I love decorating for the holiday’s.  Once Thanksgiving is over, I get all the bins out of storage and start my process of decorating. This year the trees were already assembled with their Fall Leaves. It made for a much less stressful time. If you are wondering what I mean by Fall Trees, and you missed by post on Fall Trees, you can read, “Tips on How to Create a Less Stressful Holiday Season and a DIY on Fall Trees.”

Front Door Decorations!

Last year was the first year the boys and I got a real Christmas Tree. It was a nightmare!!! I prefer faux, what do you like? You can read my post from last year, “Real or Faux Christmas Trees and the Three Reasons I prefer Faux.”

Holiday Door Decorations!

Do you love decorating? Oh good, me too! If you find it over whelming or a bit challenging don’t worry. Grab a cup of coffee and keep reading as I plan to go over the “5 Things Needed to Decorate the Front Door for the Holidays!” 

When I start the process of decorating I like to start with the front door. Sometimes, I choose a theme, sometimes I choose a color. For this year, I started with my handmade “Believe” sign and decided to decorate around it.

Christmas is my all time favorite time of year.  I wanted to stick with neutrals and whites and I added a little pop of color with the door mat and my Santa Boot scrapper.

I wanted the front door to be a warm and neutral transition welcoming you into the house. My Christmas Trees are full of handmade garland and ornaments! Stay tuned for DIY’s next week.

Five Things Needed to Decorate the Front Door for the Holidays!”

There are five things needed to decorate the front door for the holiday season.

1. Door Mat – I bought mine at Walmart and it was under $10. Kohl’s also carries a variety. There is a truck one here or one that says Merry Christmas here or a snowflake one here.
2. Wreath – I bought a green wreath from Kohl’s. There are some cute ones like this star one here and pinecone one here and this boxwood one here.
3. Wreath Hanger – putting holes in the door is just not necessary when you can use a door hanger. I like mine because it includes bells. Kohl’s has a huge selection, you might like this bell one here or this snowflake one here or this silver one here.
4. Wood Sign – I made mine and the DIY is coming on Thursday. Here are some that you can purchase. If you are not a diy-er, you might like this one here or here.
5. One final item. Odd numbers are better than even numbers in decorating. For the final item, i’d suggest a Plant or a small Statue. This time of year Pointsetta’s are ideal. I like faux since they are poisonous and I have pups. You might like this one here or you could choose this one. Instead of a plant, I chose to use my Santa boot scraper. You might like this one here or here.

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I hope my Front Door inspires you to go out and set up your Front Door.

I also wanted to let you know that the December Tablescape Blog Hop started yesterday and runs December 2nd through December 6th, 2019. I’ll be showing off my table on Thursday, but in the meantime check out my Sweet Friends tables. The schedule is below.

Monday

A casa di Bianca | The Little Yellow Corner Store | Corner of Plaid and Paisley  | Celebrate & Decorate

Tuesday

Katherine’s Corner | Panoply | Everyday Living | Home is Where Boat Is
Living With Thanksgiving

Wednesday

The Painted Apron | Calypso in the Country | Life and Linda | White Arrows Home

Thursday

Intelligent Domestications | Zucchini Sisters  | Create with Cynthia | Our Crafty Mom | Knock it Off Kim

Friday

Red Cottage Chronicles | Debbee’s Buzz | Bluesky at Home | Sweet Sensations  |   My Thrift Store Addiction

Now go out there and create something.

Cynthia

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Thank you to Rustoleum for sponsoring my post today and last week.

This post was sponsored by Rustoleum. All opinions are my own. Please see my Disclosure page here. 

Faux Pumpkin Makeover

As you may remember, the project was:

Faux Pumpkins + my favorite Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray = Cute and Amazing Pumpkin’s!

Now it’s time to add a little extraordinary to these Cute and Amazing Pumpkins.

Iron Orchid Designs

Hello, Iron Orchid Designs!!!

Y’all know how much I am addicted to Iron Orchid Designs. I absolutely love using the Decor Transfers on my Furniture Makeovers and the Moulds on my Home Decor Projects and now I’m going to show you how you can use their stamps.

If you wanna get caught up on my other IOD projects you can read about those here and here or you can watch my videos on them here and here.

Note aside: Sharing is Caring! If you’re on my You Tube channel, please do share my videos with your friends.

For this project you will need:

• Faux Pumpkins – if you don’t have any on hand, check out the Dollar Store.
• Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray, Satin Aqua.
• Iron Orchid Design Decor Stamp in Rose Toile
• Iron Orchid Design Ink in White
• Iron Orchid Design Stamp Pad
• Debi’s Design Diary DIY Paint in Layered Chocolate
• Paint Brush

Here’s the quick and easy diy with photos included!

• Add ink to pad. I prefer to purchase a stamp pad for each color I’m using. A few drops of ink is all you need.
• Apply pad to stamp. Test stamp on paper first to ensure you have not applied to much ink to the stamp.
• Stamp pumpkins. Once you have placed the inked stamp on surface, hold with one hand and tickle stamp with the other hand. Do not shift.
• Paint stems with Brown Paint using Paint Brush.

All of the products can be purchased online at CreateWithCynthiaShop.com or at my “New” Antique Mall location in Redwood City, Antiques Then & Now, 1281 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, California. If you missed the announcement last week you can read about it here.

I hope you enjoyed the DIY. Now go out there and create something.

Cynthia

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I thought it would be fun to do a little Faux Pumpkin Makeover!

Blue Pumpkins!

Today I’m going to show you how you can take some ordinary Faux Pumpkins and make them extraordinary!

note aside: the orange pumpkins against the white hydrangeas are really lovely…..but I’ve got Pumpkin Fever and me and orange aren’t getting along lately!

You probably didn’t know that my favorite color is blue.

Not just any blue, I prefer the light turquoise blue.

Yes, the color that is on my logo.

Faux Pumpkin Decorating Ideas!

And yes, I decided to paint some Pumpkins blue.

And that my Sweet Friends, is what you call Pumpkin Fever!

This post was sponsored by Rustoleum. All opinions are my own. Please see my Disclosure page here. 

And boy did I get lucky when Rustoleum wanted to partner with me on a project. Immediately I knew the color I wanted to pick…Satin Aqua.

Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch is a 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray. The Satin Aqua, in my opinion, is a cross between a baby blue and a turquoise.

For these Faux Pumpkins and Gourds, I sprayed two coats of Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch onto the Pumpkins and Gourds. I was able to get great coverage with two coats. Be sure to read the directions on the can before starting.

The pumpkins came out so pretty that I decided to admire them for a few days until…

Come back next week and I’ll show you what happened next.

Thanks Rustoleum for inspiring me to create Blue Pumpkins.

Make it a great day.

Cynthia

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