My daughters have decided I should make a post for the teenagers or even college students in dorms who wish to decorate for the holidays.. I guess each holiday I shall give a few ideas for a single room with the help of them.. For Mother's Day the idea is real simple even know most teenagers or colleage students could care less about decorating for their mom.. Its worth ashot..

• Find one spot that everyone can see as soon as you walk in..The floor does not not count (lol)


• Place a photo of your mom, grandma , or an important person in your life that reminds you of a mom in this place.. Use a simple dollar store frame.. If there is more than one person use more than one framed picture..


• Place a silk flower or even a real one nest to the photos.


• use a dry erase marker to write Happy Mother's Day on the glass. It will wipe off with a paper towel when mothers day is over..

See even a simple room decoration does count and means alot without spending alot of money..

Here is a picture of one of the neatest mother's day ideas...
You can buy plates, mugs or even candle holders that your kids can put permanent art work on. They can be found at craft stores or even some department stores. They aren't very expensive. I found them for 6.99 each..
Just follow the directions and they are so very simple.. Display them around the house or hang them with other plates like I did. The kids love to do them and there really isn't a mess.
Wouldn't be fun to make them every year and have a whole collection of art work from your children...

Mothers Day in the Kitchen

• For the kitchen curtains - use antique aprons, hankerchiefs, or old lace tabletoppers. Tie them to the rods with pretty ribbons or even use silk flowers and twist the the wire stems around the rods to attach the material.


• You can use lace for the table or old hankerchiefs under each setting for a fun idea. Use old place settings from your grandma or moms china. Add a few old salt and pepper shakers in shapes like houses or flowers or any thing that makes you think Mothers day.. Add a pretty vase of your favorite flowers and even some small frames of your children or mother, or even grandma

I hope this will give you a few ideas to get you started decorating for Mother's Day. I know to most people it is odd to decorate for Mothers Day but I think moms work hard all year and we deserve a special day too.. Besides that Iam always looking for an excuse to change my house around..

Now is a horrible but wonderful time....
It is time to go thru the entire house and put away everything birthday. Clean up whatever mess there may be and start again....
Now for the wonderful part- Mother's day decorations...

Some ideas

• Anything that says mom, mother , grandmother, etc.
• Anything your children have made for you
• pictures or items of your mothers.
• For right now just put away birthday and tommarrow I will begin the fun ideas for Mother's Day...

Some History

• After the rise of Christainity, Only the wealthy celebrated Birthdays. It was believed that they were the only ones important enough to celebrate their birth...
• Birthday cakes date back to the middle ages, the English would hide symbolic items inside. Agold coin meant you would become wealthy, and a thimble meant you would never marry..
• The song "Happy Birthday" was originally named " A Good Morning To All" composed by 2 sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill in Louisville, Kentucky in 1893
  
  

I think tonight Iam gonna give some ideas to decorate the room of the person whom the birthday belongs to..

• Hang a wreath or sign on the door to their room, stating Hey Its My Birthday.... Just a birthday sign or wreath will make them feel extra special for the day or week..
• Make a throw pillow case or two for their bed. It will make the room look well decorated.
• My favorite thing to do on the night before their birthday is blow up as many balloons as they are old (this may take a while- lol) and throw them in on the floor so in the morning when they wake there are balloons everywhere...

These ideas will make the birthday person feel really special because you put the time into it and thought of them.. Trust me even if they act like they don't enjoy it, they will.. Everyone claims to hate surprises....

I think now would be a good time to talk about the first thing people see when they walk up to your house, the front door and porch.

• Go to the craft store and buy a wooden plaque. Paint it whatever color you like ( bright colors look like birthdays). Drill holes in it. Hang it with curling ribbon in colors to match. Use a Paint pen in a bright color to write Happy Birthday. Its cheap and hand made, how can it be better...
• For another idea try buying a grapevine wreath an add lots of party favors or small boxes wrapped like gifts. Add lots of bright colored ribbons and even small birthday signs if you can find them.. If you buy a wreath you can change it for most holidays if you don't glue the items down but wire them instead.. Its like multi-tasking..
• On the porch you could stack several large boxes wrapped to match your decor. Add a few on the table or even in flower pots. Take a urn and place a box just big enough to lay flat on top, then start staking them in smaller versions untill it looks nice visually. don't forget to tie a pretty bow on top..

These ideas should help to make the front of your house say Happy Birthday! Hopefully my ideas help you come up with some of your own.. Then your house will really say Happy Birthday from you..

Tonight i am gonna tell a real simple secret, if you find birthday lights, they are usually on white or green wire. To make this disapear go to your craft store and buy a few strands of ivy garland. Tie the lights to the garland with bright colored curling ribbons, and add a few dollar store noise makers. This will hide the wires and make the lights look more expensive. Hang them in the kitchen or livingroom, or even the persons room to whom the birthday belongs to.

This time Iam going to tell a few secrets to make a livingroom, familyroom or even a den look decorated with out much work at all..

• Buy birthday material to match your decor. One yard should cover 2 throw pillows. To make pillow covers, cut the material 2 1/2 times the length of the pillow, 2 inches wider than the widgth. fold the material inside out so that the ends come together and overlap by at least an inch or two. Sew a 1/4" straight stitch along the top and bottom to form an envelope for your pillow. Turn it right side out and iron. Put your pillow inside and now you have a cheap throw pillow, that doesn't take up much space at the end of the holiday, its just a small pillow case to put away...



• For a fancy pillow cut 6 sqaure pieces of material 12", sew 4 sqaures together to form the sides of the box. sew on the top and bottom. Leave a small opening at the top to fill with stuffing. Hand stitch the small opening after filling. Tie a fancy ribbon on it make a present.. Solid colored fabric is best. Use whatever ribbon you like. Think of the possibilites. Red for christmas and birthdays etc..



• If all this seems like way more work than it is worth just tie pretty ribbons on the solid colored throw pillows you already have..

This idea makes any room seem completely decorated for any event. Its so simple to do with very little work. Besides you can be proud that you made it yourself and done it with very little money...

Please don't forget your counters and tables in the kitchen. Unless you have a faux birthday cake you will probably need to decorate your tables untill the day of the birthday...

• Fill your fruit bowl with lots of curling ribbons, and then fill it with fruit for an interesting look.
• Use lots of bright colored single flowers in bud vases. Place them in a single file order, down the center of the table or group them together.
• Add lots of candles in bright colored containers.
• Place a fabric remnent on the table for the table cloth
• Fill bowls or wine glasses with paper noise makers, birthday confetti, or even birthday picks that you find at party stores or dollar stores.

For now the table will be fun untill the cake arrives...Oh how I hate the wait...

Today I finished decorating the kitchen for birthdays. Or least for now because I always end up moving things around in a day or two. I can't help but change my mind... Here are a few ideas to use...

Buffet/china cabinet

• collect plates or dishes with birthday decor on them. Hang them with other plates or just place them on your buffet.


• For a table runner use a fabric remnent. ( you can find remnents at discount stores, fabric stores, craft stores and even sometimes at dollar stores.) You could either sew a 1/4 " hem around all sides, use iron on hem tape, or just iron a hem on material so that you can use it for something else the next time..


• For small decorations check dollar stores for balloon weights. They will have some that look like gifts, or cupcakes, or even birthday hats..


• Add some pretty fresh flowers or potted plants.


• Don't forget lots of candles

You should now have a cabinet or buffet that says Happy Birthday!!!

This will be my first post on a blog site. I am hoping to share the love for holidays that I have. It may even be a madness that I have. Whatever it may be, I'd like to share my ideas for holiday decorating. Every month there is a different holiday to decorate for, some months there are several. Tonight Easter has finished and I have already began putting Easter decorations away, now it is time to move to next holiday. I do believe Birthdays are a holiday, at least in our house. So now the next has began... Tomorrow the kids will say another holiday... Really MOM... They do enjoy it ( they just think I might get carried awayed- maybe just a little) I will try to put lots of inexpensive ideas for every room, a little bit of history for each holiday, and just show my love for all holiday decorating...

Birthdays

• buy large balloons, tie lots of curling ribbon to them and hang them from the ceilings. You could use small tacks or even hooks hung from the ceiling. I used C hooks that I painted the same color as the ceiling.. You really don't notice them when nothing is hanging.
• Look at birthday cards, find the ones that can be framed, If look hard enough you will find some that really do look like art. Frame them in a dollar store frame and place them around the house.
• Find one area, and decorate it well. I use the fireplace mantle. Add lots of framed photos of the Birthday person..