Rose Petal Chandelier in the making

Okay I am attempting to make a rose petal chandelier (pinterest again) :) I told you I was addicted.  I hot glued nine rose petals together and then glued them around three different sizes of embroidery hoops.  I still have some tweaking to do the fish line I used was too light.  I am waiting on the hubby to find his heavier line. Then it will look more graduated.   It is going to hang in my bathroom but I want to put rosettes and ribbon and maybe some bling on it yet.  I'll take a pic of the final product when its done.  The petals I got at the dollar store.  So it only cost a couple of dollars.

Burlap and Lace tablerunner

 I was on pinterest (which I am addicted too) and found a burlap and lace table runner and thought I would love to make one for my antique dough table.
It was so easy to make.  I had it done in a half hour.  I had the lace already and the rosettes my daughter had made and left for me :) So my only cost was the burlap which I got at hobby lobby half off.  The project cost me $2.49 EXCITING!

My Fall Wreath

I was looking for a fall wreath and did not like the prices of the ones I found.   So I started looking on pinterest and found a square one.  I knew I had to make it!!!

I just used a square picture frame and covered it with dollar store leaves (gotta love that dollar store).  It was a fun and inexpensive project.  I just doubled my ribbon and hung it on my screen door.

More Fall Decorating

 More of my Fall decor.  I just did some small vignettes around the house.

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 The last of my real sunflowers from the garden.

Some Fall Decorating

It  doesn't seem like Summer should be over.  I started my Fall decorating.   This is my mantle.  I added a leaf garland and kept my Hydrangeas in the vase they still have good color.  I added some putka pods and acorns and leaves to my jars.  The candle holders were silver and I spray painted them a cram and added two votives to them.  Later on I will put a little pumpkin on top of each one instead of the votives, I am just waiting for my little pumpkins to get the right color.

My porch post in the living room.  This is about all I can do in there as we are remodeling and knocking out a wall soon (Lord willing) so I know everything will be down for that but in the mean time I have to pretty it up. :)  I glittered my crow after this pic it just made him look more like he belonged at my house.

linking to

I am linking to these two parties this week
http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-and-tell-friday_25.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29
And
http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2011/08/frugal-friday_25.html

How I am trying to blend in the TV

When I came home from my vacation my hubby had bought a new tv, bigger than the 22" on e we had (which personally I still thought was to big).  I just hate trying to fit a black tv around my decor.  He put the bigger tv on the same shelf as the smaller one..  Some of my pics and shelves around it were all sitting diagonal lol but he was so proud he made it fit there. :)   Here is the before

Well I did straighten a few things (was driving me nuts :))  This is the after

And I had this vintage wicker firepalce screen hidden away hoping to be able to use it someday.  I was trying to figure out how to hide the cords and the little black boxes and I think this works great.