decorating — The Pleated Poppy

March 10, 2012

i pulled down the valentine’s decorates and needed to put something in its place.

silas is super excited for “clover day” as he calls it, although he is clearly clueless about st. patrick’s day!

i just pulled some green goodies out of my cupboards and off my shelves and put this display together in about 10 minutes. it felt too easy!

i was going for subtle decorations, nothing that screamed shamrocks too strongly (although the kids and i are working on a shamrock project right now!).

i love the mix of all the shades of green and a little milk glass to balance it out!

pulling out collected books, thrifted and otherwise, was fun to see the colors together!

i made these paper balls years ago to welcome a new pastor’s wife to our church. i used a great tutorial from heather bailey’s site. these balls have been used so many times – on dowels as topiaries, and just propped on a shelf.

i also added a small white urn with moss tucked inside.

i threw in some orchids we’ve had on our window sill and put them in green pots, one terra cotta and one tin.

so how about you? do you decorate for st. patty’s day, skip it all together, or go subtle?

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decorating with a birdcage

January 24, 2012

i kind of have a thing for bird cages. i have a small collection of them that sometimes gather together on our buffet, but more often are spread throughout the house. this big one is perfect for the table behind my couch. i love that its big and not a dinky little tchochke, but that it doesn’t take up a ton of visual space since you can see right through it.

during christmas it often has ornaments hanging inside, with a plate of ornaments sitting at the bottom. but beyond that, i have a hard time thinking of ideas for the inside of it.

Source: potterybarn.com via lindsey on Pinterest

then i spotted this idea when i was looking through a pottery barn catalogue.

books inside – of course!

i would have to clear out my bookshelves to fill this wide of a birdcage, so i filled a little more of the space with a pretty cake plate and smaller knick-knacks. it is a little more punchy than the pottery barn version, but i think it goes well with the rest of my house.

i’ve had a design lull for a long time when it comes to my house – no motivation to try anything new. at first i thought it was just contentment, which is great. but then i realized that i was just not feeling creative and had no ideas of fun things i could try. but the bug has hit me again in tiny spurts, so i’m doing my best to find little bits of time when i can be creative in my house – so fun!