Peppermint Wreath

I love the peppermint decor this year.  I was strolling through Home Depot and found Martha Stewart's candy cane line.  I picked up a box of over sized candy canes and thought they would make a fun wreath. 

I used a fresh wreath from Costco, MS candy canes, peppermint picks and berries from Hobby Lobby. For the ornaments, sadly...I plucked them off of my "broken" ornament wreath from last year.  I loved that thing...darn it! I didn't put it in a safe spot, and it was smashed to the ground. At least I salvaged some ornaments from it? 

I wired all the candy canes and ornament balls on- to hold up in the cold weather- and hot glued all the picks.

It makes me happy! :)

I wanted to make it fun for the kids outside.  My boys don't get too excited over all the fancy Christmas decorations...

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Paper Roses

This project was a no brainer.

As kids we would gather around the piano,

Candace played and I would sing with my Dad

all those lovely songs from the 70's.

One in particular Marie Osmond sang called

Paper Roses.

Aaahhhhhhh the memories.

Those moments with just us girls and our Dad

or when some of our brothers decided it was "okay" to sing with us

are the most tender of our childhood.

Plus, our Mom loves roses.

Not just any rose.  They are pink, all pink and a very particular breed and color.

You could say she's a rose snob....but that's a good thing.

So as I lay in my deathbed bed this week with a ridiculous cold and my laptop

I found myself drawn to Martha's website and all the pretties there.

When I saw her paper roses I knew we had to do them!

Besides we have a lot of coffee filters on hand from our previous projects.

So we decided to tackle them (it was easy enough with the sniffles)!

We used normal filters (not the cone type Martha says to get).

We used easy kid's watercolor paint and as you can see......

They actually turned out! 

They are pretty big roses too!

Check out Martha's detailed instruction and video to make them!