Paint Chip Art

I was reading my weekly email from Houzz and this paint chip art article caught my eye.

I've had the this fishscale art pinned on my Pinterest board for a while now.  I love the gold glammer awesomeness of it. 

via Two Thirty-Five Desgins

Look how fantastic it is in color! The bright pop of red makes a fun background.  

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I think that this is a great way to bring some color to my lifeless Wintery world.  Circle punch, paint chips and a board.  Simple execution with a big impact. 

Winter Pillow

My friend recently started making these fun patched pillows.  I love her design style so when she offered up a trade, I accepted.

I like the details like the embroidery and the little winter scene patch.  My favorite is the spray of buttons.  The buttons and the embroidery take the ordinary pillow up a billion notches.

She makes new pillows every month.  Every!  Month!  And she makes at least 5 pillows and all of them are different.  I'm feeling lucky to be in on the mix.  Thank you girly!  Embarrassingly, I've had my pillow for a good time now and I haven't even started her winter tassel.  Shame on me.  Maybe I should get a move on that? It is January twenty-something after all.  She won't hardly get to use it before the Valentine's decor goes up.

Speaking of winter tassels, I saw this winter bird that I did last year hanging at my sisters house.

It just re-affirmed my love of mixed metals and cozy neutrals for Winter.  Cream, champagne and a little sparkle.  Perfection I say!

For Sale - Valentine's Decor

Since I've decided to switch it up a little this year, I'm selling my Valentine's banner and Valentine's heart tassel that I've made and used last year.  It was a hard decision because I still really like them.  Both are in great condition and ready for a new home!

Banner found here and tassel found here in my Etsy shop.  

Thank you for your interest! 

Vintage Amour

I"ve been trying to figure out how I want to decorate this year for Valentine's.  So, I decided to browse Etsy and see if I could find a theme. I think I found it.

 Vintage Amour.  

A little bit vintage.  A little bit french.

Also made a treasury list of my favorite finds found here.  Enjoy!

Winter Wreath and Winter Fabric Bunting Banner

A couple of days ago, I finished my winter wreath and bunting.   Just in time for the first real snow of the season. 

I'm loving all of the texture on this wreath.  I made the fur wreath a few years ago but it was never quite right and never really found a home.  It was however, the perfect base to a snowy inspired winter wreath.

My banner is just right too. Mixture of gray patterns, snowflakes and that perfect blue floral. I can't tell you how much I love that blue floral.  I'm seriously considering buying the rest of it to embellish some curtains.

My window is just like a mirror when I try to take pictures.  Let's just say that it adds to the artistic winter feeling I was going for.  There is not much snow, but I had to hurry and snap a few pictures quickly because it was freezing cold out there!  When you go from an abnormally warm and dry, nearly 50 degrees days to 20ish degrees days, it's a bit of a shock to the system.  You'd think I'd be use to Utah's seasons by now.  Haha! 

It's been fun changing my outdoor decor monthly.  See what I've done for August, September, October, November and December.  Already looking forward to February and March!

Good Bye 2011! Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's already the end of another year!  Where did all the time go?  Do you have any New Year's plans tonight?  We are going to the city celebration where they are having a kids carnival and bingo.  We went last year and it was hilariously awesome.  Maybe we'll win the big prize this year?

In typical Megan fashion, I'm ready to throw out everything in my home.  Every year, I stop myself and ask myself to be a little bit logical about it.  This year, I think it reeeeaaallly needs to go.  2012 will bring me trying to  sell a bit, give way a bit, donating a lot and filling up the garbage bins repeatedly.  Awesomeness.  I've even started a rather large project today that I didn't really have any direction for.  In otherwords, I've made a HUGE mess!  Wish me luck.

Wishing everyone a safe and fun New Year's Eve! 

"Behold Him" and "Let It Snow" kits available

**UPDATE AUGUST 2013**
Limited number of original kits available as of August 2013.  Please go to this post here for more information or use the Paypal link on the left side of blog to order your kit.  Thanks! 

There has been a lot of interest in my "Behold Him" Nativity blocks and "Let It Snow" blocks.  I am able to reproduce a limited number of kits and am currently taking a list of people interested.

Kits must be pre-payed and will be shipped unless other arrangements are made for local people only.  Please click on this link here to find further information about these kits or feel free to email me at megitys(at)gmail(dot)com.  Thank you for your support!  Big hugs!  Megan

**Behold Him kits available for pre-order now! Please click here for details about kits. Paypal links are located on my left sidebar.**

Martha Stewart Paint FYI

Did you guys know that Martha's paint is being discontinued at Home Depot?  I stopped in there a few weeks ago and discovered that.  I quickly picked up another paint swatch since they said that they will still have the codes to make the colors.  This week, I stopped in quickly and found that the pre-made samples of paint that was in the display case for just 50 cents each.  These samples have a built in paint brush and are great colors which will be great crafting paint.  Hurry on over and see what you can get too! 

"Let It Snow" Blocks

**KITS NOW AVAILABLE!  For more info, CLICK HERE. **

For gifts this year, I made some "Let It Snow" blocks for some of my sisters.  I think they turned out pretty cute!  Two of my sisters don't really care for the vintage images that I usually do, so I custom made them a little snowman for the last block.  I hope to make a set for me too, but will include a vintage snowman image to complete my set.

 These pictures aren't the best since I hurriedly snapped a picture before quickly wrapping them to be delivered.  I do like the way the snowmen turned out.  This year, I'm planning on doing a little Winter decorating.  It's fun to have something crafty to think and work on while I wait for Valentines.

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! 

Christmas Eve

Wow!  It's amazing to me that it's already Christmas Eve!  I hope I'm all prepared.  I keep thinking and re-thinking what I have done to make sure.  I'm sure you are doing that too!

I got some last minute wrapping done.  Very simple with a beautiful red satin ribbon.  I think the packages turned out beautiful!

I added pom-poms to my banner.  (Hello neighbor washing your car.  Would you like to wash mine too?)

We got a darling package from my sister that included this little handmade pine cone elf and a delicious treat! It was a fun surprise!

The house is clean and I've got cookie dough thawing and dinner started.  I'm sure I'm missing something but I'm enjoying these few free minutes I have.

Wishing you and your family a very, Merry Christmas indeed! 

xoxo, 

Megan