Simple Decorations

August 7, 2026

3 Seashell Table Decorations – Perfect for Countertops and Small Tables

I know we only have about one month left of summer, but as always, I’m still trying to enjoy what is left of the season.

I always have a hard time transitioning from one season to another. I love taking in all the beauty that every season has to offer, and as for my crafts and decorations…. Well, after putting some time and effort into them, I never really want to put them away too soon. So frustrating!

Can any fellow craft lovers relate to that feeling? Never wanting to take your work apart or store it away when it’s time to move on to making new decorations for the next season.

Well, if you are like me and still want to see more summer decor ideas, then these simple seashell decorations may be perfect for you. They are super easy to put together, and you can probably still find many of the supplies that I’ll be using (or similar items) at any craft or dollar store. You may even get lucky and find items on clearance, since it is almost the end of summer, you know 😉

So let’s get to it and have some last-minute summer decor fun before those gorgeous fall pumpkins start rolling in.

3 Seashell Table Decorations – Perfect for Countertops and Small Tables

All three of these seashell table decorations came together with seashells that I found at my local dollar store. I purchased them a couple of months ago, and I believe I used a total of two small bags for everything.

For this first seashell table decoration, I’m using a few small pieces of faux leaves that I cut off of flowers I had in my floral stash, along with white and brown seashells and light blue beads.

Then for my container I’m using a cylinder vase that I found at Walmart a few years ago, along with a white candle.

My candle was a bit short for my vase so I used a floral styrofoam to raise it up as you can see here, but if you are using a candle tall enough to fit your vase you can skip this step.

Once I had my candle and vase ready, I used an old piece of fabric that I had on hand and added it to the bottom of my vase to cover the styrofoam and give the look of sand. You can use burlap here as well, or if you have some sand of course that would be perfect here!

Then I added my leaves, seashells, and beads to the top of the fabric, and this one is done.

(Friendly disclaimer: this is only for decorating purposes. Please don’t light a candle with fabric, faux greenery, or any other flammable decorative item)

So summery!

This next seashell table decoration consists of the same white and brown seashells that I picked up at my local dollar store along with a few short strands of iridescent beads that I had in my crafting stash.

I’ll be using a small recycled olive jar here that I filled almost completely with my seashells, then topped them off with those iridescent strands of beads.

What I really love about this seashell jar is the extra large, almost silly but adorable bow that I placed on top. Tehe…

To make this bow, I used sisal twine, which is a very strong and stiffer twine compared to regular twine. I found mine at my local dollar store, but I’ve seen it on Amazon, and I’m guessing you can probably also find it in hardware stores.

I made a rustic layered bow and then hot-glued it onto the top of my jar along with a few beads and one seashell.

A perfect summer decoration for any countertop or end table!

For this seashell table decoration, I’m using another recycled jar and filling it with a layer of small rocks, a second layer of blue gems, and a top layer of flat clear marbles.

Super simple!

All of my rocks and gems came from my local dollar store, and I used a little less than one bag for each layer.

Some sisal twine gets wrapped around my jar a few times and hot-glued around the back to hold in place. After that, I made a large bow with the same twine, hot-glued that onto the bottle, and then hot-glued on some seashells and beads to the center of my bow.

Keep in mind this type of twine can be very messy to work with, so it’s good to work over something to catch the mess like I did here with pink tissue paper.

Easy peasy and we’re done.

I hope you enjoyed these seashell summer decorations. Thanks for stopping by!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

March 6, 2026

Simple Table Decoration Ideas With Dried Flowers

I always seem to end up with a few dried flower decorations around my home this time of year since my birthday is in January and then there’s Valentine’s Day a month after (yay for flowers on those special days)

My husband always tries to pick up some flowers for me on those special days and of course I put them in a vase with some water as soon as he brings them. I try to keep them around and enjoy them for as long as possible but once they start drying I find that some of the flowers and greenery still look very pretty so I start wondering what else can I do with them.

Dried flower decorations may not be for everyone and I have to admit they don’t always work for me either because let’s be honest, they can sometimes look a bit tacky (eek, so sorry to any tacky arrangements out there) But I think if we keep it simple and even add in a few extras like candles, ribbons or even marbles like I did below, we can end up with beautiful long lasting decorations, for those of us that are not completely against dry flower arrangements that is 🙂

Let’s get to it…

Simple Table Decoration Ideas With Dried Flowers

I love how this yellow rose kept its beautiful color once it dried. It was part of a bouquet of roses for Valentine’s Day that were all different colors and this was the brightest in the bunch.

I took my yellow rose once it dried and carefully pulled off a few of its petals, trying my best not to tear them. Then I combined those with a few marbles in a small votive. I topped that with what was left of my rose for a tiny, colorful and oh so cute decoration for any side table, window or anywhere else you’d like to decorate in your home.

I love!

Here I took almost all of the petals off of this dark pink rose and used them to surround a short, white candle on a small white plate.

I thought the rose looked so pretty when I pulled off most of its petals and seeing the center part of it so I decided to place it right in front of my candle making it a focal point for this simple and classic decoration.

I had a bouquet of light pink roses for my birthday that dried to this almost rusty beige shade and surprisingly didn’t start drooping down while they dried out. I ended up removing all of the leaves from their stem and placed them in this cylinder vase.

I think baby’s breath stems can look so pretty all on their own.
These baby breaths were not quite dry just yet so I put them separate in a vase with some water while they dried out some more.

This is one of those really super simple ideas that I think work so lovely for those of us that enjoy simple decorations.

And lastly one more simple baby’s breath centerpiece, this one hanging out in a much smaller vase.

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

February 12, 2026

Simple Valentine’s Day Crafts and Home Decor Lookbook

Floral bouquets, chocolates, hearts…and if you have a kid like I do, silly little Valentine’s Day favors for all those school friends, are a few of the things that make Valentine’s day so wonderful. It’s a holiday that I truly love. Even though it’s not actually a true holiday 😉

Hello friends! Valentine’s Day is almost here so let’s take a look at a few simple decorations that you can easily put together for your home or anywhere else that could use some last minute Valentine’s day cheer.

As always, I’m using items that I already had on hand and things that you can easily find in dollar stores, crafting stores or even sections in department stores with crafting and party supplies.

Simple Valentine’s Day Crafts and Home Decor Lookbook

I don’t think I could ever do any decorating around my house without a few faux flowers scattered around here and there. I know faux flowers may not work for everyone but for a black thumb girl like me, faux flowers are an almost perfect alternative to real flowers.

For a very subtle Valentines Day floral decoration I used these pink faux flowers and a light pink satin ribbon to tie three bows onto my vase and although this is so simple and quick to put together I find it so so pretty!

Valentine’s Day always calls for atleast a few roses and these red faux roses have been a favorite of mine for a few years now. I love bringing them out every year and creating a centerpiece with them.

This came together so quickly with three mason jars, a couple of red roses in each jar, a white flower and smaller yellow filler flowers to finish off.

Can that red on those roses be anymore beautiful?

A couple of areas in our bedroom…

This pink floral arrangement came together with four large faux pink peonies that I’ve had for a few years now. Then I simply taped on some glittery heart confetti’s all through out the round vase.

I usually keep things very simple for holiday decorations just because I know they won’t be out for a long time but of course if you want a more permanent or stronger hold you can add embellishments with hot glue.

So I can’t take credit for this three heart decoration on my kitchen wall. It’s something I picked up years ago at a random shop while on vacation with my husband. I always use it for Valentine’s Day and never really have to do much to it other than maybe add an extra bow like I did here on the command hook that it’s hanging off of. It’s made of faux berries, red beads and organza red ribbon holding it all together.

Are you like me and decorate with items you’ve had forever?

The simplest craft ever…cardstock, ribbon, and heart stickers for a simple handmade sign on the kitchen countertop.

My kitchen hutch always gets a sprinkle of holiday decor.

A pink mug, pink bowl and a few extra fun Valentine’s Day knick knacks come together for this area and give it just a bit of Valentine’s decor for my kitchen.

This one may just be my favorite.

A strand of tiny adhesive rhinestones and a red rhinestone heart on a chubby white candle.

Here I’m taking a fuzzy heart pick, a small votive that I added a small red heart sticker to and filled it with a very long strand of crafting pearls.

I hope you enjoyed this Valentine’s Day lookbook of my home. Check out my foam rose wreath as well as this post for more crafts and decorations great for Valentine’s Day.

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

January 14, 2026

3 Simple Valentine’s Day Decorations (Perfect For a Small Table or Countertop)

Hello friends! Today I’m sharing 3 simple Valentine’s Day decorations that are perfect for small tables or kitchen countertops.

They can be recreated with things you may already have at home or inexpensive items you can find at dollar stores.

Change out the soft pink shades that I’m using for reds or even darker pinks for a Valentine’s Day decoration customized to your own liking!

Ok let’s get to it!

3 Simple Valentine’s Day Decorations (Perfect For a Small Table or Countertop)

This first Valentine’s Day decoration would look lovely in any small kitchen area.

For my supplies, I used a small flower arrangement I already had on hand, pink ribbon, a pink heart rhinestone, a small white gravy boat, and some sticky dots.

I’ve had this tiny flower arrangement for a few years now and decided to use it for Valentine’s Day by placing it inside a white gravy boat that I’ve also had forever.

To recreate something like this I would suggest using a small round vase or votive, fill it with white tissue paper, and then if you don’t have a small arrangement like I do you can use faux flowers and some floral foam in your vase to hold your flowers upright.

Wrap ribbon around the vase, hold it in place with glue dots or a glue gun. Then add a rhinestone or other pretty embellishments to the ribbon.

Wine glasses are so pretty for decorating.

Supplies used here are felt stickers, pink faux flowers, a wire cutter for my flowers, and a wine glass.

I simply scattered felt pink heart stickers around my wine glass, cut my flower stems all down to the same size and filled my glass with them.

I love keeping around recycled jars for decorating and organizing. I probably keep around way too many honestly but sometimes I just can’t help it 🙂

My supplies for this piece are recycled jars, pink basket filling, twine, heart shaped rhinestones, tea lights, pink ribbon, and glue dots.

I filled my jars with layers of pink basket filling (like what we use for Easter baskets) and twine then topped that with small battery operated tea lights.

On one jar, I tied a pink bow and for the smaller one I added rhinestones.

Hope you enjoyed these 3 Valentine’s Day Decoration ideas!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

December 17, 2025

Christmas Home Decor Lookbook

Christmas time is so beautiful. The decorations, the lights, it’s all magical! And the tree that ends up in our living room every year…Christmas is the only time when we bring a ginormous tree into our living room and no one would ever say that’s the strangest thing they’ve ever seen 😉 What a truly special time this is.

Today I’m sharing with you Christmas home decorations that you can create using holiday decor items and then giving it your own special touch with basic crafting supplies like ribbon, rhinestones, faux greenery and more.

I’ve shared a few of what I call a lookbook here on the blog for the last couple of years now. The word lookbook may sound a little funny since this is not a true book but when I think of a lookbook, I think of a lot of inspirational photos with little writing. Basically something that someone can look through for ideas, inspiration or even just for fun. So that’s the idea that I worked with while making this blog post, something you can hopefully enjoy and be inspired by!

Ok, I hope you enjoy this collection of Christmas home decor!

Christmas Home Decor Lookbook

Give your own special touch to a few bottle brush trees by adding a hand made bow as the tree topper.

Use a satin ribbon like the white one that I used here to make a simple shoelace bow.

Secure your bow to the tree either with a glue gun or these dots which is what I used by cutting them down to small pieces for my bow.

Use a round tray and paper dolly to display your mini Christmas trees.

Here’s another way to give mini trees your own special touch. Add a few handmade bows to your trees along with mini pom poms that you can find at dollar stores and/or craft stores.

To make these red and white bows I followed this tutorial which I loved because it gave me a double bow affect for some of the bows you see below.

I used sticky dots again to secure my bows to the trees but as for the white pom poms, those I just pressed into the trees and that was enough to keep them in place.

For this next one I used a rusty silver Christmas tree that I’ve had for years now and again added a handmade bow, placed my tree on a white tray and added mini white and iridescent ornaments (from the dollar store) to the tray that ended up giving this such a fun look.

For this red bow I used two separate ribbons. One wide wired ribbon and another non wired red ribbon.

I first used the wide red wired ribbon to make my bow. Cut a strand of ribbon and loop it to create an eight shape and then tie it in the center to create a bow. Use whatever you have on hand to tie the center of your bow, a piece of string, twisty ties which is what I used, or even twine would work. Then to cover that tied area, I used a small piece of my non wired red ribbon. Wrap it around your tied area and then glue it around the back of the bow.

Once my bow was ready, I cut a long strand of my non wired ribbon and tied that to the top of the tree to create the tail of my bow, as you can see below.

Once that’s done you can glue on your bow. I used sticky dots to attach my bow but hot glue would also work.

I added about 20 mini ornaments but you can also use just one large ornament on your tray, or look for ornaments with different textures like fabric or super glittery ornaments.

I found these beautiful trees that light up to multiple colors at the Dollar Tree and decided to make another table centerpiece with them.

I combined them with a couple of paper dollies on a rectangular tray and added a red bow with pom poms and a couple of twigs that I cut off of our artificial tree. We’ve had our tree for years so I didn’t mind cutting off a couple of small branches but I made sure to take it off of a section that wouldn’t be noticeable.

Give your nativity a bit of sparkle like I did here by adding some silver glitter with small amounts of glue and finish with a ribbon on top.

If this bow is to simple for your liking you can add faux flowers, berries, or greenery to your bow to make a more dramatic bow. Red poinsettias would be a lovely alternative if your nativity is large enough!

Silver is one of my favorite colors for Christmas!

This little tree that I picked up at Target a few years ago really doesn’t need much to decorate it. All I did this year was add a silver beaded chain and a white poinsettia and was done.

Sometimes I like to keep out seasonal decorations longer than needed, not that we need seasonal decor but gosh they are so fun to look at 🙂 I loved my little pear and white bow from fall as well as a vase filled with corn so I decided to leave them out throughout the holidays just to enjoy a bit longer.

I shared this simple arrangement with the large white flower about a month ago in this post and ended up placing it on my kitchen countertop along with a few more Christmas decorations.

A burlap bow glued onto silver snow flakes that I’ve had for a couple of years now to use in place of a wreath.

As you can see my bow has red and white berries along the back of it but if you look closely the white berries are actually mini pom poms, the same pom poms I used above for my mini green trees. I really wanted to use white berries in this bow but didn’t have any so I went ahead and took a few stems from faux flowers, removed the flowers and then hot glued my pom poms on to make my “faux berries.”

Add stickers and pearl adhesives to ornaments to make them your own.

DIY popsicle stick ornament.

Hot glue your popsicle sticks to form a snowflake, then hot glue sequences on and twine to hang onto your tree. I picked pink sequences for my snowflake but there are so many more options on Pinterest, which is where I found the idea for this.

(My daughter made one with rhinestones and that looked beautiful as well)

Hope you enjoyed this Christmas home decorations lookbook!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

July 30, 2025

Summer Home Decorations DIY “Lookbook”

Hello friends! Summer is almost over, but before we get started with all the fall crafts and decorations I wanted to share what I’ve been up to as for summer decorating around my house.

Now of course I know it’s a little late in the season to share step by step DIY’s for summer decorations so I decided that a “lookbook” would probably make more sense for those of you that are still interested in anything summer related. I have to say, I’m still trying to enjoy what’s left of summer and even find myself still working on summer related decorations.

Are you in the same boat as me? Or are you ready to say goodbye to the summer and start pulling out your pumpkins and acorns?

I’ve shared a few of what I call a lookbook here on the blog for the last couple of years now. The word lookbook may sound a little funny since this is not a true book but when I think of a lookbook, I think of a lot of inspirational photos with little writing. Basically something that someone can look through for ideas, inspiration or even just for fun. So that’s kind of the idea that I worked with while making this blog post, something you can hopefully enjoy and be inspired by!

Ok, I hope you enjoy this collection of summer home decorations!

Summer Home Decorations DIY “Lookbook”

Here is a simple table decoration that anyone can easily bring together.

This came together with a few items that can easily be replaced with other similar supplies.

I started with turquoise ribbon from the Dollar Tree, brown packing paper, and white tissue paper.

Then I also have a vase from Walmart and a yellow faux flower for this arrangement.

All I did here is layer my turquoise ribbon, brown paper and white tissue paper in my vase.

FYI: The brown paper is what sometimes comes in delivery boxes. I love saving that paper whenever possible! It’s great to use around the house, great for crafting, and sometimes even for last minute gift wrapping or as a basket filler.

Then I removed the yellow flowers stem and leaves and placed it on top of the white paper for a simple but fun and bright decoration.

Don’t like the paper and ribbon look? Try layers of rocks, marbles or even wooden beads for a similar look.

There’s something about rocks and marbles that really work for me in the summer. I love using them in vases layered with other rocks and marbles of different colors and sizes. It gives everything a pretty beachy look!

Here I used small rocks and marbles mixed together just in the lower part of my vase and then wrapped burlap pink ribbon and twine around my vase.

(Amber votives are from Ikea.)

I filled my (very, very tall) vase with faux pink lilies that I also used last summer on this table. Large faux flowers like this, all on one stem, make it so easy to create centerpieces. You can just drop the stem of flowers in a vase and with a little stretching here and there they can look oh so beautiful.

My vase and votives all went on a Dollar Tree tray that I couldn’t help but add to finish off my centerpiece. I’m not quite sure if this really needed the tray honestly but I really wanted to add something else to bring everything together and thought that worked out great, for me at least.

Twine seems to end up in almost everything I make! It just seems to work so well with DIY home decor and crafting.

For this next one, I used twine to wrap around a long narrow vase (that I’ve had forever) and then added a mix of beads and decorative tiny crafting sea shells that me and my daughter got from the library, of all places 🙂

I used clear packing tape to keep my twine in place right around the back of the arrangement. I know, sounds kind of strange, but it works 🙂

You can hot glue the beads onto the twine but I really try to avoid using my hot glue whenever I can, hence the packing tape for my twine. I just don’t like waiting for it to heat up and find it kind of messy, so I used these adhesive dots cut down to very small pieces, to attach my beads and sea shells.

Yellow is such a perfect color for the summer time! It’s bright and happy and makes me think of the beautiful summer months.

I found these yellow flowers a few years ago at Walmart and have loved them and used them multiple times. You can see them in action here but for this arrangement I mixed them in with a few white flowers for another simple summer arrangement.

Blue crystal gems that remind me of the beautiful ocean water, yes please! Well, beautiful waters from the Caribbean that is, not the waters I see here in New York, sigh…

This arrangement uses a cylinder vase filled with a string iridescent beads, wooden beads, pretty blue gems, all from the dollar store and a few rocks for the bottom layer.

I topped this with a few faux Dollar Tree flowers to complete my centerpiece.

A few felt pineapples from the Dollar Tree…pink, green and white craft paper for the back of the pineapples, a few simple bows and pink rhinestones, and we have a few very cute dressed up pineapples!

I used these adhesive dots to paste everything together. They are pretty easy to work with. I just cut them down to small pieces depending on the size of what I’m working with and for these pineapples I needed very small pieces because of all the little holes shaping the pineapple.

Now my cute little pineapples are adding some summer cheer to my refrigerator with the help of good old masking tape. (Painters tape would work well too, just don’t confuse it for packing tape, that could ruin the paint). I had considered gluing on some magnets to the back of my coasters but figured I should keep it simple since summer is almost over.

Simple beach paintings dressed up with rhinestones, glitter and a raffia bow then framed with a few white mounts that I’ve had forever.

I used watercolors for the water, sand and blue fishies 🙂 then added a few seashells to the sand with colored pencils. There were a few areas that didn’t turn out the way I wanted so I just “fixed” those spots with some glitter to camouflage the errors.

I’m far from any expert when it comes to painting or drawing but I have to admit it’s so nice and even relaxing when I’m able to take some time to paint. I usually only get to enjoy painting when my daughter wants to sit and paint with me. We actually were painting together when I made these beach paintings.

White chrysanthemums in a recycled jar with, you guessed it, more beautiful rocks and gems. So pretty!

Lastly, a limes to lemon DIY gone wrong.

So I have a bunch of faux limes that I found at Target a few years ago. I’ve used them over and over again but now I decided why not paint a few of them yellow so they look like lemons. I picked up some crafting paint at the dollar store but sadly the paint just wouldn’t give me that intense yellow color that I wanted. About 3-4 coats of paint and I could still see the lime green peeking through.

But you know what, I actually still liked them anyway.

So they’ve been hanging out in my kitchen hutch all summer.

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

February 12, 2025

Valentine’s Day Crafts and Home Decor Lookbook

Soon it will be Valentine’s Day, that means it’s the perfect time to talk about love….Crafting love that is!

Ok, ok I know that’s not exactly the love that Valentine’s Day is all about but hey, it’s my blog and I can write about that if I want to…hehe.

I really enjoy the time I spend on crafting. There’s so much to love about it! When I start digging through all of my supplies and start creating things I truly feel as if I turn into a little girl again. My ribbons, flowers, rhinestones, colorful knickknacks and the many other crafty things I have can keep me busy forever. Sadly though, as a mom, I seem to never have enough time for any of that. Boohoo…

My daughter is 7 now and she still needs a lot of my attention. I’m there to help her with meals, getting homework done, tidy up toys, and many other things.

When I finally have some free time to do some crafting I’m oh so happy. But you know what? As much as I love crafting its not always all fun and games. Crafting, decorating, creating, even writing for blog posts takes practice and a lot of effort, for me at least. So I get frustrated and overwhelmed at times. And I don’t know about you (if you are a craft lover also, that is) but when I get going with crafting my mind starts coming up with a million different ideas and it doesn’t always know when to stop. Boohoo to that too 🙂

But I’ve realized that no matter the frustration or lack of time to work on my many projects, it still is all worth it. It makes me smile and gives me a sense of accomplishment when I’m finally done.

If you are a crafter I hope it gives you the same joy that it gives me.

I hope you enjoy this Valentine’s Day lookbook!

Valentine’s Day Crafts and Home Decor Lookbook

Pink adhesive rhinestones, white rocks and marbles decorate a long skinny vase for three sparkly heart picks.

I’ve had these picks for a couple of years now and love them! I found them at Walmart and they’ve really held up with all their glitter.

I’ve kept out a few of my Christmas decorations that I thought worked as winter decor also and thought it would combine nicely here with my vase and cute Valentine’s Day birdie.

White faux roses, red roses and red poppy seeds…

(Both red and white roses are from my local dollar store and the poppy seeds are from Walmart)

This cute little pink arrangement has faux gerber daisies and cherry blossoms mixed up with a pink heart pick matching the flowers perfectly.

The mason jar is filled with pink grass filling, you know, like the stuff we use to fill Easter baskets 😉

I shared a DIY poster board wreath frame a few months ago that you can go back and see here if you’d like. This heart shaped wreath has the same poster board base (minus the packing tape) that I then wrapped with some old pink fabric. I added the packing tape with my original poster board wreath to give it support for the heavier decorations that I was adding to it but this base didn’t need that extra support for the light weight decorations I used.

As for how I attached the fabric (which is actually an old pink shirt) I started by cutting the shirt into long pieces then wrapped them around my base and attached them using these dots You can also use a hot glue gun if you prefer but I try to avoid using a glue gun whenever possible so I gave these a try instead and they worked out great! I should mention that the dots were kind of big for this project so I ended up cutting them into small pieces.

I filled this next vase with a few plastic hearts left over from a set of party favors that I ordered last year for my daughters classmates 🙂 They are not available anymore but any hearts or decorative heart shaped knickknacks would probably do here as well.

This next one is something that I made for my daughters bedroom door. I simply cut out large hearts from construction paper and decorated them with dollies and stickers from Target.

I’m usually not great at cutting out perfectly shaped hearts so I folded the paper in half and then cut out half of a heart so as to get an even sized heart on both sides when I opened my paper.

These two vases came from Crate and Barrel years ago but you can find similar vases on Amazon.

I simply decorated them with stickers and a strand of curling ribbon at the base of my vases.

(I clearly like stickers)

Lastly, I used this beer bottle back in the fall and liked it so much that I ended up keeping it around to re-use. Now I’m using it here with this sparkly red heart pick, another Walmart purchase from a couple of years ago.

The bottle has sisal twine wrapped around it and then layered with lace burlap and pink gingham ribbon.

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

August 22, 2024

My Simple Summer Home Decor “Lookbook”

Hello friends! Soon summer will be coming to an end, but I didn’t want the summer to finish without sharing some of the things I’ve been up to throughout the season.

I have to admit, I’m starting to feel oh so sad about the fact that soon I’ll have to take down all of my summer decorations. Boohoo..

I really, really don’t like taking any of my decorations down once we’re done with any season honestly. I enjoy bringing them all together and keeping them out for as long as possible. So it’s kind of nice sharing them with you before going into fall and having to take them all down.

I decided to call this a “lookbook” because I know that at this point (late in August) we’re probably not thinking much about making new summer decorations. But of course many of these ideas can also be used for fall decorations by switching out the items to things like pumpkins, sunflowers, or any other fall flowers, gingham ribbons, or leaves, to mention a few fall goodies.

My Simple Summer Home Decor “Lookbook”

It’s funny that I mentioned that I love to keep things out for as long as possible because I actually shared this vase in my last blog post and surprisingly I was ready to take it apart after I was done. I did however have it out for close to two months so I guess I had plenty of time to enjoy it!

I simply replaced the yellow and white flowers with just a few smaller orange faux flowers and these tiny almost mustard yellow flowers. Precious!

For this next one I took a felt pineapple coaster that I got last year from the Dollar Tree and decided to frame it with a very inexpensive black Ikea frame and a few wooden crafting stars.

I then placed adhesive rhinestones over the framed pineapple and wooden stars. I placed them on top because they are slightly large and wouldn’t have fit under the clear part of the frame.

I finished with a large handmade bow that I attached with these sticky removable dots so as to not ruin the frame. I saw these dots on “do it on a dime” and I’ve been playing around with them since I got them. So far I like them, but a glue gun would work too.

A couple of flowers pulled off their stem and placed in a tiny glass with small rocks.

Here I’m reusing a round glass votive that I embellished last year with beads and twine. I kept this really really simple by filling it with a few wooden beads and a string of iridescent beads.

I don’t know why honestly, but the combination of wooden beads and the iridescent beads made me think of the beach when I first put this together!

Now I’m using an old soap dispenser to hold a couple of yellow faux flowers…I really love these flowers. I’ve used them over and over again and I think it’s starting to show because they are looking a bit worn but it’s not bothering me. I still love them, as well as the green leaves accompanying them 🙂

Anything with rocks seemed very summery to me this year! I say this year because who knows what I’ll think next summer.

A few beautiful rocks from the dollar store mixed in with just a few gold, mint and blue-ish marbled beads surround the base of a candle and rest on a cute little white appetizer dish. I never serve appetizers before our usual rice and beans dinner, so it only made sense when I found this dish in a random discount store last year that I had to buy it…for decorating that is.

oh how I love this next one!

A long vase filled with a layer of small white rocks, flat glass marbles, large gray rocks, and topped with a string of tiny little pearls…accompanied by a bouquet of faux pink lilies.

I can stare at these flat marbles all day.

I have a funny habit of always bringing home plastic cups when I’m out and pick up iced coffee or any other drink that comes in a clear disposable container. You know, the ones that come with a lid and make a yummy appearance everywhere once the warm weather kicks in.

I usually just use them for a few days to drink water around the house then toss them but this time around I couldn’t help but to use one for decorating.

I filled my plastic cup with small white rocks, the same rocks I used for my pink lily arrangement, and placed a stem of greenery down the center.

Surprisingly those few rocks are able to hold my stem up but if u give this one a try I would suggest using a lot more rocks because I’m finding myself needing to straighten my greenery every so often because it starts dropping to the side (face/palm moment)

On many occasions my daughter will sit with me as I’m going through my faux flowers or other crafting supplies and loves to create her own little decorations. These next two are something she put together that I thought were so so pretty and decided to leave it out by our living room window.

She dropped a few faux flowers that she removed from their stem into a mason jar and then placed the lid on it. Then she took a few loose white and turquoise flowers and connected them all to create her own flower and put that on top of a mason jar lid.

ok friends, that’s it for this one. I hope you enjoyed everything and have had an amazing summer!

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!

July 28, 2023

3 Super Simple Rock and Marble Mini “Vase” Decorations

It’s become a recurring event here…

Simple centerpieces, simple decorations.

I really fall in love with simple decorations. Add a couple of daisies or one breath taking peony to a pretty little vase, and it’s official guys, I’m in heaven!

So today I’m sharing a few very simple, but oh so pretty, table decorations that I brought together using rocks and marbles.

I equally love repurposing and making use of whatever I have on hand for a vase. I find candle holders, old jars, beer bottles, drinking glasses and even olive oil bottles to be perfect for simple arrangements.

You can find most of the items that I am using today (or something similar) at any Dollar store, Walmart or Target. Most of my items came from the dollar store with the exception of a few that I’ve had forever.

Ok, here we go…

3 Super Simple Rock and Marble Mini “Vase” Decorations

I put together this simple little turquoise decoration using clear marbles, one turquoise faux flower, and faux leaves that I removed from the stem…

Spoiler alert: you may read the word simple over and over and over again 🙂

I brought my flower and leaves together…

And placed them over a tiny shot glass filled with the clear marbles.

Super simple but so darn cute!

I only made one of this simple little cutie but it would be so pretty to have a few more, maybe 4-5 to place on a window seal, table, or scattered around a countertop.

Here I used green marbles, small rocks, one yellow faux flower…

Added the rocks and marbles to a glass cup, placed the flower on top…

And it sits on my kitchen countertop, right next to my daughter’s cheerios 🙂

This is another one that I think would be beautiful if you make more than one!

The size of your table (or where ever you are placing these) would probably dictate how many you would need. If you have a long dining table maybe as many as 5 or 7 would be great! You can also place white paper doilies under each one, line them all up side by side and even change the color for each flower or stick to one color and use different shades of that color for each glass.

For this last simple rock and marble table decoration I used the same green marbles as above, twine and a few beads.

I wrapped twine around the top of this small candle holder, finished off with a bow then attached a few beads.

I used Gorilla double sided mounting tape for my beads but that’s only because I’ve been experimenting with that tape to see what projects I can use it for. You can of course use a hot glue gun or whatever you have on hand that will hold the beads in place.

And that’s it for my 3 super simple rock and marble decorations.

Sending happy, safe, and healthy vibes your way. May God bless you and your family today and every beautiful day to come!