My Daily Find

I know this may sound weird... but I love to walk around the Dollar Store!! Every once in awhile you might find something special.

Now I'm always looking for cheap little decor for the house... things I can use to fill space and add a little personality!! This is what I came across today..

Colorful little pieces of art... You can place on a shelf or night stand just by leaning it against the wall!

Keep your eyes open.. you never know what you could find!!

Thrifty Wreath

The other day while thrifting, I came upon this wreath...

Not my taste with grapes and plaid ribbon... 

but with a little tender loving care.. 

it has potential! 

   What is so nice about this wreath is that there is a lot of greenery.. and it only cost me $2.50!!

   So, with a trip to the Dollar tree ( one of my most favorite places!!), I'm ready to start the recreation!

What you will need:

Flowers  (I picked a couple different colors and types)

Glue gun and glue sticks

Ribbon 

Scissors

Wire cutters

I first removed all the extra items from wreath that I didn't want..

I then cut flowers off of their stems leaving about an inch.  Now with the flowers.. I placed them around the wreath in patterns of three's.  Groups of three are pleasing to the eye!!  Once I had the placing the way I wanted... I started glueing.  I found it worked better to put the glue right onto the end of the flowers stem and then just stick it where I wanted it.  After the flowers where glued on I made a bow (I had to look up instructions on bow making.. I am the worst), after bow was made I glued it on. 

To hang it, I looped a piece of ribbon front to back and tied a knot.. so simple! 

I'm very pleased on how it turned out and at a grand total of $5.50.. I'm very pleased on its price!! 

So the next time that you are at a thrift store, take a look around.. you never know what your going to find!!!

This is where we start..

    Here we go.. the start of this new journey of blogging!  Its a little scary.. this blog thing is a little intimidating. There are so many blogs out there.. what makes my different or special?  I'm hoping to figure that out along the way.  I figured a good way to start is to just do it!  I have sometime on my hands right now as I'm trying to figure somethings out.  Who am I?  What should I do with myself?  What are my dreams and visions for my life?  What happens after you get married but before you start a family?  Questions that I'm pondering!  So, in the mean time I am going to use this blogging as an outlet.  I'm going to blog about things that I love... Travel.. Food.. Home Decorating.. Thrifting.. Fashion.. Movies.. Family. (Basically the everyday things that I do). I know its a little much for now but hoping that maybe down the road I will find out what I'm really good at blogging about and just concentrate on that.
   
   I hope that you will enjoy, learn and grow right along with me!  I'm hoping to post at least three times a week with interesting recipes, tutorials, or reviews.  


   Verse of the day:
The Message
  John 16:33
"I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."