Wine Corks and Daffodils....

I had a very eventful weekend.

I went to visit my friend Rho ( you know , from Rho's Rants )

She wanted a little help with some decorating dilemmas ,

 so she invited me to come shop, craft, drink wine,

drink more wine.....

Well...

we needed the empty wine bottles for one of the "craft projects" she wanted help with.

So , we did what we had to do,

drink wine !

Rho lives in Ankeny.

( for those of you not from Iowa , it's attached to DesMoines )

Now remember , I live in the back of beyond, so this was a trip to the big city !

Big city means , great shopping !

Rho needed accessories for her new house.

Art , pillows, drapes and stuff .... fun stuff !

As Rho's friend Julie said , we needed the jewelry to complete the outfit !

( I love her analogy ! )

We were also on the lookout for a small table for a space by her front door.

Our inspiration for the living room came from a fabulous painting ( on canvas) she received from a

 non -profit group she works with called Love takes Root ( they are working right now on building an orphanage in Haiti ).

The colors are so rich and vibrant !

This became the inspiration for the whole living room.

The table we were looking for  was to go under this painting.

Our first stop on our shopping expedition was a consignment home decor store called the Attic.

( Just my kind of place !)

She ( and her friend Julie , who has an eye for detail like no other ) found a large painting to go above her couch in exactly the same colors as the other painting !

We were off to a great start!

Second stop - Homemakers , the largest furniture store I have EVER seen !

We found the PERFECT table ( actually a desk in disguise ).

Funny thing is she had looked at the same table when she had been there before but talked her self out of it .

Bad news.... it was on back order !

She will have to wait till April to get it :(

Which was a real bummer , cause this was one room she really wanted to complete this weekend.

More shopping , Gordmans, Kirklands, Target and my personal favorite Trader Joe's!

( OK , Trader Joe's was mostly just for me , but I don't get to the city often ! )

Wait till you see what I got !

Armed with art and pillows , new drapes and stuff , we made our way back to Rho's house to put it all together..

Julie did most of the accessorizing , we just kind watched

Although she showed me a really great trick for hanging pictures with two hooks.

Thank you Julie , you have saved my walls from unnecessary holes!

I have to say , Rho was very happy with the end result !

After supper , Julie left and Rho and I got down to my contribution to her dining room decor.

Her dining room is done in a wine theme ( get why she wanted me to help now , huh?)

Our first project was this

 

She wants lighted wine bottles along the top of her cabinets.

She wanted to use icicle lights , which I have never used before.

The worked really great , especially when you want them this close together.

The only problem is the cords along the top.

We started this project later in the evening ( and after some wine ) so we couldn't really go out for supplies.

I think some ivy garland and maybe even some grape clusters will hide the cords well.

My next project was  this

Funny thing about this project is  , we had both found and pinned it on Pinterst.

 We were both happy with how this turned out.

As a matter of fact , I loved it so much , I made one for my self when I got home.

I know I have a hurricane vase somewhere, but I can never find things when I need them .

( Project organization must commence soon ! )

Sooo....

I used my trifle bowl.

I love this bowl , but I don't make trifles often,

I think this is a much better use for it.

Then I couldn't find the right size candle to go inside.

( and I have a LOT of candles )

Soooo...again...improvise....

A pint size Mason jar .

Next...add corks.

I have a few...

That's right...

A garbage bag of wine corks!

Now , before anyone thinks they need to organize an intervention,

I did NOT drink all the wine it would take to acquire a garbage bag of wine corks!

I have a good friend , who's parents have friends that own an Italian restaurant, they saved the corks for her and she was kind enough to share with me !

Yah !

Some are cooler than others.

I prefer the "real" corks over the synthetic ones.

Fill the space in between the bowls/vases ( whatever you want to use) with the corks.

 I don't burn candles anymore.

Flames make me nervous.

I actually used one of these battery operated ones .

Both Emily and the Hubs thought I had a candle burning!

I added it to a vase of daffodils ( one of my Trader Joe's purchases )

and a little glass bird ( also with a battery operated tea light )

I got the daffodils for $1.69 for a bunch of 10 !

I got three bunches.

Oh, how I wish I lived closer to Trader Joe's !

I also got a 6 inch Daffodil plant for $4.99 and a 4 inch plant for $2.49.

I could hardly control myself !

I always pick plants or cut flowers that are in bud stage and not open.

They last so much longer that way !

Baby daffodils, also called Tete'a'Tete'.

Love!

Mother Nature may have dusted us with a little snow today,

but inside my house,

it's looking like spring!

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