Splash of Decor

I needed to change out my wreath from Target, the artificial berries have been falling off and break off so easily so I decided to do the whole initial thing. Very simple, just paint, little pattern, and burlap and wa la!  I decided to make a burlap wreath to go behind

Konner turned the big "2" and I wanted to have a pool party in our new neighborhood but I was nervous the pool would be closed or it would be too cool or even rainy and thanks to my mother-n-law she always lets us use her blow up slide/pool so instead of using "pool party" for the theme I made it a "splish splash" theme and used beach balls as the inspiration. The weather was HOT and the pool was opened so we were able to use the pool and I was so happy, except........ We had one hiccup about two days before the party as we found out the clubhouse compressor in the air conditioner was totally out and the air company could not get it ordered and installed by Saturday as we found the problem on Thursday.  I cried as I imagined all of our guests being HOT or our cupcakes, cake pops, and candy melting. Saturday morning we installed THREE window air units which helped a bit so I just started the decorating which was therapy for me and I forgot all about ...

It's crazy how just a flower arrangement can change the look of a space.   Our breakfast nook has a white table, 4 chairs, some window panels that I plan to replace sooner than later and it just seems so bare...like something is missing.  It is such a small space that I really haven't wanted to add much to avoid "clutter" so I just did a simple arrangement and Im loving the look.  

Playing in the rain....

I'm having my sons 2nd bday party at our pool in our new neighborhood this year and I decided to do a beach ball theme since there was a beach ball on our splish splash invitation. I looked up beach ball piñatas and they weren't too bad in price but the shipping was high so I decided to make one myself.   I think the last time I did anything like this was 4th grade, so of course I looked up how to make a piñata but created the beach ball myself.    I used a perfectly round balloon $1.00  Equal parts flour and water  Newspaper  Crepe paper $1.00 each x 6 colors $6.00 String that I already had so basically I saved $15.00  It took me a total of about 5 days to let the newspaper dry then did another layer let it dry then added the crepe paper and waited for it to dry.   I still need to add candy and close off the top.  Can't wait to watch the kids break it open.  It was also a fun project for the kids to w...

                                    So excited about my new drum light.  I searched and searched and finally found one on overstock.com for a very low price.    I am a very impatient person when it comes to decorating so I decided to do this by myself and if wasn't hard at all.   Basically you need to know a little bit about wiring and making sure you shut off the power to that room or the whole house if need be!    I removed this ceiling fan first and then figured out the length I wanted for the light and connected all wires and hung it up.                                                                                    ...