Pottery Barn Wannabe - DIY Glitter Hanging Bats

I am a Pottery Barn junkie!  I get excited when the new catalogue comes in the mail every. . .single. . .time!  I, unfortunately, am not a millionaire, or even a thousandaire for that matter, and do more Pottery Barn shopping in my mind than in real life!  With all that being said, a few of weeks ago I came across this adorable display on the Pottery Barn Kids website.  Now, even though Fall is my FAVORITE time of the year, I am more of a harvesty. . .burlapy. . .gordy kind of decorator as oopposed to a Halloween kind of gal!  Diva, I know! 

But. . .when I saw these I just HAD to have them to work into my decor!  When I saw the $9.00 price tag though, I decided that I could probably make my own!!  Imitation is the best type of flattery right? 

So, I set out to make some fake Pottery Barn Bats!

From Hobby Lobby I purchased the following supplies:

          * Glittered black sheets of felt (1 sheet made 3 bats)
          * Glittered white sheets of felt (1/2 sheet made 4 stars)
          * Roll of 10 g Cotton Perle embroidery floss
          * Small bottle of Sobo Premium Craft and Fabric Glue

From the Internet:

          * I enlarged the above photo until I had the bats the size that I wanted them.  I then printed out  the picture and cut out the bats to use as my templates.

From my own pool of resources:

         * I have a die cut machine at the school I work at so I found the perfect size star, cut it out on a piece of scrap paper, and used it as a template.

I'm thinking that telling you how to assemble the bats would be a waste of my time since I am confident that you are all smart people!!!  In a nutshell I. . .cut out the bats and the stars. . .cut my string to length and glued everything together.  I then stuck them under a few really heavy books until the glue dried! I did make my bats double sided so they look the same from both sides as they twirl around. . .and it made them really sturdy. . .and it was an excellent way to hide the string!  Three bats. . .one stone!  Bam!

What do you think?  Pretty close right?  My cost?  About $3.00!  And, I still have enough supplies to make 3 more bats! 

Next up to create. . .Pottery Barn Garden Wine Bottle Basket !

I'll keep you posted!

Is it wrong to get excited about this?

I got almost giddy last night when I came home from work and the new Pottery Barn Catalog was sitting with the pile of mail on the kitchen counter!  I like to secretly think that I'm some kind of fashionable decorator and this is the new photo book for the Spring / Summer season!  Then, I like to think that I'm a millionaire, and can afford anything and everything that I want!  THEN, I pop back down to reality and start planning my next trip to the Pottery Barn Outlet where I MIGHT be able to afford a few items so that I'm able to say that I shop at, and decorate with Pottery Barn items!  You only wish you were as cool as me right?  I know!  I know!!  Don't hate!!

Off to cozy up with my dreams of one day owning everything in this magazine, or trying to re-create it on a budget!

Ragamuffin Wreath

I saw the cutest ragamuffin garland hanging in the window of a picture on a dear, sweet, fellow blogger's site recently. . .Beyond our Wildest Dreams.

I contacted Jenny today and she told me she mad it herself and found the directions here.  Boy oh boy. . .I just love The Nester and all of her great ideas.  I wasn't suprised at all when Jenny directed me to her site.

Anyway, I grabbed my Veteran's Day coupon and headed to our local fabric store.  I was so excited to find a bag full of fabric remnants for under $10.

After the boys went to bed this evening, I put my fingers to work!  I just love how the wreath turned out!  I still have a pile of strips left!  Tomorrow I'm going to work on the matching garland!

It snowed earlier so I made snowmen!

Every word I say is true!

1. It did snow here today and,

2. I did make snowmen. . .15 of them to be exact. . . just not out of snow. . .



My mom is a "Basket Case"! Just Kidding, she is a rep. for the Longaberger Basket Company and she is having a holiday open house at her home tomorrow afternoon. I thought it would be adorable to spice up the party with these super cute snowmen coffee stirrers! They are totally easy and fun to make:
Cut a slice off the top of one large marshmallow and squish to make smaller. Place on top of another marshmallow; add a Junior Mint hat. The eyes are chocolate sprinkles and nose a slice of orange gummy fish. I purchased coffee stirrers and fit a round toothpick in the top of the stirrer and stabbed it through the center of everything to hold it all together. Poke holes with a wet toothpick before applying the face. Easy as pie!
About the snow. . .none of it stuck, but it was cool to see the first snow of the season.
I've been wanting to give something away lately. . .I'm thinking that I will give away an Amy Honestly bracelet and earrings, and keychain as soon as my followers hit 10. . .it's at 5 now. So, if you lurk. . .join my followers and you may have the chance to win something nice for yourself for the Holiday season! All of my followers will be entered to win. . .so watch for it to hit 10! I'll keep you updated on the giveaway!
I'm struggling with a headache and I still have to make some pumpkin spice cookies for tomorrow so I think I will bid you adieu for the night!
I can't wait to tell you what I found at Goodwill this afternoon you're not going to believe it. . .tune in tomorrow for the big reveal!
I think it's hilarious that I call my Mom a "basket case" and she likes it!