How to make a flower arrangement with a little help from the grocery store

Hello Friends!

Good news! Our house is under contract and after only 48 hours on the MLS, we are feeling so very blessed! More good news...we found a house that we love and they accepted our offer!
Wa-hoo!
We are planning on closing Mid-July if everything goes as planned. Now, to pack. I have been doing little things every day, but I have come to terms with the fact that I am a bit of a hoarder. I packed my linen closet, yea....I packed 8 apple boxes...of just linens and bedding. I am a freak!

Even though I am packing and de-junking like a crazy person, I think that there is always time for flowers. So, today I am going to talk about flowers from the grocery store! 

We all see the flowers at the grocery store and sometimes we pick them up and sometimes we walk right past. Well, I am hoping that I will inspire you to pick up those grocery store flowers and give them a little love.
I want you all to know that I was inspired to tackle this project by my cute friend
Andrea from Queen B & Me. I think that she is multi-talented rock star and I love peaking in on her blog and her life. (you will love her)

The main reason that I like flowers from the grocery store is because they are cheap! I love fresh flowers, but I can't afford to pay a lot of money for something that will die..really fast.  So, I dress them up. I use simple things that you can pick up at the grocery store and things that you will find in your craft room.

Intrigued?

  

Yes, this arrangement was made with grocery store flowers with one teeny, tiny addition that totally puts it over the top. 

Lime picks!

Yep, I said lime picks. They are super simple and are a great way to a little something to your arrangements. You could use any type of citrus fruits.. Limes, lemons, oranges.  

How to make a lime picks-

 1- Gather your Supplies

skewers

limes

green striped paper straws

2- You are going to cut up your lime into pieces. You want your piece to be large enough that it will hold the skewer. I usually cut mine in 4th's. 

3- Stick your skewer into the lime through the rind

4-Slide a striped, paper straw over the skewer

5-Cut off any part of the skewer that is not covered by the straw.

6- Add to your arrangement

Simple, cheap and awesome! This is a great, inexpensive and easy idea to
pull in a pop of unexpected color. 

My next tip involves washi tape! I am sucker for washi tape and I have way more than any one person should have (101 rolls) What can I say, it's cheap and little and such a awesome tool to pull out when you need a little something for a project.

You can make a flower frog with a roll of washi tape and a cute container. 

1-Gather your supplies

 Glass container 

Washi tape-you want to make sure that you use a thin width. 

2- All you need to do is make a grid pattern over your container. Super simple!

3-Trim your sides of the tape so you can't see it when you add the flowers. 

4-Stand back and look at how pretty your 4 minute arrangement looks!

Two super simple ideas that will hopefully make you want to run to the grocery store to pick up some flowers for your house!

Happy Creating!

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The house is up FOR SALE

Hello...is anybody still here? 

  

Please forgive me for my lack of posts. I have been a little preoccupied. We are selling our home! So exciting and so exhausting at the same time! I have asked myself many times, 

"why in the heck am I moving again?" 

I have a lot of stuff...really..a lot! So, the past month has been filled with de-junking, cleaning, de-junking, and a little bit of organizing. 

I am so happy to say that the house is finally on the market! 

If I could do a cartwheel, I so would have done one when the house went on the mls.

Instead, I sat and worried and hoped that our home was good enough for someone else to like it, to love it and to want to buy it.  

I have been asked the question, "why are you moving?" Well, I have kids. 3 girls to be exact. One that is a teenager (I love her, but I swear she is deaf) one that is a tween (I so wish that I was as smart as she is) and an almost 9 yr. old.  

They need a place that they can bring their friends home to (awesome tv room and game room) (do I REALLY want that) a home where they can spread all their crap out and I want a giant kitchen/great room!  Our current home has been such a blessing to us! We have loved it and it was a really hard decision to decide to move. We went back and forth FOREVER! Finally, after much prayer and contemplating and lots of lists...we decided that we needed to move. 

With that decision being made, we had a VERY long list of things that we needed to get done before we  could put a sign in the yard. Why is it that you wait until you are ready to move to do all the things that you should have done a long time ago?  What was on the list? Well, we needed a new fence. Our neighbors tramp went through it 3 times! So that was a must. The yard needed some tlc and I may or may not have had to get rid of my "extra" furniture. 

We painted the front door, inside and out. Everything looks better with a fresh coat of paint. We redid our master bathroom. Again-why in the sam heck did I wait so long to do that? I love it now! I HAD to have new pillows for our bed. What was that...? You take your pillows with you and they really aren't a necessary thing to sell your home...Yea...

The whole house got some sprucing up and it looks awesome! 

Our home has been such a wonderful blessing to us. We have made so many memories here that I will treasure forever. I pray that a family will be led here that will love this home as much as we have. A family who will make the lifelong friendships that we have made and will truly be able to call this house their home. 

So, if you know of anyone who is local to the North Ogden Utah area and is looking, here is the link to see all of the listing info. 

Now, don't you worry. Now that my house is so flipping clean and there is nothing else that I can possibly do to it, I will still be crafting and creating again. I refuse to pack up my craft room until the very last minute! I will be posting more regularly again. My glue gun is ready to work again! I think that I really, really need a new lamp in the family room. 

Stay tuned...

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How to paint your kitchen -Simple tips that will make your life easier

Have you always wanted to paint your kitchen cabinets, but didn't dare do it? Have you always wanted to tackle a kitchen remodel, but didn't have a huge budget? Have you ever wondered how to paint your fridge?

In today's episode of Sassy Style on My Craft Channel, I show you how to do all of these things and more! Kitchen painting 101-everything you ever wanted to know and then some.

Click here to watch how to paint your kitchen cupboards

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DIY Springtime Paper Straw Banner

I am so excited to share one of my favorite springtime creations! 

A Simple, Springtime Paper Straw Banner.

Every year spring time comes around and I welcome it with open arms. I am more than ready to embrace more sunshine, warm days and color! I love having fresh flowers around my house at spring time. They just make me happy and the color brings a smile to my face. 

So, while I was thinking about the happy colors from the flowers-I thought that a colorful banner was a definite must make! It is such a simple project, but looks like you spent forever on it. My darling friend Melissa from Hollyhocks & Honeybees inspired me.  Let me share with you how to make your own banner. 

Step 1- 

Gather your supplies Spring is about colors! This project is perfect for bringing in some fun, bright colors without it looking cheesy.

You will need:

Scissors

A needle and embroidery floss-you could use bakers twine

Colored Paper Straws- You will need between 50 & 100 straws-depending on how long you want your garland to be.

*You are going to want a little bit of a stiffer straw. The stiffer the straw, the less it will bend. My favorite straws to use are from the website, Bake it Pretty.com. I got 5 different colors of straws for my garland. You could just use 2 or 3 colors if you want to as well. No rules!*

Step 2

Cut your straws in half. Mine are not perfect, you just want to eyeball them so they look even. 

Step 3

Sew your straws together. Make sure that your one end is knotted with a pretty large knot. Also, make sure that you have a long enough tail to be able to hang it with when you are done. 

Step 4

Keep stitching until all of your straws are sewn together. You can decide how long you want your banner to be. Mine is about 125 half-straws long. 

You are done! I told you that it was easy! Now you are ready to hang and admire. One of my favorite things about this garland is that when you hang it, the straws kind of go their own way. So, it's a really fun, unique and textured banner. 

I love to layer when I decorate and so this banner is a perfect addition to my non-mantle that I love to spruce up for the seasons.

I layered my straw banner and a pom-pom banner. I also hung my favorite spring time wreath-Springtime Junk Bow wreath. 

I love banners because they are a simple and inexpensive way to decorate for seasons, holidays and everyday. I love them so much, I even did a show about them.

Just in case you couldn't tell, I really love Decorating for Spring!

Since you are in the springtime decorating mood-maybe you are in the Spring Cleaning mood too? I tried all of these DIY cleaners & all of them really do work!

Just think of how clean and chemical free your home can be!

Happy Creating Friends!

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