My new front door wreath that I made this morning and I am totally in love with! I bought everything from Michaels and the whole thing cost me about $13 to make. The wreath itself is a grape vine wreath and they run about $4. The roses were in the discounted Christmas section normally $16.99 and I got them 70% off. I also picked up the red filler in the Christmas section as well, normally $2.99 but was 70% off. Sadly there wasn't a lot of nice thick red ribbon left in the Christmas section at my Michaels so I did end up shopping for that at regular price. Thankfully my birthday is in Dec and I received 25% off my purchase which helped bring the cost down.
This is all stuff I have had for a few years now. These three sit on my kitchen counter and are one of my favorite things to change with the holidays/seasons. The left jar I filled with the heads of roses I picked up from the Dollar Tree. I just plucked them off and stuck them in the jar. The jar on the right has mini heart sharped boxes I also picked up at Dollar Tree. The small jar is filled with Origami 3D Hearts. Lots of them!! I used colored paper in the same shades of the conversation hearts. I love the idea of the conversation hearts in jars but I have always worried about ants and than not being able to use them year after year.
This is my china cabinet and I absolutely love decorating it!! Its the largest piece in my kitchen/dinning room and the first thing people look at when they enter the room.
The love potion bottles are super easy to make! I got the labels here and the How To for the fancy tops. Most of the beads I already had but the rest I for in the $1/$2 bead section at Walmart. They are normally along the bottom of the normal bead aisle in the crafts and craft section. They come in mini baggies with mixed beads in different colors. The bottles I picked up from Michaels for I believe $1 each and they normally always have some color of these through out the year. The tray I got from the $1 section at Target. I ALWAYS check all the dollar sections in every store because you never know what you'll find and can't live without!!
These two frames I picked up at Goodwill. Goodwill is another great place to check out at least once a month or weekly since they are always getting new items in. Word of advice, if you like it... BUY IT! It won't be there when you come back to it. If I am shopping at Goodwill and I kinda like something, I will stick it in my cart right away cause you never know who will look at it next and even 10 mins later it might be gone. I bought the little angel at Goodwill for $2. They always have frames there! These both were pictures of sailboats and the frames were brown. I spray painted them black and removed the glass, so that I could use 3D objects to put into the frames. I change them out with the holidays when I need something a little taller to take up space. The picture frame on the left has three roses I got at Big Lots after Christmas two years ago for $1 (maybe less). The picture on the right has scrapbooking 3D stickers that I picked up cheap at Big Lots as well. The backgrounds are just scrapbook pages I bought from Michaels and had on hand in my craft room.
Super easy and super cute love letters! Cardboard from cereal boxed wrapped in brown paper bags from Publix. I stamped all of them with a heart shape stamp I bought at Jo-Ann Fabric in the $1 section. Tied them up with some twine. They go great next to the vintage box of chocolates my parents found at Goodwill.
I find a lot of Valentines day garlands are not my style. I made this one pretty easily. Picked up the wooden hearts at Jo-Ann Fabric, they have them all year round in their wood aisle. I drilled small holes in each side of the heart and painted them. I than attached a thin wire and twisted it around to connect the hearts together. I added beads and Valentines Day ribbon I picked up in the Target $1 section.
These set on the edge of my high counter because no surface is untouched in this house! I used a old glass jar that used to be a jewelry candle. I hate to part with such nice glass jars when the candles are finished. I use them as small vases and jars for the different holidays. Added some flowers and I put those paper heart doilies (got them at the Dollar Tree) in the bottom of the jar so that you can see the ugly flower stems. The plate I made at You Do The Dishes and the strawberries I picked up at Michaels in their fake fruit section. I painted them with brown paint and than used a spoon to splash on white lines to make them look like chocolate covered strawberries.
Some other pictures of random decorations from around my house.
Hopefully I inspired you to make new decorations! ALWAYS check those discounted holiday sections and keep an opened mind while doing so. You never know what they have or what you can use for another upcoming holiday. :)
-Michele Stevic
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