I try to decorate this little ledge (which I call my mantle, hehe) every month. For May, I chose a simple Mother’s Day theme. I’m currently obsessing over turquoise (my favorite color of all-time, ever since I can remember) mixed with red. I am usually not a big fan of red (typically just in clothing), but I am loving the pop of color that is has given my living room!

I had a lot of fun making this wreath and a bouquet of fabric flowers, with the help of my 5 year old. We used a new product, from Coats and Clark, called Phoomph.

It is similar to a sticker. Both sides are adhesive, and created to apply fabric onto it. it provides a quick and easy way to anyone to play with fabric. This is a great product for those who don’t know how to sew, or don’t like to sew, but still love and want to incorporate beautiful fabrics into their decor. (We used a mini charm pack from Moda’s Vintage Modern collection, designed by Bonnie and Camille).

*My daughter’s little helping hands 🙂

I made some circles and cut them in half, then put them together to create little whimsical flowers. I glued everything together with hot glue onto a skewer.

On some of the skewers, I decided to wrap them in washi tape.

For others, I actually glued them so some cute paper straws.

Then, without glue, I positioned it onto a twiggy wreath.

This project is featured over on the Coats and Clark blog, Sewing Secrets. You can check out the entire post, with more details, here!

You can download this printable for Mother’s Day:

Prayer quote 

 

and one from last year…
“Best Mom Ever”

And now its time for a giveaway!

I was recently sent these earrings from Blue Nile, plus another pair to give away to a deserving blog reader. You can read more about the earrings here.

I love them so much. They are sterling silver, and are so very delicate and light.

I just celebrated my birthday, and I wore these out to dinner with my girlfriends. The rest of my outfit comes from…

Earrings: Blue Nile // Jacket: Lauren Conrad at Kohls // Shirt: Lauren Conrad at Kohls // Pants: High Rise Rockstar Skinnies from Old Navy // Shoes: Herbergers
Linking up at The Pleated Poppy, What I Wore

I was honestly shocked when I showed these to my husband and asked him if he had ever heard of this brand. “Of course! They sell really nice jewelry.” He surprised me on that! lol. It’s been a while since I’ve had a new pair of really nice jewelry. I am so excited about these earrings, they are so pretty!