Curious Country Creations Crafty Life

I love the beach.  I love digging my toes into the sand, splashing in the waves, hunting seashells with my kids, chasing seagulls…  I love the sound of the ocean and could listen to waves crashing for hours.  Reality check: I live in land locked Utah.  *sigh*  To make up for lack of proximity to my favorite vacation destination I have been adding some beach-themed decor to my house so I can enjoy it every day.  A girl can dream, right?

I am still working on the paint job in our main floor half bath, so I’ll have to reveal the whole makeover soon, but here is the first element.

I took a simple square glass vase, wrapped some sheer fabric around it and secured it with hot glue.  Then I wrapped twine around it, using a dab of hot glue on the backside of the vase after every wrap to hold it in place, and tied a simple knot to finish it off.

I found these branches and they reminded me so much of the twigs and grasses that grow in the salty ocean air… no wonder, because they are called Salt Cedar!  A couple of bunches (5 to be exact) of those placed in the vase=perfect!

Can’t wait to show you the whole bathroom makeover!

Three months ago the associate producer of Extreme Makeover Home Edition contacted us and asked if we would like to be involved in decorating a home for a family in need in Kentucky.  We were thrilled and excited to donate to this cause so we had to quickly shipped (They build the houses in 7 days so it doesn’t give much time) some birch branches, pine cones, curly willow, Bayou Grass, Glittered Birch Branches, Raffia, Acorns to help decorate the Lampe family home.

They built the home and decorated it back in October but it wasn’t until last Sunday that we got to see the results.  The Lampe family was truly in need and we are so happy for them.  It makes us happy to help out a family that has given so much to others.

You can find most of our products on the show as you watch them look at their house.  Our Birch Branches were used to create nests around the girls beds.  The other branches are scattered around the home to decorate corners and walls.  The acorns and pine cones are in the boys rooms on the walls.

We hope to get pictures of our products in the house so stay tuned and good luck and we wish you well Lampe family with your new home.

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We hope this will be a resource for those of you on our newsletter and everyone else too for finding crafting and decorating ideas.  It will also be a place for news and entertainment as well as finding out about new products and events that Curious Country Creations is putting on.

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