Christmas at Shadymont

I finished some of my Christmas decorating over the weekend and will link to Tabletop Tuesday hosted by our dear friend Marty. Thanks again Marty for inviting all of us over.

Be sure you stop by and join in the fun. You'll see some awesome ideas for dressing your home for Christmas.

This is a shot of the mantle. Don't you love the butterflies?

This is a corner in the dining room. My plate rack is all ready for Christmas.

Here is a close-up of the acorns.

A shot of the dining room table. Excuse the color. The reds are much deeper than they appear. The green glasses belonged to my MIL. Does anyone know anything about these glasses. I have a feeling they may have been included with Laundry detergent or something like that. They have no markings and are tall, slim cylinder type glasses.

This is another view of the mantle garland. The butterflies are from Lowe's. They come 4 to a package for about $5.00 I think. I love they way they dress up the garland.

This is my favorite display of all I have done so far. This is on a chest in the family room.

This is a little niche in the hallway that can be seen from the foyer. Just a collection of Christmas items.

I hope you have enjoyed this little tour of Christmas at Shadymont! Come again soon!

Thrifty Bookcase Makeover

About a year ago, I was working on a photo gallery area at the lake home. There is an area about 7x7 between the living room, and the hall bath. I bought a really inexpensive ($20.00) bookcase to use there to hold family photos. I hurriedly placed photos on it, and didn't think much about it. The last time we were at the lake, I was sitting there looking at how badly it looked, wondering what I could do to spruce it up a little. It had all colors/types of picture frames -red, pink floral, wood, brass, you name it! I remembered seeing adhesive shelf liner at the Dollar General the day before. So I made a quick trip back there, and bought one 9 ft. roll for less than $3.00. I know this is not an original idea and has been done by lots of people, but I wanted to show you anyway. First, I emptied out all the photos, pulled out the shelves, measured, and cut the paper to fit inside the bookcase. I also took all the photos out of the frames and w...

Stenciled Burlap Pillow

I just have to share my no sew pillow project. I had some burlap fabric in my fabric stash, and decided I would use it to cover a pillow. First, I found an old pillow I no longer use. I spread the burlap out on the floor and laid my pillow on it so I could cut the fabric big enough to cover it. I was so intent on the project, I didn't make any pictures of the process. Once the burlap was cut, I folded in the sides about an inch, and glued it down with Tacky Glue, pressing it down several times with my fingers. I did this all the way around the fabric, and laid it aside to dry over night. The Tacky Glue dries clear. My next step was to determine how I could lap the fabric over the cushion in an envelope fashion. I had tried to get my computer to print out a graphic that would show up on the burlap, but printer problems interfered with that plan, so I found the center, and stenciled it with the tree stencil I bought at Michael's. ...

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In celebration of Holy Week and the Greatest Love of all . Wishing all of you a blessed Easter.

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