Fall Wreath

Super late, but when I took my fall wreath down I realized I never wrote about it!

So this terrible, horrible thing happened. When Coach and I were moving me out of my apartment we forgot to go get the rest of my stuff out of my storage unit. We'd already emptied the bulk of it way early on. All that was left.....my wreaths. All of them. Every last single one I had made. I almost cried when I realized it come September. Needless to say, I'm having to start all over with my collection.

Well this fall was super crazy busy. Ridiculously so. I still had a Halloween wreath in my bin of decorations, so that went up in September. Normally I would have done a late summer/early fall for September but no time so "Boo" went up early.  About a week after Halloween I was still crazy busy but Boo definitely needed to come down. I can't stand for a naked door so I quickly improvised. All those pine cone wreaths at the stores were cute but stupid expensive. So I grabbed a box of gold, glitter pine cones and a green floral ring from Hobby Lobby for about $12. I already had a ribbon.

I lined the edge of the ring with the ribbon then wedged and hot glued the pine cones into place. Another ribbon at the top for hanging and it was still missing something. So I went back and grabbed so random brown floral spray things and stuck those around the rim. From the distance it looked fine, to be honest I hoped no one would look at it closely. It got the job done though it's not one I'll be saving. I might make a more refined version next year but for $16 total, I'm ok with tossing this one after a one-time use.

Ignore the awkward angle and the reflection of me in my super comfy sweats. Just look at those beautiful gold pine cones. :)

Growing Pains

For 8 years I lived in apartments smaller than the size of my classroom (I have a large classroom). Now, courtesy of marriage to Coach, I live in a 3-bedroom, 2.5 bath home with a living room, basement family room, guest room, guest bath, mantel, the works! So now all of a sudden my 2 Rubbermaid tubs of decor is not enough.

I've slowly been aquirimg more for each season and creating a tub for each season but it's a slow process. I was dismayed to find that my Christmas decor barely decorated the tree. So I bought more, and managed to decorate the stairs. So I bought more, and managed to decorate a shelf. A. Shelf. 

So needless to say my dreams of themes and coordinating decor have gone out the window. I tried, but I don't know have enough stuff to make it come together. I'll highlight it all soon (I'm still tweaking things) but in the meantime this is my happy place. Comfy chair, cozy blanket, twinkling tree. (And Big Bang Theory on TV).