Holiday

Happy Fat Tuesday!

by Susan on February 21, 2012

in Chit Chat,Other

lion statues dressed for mardi gras

More lion outfits on Pinterest.

Any suggestions for Saint Patrick’s Day?

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Happy Valentines Day {Roar}

by Susan on February 14, 2012

in Holiday,Other

Lion Statues Dressed for Valentines Day

For more lion “outfits” check out my new board on Pinterest! Have a fun day everyone!

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My daughter turns 11 today! December birthday’s can be tough, especially now that she’s a tween (or is that pre-teen?). It’s a challenge to separate birthday from Christmas, as documented a couple years ago in the “How to make a December Birthday Special” post. But she’s older now, and I really need to step up my mom-game.

tween girls room after

I wanted to surprise her, so I’m tweaking her room while she’s at school. Yes, we recently designed her room when we moved earlier this year, as document in the “A Blue Tween Room for Girls.” Remember this room? –>

Because she loves art and has a passion (understatement) for horses, we found her a lovely horse painting from HomeGoods as inspiration.

horse painting

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A Simple Christmas

by Susan on December 16, 2011

in Christmas,Holiday

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you probably know that I subscribe to a “less is more” approach to decorating – both in terms of dollars spent and clutter avoided. This year we have a new home to decorate, but I purposely kept the holiday decor simple yet again. And you may recognize a few elements from my Christmas Decor post from two years ago – I didn’t spend a penny on anything new this year (except for $12.50 to dress up the lion statues out front)!

Let’s start in the family room. In keeping with the birch tree color palate for this room, we traded out the earthy orange accents for festive red! By having such a neutral base, the accent color can change seasonally, just like leaves on a birch tree!

family room decorated for Christmas

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lion statues dressed for Christmas

I wonder what my neighbors really think!

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