Valentine's Day DIY Centerpiece

Valentine's Day is one of my all time favorite holidays! Maybe it is because it is the only holiday (besides my birthday) where everything can be shades of pink! Light pink, hot pink, magenta, fuchsia! Pink! Pink! Pink! Or maybe it is because of  truffles, heart shaped cookies, chocolate covered cherries.... yum! Or maybe it is because of the romance, love poems, and -- oh who am I kidding -- it's the pink and the chocolates!

Anyway, I decided to get a jump start with my Valentine's Day decorations because I totally sucked at life with my Christmas decor. (The tree went up on the 12th and we left on the 22nd for Hubby's parents house... and I equally sucked at life with taking down the tree... is January 10th inappropriate?) 

I decided to create a centerpiece for my entryway table using a very inexpensive filler - Conversations Hearts! :)

I used a giant glass vase and placed an old tin candle at the bottom of it and placed the candle I'm planning on burning on top of that. I did so I didn't have to buy as many bags of candy. 

 I bought three 8 ounce bags of Conversation Hearts and filled up the vase! It turned out so cute and adds a festive note to my apartment! Okay okay -- I did eat a few hearts in the process! Call me! Luv me! U R Cute!

 Anyone else decorating for Valentine's Day? I'd love to hear from ya! 

XOXO
Meg

DIY Fall Decor -- Candy Corn Center Piece

Fall is such a fun time of year! It is cool enough for spiced apple cider, jeans, and scarfs and yet not cold enough to warrant coats, jackets, and ski masks! 

The past few days it has finally felt like autumn (Caveat . . . Fall in San Antonio still allows me to wear light weight slacks and a short sleeve blouse to the office, but the air is crisp and I'm not sweating my eyeballs out when I leave the comfort of an air conditioned building.)

I decided to take advantage of the changing seasons by adding some fall decor to my and Hubby's little apartment. We have a table in our entryway that I like to use for seasonal decorations. 

I gathered some easy to find and inexpensive items and let my creative juices flow!

Supplies:

Pillar Candle

Glass Candle Holder

Large Glass Vase/Huricane

20 ounce bag of candy corn 

Mini pumpkins

Various glass vases and candle holders to display pumpkins

How cute are those little metallic pumpkins! I found them at Target in the dollar bin! Also while I was at Target, I picked up a pumpkin spice pillar candle! It smells so good!

I placed the pillar candle into the glass cylinder candle holder and placed inside the large vase/hurricane. 

Then I poured the entire bag of candy corn into the large vase, so it filled the space between the candle holder and the large vase. 

Lastly, place the centerpiece where you plan on displaying it and add the mini pumpkins. I placed the pumpkins on upside down candle holders and vases to vary the height. 

Happy Fall Y'all!

Meg