Live for Each Moment Loves Buttons...

Remember My To Do List... Well I saw this purtty little Button Garland from
Ballard Designs For a set of 3, it is $30.00 for 9' of garland!

I loved this... I LOVE BUTTONS!!! I am SO CHEAP though. I really could not justify spending $30.00 for a garland. Even though now that I have completed the projects, this really isn't so bad. But I figured that I could make the same for nothing. I chose red, green and white for my tree. I have a huge stockpile of buttons and already had the string so I went to work.

String it then tie the back to make it stay... REally Easy but time consuming!

It looks really cute on the tree. I will show you my Finished tree Very Soon!

It would be really cute as the top string for a "Merry Christmas Garland"

Ballard Design inspired ornaments

Remember this post... My To DO List
One down... Many more to do...
I saw these Ballard Design ornaments

So Pretty and so easy... I love them!
I copied them and made them my own for my tree! I went with a country flair and even made a Holly Leaf in the same design. Lurrves it!
These are Mine!

I just drew out the pattern by looking at the shape in the picture.

I cut them out with an exacto knife and then I put the pages of an old yellowed book on the cutouts.


Distressed it with brown ink... Add some buttons and raffia

And hang on the tree. These look super cute with my other ornaments I have adorning the tree. I will have to show you what it looks like soon.

Many more copying to be done... I will for sure show you all!

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Button, Button who's got the button?

I absolutely love Buttons! I had a dream the other night where I was looking at this comforter that someone had made for a little boy. on the top there was flap with these huge buttons. I woke and got the wheels turning for these adorable little ornaments. I love them. I have been so excited to post this and show you all. I Love them! they are really easy too. You will love it!

Start with a Mason Jar lid, you can get them in these boxes for about $2.00. They come 9 to a box. Which works out to less than a quarter a piece. Love it! You will also need a hammer, a small screwdriver and nail.

put the lid on your pounding board, label down and pound a hole in the rim of the lid. This is for an ornament hanger. You can omit this step if you don't plan on doing them as ornaments. Hot glue on the back works great as well.

Now take the nail out and flip over to the other side and positon your screwdriver where you want the holes and use the hammer to poke the two or four button holes into the center.

Push the screwdriver through the holes to get a nice circular button hole

Spray paint in your color of choice. I hand painted some with acrylic as well, but found that spray paint was easiest. Spray paint looked a lot better as well, it gave it a more finished smooth look.


Now you can thread it through with your "thread" of choice. I loved the look of the natural raffia. I encorporate a lot of raffia into my Christmas Decorations. You can use any color raffia as well. I used red raffia and it was pretty cute too.

just thread the raffia through and then tie in the back. I also secured the end of the knots with hot glue to make sure that they stay.

Add an ornament hook and Voila, you have a beautiful ornament!

or cute addition to a holiday sign

or a cute accent to a candle, just tie around with raffia.

What about for a wreath?

The possibilities are endless. You can also put them as a finishing touch on Gifts!
I love this! This is one of my favorite projects thus far!
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My To- Do List

Okay so we all know that I am cheap. This is a wonderful gift, but a wonderful curse at times too. My problem is that I cannot justify spending money on something that I could easily make and replicate. So I am going to share with you some of the very things that "I want, I want, I want! I must Have!" But I cannot justify spending that kind of dough for.
For example, This Button Garland from
Ballard Desingns For a set of 3, it is $30.00 for 9' of garland!

Or these really pretty and uber easy musical bird ornaments also from BD.
These go for 19.00 for 6. Yikes! Am I the only one who thinks that is crazy?

Or this beautiful Fleur de lis stocking holder that retails for $25.00

These Stockings are Adorable too... Oh I just love them and they would be SOOO Easy to make! They Go for $35.00 a piece!

I might even have to make one of these adorable little ones for my Sweet Kapri...

All of the Above Pictures and Creative inspiration is from Ballard Designs Go there and look around and love it!
Love this ornament from Pottery Barn So pretty, and would be really easy to copy for cheap! $8.00 a piece

I love this pillow cover as well, but I don't know how I could spend $49.00 on one. I want at least 3 pillow covers because I have a lot of throw pillows to cover.

My next stop was to the Sundance Catalog Company to check out all their Christmas Goodies!
I found these beautiful Mercury Orb Ornaments, that are $36.00 for 6. I know just how to replicate these! And go look at the Mercury Glass hurricanes. That is one thing I love about them, is the fact that you can see through it. It is really beautiful and will be so easy to duplicate. I will show you, do not worry! AND it will not cost you $18-28 a piece I promise you that!
I am definately going to have to copy some of those "mercury" items. Last year I got the Mercury Star ornaments from Sundance, they were on sale and gave those out as gifts so this year I want to incorporate more of that beautiful shimmer into my decorating.
I am very excited for the Holidays. I have a fireplace and space of my very own to decorate and have fun with! I am so excited! I have a lot of work to do!