Stocking holder!

I had seen a picture on Pinterest of a board with hooks to hang stockings on, so I knew I wanted to make something similar for my Mom and Dad's house. They do not have a fireplace or  mantle to hang stockings on so I thought this would be perfect! My Dad and I worked on this project together and I loved every minute of it!

We found a piece of old barn wood and it was actually perfect size for where we wanted to hang it so we didn't need to cut it down at all.

 We used rocks as markers to figure out the spacing and where we wanted to put the knobs.

 I had collected knobs from all over, one was a vintage one that was on an old dresser at my Grandparent's house, a couple were from Pier One, and the others I had gotten from a local few different local hardware stores. 

This is the only picture I got of it hung up with all of the stockings on it, but you get the idea! It turned out just how I had imagined and I really like the way it looks! 

XOXO, Whitney

The most wonderful time of the year!

I love Christmas time! It is by far my favorite time of the year! I love everything about it, the sights, the smells, the food, and the time with the people I love the most! 

This year I went with a theme of red and gold, and a lot of glitter! 

Here are a few looks from around the house!

Wrapping gifts is one of my favorite things to do, ever.

I made this money tree for a family gift exchange. The limit is $20-25, I got the little tree on sale from Michael's and then folded 20 $1 bills and hung them as ornaments on the tree. This is a cute and different way to give cash as a gift! 

And of course I probably had a few too many red Holiday cups from Starbucks this season!

 Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas season, and are having a great start to 2014!

XOXO, Whitney

Handmade Flower Crown.

My sister Lindsey, our friend Carlie and I had talked about doing a photo-shoot just for fun, for quite a while. A few months ago now, we packed up a picnic basket, and 2 vintage suit cases full of outfits and accessories and props and headed out to the canyon for our photo-shoot.  Flower crowns have been so popular this year, in weddings and photo-shoots, so I decided to make one for our pictures. It was very simple, and I absolutely loved how it turned out!

What you'll need:

3 strips of scrap fabric

2 tiny clear rubber bands

Real or artificial flowers

A hot glue gun & hot glue

I used scrap pieces of fabric that I had.

 I tied 3 strips together with a tiny rubber band, then I braided the fabric together.

I made the strips extra long that way the crown could be tied on, 

and easily removed for the three of us to wear! 

 I bought 2 bouquets of flowers from Trader Joe's.
You can also totally use artificial flowers!

I then cut all of the blooms off of their stems.

 I weaved leaves and some of the extra foliage that was in the bouquets in through the braid and hot glued them to back, to make sure they were secure. I hot glued the flowers onto the fabric. For the heavier flowers (like the sunflowers) I pushed what was left from the steam through the fabric braid and hot glued on the back to secure.

Here it is all finished!

And take a look at the pictures below to see how gorgeous the flower crown

 looked in our photo-shoot!

Thanks for stoping by and Happy 2014! 

I promise you will be seeing a lot more posts this year!

xoxo, Whitney