Projects lately

I haven't been as successful at my project list lately as I'd hoped to be.  Somehow just feeding myself, and my sweet husband takes a lot of effort these days.  Nonetheless I have accomplished a few things,  I thought I'd share with you (my faithful few readers!).

This is our mantle, and my never ending project.  I have a multitude of neat glass vases (from the wedding), but it takes everything I have to come up with decorative things to fill them with (that also coordinate with the season).  See my dilemma?  I'm anti silk flowers (I think this runs in our family), and not a huge fan of those decorative colored rock/marble things, which doesn't leave me with many genuine ideas.  If you know me well I am also not a supporter of just going to Target and buying vase filler at full price, I just can't, it is not in me.  So Pinterest it is.

Yes, those are Dallas Cowboys Christmas ornaments.  Hey, you can't beat 90% off Hobby Lobby Christmas clearance, and they were just what I needed!  I popped the tops off of them, and went to work.  I covered half in moss leftover from my D, and half in jute, leftover from the wedding.  My trusty hot glue gun and I spent many hours together while Shane was in the field this week.  Lets just say this project wasn't cheap if you calculate the cost of time invested.  However, this week time was something I had plenty of.

The end result.  A word of advice to anyone working with moss.  It sheds, more than a cat.  However, do not try to use quilting basting spray to keep it from shedding, it doesn't work, and only creates a bigger more sticky mess.  Instead simply spray the final product with hair spray. 

My vase filled with little moss and jute covered Christmas ornaments!

Here is my new and as-creative-as-Whitney-can-be "What's for Dinner?" board!  I really liked my menu board, but it was lacking some creativity from when I first made it. 

A very long time ago I saw this post on a blog I follow.  I loved the idea of keeping the keys from all the places we will live.  Since we are probably moving again soon, I decided to go ahead and start it with what I have.  In the end I added my own touch (adding the verse "One thing I ask, that I shall seek; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord forever") and I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out.  It is amazing what some burlap, spray paint, and hot glue can do for you!