Have you ever bought something like 2 years ahead of schedule?

I have! I have!

Of course, when I bought these items I knew what I was going to do with them, it just took me two years to get to them. I have a really long list of things to do.

Guess how surprised I was to find something so very similar on Pottery Barn's site?

Super surprised. I guess it was a good idea.

So here's what I made....

Here's what they have.......

Pottery Barn's Fluted Glass Tealight Holder

Theirs has a pretty finial on the bottom, but really.....who cares?

Here's mine again.....

I got my tea light holders from AC Moore for about .50 on clearance two years back. The copper wire, well I don't know when I acquired that.  Just a couple of simple loops and VOILA! You've got yourself a knock-off. :)

So by now everyone knows about Instagram. I love that app! I don't know how many of you follow me there but if you don't my screen name is haboyajian. Original, right?

So anyways here's a clip of what I've been doing.

Hopefully this center piece will be blooming for Christmas Eve dinner. :) I do love me some paper whites!

Another quick and simple center piece. Baby's breath, cranberries and a trio of vases on a silver platter. This one is on the kitchen table.

Trying my hand at some chalkboard art! Love!

Have you guys ever gotten on a tear with projects and then feared  not having enough time to post them all? How about fearing not having enough time to finish all your projects so you spend all your time crafting or cleaning or both?

Yea. I'm there.

I am hopefully going to be able to show off the house this week, and I'm super excited to do it, cause I made some changes to my usual Christmas decor this year, but first I'm going to share a new tree skirt!

My old tree skirt was literally falling apart. So on a trip to Hancock Fabrics I found some great quilter's fabric and churned out this pretty. The fur didn't hurt either. Love the fur.

There's really not much to this skirt. I didn't have a pattern. I winged it from the get-go. The bottom is a 42" square and the top is a 36" circle. I recycled the beads from something or other.

I love that neither fabric is Christmas-y but that they totally work for this tree! I also love the whimsy of it.

so there's my new tree skirt. Hopefully I can get my act together and get some pictures of these trees!


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