Pallet for Home

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Wynn and I created sand art using the jello to display in her room. We are slowly but surely adding items to the top of her bookshelf. Wynn really loves to have this rainbow in her room. The total cost was around seven dollars because the Jello was on sale at two for a dollar.  

I am looking forward to adding some more homemade projects to her room as she continues to grow.  Thank you for stopping by!

Megan

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On the 12th day of Christmas Beyond the Picket Fence gave me, some lights and snowflakes for all to see.
I do not know how to photograph lights at night, and I know the manner I used is not the correct technique, so forgive the pictures, but actually, they do a good job of capturing what this looks like in real life at night.  Also, you don't get to see a full window shot, i.e. a full shot of the dirty dishes in my sink.  I have been running from one event to another today and just got home from a football banquet that I had to cook for, hence the dirty dishes.

I painted my kitchen wall last week and took down my old window treatment.  I am not sure what I am going to replace it with, but for the holiday interim I chose lights and snowflakes.  I  draped everything from a chippy rake handle.
I wrapped and draped lights down both sides--icicle lights would be great too, but all of mine are on the outside of the house. So I just used mini white lights--three 100 count strings.
I tied dollar store snowflakes at the end of different lengths of satin ribbon and draped these over the handle as well.
I love the effect, and will probably be using this as my window valance until Valentine's Day.
Keep on linking--this party stays open through Christmas!  I will put it under my holiday tab.

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2.  Please include my 12 Days of Christmas button on your blog or a link back to my blog.
3.  Please visit each other's posts and comment.
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Thank you--have fun!

I have been missing-in-action for the last little while, I know.

Thanks for you patience with me!  Hopefully things will be back to usual here at The Shabby Nest soon.

But I wanted to pop in today to announce the winner of The Vintage Pearl $50 Gift Card!

And the winner is  STEPHANIE of The Huntley Home!

Congratulations Stephanie!  Please drop me an email and we'll set you up with your

My cute Sis-in-law found a fun Santa Project on pinterest.  The original was done on a board painted white. You can see the post here.  I decided I wanted to do mine on Canvas and Burlap.  There are two Santa's shown here and I've given you my favorite images I found on Google Images.  Coloring pages work the best.  I followed the same method as shown here.

The chill is back over here, and it's colder than ever. I am not a cold weather gal, but these fireplaces make me wanna say "Hooray, it's cold outside!"

Good Morning All,

Ever run into a piece of wood (pallet wood in this case) and wonder; "How the heck did that warp like that?" Working with pallet wood can be a twisted mess of metal, warp and work. These things lead to a lot of distress trying to make them work for a project, leading you to want to pull your hair straight out.
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