Month: November 2008

May Your Thanksgiving Be Blessed

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Thanksgiving

Never forget…

Thankfulness is something that we must “cultivate” in our hearts & homes, because we can only reap what we have actually sown! I don’t know about you, but I want to have an attitude of Thankfulness in my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and those that will come long after I’m gone. It’s never to late to start… and today is the perfect time 🙂

May your table be…

– filled with the wonderful bounty of the harvest
– overflowing with thoughts of thankfulness
– and encircled with many friends & family!

“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

May your harvest table be filled with family & friends making memories that will last forever!

To all of my friends… Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Homemade Christmas Ornaments – Yummy Prim Gumdrops

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Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Here is a great little project from Ewenique Treasures

I love how she made these yummy little prim ornaments using only a few supplies… that you may already have around the house!

Here’s how she made these beautiful little gumdrop Christmas ornaments:

  • To give the gumdrop shape, cut the bottoms off of a 2 1/2 inch Styrofoam ball
  • Using her fingers, she molded them into more of a gumdrop shape
  • Inserted a bit of rusty wire in each top with a drop of glue
  • Paint with different yummy gumdrop colors
  • While the paint is still wet, roll in clear glitter



    • We’re Giving Away a $100 Shopping Spree – Do You Want It?

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    MicasaStyle-LogoOver the next 6 weeks, we will be hosting a contest sponsored by Micasastyle.com, in which we will give away a gift certificate for a $100 shopping spree from your choice of these stores:


  • Pottery Barn
  • Target
  • Crate & Barrel
  • JC Penney
  • Sears
  • Home Depot



    • We love your style & want you to share it with the world! We want to see pictures of your home dressed up for Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. Then, the best themed room will then be chosen & awarded the $100 gift certificate.

    The contest is only for “A Storybook Life” readers – and friends of the blog who would like to help promote it. And…the more pictures & rooms posted, the more creative style for us all to enjoy!

    All you have to do is –

    #1 – Go to www.micasastyle.com and click “Add a Space”
    (They have a tagging feature so remember to tag a few things in your room!)

    #2 – Add the pictures of your room (Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas)

    #3 – Come back to this post & leave a comment with the url (web address) or name of your room and username – this is how we will know you are participating in the contest.

    For example: My country cottage living room was featured recently. The room name that I gave it was: French Country Cottage Living Room, and my user name is aStorybookLife

    #4 – You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is a different space. Just follow steps 1-3 for each one.

    #5 – The pictures don’t have to be new – they can be ones that you’ve already taken (as was mine). So think of last year’s fall or Christmas for example.

    On December 17th we will name the winner, so try to have your pictures in by the 16th.

    Please tell your friends & family about the event, so they will have a chance to win, and so that we can enjoy their decorating talents 🙂

    ** Remember… the only people who are participating in this contest are the ones who post a comment here, not all of the other rooms already posted at MicasaStyle.com. You have a great chance to win, and it only takes a few minutes to share a few pictures… so why not get started now!

    … do I hear more decorating $$ coming your way 😉

    Painted Pumpkin Ideas – Pictures of What Readers Have Done

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    Now that Halloween is over, should we still consider pumpkins as a part of our decor? Absolutely! All the bits of harvest that I mentioned in the last post Decorating Pumpkins Without Carving – Making Beautiful Harvest Displays, are the exact ones that I use throughout November for my thanksgiving/harvest decor!

    As a matter of fact, I had such a great response to the painted pumpkin ideas article, that I wanted to share some of those responses with you.

    A group of ladies (from a church in Elkton, MD) had a special gathering. As a part of the evening’s events, they wanted to prepare a decoration for their home. They used the ideas from the painted pumpkin article, and turned each of their pumpkins into little pieces of art.

    I love their creative ideas!

    Way to go ladies!