Projects Part 2

I am soo excited to share this with you. I guess cause I'm pretty proud of how it all came out. At the beginning of summer, I chose red and green for the colors on the deck. I wanted round red placemats but ever- where I went they were sold out. So I decided I'd "make my own." I went back to the Dollar Tree and picked up four of these because I was going to paint my own place- mats. I picked up Apple Barrel- Bright Red and Leaf Green paint and some foam brushes.

The mats are 15" in diameter so

each section ended up being

approx--5" in diameter.

I painted the red section first

and after they dried I did the

green. Each side got three coats

to cover the white.

Ta Da!!!! Here is the finished

placemat! They are so pretty

and the napkins I got at

TjMaxx will go soooooo

well with them. I will show you

a tablescape when everything

is ready.

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When you come in our front

door, this is the wreath you

see on the wall above the stairs

that lead down to our family

room. I picked it up at a garage

sale two or three years ago.

It went pretty well with our

decor at the time but then the

ugly mauve curtains came down

and up went the green ones.

( Mauve was not our choice--

previous owners) they were in

great shape though.

Anyway, when the green went

up I wanted to change the

wreath--it took me a while to

find the "right flowers and

ribbon" but I did and they set

for while till I could get to the

project.

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BEFORE:

AFTER:

Yea!! Love it!!

I changed it up a bit just

so it didn't look the same.

Yes, I did make that bow-

which I am quite proud of.

Two more projects to cross

off THE list--WhoooHooo!!

~Keep on Dreaming~