Giveaway Time!

The good people at ramsign.com are giving one of my blog visitors a FREE enamel house sign.  

Gotta love sleek, handmade, glossy, and free!

If you are a follower (right hand sidebar), leave me a comment. If you are not a follower, now is a good time to sign up. I will draw a random winner on Wednesday, April 6th.

Ele

A Pop of Color

The third and final mosaic recap of 2010 features color.

Yes Virginia, I do believe.

A little bit of color goes a long way in decorating. Shoes, pretty papers, tissue paper puffs, colored jewels, pumpkins, and a chair slip cover displays a pop of color.


Blessings,
Ele

2010 Pinks

I couldn't recap 2010 without a journey back into my pink blogposts. The lack of pink would be like living in a world where pink cotton candy, salt water taffy, and buttercream frosting didn't exist. Oh, how shameful to even think about it. 

So my dear blog friends, breathe deeply and absorb the sweetness.  

Pink Blessings to you,

Ele

2010 Neutrals

To define the word neutral, I would start with a color that produces calm, breathing without thinking, and understated elegance. Recapping 2010 with my neutral blog pictures, seriously makes me want to devoid my life of hue. 
     

Wikipedia defines neutral as "a stance of tone without any bias." Very true, as love abounds everywhere with neutral decor and creations. The world dictionary says, "dull, but harmonizes with everything." Really, dull? I will agrue the first part of that definition. The world dictionay has obviously never fully taken in the visual experience of the different shades of whites, creams, beiges, and grays. It is a feast for the eyes.

Blessings,
Ele

Simple Candles

Simple white taper and pillar candles are... not simple. 

Wrapped in plain brown craft paper, and draped in seam binding, jewels, lace, and flash card punches; simpleness meet elegance. 

You had me at brown craft paper. Oh the things you can do with brown craft paper, but I'll let you in on that another day!

These candles would be wonderful as wedding favors, or attach a flash card punch of a birthday girl's age and give it to her!

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Craft Tips

• when using craft paper, fold the raw edges to the underside
• purchase brown paper at any office store (shipping department)
• glueing paper directly to the candle is tricky, so overlap paper and glue paper to paper
• when attaching something heavy use a pearl head pin
• to crinkle seam binding, put it in the palm of your hand and squish 
• use glue that dries clear when attaching lace (Elmers glue stick works)
• as you can see in the picture, don't throw away jewels with missing rhinestones....they work!

Do not burn candles with paper adornments attached!

on a personal note...I do not have any items for sale as I have been spending a lot of time with my family. Next year I will be an empty nester and I have been breathing in every moment of my sweet girl. I know I haven't been posting very often and I have halted my sponsors as it's not fair to them, but from now on, I plan to update once a week, so please visit often.
Blessings and many thanks to all of you who stop by,
Ele