Happy December 2009

Happy December 1st 2009....May your day be merry and bright! Thank you for inspiring me and entertaining me each and everyone of you! Thanks for stopping by..i love you.. i mean it..Stephanie

What are you doing today?

Happy Monday! It's almost December....Tell me. What are you doing today?

I love this place....

One of my favorite places I have found in blogland that fits me to a T is Farmhouse Wares! I would furnish my house entirely with their stuff if I could! Course my barn has alot to do with this craving because it just screams for all of the neat products they sell.. O help me! I love the look of these wreaths against the barn boards!!!

O Whispering Creek house .....you should have one of these simple coat hooks!

And really... can't you see a bundt cake with powered sugar sprinkled ever so lightly on this pretty pedestal? I can...

And who doesn't need a helping hand? Me! I do I do! that's who.....

Oh! to be on the table at Christmas.....Awww. So go on over there and check them out! And tell them I sent ya!

BEFORE AND AFTER!!

I wanted to share this candle project with you because it is a quick and easy one ANYONE can do in a few minutes..

See these ugly green candles? Well, for one they are not real.. they are battery operated and two they stink like artificial pine needles..gross..In order to keep with the "use what I have" theme I'm going with this year...I had to come up with a idea that would save these things!

And I think I did! With scrapbook paper of choice wrap around the candle and glue in place..cut some burlap into a band and hot glue it into place.. a little jute string, some pearls and a leaf charm...I easily changed the candle and my mood! It is my one small thing of the day..and I love it!

I took a brown paper bag and white paper with typing on it..and ran each through the paper shredder and instantly had confetti to put around the base of the candle..Aww I am so pleased! You should make one too! Thanks for stopping by! Love it Mean it! Stephanie

Fall Clearance makes Christmas bright!

I can finally talk about Christmas without feeling like I am betraying Thanksgiving..The kids hauled down the decorations from the old barn today and we started dreaming of how to arrange with what we have this year..Alot of you are doing the same and it is really fun to do something different with what you have...Last year I did this project completely from the FALL clearance rack at JoAnne Fabrics...I found these floral arrangements on the rack for around a $1.00 each!

I wanted something like this....

And this....and by adding a little to this fall arrangement I saved money and that is very very good..

Why pay for branches full price when I can just take fall foliage and spray it with glitter? Yeah, I know...So with a coupon for 40% off I bought this can of glitter for under $5.00....(you know what I just thought of? Sometimes there are cans of glitter on the clearance rack from Halloween why not grab some of that up and use it? Note to self..do that next year!)

Found some picks for .35 cents each!

Look at that! and the hydrangea is the perfect color for my living room!!! Yes! So they were glammed up to with a little spray gold ..

I sprayed this too- even though I didn't use it in this arrangement..

Found some flowers and glittered them!

BEFORE GLITTER......

AFTER GLITTER!

And here they are!! All done and seriously inexpensive!! So the lesson here..Don't be afraid to find flowers off the fall clearance rack especially if you are doing a natural look..glitter on any kind of flower or leaf can make it "look" Christmas..and after the holidays go back and get the Christmas stuff on clearance for next year! Thanks for stopping by! Love ya mean it! Stephanie

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Wishing you and your families... A Happy Thanksgiving! May God Bless you and keep you! With love from The Whispering Creek House!

Need some encouragement?

I just want to take some time and tell you about this great blog called Home Sanctuary..it is a blog that is encouraging for people like me that need to hear :if you can get just one small thing done today it will make your day go better...it really helps me when I could use a boost to get going..it does makes a difference if you just do one small thing around the house! I use to set the timer for about 20 minutes to see how much I could get done just tidying the house up..boy I DID get alot done! I need to get back to doing what works! LOL So, check it out and let me know what encouraged you! Thanks for stopping by! Love ya! Mean it! Stephanie