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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!

July 15, 2026

Green and Yellow Faux Floral Summer Arrangement

Today I’m sharing a simple and pretty easy arrangement using green and yellow faux flowers. I really love bright, vibrant colors for the summer but the colors in this arrangement are a bit on the more subtle side with the different shades of green and yellow mixed in.

I have the lime green flowers combined with my smaller light yellow flowers then I added a very bright yellow ribbon to my vase over a Lacey burlap and a kind of army green ribbon that I had actually picked up for spring but have still been making use of now for the summer.

I hope you enjoy this simple summer arrangement!

Green and Yellow Faux Floral Summer Arrangement

I started with a skinny cylinder vase and wired green ribbon.

Using a glue gun, I wrapped two layers of my green ribbon to the vase to create a large band of ribbon for my vase.

Then I took this burlap ribbon with lace and hot glued it over the center of the two strands of green ribbon.

Now a yellow ribbon goes over the lace burlap.

Each layer of ribbon is hot glued around the back but in this next step I’m using a toothpick to add a very small amount of my hot glue under the burlap to keep it from moving around.

You can skip this step if you want. It’s just a little extra glue to keep things perfectly in place.

Lastly, I’m adding a small white bow over everything.

Now the flowers …

(oh happy day, oh happy day, oh happy day. Don’t mind me, I just really love flowers)

I’ll be using one stem of these lime green flowers…

and one stem of light yellow smaller flowers.

Here’s just a closer look of the flowers that I’m working with 🙂

So pretty!

(FYI: Both stems of flowers came from Michael’s Craft Store)

and here is the finished arrangement!

I just cut my stems to a good size for the vase and then stretched everything out here and there to shape my arrangement.

I hope you enjoyed this simple faux floral green and yellow summer arrangement 💙

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!

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!

June 13, 2024

Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangement -Lemon Inspired

Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangement-Lemon Inspired

I came across a faux floral arrangement while shopping a couple of months ago that really caught my eye. It was filled with lemons, beautiful greenery and had black and white ribbon. It was an appropriate summer home décor for sure!

I really wanted to purchase it buuuuut, I already have so so many faux flowers at home (a slight obsession of mine) that I knew I’d be better off leaving it right there. I think I may have heard it say “wait wait take me home with you” as I walked away!

But I left it there and came home with lemon-y inspiration instead 🙂

I figured I could make something similar with what I already had at home and long story short, this is how that went…

I remembered that I had a few green limes that I had used for spring decorations a couple of years ago and so I thought, maybe I could paint them yellow so they look like lemons instead. But I didn’t have yellow paint and probably wouldn’t have had time for that anyway. So that never happened.

Later on I thought, can I use yellow Easter eggs in place of lemons? Then I came back to my senses and said that wasn’t going to work ☺️ (although I’m sure someone out in the crafting world can pull it off)…

After going back and forth with a few ideas I have to admit, the temptation to just order lemons on Amazon was getting well uh…tempting.

But I’m glad I didn’t because eventually I ended up putting this beautiful arrangement together and was really happy with it. There are no lemons here but I ended up simply focusing on the colors of the arrangement instead of trying to replicate the same centerpiece that caught my eye.

Lemons truly are perfect for summer decorations, and of course lemonade if we’re talking about real lemons of course, unless you are like me and get heartburn just thinking of lemonade (tears and more tears.) Surprisingly, I shared this iced tea recipe a few years ago that included lemons! Thinking back, I have no idea how I was drinking that without a side of pepto 😐

I’m pretty sure eventually I will end up buying a bunch of faux lemons of my own but for now this centerpiece works just fine for me!

Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangement -Lemon Inspired

For my arrangement I’m using one stem of yellow flowers (billy button), a eucalyptus bunch and two additional strands of my greenery…

Black and white gingham ribbon…

and a glass juice bottle for my vase.

(Pear juice, in case you were wondering, Goya brand. I know, the flavor and brand have nothing to do with all of this, unless you can’t find a similar bottle, and end up having to go out searching for this exact bottle, then this information would come in handy. This is in no way sponsored, if it were a long run on sentence probably wouldn’t be ok here)

I started by wrapping three strands of ribbon around the bottle, tying a knot twice around the front to secure then making a simple bow.

FYI: Because the bows are facing one side of the bottle, this arrangement would work best at a corner or against a wall. This honestly doesn’t bother me though. I’ve made many centerpieces with ribbon tied to one side and usually place it anywhere even if the “back” part is visible.

The placement of my flowers is very easy. I started with the yellow flowers, placing them right down the center…

my eucalyptus bunch off to one side…

and lastly, a couple of loose sprigs off to the other side…

Once all of my florals are in I then moved them around a bit until it looked the way I wanted and then gently pushed them down into my bottle just to make sure they stayed in place and that’s it.

A very simple and easy summer floral centerpiece.

Well that’s it for this one friends!

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!

August 1, 2022

Simple Crystal Gem Summer Decor

Simple Crystal Gem Summer Decor

Have you ever taken a trip to the Caribbean?

I’ve been lucky enough to take a handful of trips to warmer climate areas before becoming a mom and I was always amazed at how beautiful the ocean waters were.

Beautiful clear waters…Incredible shades of sky blues and light greens….breathtaking!

Today’s simple summer decor reminds me of those waters.

It includes acrylic crystal blue gems with a pretty sparkle just like those oceans under the brilliant sun! They take me back to those beaches, if only for a moment here and there 😉

Combine those crystals with simple items like a candle, jar, and burlap ribbon and you have a simple summer decoration that anyone can bring together in a matter of minutes.

Let’s get started…

Simple Crystal Gem Summer Decor

(Disclaimer: This is for decorative purposes only. Never light a candle near flammable items or leave a lit candle unattended)

As the title implies, this is really easy to bring together.

I’m using blue acrylic crystal gems from the dollar store, a white candle, burlap braided ribbon, and a jar from Michael’s.

I got my ribbon from the Container store on clearance but you can also find some on Amazon.

The one step that can use a little explaining is where the burlap ribbon is tied.

Here I’m using two strands of ribbon.

I started with one long piece of ribbon that I wrapped around the jar a couple of times, right under the lid, then I tied it off to the side.

The second strand that I’m using is a bit shorter than the first.

I ran the twine under the first twine, where it’s tied…

Then I tied that onto the first strand of burlap ribbon so that I get the effect of four strands off the side of the jar.

And there you have it! A simple crystal gem summer decor that’s easy to bring together….

And may just make you want to take a trip to a tropical paradise, or maybe just a nearby pool 😉

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!

July 28, 2021

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

It never fails…

I start working on my floral arrangements and more times than not…

I reach for an old pickle jar instead of my store-bought vases.

I love them…

Beer bottles, cans, a flower pot, sugar bowls, tiny travel bottles, and even a smartwatch box. I’ve used them all!

Between the vases that I’ve picked up from actual stores and the recycled containers that I’ve saved at home, I’ve developed quite a collection.

I find these containers so easy to work with and I can’t help but wonder every time I hold an empty can of beans in my hands, what can I possibly do with this.

These three simple summer faux floral arrangements are no exception to the recycled container love. They ended up in three small jars that I wrapped with ribbon, just like many of my other simple faux floral arrangements, and then filled them with dollar store flowers and came up with three simple but very pretty summer table decorations for my home.

Let’s get started!

3 Simple Faux Floral Summer Arrangements

The first arrangement consists of:

3 stems of faux flowers, 2 fuchsia flowers and one light purple stem.

Yellow ribbon and an old jar.

I wrapped my yellow ribbon around the jar, securing it around the back with some scotch tape…

then I took the light purple wisteria stem and cut off a long portion of it then cut down my other two darker flowers to fit the jar.

And this little gal is done!

My second arrangement consists of:

3 white lilies and one stem of foliage.

White and yellow ribbon and an old jar.

I cut down my flowers to fit the jar as well as a portion of the leaves to tuck behind the white lilies and wrapped my ribbon around the jar, again securing it with scotch tape.

And this one’s ready to go!

My third arrangement consists of:

A couple of light and dark pink florals and the same stem of leaves that I used for my second arrangement.

Another old jar and white and jute ribbon.

I wrapped my ribbon, first the white ribbon, then the jute ribbon on top of the white…

then I cut off 4 short pieces off of the dark pink floral stem, a small section of the light pink cherry blossom, and a piece of what I had left from my leaves.

And my third summer faux floral arrangement is all set!

Well, that’s it for this one my friends.

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!

June 29, 2021

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

Today I’m sharing a simple summer centerpiece using aqua green, peach and white items that I picked up from a few dollar stores.

I combined a few faux roses, a few faux peonies that I found at the Dollar Tree and some matching ribbon to complete this easy trio.

Let’s get started!

Simple Aqua Green and Peach Faux Floral Summer Centerpiece

I’ll be using travel pump bottles as my mini “vase” for the flowers

Dollar Tree burlap

Silver metallic wire ribbon from the Container Store

Clear marbles that I’ve had for years!

Peach and white roses from my local dollar store and aqua green peonies from the Dollar Tree

And a few small white flowers

Ok here we go…

I dropped my clear marbles into the container…

Then I wrapped that pretty burlap and silver ribbon onto my container.

I secured the burlap with some scotch tape (as I do with most of my centerpieces that have ribbon) you can also use a glue gun here but I find using tape to be much faster than waiting for the glue gun to heat up.

(You can better see here how I use tape to keep my ribbon in place)

Then I dropped in one peach rose, one white rose, one aqua green peony and placed the smaller white flowers in the center of the roses and peony…

and that’s it!

Add in two more of these sweet little arrangements…

And I’m done!

Well, that’s it for this one my friends.

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!

July 24, 2020

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers (Simple and Easy to Make)

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers (Simple and Easy to Make)

If there is ever a perfect time of year for bright colors…

It would have to be summer!

It’s the season that makes me want to pull out cherry red nail polish…

Reminisce about that orange creamsicle ice cream that I would have growing up (I may have also had one a few weeks ago) …

and without a doubt, it’s the time of year that I have to pull out my turquoise earrings that I wear to the beach at least once before the summer ends.

So I decided why not make a few colorful (and kind of mix-matched) arrangements to decorate around my home.

When I got started I didn’t really have much of a plan as for what I was going to do. I was working on another centerpiece for a separate blog post but really wanted to make something quick and simple to replace this Easter centerpiece that’s been sitting on our table for waaaay too long.

Then I just kept going, completely forgetting about that other centerpiece (please tell me you are also easily distracted) and eventually put together the five simple arrangements you will see down below.

ok guys here we go…

Colorful Summer Home Decor with Faux Flowers

First, pink and turquoise.

I recently went to the Dollar Tree and picked up these hot pink daisies along with a few more random flowers.

I took that whole bunch of pink daisies…

some turquoise ribbon…

an old pickle jar…

and ended up with this sweet little jar that’s now sitting in our living room.

Next up, blue and yellow.

This one consists of tulips and hydrangeas.

I know tulips may not be a popular flower to use for summertime decor but I couldn’t resist grabbing these when I was at the Dollar Tree.

I figured how wrong can a bright yellow flower ever be in the summertime.

One bunch of yellow tulips…

one bunch of blue hydrangeas also from the Dollar Tree…

(yep, I ❤️ Dollar Tree)

a strand of turquoise ribbon again…

Then I put everything together. I started with the hydrangeas then added the yellow tulips to the center of the arrangement and tied my ribbon.

And that’s it! Bye-bye Easter centerpiece, hello tulips and hydrangeas.

I should mention that I kept the bunch of tulips and hydrangeas together exactly as they came when I bought them but cut off one stem from each for the last arrangement you will see down below.

Now orange and white.

I grabbed a few old flowers I already had at home (and used here and here)