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All Things Thursday #27 Features

January 15, 2014 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday features, diy, recipes 2 Comments

Hi and welcome!! Did you have the chance to make it to the party last week? If not, you’re in luck because I’m featuring a few of the fabulous projects linked up!!

You are all so creative and inspiring! There were a ton of mouth-watering recipes linked up, wow!!
Let’s get to it…

Our Newest Addition from Grace Lee Cottage

Free Tooth Fairy Receipt Template from A Typical English Home

XOXO Anthropologie Inspired Pillows from View from the Fridge

Cookie Dough Brownies from Lamberts Lately

Homemade Doughnuts from Little House Living

Cream Cheese Cherry Cookies from Tastes of Lizzy T

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All Things Thursday #26 Features

January 8, 2014 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday features, crafts, diy, home, recipes 1 Comment

Well hello there beautiful! It’s such a pleasure to have you here on this fine day!

Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you some of my favorites linked up at last week’s party!

If you weren’t able to join us last week because of the busy Holiday, no worries, we will be having this week’s party starting tonight at 9 pm est!

So, let’s get to it!

Stripping, Repairing & Upholstering A French Chair from Shades of Blue Interiors

This and That from At The Farmhouse

DIY Burlap 4 Seasons Wreath from Church Street Designs

Girly Leg Warmers & Free Pattern from Domestic Bliss Squared

Rustic Beef and Barley Soup from Buck n’ Run Ranch

Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf from The First Year Blog

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DIY Crystal Iron Orb Chandelier

January 6, 2014 by Fotini Filed Under: chandelier, crystal chandelier, diy, home decor, lighting, orb chandelier, Restoration Hardware 58 Comments

I just love chandeliers! I would have one in every room if my husband would let me 😉 I think they add class and charm to a room with very little effort! Sometime last year, we were walking by Restoration Hardware and saw this absolutely stunning orb chandelier with lots of sparkly crystals! It was just breathtaking! I peeked at the price tag and saw a whopping $2,295.00. Whoa, that’s a lot of money to spend on ceiling lighting, even if it is breathtaking. I was determined to recreate that piece at a much more affordable price, and that brings us to today’s post!

I lucked out at one of my shopping trips to Homegoods, and scored an iron orb for only $24.99! I was so stinkin’ excited, I think I literally squealed!! Next, I headed to Lowe’s and picked up hanging light, similar to this one for less than $40. Once I was home, my husband drilled a hole through the iron orb on one end and fed the light cord through, and then we hung it! And when I say “we”, I mean my husband 😉

I was absolutely thrilled with how it turned out with such little effort! We kept it that way for a little while before I added crystals. I bought my crystals from Save On Crafts.com, click here for crystals! Let me warn you, if you haven’t been to this site before, brace yourself, you’re going to be browsing for hours! Their prices are incredible and their stuff is great quality! I bought stuff for my wedding from there and that’s why I decided to go back!

Anyways, I bought 2 6 foot strands of crystal garland. I began to play around with a design, attaching the crystals to the orb using fish-line and knotting it. I had about 2 feet of crystals left, so I didn’t use them all. On another occasion, I was at Hobby Lobby and spotted some raindrop crystals in a 3-pack and snatched those up real quick using my 40% off coupon! Once I got home and showed them to my husband, he opened them up and realized they were magnetic, even better!! Again, I may have squealed with excitement 🙂

This project cost me a total of $88!!! It’s not as fancy as the Restoration Hardware chandy, but it’s so beautiful and the perfect addition over our kitchen table!

So, what do you think?

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{ All Things Thursday #24 & #25 Features }

December 27, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday, all things thursday features, crafts, diy, recipes, sewing 6 Comments

Welcome!! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and I wish you a blessed New Year! I was so busy last week I didn’t share or take part in the blog hop, so today I have the pleasure of sharing with you a few of my favorites from the last two weeks of link ups!

Here’s a few of my favorites, enjoy!

DIY Boxwood Square Wreath from Shopgirl

Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags from The Casual Craftlete

Most Viewed Posts of 2013 from A Stroll Thru Life

A Touch of Evergreen from Homey Oh My!

Sally Dress Remix from Sews N Bows

Chocolate Dipped Coconut Balls from Learning, Creating, Living

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Stop back Wednesday night 9pm EST to party with us!!

{ All Things Thursday #23 Features }

December 18, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday features, Christmas, diy, recipe-1 Leave a Comment

Hi there and welcome back! I am truly inspired and just adore checking out all the Christmas inspired projects, they’re all amazing!!

I can’t wait to share a few of my favorites, so let’s get to it….

Christmas Table Setting from Kathe With an E

Fabric Scrap Tree Art from View From The Fridge

Ruffled Tunic, Free Pattern & Tutorial from Pickled Okra

My Christmas Kitchen from The Life of a Craft Crazed Mom

Chocolate Cherry Thumbprints from Love Bakes Good Cakes

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See you back here this evening, 9pm EST to party!!

{ Christmas Home Tour 2013 }

December 12, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: burlap, Christmas, Christmas home tour, diy, home tour, neutral Christmas decor 6 Comments

I love, and look forward to decorating my home each year for Christmas! Typically I decorate with the traditional red and white, but this year I wanted to go more natural and stick with neutral tones and natural elements. I started shopping the after Christmas sales last year and snagged some amazing deals on new ornaments and swag for my tree!

I just love my tree and mantle this year! The neutral tones just look amazing together! Of course I have lots of burlap involved! I just used a couple yards of burlap as my tree skirt, nothing special, but I love how it looks! I made our stockings, which I will be sharing here soon and I love them too!! I used kraft paper again this year to wrap my packages and paired them with a beautiful platinum ribbon and chalkboard tags, as well as some amazing glitter tape I bought from Target Dollar Spot, I’m obsessed with it!!! I also got some beautiful, glitter embellished wrapping paper on sale last year that fits perfectly with my design!

Please follow along with me as I give you a tour of my home 🙂 I hope you enjoy!

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{ All Things Thursday Blog Hop #23 }

December 12, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday blog hop, blog hop, Christmas, diy, link party Leave a Comment

Welcome and thank you for stopping by our 23rd blog hop!!

We got a few good inches of snow Monday and we’ve been taking in all it’s beauty from the indoors as much as possible!! Do you have snow where you’re at?

The Christmas creativity is just flowing and I love it! Check out a few of my favorites from last week’s party here!

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week!

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{ All Things Thursday #22 Features }

December 11, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday, all things thursday features, Christmas, Christmas tree, diy, recipes 13 Comments

Thank you so much for stopping by today! You’re in luck today, I am sharing some of my favorite projects linked up at last week’s blog hop!

I absolutely loved the projects and recipes linked up last week, wow you guys definitely didn’t disappoint!!

Let’s get to the fabulous features!

A Reupholstered Wingback Chair from Besa GM

3 Free Christmas Printables from Upcycled Treasures

Rustic Glam Christmas Tree from Cherished Bliss

Christmas Mantle 2013 from frazzled JOY

Holiday Oreo Truffles from We Do Fun Here

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{ All Things Thursday #21 Features }

December 4, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday, all things thursday features, Christmas, diy, recipe-1 6 Comments

Hi there and welcome! Today I have the pleasure of sharing some of my absolute favorites linked up at last week’s party!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I absolutely love Christmas time!! The projects linked up are so fun!

So lets get to these fantastic features….

I’m particularly partial to this project below because this is one of the Christmas printables I made last Christmas!

A hint of Christmas from Zu Haus at Home

Distressed Nutcrackers from Learning, Creating, Living

Fancy Fake Packages from The Painted Apron

DIY Savior Christmas Tree from Wilker Do’s

Nutella Gingerbread Cocoa from Anyonita Nibbles

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{ All Things Thursday Blog Hop #21 }

November 28, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: all things thursday blog hop, blog hop, diy, link party, recipes 4 Comments

I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow! Gobble til’ you wobble 😉 Thank you so much for stopping by and taking time out of your busy schedule to relax a bit and party with us! Link up your latest projects and visit the other fabulous ones linked up!

Check out the features from last week here!

Here’s what I’ve been up to this week…

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