Transforming candles

The fastest and most dramatic way to transform a candle you're tired of is to simply wrap it in pretty paper! Gift wrap paper and scrapbook paper are great sources to look into for lots of different patterns. But whatever you decide to use, just don't light the candles. These candles are just fo' show!

Before: plain Ikea candles. Looking kinda boring...


After gift wrapping: Oh la la! So wintery and pretty...

...Perfect for glamming up my puffy fleece Christmas tree forest!

That's it for now and thanks for stopping by.

-Trinh

Whimsical Puffy Christmas Trees

So for Christmas this year, I've amassed a small forest of whimsical plush white trees to surround my table top Christmas tree (4ft. potted lit tree from Target) on my bedroom dresser. I just love the juxtaposition of the cute puffy white trees with the elegant candles. I added some yarn pom poms for texture and red and silver ornaments to tie these little trees to my larger green one.

Read on if you wanna know how to make one too!

Decoupaged wall art

On a window shopping spree at West Elm, I fell in love with David Stark's line of holiday decorations. I really dig the look of decoupaged newspapers since it's simple and green but adds a lot of interest to objects.

Inspired, I decided to updated this old metal art I had purchased from Marshalls a year ago into something more suitable for my current taste.

Before:



After:

Close up



Read on to find out how I did this super simple makeover!