Winter Entryways...Ideas For When Your Christmas Wreath Comes Down

Christmas is over and now all of our doors seem sad.  Well at least mine does.  I have wreaths for Christmas, Easter, Summer, and Thanksgiving.  But I don't have anything for dreary January.  Maybe these ideas will help spark my creativity and help me liven up my front door this month.


Here is what my entry looked like for Christmas.  I always use fresh greenery for the garland and then wire in lights, ornaments and ribbons. I made the bow for the monogram with printed burlap ribbon and fresh greenery wired together.  I found most of these ornaments at Kirklands this year.

Check out these ideas for your "after Christmas" door!

1. From Setting For Four: A Boxwood Wreath with Framed Chalkboard Printable



2.  From Two Junk Chix: Love their blog name! They also share the DIY instructions.  You could make this wreath in any color scheme.

3. From This Silly Girls Life: Pretty wreath for transitioning after Christmas and she shares her DIY with photos!

4. From Blue Cricket Design: Cute, Easy and Inexpensive! See Their DIY for this project.

5. From On Sutton Place: This wreath could actually take you through Christmas and into the early winter months.  They give complete DIY tutorials with pics on how to construct.

 

 

What do you do with your front entry after Christmas? I'd love to see it! Share your ideas with me here in the comment section below or post your pics on my Facebook Page!

Mini Pallet Signs

You've seen these cool pallet signs on Pinterest right? I think they are so neat and believe I could get carried away with these and completely fill my house with them.

I ran across this great idea from U-Create for the cutest Mini Pallet signs.  How clever! They are so smart over there!  Check these out!  They would make great gifts too!

Go over to U-Create for the full tutorial on how to make these!

Simple list of suppplies and easy to make!

Designer Dish Towels...So Cute & So Easy

Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss has the DIY Tutorial for these adorable dish towels on her blog.  How cute are these? (and of course I loved these with Appalachian colors). I think this will be one of my rainy weekend projects.  What great gifts this would make for new brides, teachers, even girls just starting in their first apartments.  These cake designs are so cute, but you could also do your own designs for cupcakes, or ice cream sundaes, or any design that might match your own decor.  Here's the link to the tutorial (she has great step by step pictures too).  Don't you love these?  I will show you mine next week if I get one made! :) Show me yours if you do ok?

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DIY Summer Vacation Souvenirs!

We are headed to the beach in one week...Yay! Lots of my friends have already been to the beach, NYC even India on trips this summer.  Instead of buying souvenirs this year, why not make your own? Here are two great ideas from http://lessthanperfectlifeofbliss.blogspot.com.  So pick up an extra city map when you are traveling this summer and make a great jewelry souvenir! (This could also work for school teams, scripture verses and photos, sororities,etc) Click HERE for instructions...Easy instructions of course! ;)