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5 Simple Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

April 22, 2019

Just like Christmas, I tend to think about the earth during the year and not just on Earth Day. If you know me you know I love a good up-cycle project. Sometimes I think my up-cycle enthusiasm is from my grandparents and my parents’ generations. They learned at an early age to save, recycle, repurpose and reuse everyday objects. Oh, and then repeat those steps. My mom has a stack of aluminum foil in her pantry.

But today we use fancy words like up-cycle and repurpose. So in honor of the big day here are five simple ways to celebrate Earth Day every day.

How to Decorate the House for Spring when the Yard Looks Like a Mullet

March 20, 2019

Colorado had a blizzard last week and our yard enjoyed 12 inches of fresh powder. My back yard faces north and my front yard faces south so this time of year my yard looks like a mullet. So while my backyard looks like it needs a blow-up Frosty the Snowman, my front yard is screaming for mulch and tulips.

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Ironically, I have a holiday poinsettia in my kitchen. I placed it on the window ledge, facing the snow-covered backyard so it can look out the window and dream of a white Christmas for next year. The poinsettia is team mullet.

Here are a few ways to decorate for spring when the one side of your yard looks like a mullet… I mean winter.

Somewhere between last July and February, I fell in love with gingham. I love to wear gingham, but I was little hesitant to go gingham style on my house. Well a new puppy and a blizzard will turn anyone.

With a 2nd snow day, I caved and ordered gingham cloth napkins from Amazon. I just Googled gingham and three days later I had a set of gingham cloth napkins.

I first introduced gingham into the house with a roll of ribbon. It was a low-cost purchase. The boxwood loved it!

I purchased this little plant (does anyone know what type of plant it is?) for a seller’s kitchen during the holidays. She didn’t want another plant to take care of so I brought it home for the holidays. It’s still here!

It was time to switch out some of my pillows. I found this Cheers pillow from Pottery Barn in SLC when my boys played in a sectional tennis tournament. Six years ago. It was time!

The pillow cover was perfect for the month of January, but by March it was ready for spring. I found this pillow cover at Pottery Barn. I bought it on sale last weekend.
The navy should work thru Thanksgiving!

Adding a little bit of spring decor makes it a little easier to transition to Easter eggs and bunnies! Happy First Day of Spring!

Budget-Friendly Bunny Prints

March 14, 2019

It’s bunny time! Both in our yard and house! When I found these cute animal prints at (one of my) favorite online decor stores, I knew I could make inexpensive spring decor. Of all the animal prints available, the bunny prints were hands down my favorite! A side bonus was I got more mileage out of bunnies than let’s say, Easter eggs. Do you know what I mean? I picked two versions of the bunnies and created two budget-friendly framed bunny prints for some much-needed spring decor.

Wait until you see this cute bunny face.

How can you not smile when you see this face?

When I ordered these prints I knew I wanted the shadow boxes to give a little depth to these framed bunnies.

I purchased two 9×9 gray finish shadow boxes at Michael’s. Framed prints are budget friendly because the frames can be reused for seasonal prints. An added bonus is they stack nicely in a closet.

I didn’t want both bunnies centered in the frame. I wanted to offset images in a frame or a photo. What is it called? The rule of 1/3rds?

This little bunny bum looks so cute.

I positioned him under the floral arrangement so he has some shade. wink

I have not figured out where to put this bunny. Right now he is chilling on the mantel in the family room and he is the first face family and friends see when they walk into the family room. Makes me smile.

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