Quick mid-week pick-me-up!

Hi, my name is Dorese, and I have a problem:

I LOVE holiday decor. 

Doesn't matter if I do anything to celebrate the holiday or not, I just love to change it out. 

The wide world of blogging has only enabled this behavior.

One teensy tiny problem, of course, is the cost.  I love me some crafty crafts for decor, but I also don't have a lot of time to dedicate to my boxes neatly organized folders of "someday" crafts. 

So I buy stuff.  And change it or update it to make it my own.

Case in point: Scentsy warmers.  You've heard of Scentsy, right?  Yeah, me too.  It's another problem I have.  I bought a new warmer for Christmas last year, just 'cus they're so FUN and they totally contribute to the HOLIDAY DECOR!  But then I had to have one in the now-empty space I had plopped my winter one.

And they cost around $30 a piece.

Needless to say, I wasn't down with that.  So I started devising a plan that did not involve buying the super cute Valentine's Day warmer that had just come out.  But I had to hurry before I caved.  Did I mention it was super cute?

Instead, I bought a plain white one.  Yep, boring old white.  

And a few yards of different ribbons.

Here's my creation for Easter:

For Valentine's Day, I tied a fat black ribbon around and then layered a skinnier red ribbon on top of it.  It looked classy.  I think I'll switch to pink and brown for next year though.

I picked this green woven "ribbon" out in February, with a grand scheme in my head.  And you know what?  It worked!  I tied this puppy on there at the beginning of March, and am just barely getting around to changing it out for the summer Americana decor.

Choosing a springy green ribbon meant I could use it for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and general Springtime all in one shot.  

Ahh... the sound of sweet nothings in this lazy decorator's ear.

Here's another shot.  {{I know these pictures are terrible.}}  I took them at night while I was waiting for some glue to dry and had a happy trigger finger.

Enjoy!