Pink Eclectic Spaces....

My shabby chic dining room...I adore this space! Everything in the room has a story and a history. I stenciled a frame for some great old family photos and put the light pink background to match the room.

The Key To Your Creativity

Happy New Year!! Yeah, I'm 13 days late, it's okay.
So I've been collecting antique keys for a few years now wanting to re-do my entry way from floral to a key theme. This is the first of my projects.


I bought a shadow box many years ago that had some artificial hydrangeas inside. I got these really cheap (like $5 each on a clearance sale).


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First step was to open the front and remove the flowers.



Then I found this really great old book (printed 1910) so the pages were a perfect aged look. I ripped out pages with numbers that are important to our family (birth dates, anniversaries, etc) and glued the pages to the inside of the box.



Next I tied a lovely piece of ribbon around the top of the key and glued them in place.



Reattached the front glass panel and waaa laa...instant decor makeover!

October Has Arrived!!

You don't have to spend a lot to scare a lot. The way to make your home original is not by going and buying all the pre-made decorations, but instead, try adding your own flair to inexpensive trinkets. I do most of my Halloween shopping at yard sales, garage sales and craft stores. Nothing is as haunting as a one of a kind hand-made treasure!

This picture hangs in my hall year-round. It is an original photo and embroidered floral design of my great-great grandparents (very cool). I matted it and found this great old frame at an auction. When the season rolls around I add this bloody hand-print cling (which I paid .50 cents for) and waa-laa...spooky decor!




The dollar stores have some great little tid-bits that you can really run with. These are a set of 9 styrofoam skulls on a piece of binders twine...simple...perfect curtain tie-backs or draped in an inexpensive leaf swag.






These little flighty bats come ina bag of 10 (again at the dollar store) and when hung on string can haunt any place imaginable. I have hung them from lamp shades and curtains in the past. This year I decided they would creep in a house plant.





Keep checking back as I show and tell all month...have I mentioned how much I loe this time of year?