SHARIN' THE LOVE

From all around my house . . .

humm, someone's been sneaking heart mallows from my display!

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INSPIRED BY JOY

Have you ever seen a room spread in a decorating magazine, or a photo array on someone's blog, that just inspired you sooo much, almost to the point of obsession? That's how I was when I saw Joy's

- JOYS OF HOME -

blog post entitled

"Let It Snow".

I instantly . . . and obsessively! . . . fell in love with the vignettes she created using a mix of her great accent pieces, dollar store finds and frosty floral accents.

Photo courtesy of Joy from JOYS OF HOME

Photo courtesy of Joy from JOYS OF HOME

I'm thrilled, and honored, that Joy has allowed me to share the beautiful photos of her chilly, wintry vignettes. We all seem to travel in the same blog circle, but for the few of you who may not have ever visited

Joy's blog,

- can't imagine there's a person on the planet who hasn't visited her love-a-lee blog! -

you must go right away. Be prepared to stay awhile! She has a wonderful decorating style that I personally just love, love, love, and I'm sure you will too.

Photo courtesy of Joy from JOYS OF HOME

Photo courtesy of Joy from JOYS OF HOME

I've tried to emulate her designs using things I gathered from around my own home. It was really fun trying capture the wintry feel of this time of year. Something I've never really done in the past. Oh, I usually leave my snow people out and about after Christmas, and would throw in some Valentine's Day sweetness, but never tried to capture the "wintry" feel of the season.

This is the beauty of blogland. Having other talented people share their ideas resulting in great inspiration to others. Thank you, Joy, for that. :o)

Below, I'm sharing the fun I had in creating a few chilly inspired vignettes. I've gone a bit heavy on the snaps! I hope you enjoy looking - as much as I enjoyed creating - at how I borrowed some of Joy's ideas and worked them to suite my decor.

bookcase in our family room

thrifted dresser is the "centerpiece" in our foyer

Thanks for indulging in me with my latest decorating obsession! Please, hop over to Joy's blog, JOYS OF HOME, and see all the great ideas and inspiration she has to offer. I guarantee you'll leave with tons of ideas, and maybe a new-found "obsession" of your own!

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SHARING A GREAT BARGAIN

Can't resist sharing some of the great finds I scored at Michael's over the weekend.

Check out this be-u-ta-full ribbon I grabbed up. It was in with all the

Christmas clearance stuff and was 80% off -

EIGHTY PERCENT, people!!!

I'm totally loving the brown, silver, turquoisey blue combination of some of them. Oh, and the baroque-type pattern of the one . . . lovely!

I almost feel compelled to go back and buy up whatever they have left!

The ones I choose I felt were perfect for wintry decor accents. Even great for wrapping a gift for that winter-born birthday person.

I used some of the ribbon I snatched up to accent my hurricanes created from Dollar Tree stuff (candle taper holders, glass cylinders, small prayer candles). Also adding in some scrapbook paper and embellishments, DT snowflakes, I think I created a cute wintry-accessorized candle.

I even covered a plain old pillar candle and the small prayer candles

- from the DT, of course! -

with some of the ribbon. Plop them on top of my Pottery Barn bay leaf candle holder thingy, and I've created a new centerpiece for the table.

Can ya tell I'm just a tad bit excited about this ribbon??? :o)

I've linked up my cute and easy winter candle/ribbon/paper/blingy project over at Kim's blog, Twice Remembered "Make Your Monday" post. Go check out all the super-cool projects shared by others all throughout blogland.

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