April 14, 2012
by Rebecca E. Parsons
I spent a wonderful part of Sunday afternoon creating a new board on Pinterest!!! I am spending more and more time there and have now included time for it in my weekly calendar!!! Oh yes I did!!!
I know that you are feeling the same way…just admit it now and save us both a lot of [...]
December 24, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
I am so thrilled to show you my DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #24 ~ My Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less Christmas Tree for 2011. Most of the decorations are from the Dollar Tree. They had some awesome and beautiful ornaments this year!!! I did add a few of the blue ornaments from the Midnight Clear [...]
December 23, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
The DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #23 ~ Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less candelabra I found for a steal at Goodwill. By now you should have discovered that I love my local Goodwill store. I could decorate a mansion pretty well with the things I find there. This candelabra is no exception. It was brass before…now [...]
December 18, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
My DIY Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less Christmas Decor Vignette #18 is an inexpensive way to get some glamour into your decorating scheme. I so wanted a large mirror over the mantle this year. Mirrors large enough to work here are very pricey indeed!! So I found this 30′ X 48′ frame at a yard [...]
December 17, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
The DIY Christmas Decor Vignette #17 and Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less idea today is magnolia leaves rimmed in silver. They turned out so amazingly awesome, it is one of my favorites this year.
It is very easy to do…you clip some branches of magnolia leaves and draw around the edges with a silver (or gold) [...]
December 11, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
DIY Holiday Decorating Ideas, Christmas Decor Vignette #11,
Elegantly Sumptuous Luxe 4 Less
Re-Creation of Wooden Stockings from Country Living
I am a consummate DIY re-creator…if I see something I want, but cannot afford or find, I set about making my own version. When I first saw this image of antique wooden sock forms used as a [...]
December 1, 2011
by Rebecca E. Parsons
The Elmer’s Looks for Less Challenge
Lucky for me, Elmer’s is challenging some of their favorite bloggers to participate in The Elmer’s Looks for Less Challenge. I was given a mission to ‘recreate’ (I love to recreate) a quality décor item for my home with Elmer’s products. Well, of course, I went straight to the Pottery [...]