Freshen Your Home with New Glade® Expressions™

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Triad Retail Media for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Having an older home that is completely lived in, the house can't help but get a little stuffy, especially in winter time, so around this time of year I always look forward to a little spring cleaning. One way we always freshen up our home is with a few air freshener products.

Some products I'm considering are the new Glade® Expressions™ fragrance mist and oil diffusers.

Glade® Expressions™ fragrance mists breathe new life into your home in just a squeeze, with their long lasting, fresh scent.  And their holders are stylish and sleek to blend in with your decor. Once your fragrance is empty, simply purchase a refill bottle and replace. It's very easy and convenient!

There's also a line of new Glade® Expressions™ oil diffuser. I find oil diffusers to be great in small rooms like bathrooms but would also recommend them for your living room and other areas of the house. 

Glade® Expressions™ oil diffusers are designed to fit any decor. They last up to 30 days and do not require electricity, which is great if you're tired of air fresheners taking up your plugins.  And best of all, they have a no-spill design, so their safe to have around kids and pets.

The new Glade® Expressions™ come in the following scents:

• Pineapple & Mangosteen
• Cotton & Italian Mandarin (only available in Fragrance Mist form)
• Fuji Apple & Cardamom
• Spice Lavender & Juniper Berry

Don't these sound lovely?  I think I would like to try the Pineapple & Mangosteen scent first.  I always like something that smells a little tropical.  Which scent would you like to try?

Save $1.50 on this product at Wal-Mart. Go to new Glade® Expressions™ to get your printable coupon.

And Glade® is so sure you'll love the product that they are even offering you a satisfaction guarantee. Simply fill out this form and mail the original UPC and purchase receipt within 30 days if you are unsatisfied.

I'm really excited to go and check out these new Glade® Expressions™ products, and I hope you are too!

  Already tried them out? Leave a comment telling us what you think.

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Dreaming of a New Living Room

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Each year I put a few small items on the list like books and cds, and then I put a few big items, which I may or may not be able to get.  This year one thing my husband and I would both like to have is new living room furniture.

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Inspired Bedrooms

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Following the theme from the past couple of weeks, today I've got some inspired bedroom decor to share with you. I found all these on the absolutely fabulous site Pinterest, which is now my go-to site for blogging and other creative inspiration!  

The first picture (above) is actually from anEtsy shop called Atilla Design. I actually found it several weeks ago on Pinterest and was just looking for an excuse to share it, so here it is! lol. Hope you enjoy all my selections!

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Beautiful Bedding and Accessories

With the summer time coming to an end and the fall season rapidly approaching, it's the perfect time to do a little redecorating.  As some of you know, I recently did a little makeover in our bedroom, adding a new bedspread and curtains.  It's amazing how much difference the simplest change like this can make.

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New Bedroom Curtains and Curtain Tips

I recently shared our little bedroom makeover. Part of the makeover included these curtains, but these aren't just  ordinary curtains. These are blackout curtains, and at just $10 each at Wal-mart, my husband is now calling them, "one of the best purchases I've ever made!"

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Bedroom Shopping

I recently shared my own little bedroom makeover.  And today I'm sharing a great a place where you can shop for your own bedroom makeover.  It's so fun shopping for furniture online; there's such a vast selection of products and ideas to jump start your makeover!

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Bathroom Improvements

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Bedroom Makeover

I recently did a slight revamp in our bedroom....nothing fancy, just a new bedspread and curtains.  I love the bedspread that we had, but we've been using for a while, and I thought the room could use a splash of color.

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Big Spring Flower Wreath

I love the colors of spring!  This spring I'm welcoming people in to my home with the colors of this wreath on my front door! Isn't it pretty?  

And before I go further, you're right the door in the picture actually isn't the front door. Actually I put it up this up in the living room last month, but I moved it to the front door a couple of weeks ago for the Easter and Mother's Day holidays.  But I think, this time next month, I'm going to put it back up in the living room, as it goes with some other rose themed decor that I have.

There's no tutorial today because I didn't make this, although I wish I had!

But I do have a tip!  They have a lot of wreaths at Walmart that are similar to this.  You can find them in the craft section with the flowers  They start as low as $20 (perhaps even cheaper for something smaller), and then they go up in price from there.  That's just about the best price you can find for something new. And for a wreath of this size and fullness, you can't really beat it!

Even if you made your own, you'd spend about that much in materials for a wreath of this size  The only catch is that the back of it is a plastic frame as opposed to a metal frame, but you can't see the frame anyway, so it's pefectly good to me!

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Spotlight on 1001 Sundials

Spring time is the time to get your yard and garden in order.  My husband's never been real big on what kind of flowers we have in our yard, but  hedoes like yard decorations like stone statues and garden sundials.  And I have to admit, since being around my husband, I've developed a love for these sort of things as well.

1001Sundials.com was founded with a simple goal - to provide their customers the largest selection of sundials and armillaries at the best possible prices.

And they have a fabulous collection!  For this post, I thought it would be fun to share some photos of sundials that I and/or my husband would love for our yard.  We both love things that have an old, antique, or classic look, and we also love things that are whimsical or fantasy/mythologically themed, so there were a lot of things at 1001 Sundials that appealed to us, including the Armillary Sundial pictured above.  Here are some others:

Brass Butterfly Sundial

Brass Angel Sundial

Bronze Moon & Star Sundial

Cast Resin Time Passes Sundial

Visit 1001 Sundials for these and other Sundials and Armillaries.

Disclosure: This is a paid post written by me for 1001Sundials.com.  The opinions are my own.

Red Vignette and Valentine Garland

Today I'm sharing this cute display from my kitchen.  I'm in the process of doing a quasi-makeover in my kitchen.  For a while I've felt like my kitchen was having an identity crisis, and I decided that I'm going to make the predominate color in the room be red.

After Christmas I was taking down my decor, and trying to decide what to do with the top of this cabinet.  It's very tall, and you can't really see what's on top of it very well, so it doesn't need anything too showy, if you know what I mean. But it needed something.  Anyway, as I was putting my Christmas decorations away, I decided to place these red & white candles on top of this cabinet, and the vignette grew from there!

The above picture is how I had planned for it to look for most of the year. The candles are actually Christmas candles, but from the ground you can't really tell.  Then I made the arrangement in the middle using some berry garland that I had.  And the cups were already on top of the cabinet.  I just filled them with red paper shreds so they would match.  And then I added the shiny red garland.  It's actually Valentine garland, but again, from the ground you can't really tell. 

And now for the finishing touch to make this vignette perfect for Valentine's Day!  This adorable Valentine Heart garland was actually made by the super talented Liz of Hoosier Homemade.  Last year around this time, she had an assortment of giveaways. This garland was one of the prizes, and I was the lucky winner! 

Isn't it the cutest! And you know how I said that you can't see the top of the cabinet very well anyway, so it doesn't really need too much stuff.  Well, now with all the red, it's actually quite eye catching! Who knew!

So what do you think?

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Berry Heart Wreath

With Valentine's Day only a month away, (Wow, this month is going fast!) I thought it would great to share this really cute wreath I have on my door.  No, sadly, I didn't make this.  I actually ordered it a few years back.  I was shopping around and I found a few things similar to it at Shop Wiki if you'd like to take a look.

Anyway, when we moved I packed it up, and I just got it out of our outbuilding this past fall.  So this is our first time to use it.  I really love using bright colors like red in the winter time, even after Christmas.  It really brightens things up and adds a lot of warmth.

What do you guys think?

Looking the wreath over, I see that it actually wouldn't be hard to make one like this either.  You could easily purchase a round twig wreath at Hobby Lobby.  Then purchase a piece of berry garland, and then weave it through the wreath.  Then add just a little hot glue to hold the garland in place and fluff it out as desired.

I attempted to take some pictures of how the pieces of garland are woven through the wreath.  I'm not really sure how good you can see it though.

I also bought a piece of garland to match this wreath, and last week I actually used it on a few projects which I'm really excited to share with you in the coming weeks. So stay tuned!

I'm linking up to these fun craft and decor parties!

SSH's Best in 2010: Projects

At the end of each year I like to revisit my posts from the year and highlight some of my favorites. I've never been a really crafty person, but this year I began trying my hand at Mod Podge and some other craft projects. Today we take a look at some of the things that I made throughout the year.

Kitty Cat Treat Canister

Easy Scarf Project

Book Page Initial Wreath

Flower Arrangment w/ Vase Revamp

Easy Initial Art

Christmas Wreath

Hot Chocolate Sets

Spring Wreath

Christmas Wall Art

Valentine Gift Baskets

Next week I'll be sharing Best in 2010: Food, so please come back and check it out!

I'm linking up this week to these linky parties.

Book Page Initial Wreath

Looking for a personalized Christmas gift?  Or something personalized for your own home?  How about a fun book page intial wreath!

I've absolutely loved looking at all the book page projects out in the blogosphere.  While my husband was out of town a few weeks ago, I finally got around to making one of my own.  For this design I was inspired specifically over the summer by someone who created a wreath using an embroidery hoop, except theirs had a fleur de lis in the center.  (If this was you, please comment or email me so that I can include a link to your project!)

Anyway, this was mostly made out of materials I had on hand at home. And it turned out so great that I'm planning a trip to craft store so I can make some more! My husband wants me to make one for his mother for Christmas, and I'm also planning to make something similar for my dad. He's in the process of moving, and I think it would make a great Christmas and housewarming gift. And while I'm at at it, I'll make one for my mom as well.

And I've also added the wreath to my shop and will take custom orders for anyone who'd like one for their home. For more information on this, including size, features, and pricing, just visit my shop.

For those of you who love to craft yourself, I'll also be posting a tutorial for this very shortly. I'll try to post it in the next few weeks when I have more time. It's not a very difficult project to undertake. It was just kind of long and drawn out, and involved a lot of steps.  Till then, I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek!

I'm linking up at these fun craft and decor parties.