FIVE FRIDAY FAVORITES

Hello friends, happy weekend and Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you are doing something fun today with the people you love.  We are going to poke around some thrift and antique stores and have no big plans, we'll just see what the day brings- sounds perfect to me!!  Coming to you again on a Saturday instead of Friday for my Five Favorites this week, but you don't mind... right?  We do have a birthday to celebrate today too... this guy turns 14!!  We adopted him and his brother when they were 6 months old after they had been in a shelter up until that point.  We lost Scout in 2021 and still miss him!  Chief is still working hard at finding the best spot to lounge in the sun every day and settling in to watch tv with us at night (he'll only sit beside you on your left- he's not a lap cat!). 🤣  He got an extra splash of milk in his bowl this morning to celebrate.   Speaking of Valentine's Day (our first date was 34 years ago today!), I rec......

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HONEYCOMB BALL GARLAND FOR VALENTINE'S DAY MANTEL {TUTORIAL}

This honeycomb ball garland for Valentine's Day can't help but put a smile on your face!  Although I used red, pink, and white on mine to match the holiday, there is an endless combination of colors you could use to decorate with for birthdays, graduations, wedding showers, anniversary parties, team colors, or a photo op background for any celebration you can think of. Today I'm sharing a tutorial and showing you how I made it!  I first made this garland 4 years ago and was figuring it out as I went along, so I didn't record my process.  After I shared it I was asked quite a few questions about how I made it, so I decided to recreate it this year and document my process in case you want to make one too.  I will say, even after trying to take special care to be able to share detailed steps with you, this truly is more of a "wing it and do whatever works" type of project.  So, I'll share some tips and tricks from my process but you'll just have to WORK ......

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2026 VALENTINE'S DAY DECORATIONS MINI HOME TOUR

Things are looking pretty love ly around here!  A few days ago I shared our front porch all ready for Valentine's Day , today I finished up some Valentine's Day decorations inside the house. I focused on three spots- the Entry, the Mantel, and a little vignette on the vintage chest in the corner of the living room.  In my last post I shared my giant bows tutorial with you, you can see here where the former tree topper bow ended up for Valentine's Day. I let it be the star and kept things on the dresser pretty simple, tying a metal heart on one of the lamps and pulling out the best faux tulips ever to carry through my red and pink theme.  Gold Metal Heart Set or Single 6" Gold Heart  ||  Similar Bamboo Lamp ||  Faux Pink Tulips  ||  Faux Red Tulips || Red Gingham Ribbon || Similar Pink Red Stripe Ribbon Here or Here || Pizzazzerie Entertaining Book ||  The Southern Living Party Cookbook Beside the tulips I filled a large glass cylinder ......

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