Valentine Decor in the Entry

One of my favorite areas to decorate at our home in the mountains, is the wall in the entry. Here is what I did for Valentines Day.

I simply moved a pot of roses, and two candlesticks to the table. They blend with the lampshade. A picture made on our wedding day sits on the shelf in a frame with a heart-shaped opening. I found this at consignment. Above the shelf and picture of the chapel is a large space. What to put there???? While rummaging in the basement to get the other Valentine's decor, I grabbed these three bushes of geraniums. They've been used for years now, mostly outside, but still look fairly good. So I took one of them apart, and wired them all together with a pipecleaner, put a red bow on it, and a few wiry valentine garland sprigs, and viola!! A red swag for the wall vignette.

I think it turned out rather nice. Cost.....nothing. Everything was on hand!

P.S. Since I first started this post, I ran across this subway art online, (sorry, I don't remember where), and decided to frame it.

How the Bible describes Love. I Corinthians 13: 4-8

"The greatest of these is love".

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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...

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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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