYxfEPbRkBKkPBZQQ2cT9VMgdMGW_MSI9RpChDtoa79wfNAG-k65NPOFqE6rIO9fHW9JzR8_2XAWfV5QPBirqQI8SFxandQdWieiT4kYuJ5x/s400/DSC06636.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br />Isn't that gorg? I used the starburst setting on my camera!<br /><br />First of all, ya'll are SO sweet! You made me feel so much better, I almost <em>did</em> cry just reading all your comments! :)<br /><br /><br />So we did the tree back up and I <em>think</em> it looks as good as the first time. It took FOREVER to get all the ornaments, ribbon, beady things, flowers, back in...how is it this time it took longer than the first when only half of them came off? Gah.<br /><br />I had taken pictures last night of the tree, but couldn't bring myself to post them until it was back up...didn't want to jinx it you know!<br /><br /><br /><br />But here it is in all it's glory! Hope you enjoy it:<br /><br /><p></p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277286682365254018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsHvvaMw6EDFg8fjCLh1RuIhYT7QNxqLEZZnUpXiU3LfYiIq4boFBAY5GXZGoBIlESeVjL81VtDpG5Bqr51OMZF2inr-BPTiDvsGgIzwXVteOboPU1UkhXL2eiw5nUyep0MpMFnh3c-ow/s400/DSC06657.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwuQzJPGC558asjm8jXnRrHklYFT1cemmnudqAHHZb-PnRfpDdQXQIk2L5nl_8HoDJLoNvPcVK9h08EQk5zE10zRcELGexj_WJh2Espn6kFbPeHD8WHYfNeEECQTpYoI08QJMwapARsHt/s1600-h/DSC06619.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277255956973830194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwuQzJPGC558asjm8jXnRrHklYFT1cemmnudqAHHZb-PnRfpDdQXQIk2L5nl_8HoDJLoNvPcVK9h08EQk5zE10zRcELGexj_WJh2Espn6kFbPeHD8WHYfNeEECQTpYoI08QJMwapARsHt/s400/DSC06619.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0kDi7WQIYWa-cCua_42cfDHCIrN2D9E0PfHO-V681SD00qvmt2f8tLwz8tBDGR3NkZVTza8adHRxJ75_cbRtUfQadh98OzbETxowjuuNgfv5lDvwaT9iDskoanT-x8IFAhmsRdvt8SkM/s1600-h/DSC06594.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277255174675806546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0kDi7WQIYWa-cCua_42cfDHCIrN2D9E0PfHO-V681SD00qvmt2f8tLwz8tBDGR3NkZVTza8adHRxJ75_cbRtUfQadh98OzbETxowjuuNgfv5lDvwaT9iDskoanT-x8IFAhmsRdvt8SkM/s400/DSC06594.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gKkN_rwZ7aSL8-FTC20efV4wPBGi5BClmUaVAc68aWI-Vc0NmaGsr2e2VQ39wN9BQCVTW6IZ7GGObgq4JE9UK_hd5AmEElr0Hdj1WkuBlkbvjnWCUcaVD9AKa6ZgI_V_pvHnDLsk02Fm/s1600-h/DSC06593.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277255171340847314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gKkN_rwZ7aSL8-FTC20efV4wPBGi5BClmUaVAc68aWI-Vc0NmaGsr2e2VQ39wN9BQCVTW6IZ7GGObgq4JE9UK_hd5AmEElr0Hdj1WkuBlkbvjnWCUcaVD9AKa6ZgI_V_pvHnDLsk02Fm/s400/DSC06593.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div><br /><div>I was laying on the floor enjoying the view!:</div><div><br /> </div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277256435649571666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmLAiDO_g4fTPEBDZkbjYKCE6qwLleJAfbA9Mo3CQHIdMYM7mKl_oZwsPCiJnNTf6ipmjka_aK6JijtSSYLDWTT_3FofrL38DHCc0mUBC4w4aW_TnQbi3wqDSLO2A5t8bO66kG912N86w/s400/DSC06627.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />This was before, last night:</div><div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277256440178257986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEI-k3ylScZ_WRarVnXS0fMaSeSv-9EqM-tnNZIXWFKP-0S3lmLUVZaYb3ir_ZiORz_pnStqvng_jPM2YYxWbiKbENpsLdC_OdP_swH_OktP3v40cjViMheLYQxCvK1W1nTSOcwi90b2Oz/s400/DSC06635.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Tonight:<br /></p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277286682365254018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsHvvaMw6EDFg8fjCLh1RuIhYT7QNxqLEZZnUpXiU3LfYiIq4boFBAY5GXZGoBIlESeVjL81VtDpG5Bqr51OMZF2inr-BPTiDvsGgIzwXVteOboPU1UkhXL2eiw5nUyep0MpMFnh3c-ow/s400/DSC06657.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />***Edited with new pic -- Mom Mom (what is your name? I love you, thanks for the idea with the lamp!!) I retook this so the lights turned out better.<br /></div><div></div><div>Can you tell in the first one that it's leaning ever so much?? Oh yeah, sign of things to come...<br /><p>Sigh. I do love our tree. Every year, I love it more. My favorite parts are the poinsettia blooms and ribbon. I think they totally finish it off. We always get a real tree for the living room, always ten feet. I just LOVE real trees, even with this year's drama. I have a couple other fake trees around the house that I'll show you soon. </p><p>Which do you have, real or faux? Either way, they are magical. Not so magical on the floor, but magical. </p><br /><p>P.S. NO the stain is not out. It's bad. And yes, I took pictures. I'm calling Sears tomorrow and I am PRAYING they can get it out. The tree water also left a yucky mark over that whole area, so I'm going to have them work on all of it. Not crying...</p><p>P.P.S Oh and you SO KNOW I was on my way down to the basement to get the fishing wire, my drill and the anchors before we realized the base was cracked. I was going to rig that thing to the wall for all it was worth!! </p><p> </p></div>

Our beautiful tree. Take two.

Isn't that gorg? I used the starburst setting on my camera! First of all, ya'll are SO sweet! You made me feel so much better, I alm...

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Tree catastrophe

<div align="center">Soooooooo yeah...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Remember yesterday when I said I was going to get all of the Christmas stuff done and out and all the bins put away? Well, I did. I got it ALL done. And I was basking in it all evening. Even got to bed before midnight. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">This morning we woke up to this:</div><br /><div align="center"></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277136581245138226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbq7d9OkkQkGafffoTnGI91yA_KJGfSpUb3StH-RjxheYFmEEj18ifzWxnXTCKqNuJn_QbpQq31icyYuz2toiSu4nIH9MdrxLcSbhGdRBTrhWDcOtOf9gyf2XmTchGDGq9IiTYup69446/s400/DSC06641.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I didn't cry. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Close. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I didn't cry. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Our ten foot real tree, base filled with water...on the floor. </div><br /><div align="center">Oh for all that is good, you've got to be kidding me. </div><br /><div align="center">I've had a real tree almost every year of my 33 years and nothing like this has ever happened. While we struggled to get it back up, I realized the stand was cracked and that's why it fell. </div><br /><div align="center">The floor was soaked. And the ribbon got soaked. And stained the floor. </div><br /><div align="center">Big. pink. spot. </div><br /><div align="center">Yeah. Really. </div><br /><div align="center">Took a trip to Target, got a new stand, new bag, new ornaments. I'm OK. </div><br /><div align="center">It is still in the old stand, barely hanging on. I'm waiting for it to fall any second...Hubby is performing at a show and Sister isn't home yet. When they get back we'll get everything back to normal. Till then even the cats aren't allowed to breathe on it. </div><br /><div align="center">And I'll show you our magnificent tree later. Sniff. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm not crying.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I swear. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>

Tree catastrophe

Soooooooo yeah... Remember yesterday when I said I was going to get all of the Christmas stuff done and out and all the bins put away? Well,...

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Holiday stress

Sooo, are you done with your decorations yet? I'm almost there. Today, I swear, I'm done. (I've been saying that for a week now.) I want every single bin and random fluff of greenery back in the basement by midnight tonight.<br /><br />Then, I can just relax for the next three weeks...work on some fun Christmas crafts, eat candy cane Hershey kisses by the fireplace with my feet up. Ahhh, bliss.<br /><br /><div align="center">But WAIT.</div><div align="center"><br />I still have to: </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />take our holiday picture</div><div align="center">address the cards</div><div align="center">mail the cards</div><div align="center">finish the advent calendar</div><div align="center">wrap a trillion gifts</div><div align="center">BUY a trillion gifts</div><div align="center">bake a trillion cookies for an exchange</div><div align="center">secure babysitters</div><div align="center">make gifts</div><div align="center">plan the Bub's b-day party </div><div align="center">wrap the Bub's gifts</div><div align="center">finish the Bub's gifts</div><div align="center">throw the Bub's b-day party</div><div align="center">take a nap</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />and THEN I can relax...</div><br />Tis the season, right? Do you do what I do every year? You SWEAR you'll be better organized and start earlier and blah blah blah...<br /><br />Last year we were here over the Thanksgiving week:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/saucey2/Hawaii/?action=view&current=DSC01822.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/saucey2/Hawaii/DSC01822.jpg" /></a></div><br />(That would be FANTASTIC, beautiful, relaxing, Honolulu. I snorkled here in this bay. DO IT if you ever get the chance.)<br /><br />When we got back it was a whirlwind to prepare for everything. I SWORE this year I'd be better. Nope. But you know what? I still love it, I still love the season. And when I stop for a second, count to three and breathe, and then look at the tree all lit up, the magic comes back.<br /><br />Take a second, breathe, and remember the magic.<br /><br />P.S. I had so much fun with this favorite things thing that I think I'm going to do a Christmas tree party. Sound like fun? It will be super easy, no stress, since many of you have already posted your trees! I'll do it later this week, I'll let you know when.

Holiday stress

Sooo, are you done with your decorations yet? I'm almost there. Today, I swear, I'm done. (I've been saying that for a week now....

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So I can put stuff in them...

Here's the link to the <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2008/11/tell-us-few-of-your-favorite-things.html">Favorite Things</a> party again...I won't pick a winner of the giveway till Saturday morning, so you have till then to join in! This has been so much fun!<br /><br />So lately I've become quite enamored with apothecary jars, as I know many of us have. I just didn't want to spend a load on them, so I've been picking up a few as I've seen them over the past few months. My sister (She lives with us right now -- a recent graduate. Yes, she has a job. A good one. No, it doesn't pay crap.) gives me the stink eye every time I bring one in and fill it with stuff.<br /><br />Me: Look, I filled it with fill-in-the-blank! Isn't it cute?<br />Sister: (Stink eye.) Why do you buy these glass things and fill them with stuff?<br />Me: (Giving her my best you-don't-know-anything-about-anything groan.) It's <em>CUTE</em>. Look!<br />Sister: I don't get it. Why can't you just leave them alone?<br />Me: (Horrified.) I only get these so I can put STUFF in them. Gah, don't you know anything???<br /><br />So anyhoo, I've had so much fun filling these up for Christmas!! Our hutch in the dining room houses most of them:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgl2btjM731NVzF4tyZ3laGF3L-uzrrreL1OdxhRNv_39woFXFCjwGsjTSjl4FYHlFQe2kE2DZAg_BUJc-upKgnUQm6vsSPBOqu0rIxjR8C_bRPuuaNL17w93I0g0crrv6pRLsU-Fw7Zw/s1600-h/DSC06543.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276150827158280034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgl2btjM731NVzF4tyZ3laGF3L-uzrrreL1OdxhRNv_39woFXFCjwGsjTSjl4FYHlFQe2kE2DZAg_BUJc-upKgnUQm6vsSPBOqu0rIxjR8C_bRPuuaNL17w93I0g0crrv6pRLsU-Fw7Zw/s400/DSC06543.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi1EegXRpXp1T9GJf-KVOQpIC-ecKhrP0qwGJ4lvW59sG5QJA913GDezM3h_joTCFFvzsYsbMuGe4wU8_XLMnlx5bxJn-a0YqjIIV1BbGdfPSydVfJfz6uDSiZzGJEBLzG9ywlwmA8Avj/s1600-h/DSC06545.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276140171568793250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi1EegXRpXp1T9GJf-KVOQpIC-ecKhrP0qwGJ4lvW59sG5QJA913GDezM3h_joTCFFvzsYsbMuGe4wU8_XLMnlx5bxJn-a0YqjIIV1BbGdfPSydVfJfz6uDSiZzGJEBLzG9ywlwmA8Avj/s400/DSC06545.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div><div></div><div>Puhleeeeze don't buy the $7 gold pine cones from Target!! Buy the cheap ones and spray paint them gold! I got a bunch for .49 from Goodwill and painted them myself:<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3GeKyDYsDfkfPnN4NoLQMz4f2XYhY_nE569nAYw6XtTS1hiiR73DcoV5RyWyFRxDEjRQ72SOBmUh2qrpbzIolI_okFb5NUEed4Kx_n21j7MEdccGy877J4a5F_UMFdg0H5rFSxcAiW4R/s1600-h/DSC06551.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276140161403427826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3GeKyDYsDfkfPnN4NoLQMz4f2XYhY_nE569nAYw6XtTS1hiiR73DcoV5RyWyFRxDEjRQ72SOBmUh2qrpbzIolI_okFb5NUEed4Kx_n21j7MEdccGy877J4a5F_UMFdg0H5rFSxcAiW4R/s400/DSC06551.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>This one was a Goodwill find for $1.99. Whooty-freakin'-hoo! I knocked a few women over to get to it. (You think I'm kidding.) Filled with $2 of bells from the dollar store:<br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJaGP8ezKPvgtr7OhNqqiBX5wHEdSNHaRF2hiMd4PIw6O-SLQg6U0M2yfiLCeUGNJfBaH-OnG0L0yb_ClkQil9WS_VNKSPw5cqqquio85nH52pK93S25_X19EcULqduTgKFu6Lgd9XwpR/s1600-h/DSC06553.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276140150751020162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJaGP8ezKPvgtr7OhNqqiBX5wHEdSNHaRF2hiMd4PIw6O-SLQg6U0M2yfiLCeUGNJfBaH-OnG0L0yb_ClkQil9WS_VNKSPw5cqqquio85nH52pK93S25_X19EcULqduTgKFu6Lgd9XwpR/s400/DSC06553.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Got this one for 50 percent off at Micheal's. I love how <a href="http://thedavisfamilynwa.blogspot.com/">Shannon</a> put snow in one of hers so I totally copied. Threw in some sparkly ornaments I dug out of the basement:<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9VjMHPE3y18WrO12nILFGUgIY9F3BdJewdt5UgYsZKzEbCMBOzjorsRnwNgsrPrkFT66OZIEo89EmozQX46CN0-FY-Y-M8yxDnIIIQwiiMwL0rAQUSBX3PJMujHumFMMcuYinpAbI0E7/s1600-h/DSC06554.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276140146058299970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9VjMHPE3y18WrO12nILFGUgIY9F3BdJewdt5UgYsZKzEbCMBOzjorsRnwNgsrPrkFT66OZIEo89EmozQX46CN0-FY-Y-M8yxDnIIIQwiiMwL0rAQUSBX3PJMujHumFMMcuYinpAbI0E7/s400/DSC06554.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />This you may have seen back on my birthday post. I think it's meant to be one of the cheese platter thingys, but I painted the base black so it would look like it is supposed to be another "glass thing to put stuff in:"</div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276140164382291250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HRxcsTbyrURsxgl2wQp0f85IOlXG2_8djb-kM0hUsLfozty0HvntEJkp7lXSXEEFg3r_YmZyt65UFNXBGy8s1S-g4LcOOwdFjhp-K3IopFQSvqrb3KYJiteWl2KarUVOYXIZwAF5sGJW/s400/DSC06548.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />Over the years, I have made our hutch into a sort of wine cabinet. I installed the wine glass holders up above, and put our wine rack inside soon after we got it. Now I want to continue the wine theme, so I got some corks off Ebay months ago and found this beauty at my local consignment shop a few weeks ago for $8!!! I LOVE the huge glass stopper. Ohhh this thing makes my heart go pitter-pat:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzdJXUsycjtWqUXX01NPROsPLx1FrWB18xCWUh40rohS4LouCnR8WOJIVMovxyIH-nXiM8ja8LPD0KX8vo3tFBLa_sySOTNPw9sdQMh6WZzTta7fWC2VAzF7lsyqSSpOyXwJXcjuowL5s/s1600-h/DSC06555.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139747763532066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzdJXUsycjtWqUXX01NPROsPLx1FrWB18xCWUh40rohS4LouCnR8WOJIVMovxyIH-nXiM8ja8LPD0KX8vo3tFBLa_sySOTNPw9sdQMh6WZzTta7fWC2VAzF7lsyqSSpOyXwJXcjuowL5s/s400/DSC06555.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div><br /><div>Isn't it GORG? I put a strand of $2.50 gold beads inside:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yYhj50YCK0tBMb-Dql_xBl667DhBj3tTr_yNFXREOoxN9r93udDCoJVXFcifWrycCGok6Db7ApR2KoY_v8d3G2PGkmTekQVpeJ0SHZxvL33O09J-eTKJGy3jZ2ft1BX3FNDluhS9CfM/s1600-h/DSC06556.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139739328299458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yYhj50YCK0tBMb-Dql_xBl667DhBj3tTr_yNFXREOoxN9r93udDCoJVXFcifWrycCGok6Db7ApR2KoY_v8d3G2PGkmTekQVpeJ0SHZxvL33O09J-eTKJGy3jZ2ft1BX3FNDluhS9CfM/s400/DSC06556.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I've shown you this with a pumpkin in it, it's another cheese plate I transformed in my quest to find yet another "glass thing to put stuff in." I've got problems. But it was only $1.99 people! I threw in some garland scraps and gold stars I had from Christmases past...</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBu2ipdVK2D6ZvWpYfNYTakq-RkhcFzcI4E6roMVSU0TtAYzO-1syMufTmW-9ILCwMh_UOS-fcA86-bQIJZ4q83Ia29cCO3pTj8yoCF4AkW70onlhcPxNgyiDs9VCDVFVCdzFH_OL3sg/s1600-h/DSC06558.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139733815518770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBu2ipdVK2D6ZvWpYfNYTakq-RkhcFzcI4E6roMVSU0TtAYzO-1syMufTmW-9ILCwMh_UOS-fcA86-bQIJZ4q83Ia29cCO3pTj8yoCF4AkW70onlhcPxNgyiDs9VCDVFVCdzFH_OL3sg/s400/DSC06558.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Have you seen these at Target??:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gM1t1j-VFks_FSEaBTeIPfcafTpk0lbaLdk8MaP5wqeOZ4evMJQhyphenhyphen4o0vEpQPZjYShW7ZjwPoyo-WMUGif5EglVGn5ebZ4TdgRUZASpXO8nTY0ZXxUbd4uUo785Kle2R6vWj94-fFws/s1600-h/DSC06559.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139721560120626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gM1t1j-VFks_FSEaBTeIPfcafTpk0lbaLdk8MaP5wqeOZ4evMJQhyphenhyphen4o0vEpQPZjYShW7ZjwPoyo-WMUGif5EglVGn5ebZ4TdgRUZASpXO8nTY0ZXxUbd4uUo785Kle2R6vWj94-fFws/s400/DSC06559.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><em>Please</em> don't buy them! Go to the floral area at Hobby Lobby, grab some of the wood thingys shaped like a tree. Spray paint them gold, then spray a coat of gold glitter spray paint over that. These were something like $3 each. I made them years ago and they still look perfect!<br /></div><div>More glitter:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBeE0ZlNy-127i30g1XnAUIGb1rEjTo-_idzhVPJAYNJ9leou4VJp3stakW8X-RsXl_epsIpW6M2dEJ9NLvCucdJO0jpi-2DOVmzaOSOutd1Pf8HrYG9f6dOW-iTv4zqfG8YMx_cle4A/s1600-h/DSC06560.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139714440509106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBeE0ZlNy-127i30g1XnAUIGb1rEjTo-_idzhVPJAYNJ9leou4VJp3stakW8X-RsXl_epsIpW6M2dEJ9NLvCucdJO0jpi-2DOVmzaOSOutd1Pf8HrYG9f6dOW-iTv4zqfG8YMx_cle4A/s400/DSC06560.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />We got this platter for our wedding from my sweet friend Penni. It has always had a spot right in the middle. :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyoMyBRB79BlsbhpJKrHaJVlG9JS5T8Ph2Z4pfk-eyxq8lJaLT8lK9a7GZx2nw2n7r6Y__WuFYZUx-oGabCshJD1QTIjgeSp6ESC95JCz-RtcJDTerbZ6dA9qE3noRNRHH9CJriDyEZw/s1600-h/DSC06562.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139322035405074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyoMyBRB79BlsbhpJKrHaJVlG9JS5T8Ph2Z4pfk-eyxq8lJaLT8lK9a7GZx2nw2n7r6Y__WuFYZUx-oGabCshJD1QTIjgeSp6ESC95JCz-RtcJDTerbZ6dA9qE3noRNRHH9CJriDyEZw/s400/DSC06562.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Pretty eh? I love my glass things to put stuff in.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRocPHw_8rO6QmM1fGrxlkmyp73oArn-lmYYRjeKy3zm_0ioXIhhfsR9SK_eHyoWoEWr_FiDN2f03Cp93tiJV522Cm-oRRRq2nOdVt6m8ybydMR2ZvP1sZU53QFzB-cz5HAbxz6-Xkn0/s1600-h/DSC06566.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139317344990034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRocPHw_8rO6QmM1fGrxlkmyp73oArn-lmYYRjeKy3zm_0ioXIhhfsR9SK_eHyoWoEWr_FiDN2f03Cp93tiJV522Cm-oRRRq2nOdVt6m8ybydMR2ZvP1sZU53QFzB-cz5HAbxz6-Xkn0/s400/DSC06566.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />What do you put in YOUR glass thingys??</div><div> </div><div>And last but not least, I found these at Micheal's too, and actually paid the full price of $4 each for them because I just adored them. Look! Itty bitty apothecary jars!:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydFEDPxAIuI7-qWVuFvvl4yZycHR-3i0esKqRdnTaUNl0qfVY4vKhdBE1zuK3so8iwaSANgke_fh1hQYtcGWbnD_JVX6i4oMJoF3tWxq9otUzsJ8aw_8oBun7wwthvvBYjJ6HzYU9Wqc/s1600-h/DSC06538.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139311635112226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydFEDPxAIuI7-qWVuFvvl4yZycHR-3i0esKqRdnTaUNl0qfVY4vKhdBE1zuK3so8iwaSANgke_fh1hQYtcGWbnD_JVX6i4oMJoF3tWxq9otUzsJ8aw_8oBun7wwthvvBYjJ6HzYU9Wqc/s400/DSC06538.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />But wait. I hate candy canes.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSptBjn3PfoYGsLC_sYJ37Uzijpqt0rK4sAxS-emGyD45OEWO0UvDWPEtdr8VN8Si1MpxpX_kJD-mnROaXR6wtOkgo3ulckW2SirKR3uIl3XcvytEJruZCi7MlJpqLAaIqf4YddSYz28w/s1600-h/DSC06540.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276139298631405714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSptBjn3PfoYGsLC_sYJ37Uzijpqt0rK4sAxS-emGyD45OEWO0UvDWPEtdr8VN8Si1MpxpX_kJD-mnROaXR6wtOkgo3ulckW2SirKR3uIl3XcvytEJruZCi7MlJpqLAaIqf4YddSYz28w/s400/DSC06540.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Ah yes...<a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2008/12/evil-i-tell-you.html">sweet bliss</a>! Much better. HANDS OFF FAMILY. </div><br /><div></div><div></div><div>I'm watchin' you.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

So I can put stuff in them...

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Evil, I tell you.

<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Keep linking <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2008/11/tell-us-few-of-your-favorite-things.html">here</a> chicks!! </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Alrighty, at least two of you <strike>evil</strike> sweet ladies posted about THESE:<br /></div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276037166974073074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6QL_ktX9FZqRUX9aHF_Sjoun_65Um-8stC-vLr7MRgJyojlHLyJK3GODdejdyuJU5ibK1f4Azvvp48dPV5g3XJKIJJwNdp66h6dfXyr8Mr_giUmv5yGEnyZLMTfETRtbq8FdVahg_zs/s400/k1141.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><br /><div align="center">All I have to say is I hold you personally responsible for the <strike>FIVE</strike> SEVEN pounds I'm going to gain this week from eating these. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />And I don't like candy canes. But I. love. these. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />EVIL.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Tiny bit of mint, whole lotta chocolate, little bit of crunch = HEAVEN.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />I've even been passing them out to random people to share the lusciousness. Sweet right? </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />But then it hit me. <strong>GAH!!</strong> <em>What am I doing?</em> I need them all for me, me, ME!!! I went to Target to get more today and they. are. gone. Is everyone in my town reading this blog?? I think not. Give them BACK! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Hubby, they are hidden from you as of tonight.<br />Sister -- BACK OFF. </div><div align="center">Bub, well you don't even eat candy, you're cool. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Ladies who posted these, I will hunt you down and sit on you and you will be sorry (after this week...I need to wait for the extra seven pounds so it really squishes you.)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">That is all. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />P.S. <span style="font-size:85%;">Just for now that is...</span> I'll be back later tonight with more! </div>

Evil, I tell you.

Keep linking here chicks!! Alrighty, at least two of you evil sweet ladies posted about THESE: All I have to say is I hold you personally ...

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