Bamboo Arrangement

Here's a real quick, easy and cheap little project for you guys. My hubby and I recently went to a fundraising event and by each seat they had two bamboo stalks wrapped very nicely, with some cutesy line about the organization "growing" with our support. It's always great to add some greenery to your home for color and life so I plopped them in a round bowl from the dollar store that I already had in the house.

Pretty blah if you ask me. It needed something else. I quickly remembered that I had some river rocks, also from the dollar store, that weren't being used for anything.

Put 'em together and what do you get? Some color and texture that could go anywhere! Right now it's sitting on the kitchen counter, but I'm thinking of moving it to the front entry table. Since bamboo only needs indirect sunlight, you are practically unlimited in where you put it.

And there you have it. This project was free for me, but even if you had to get everything new, it would be under $10. The rocks and vase you can get from the dollar store and IKEA sells bamboo for very cheap. I'm thinking I may head out there and get a few more pieces to fill this one up a bit more.

What quick and easy projects have you done lately? Please share!

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Happy Labor Day!

Thanks for bearing with me while I took some time to spend with my family before the start of school. Here are some pictures from our time in Hershey, PA.

The famous "Kissing Tower"

Granted, this was the kiddie scrambler so it wasn't such a big deal that the kids had their hands up, but my daughter was tall enough for the regular scrambler and her hands were up on that also!!

Good thing the kids take after their mom in their love for rides, and not their father.... Two guesses who was screaming on this one :-)

The place where we went mini-golfing in Harrisburg had this incredible sign:

We visited Hershey Gardens which was unbelievably gorgeous! This was in the butterfly house.

We even got to watch butterflies emerge from their chrysalis!

At the end of vacation - kids are couch potatoes and hubby is hard at work!

Tomorrow is the big day and we are all excited! Enjoy the rest of your long weekend!

Be Back Soon!

The summer is on its last legs and the kids are almost ready to go back to school. I know some moms have already sent their kids to the first day of school, but here we don't start until the day after Labor Day. I am off to enjoy these last couple of weeks with my kids, while spending some time here...

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Simple Ways to Update any Room (Part 3)

It's time for Part 3 of the "Simple Ways to Update any Room" series inspired by House Beautiful. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you've missed those.

Just a reminder again to please pin from the original source.

• Conquer your fear of flower arranging. Anybody can arrange one type of flower in one color, cut short. Buy twice as many as you think you should — too much of a good thing always works with flowers. Put any extra stems in small glasses. 

Just spend a few minutes searching on pinterest for flower arrangements and you'll be overloaded with beautiful arrangements and fillers. Here's just a few:

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• Take a white garden bench and paint it the color of your favorite flower.

You can't go wrong with whatever color you choose in this aspect. Mother nature has a way of coming up with the most beautiful, vibrant colors so no matter what your favorite flower is, your bench is sure to come out lovely. And if white happens to be your favorite color flower, then go for it!

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• Put a real rug, not a bathroom rug, in front of your bathroom sink. It will hold up just fine.

I never even thought about this, but I think it's a great idea and apparently very popular! I can't say for certain that the rugs in the images below are not "bathroom" rugs, but I can most definitely say that they'd all go well in other rooms of a house.

Source (Traditional Bathroom design by Atlanta General Contractor Dresser Homes)

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• Take a wallpaper you've always secretly wanted — but were afraid the pattern was overwhelming. Paper only the wall behind your bed, like a headboard.

This is a great way to get some wallpaper up in a cost-efficient way since you're only putting it on one wall. Then you don't have to feel so bad splurging on a pattern you love!

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• Open that coffee table book! Instead of displaying the cover, open it wide to your favorite page and let it really take over your coffee table.

There are some beautiful coffee table books out there with exceptional photography. I know there's a big trend to cut out pages from books and frame them in a grouping (check out part 1 of this series), but there is something to be said for leaving things as-is and keeping a coffee table book as simply a coffee table book. By leaving books open, it encourages us to flip through them so this is a perfect idea for family photobooks as well.

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What was your favorite tip? Are you inspired to apply any of these to your home? I'm loving the rug in the bathroom idea - what a great way to add some new color and texture!

 

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