Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Shopping at Home Goods

 

 

 

We have experienced a couple of beautiful sunny days in the past week, that have brought everyone out of their winter hibernation and given us hope that spring is coming. This kind of change in the weather puts me in the mood to make changes around the house. Not big changes - just a few little touches in line with the changing seasons.

 

 

I had a gift card for Home Goods that I thought would be fun to use on one of those nice days. It was funny, but I think the whole area had the same idea because the store was full of people, filling their carts with springlike touches for their homes. The thing I like about Home Goods is that you can go without a clear idea of what you may want, wander the different aisles and come away with something beautiful.

 

 

I am always amazed at the reasonable price of the items too. With the gift card, I was able to purchase two fun pieces. The red lantern will update my mantel; a large piece necessary to give height and weight to the decor. And, another piece of white pottery will add interest to the white bowls in my kitchen collection. The flowers and scrolls are a good contrast to the rest of the items on the shelves.

A nice day, a shopping trip and beautiful finds for my home - sometimes it's the little things :-)

 

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Happy Birthday

 

 

 

We celebrated by daughter Megan's 24th birthday on Sunday and were thrilled to have both girls home to mark the occasion. As your children get older, it is not uncommon to be apart from them on their actual birthday, so we will appreciate this day for the blessing that it is. Instead of sending her flowers, I was able to give her a hug, watch her open her presents and blow out the candles on the cake I made for her.

Happy 24th Birthday Megan - you are a wonderful daughter and an amazing young woman. This will be an exciting year - I can feel it :-)

 

The cake was a Chocolate Covered Cherry bundt cake - very easy and really delicious. This blog has a list of 100 different flavors of bundt cake and I want to try them all. Here is the recipe for the Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake and the only change I made was to use dark chocolate frosting. It really did taste like a chocolate covered cherry from our favorite up north Michigan store - Cherry Republic.

Happy Monday!

 

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Friday, March 7, 2014

3 Easy St. Patrick's Day Projects

 

 

 

I love to have a few touches green around my home for St. Patrick's Day. It is not a holiday I go all out for, but we are Irish and I love shamrocks and the good luck they bring. After a quick search on Pinterest, I didn't really find any simple DIY projects that appealed to me for this year. There is an abundance of kid's crafts, but very few things I would want to have in my home.

So, I won't be adding to my collection, but you can easily make one or all of these simple St. Patrick's Day DIY projects that I put together last year. All take very little time and will add a little of that Irish green to your home during March. Remember, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day :-)

 

Shamrock Print

 

Ribbon Candles

 

Green Burlap Initial Wreath

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

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