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The Look of Sprinter

Pin It You know that time. The couple of months after all the Christmas decorations come down but it is too early for spring. The season of Sprinter...between winter and spring. I tend to go for the neutral look of pine cones, branches, fake greenery and such. Branches, twigs, and anything 'nature' is a great way to showcase sprinter. Pine cones can be gathered right from your yard or a field. Throw them in a basket for a great natural look. But come early March the birds come out. The bird houses and flowers and anything spring. Cause even though our weather in Michigan may not be spring-like, the days are noticably longer, the birds are singing more and we may even get robin sighting! All signs that spring is not far. Usually, by that time, I am more than ready to get out the spring decor. These are actually Christmas decorations. I remove the red ribbons and ornaments and they become a great look for sprinter. More natural elements with rocks are...

Don't pass it up, seriously.

Pin It I don't know about you but I always have a list of little things that I need to shop for to complete one project or another. Always. The problem is when I get the chance to stop into my favorite consignment shops, or HomeGoods I oftentimes get overwhelmed cause there is so much cool stuff! And my mind. goes. blank. Seriously. This especially happens when I go to big flea markets and places where there is row upon row of great stuff. I just can't focus. Both the mirror and the gold wall decor were random buys because I loved them. Now they hang together and make a great wall grouping! The blue plate I purchased at a consignment shop for 1.50. Couldn't exactly pass that up! So I decided to take a different approach several years ago. I made up my mind if I saw something that I just loved I was gonna buy it. Even if I didn't know what I was gonna do with it. So that's what I've done. Which sometimes means that I have stuff that sits in...