2011 Cruise

We are home a settled back in. It has been a CRAZY 2 weeks.  We went on a 7 day Eastern Caribbean Cruise that left on the 17th and got back on the 24th.  We went to the Bahamas, St Thomas and St Marteen. We have started more projects around the house and will be posting them soon. Here are some pictures from our trip. 

XOXO
JL

DIY Tree Skirt

This year we are trying to save as much as we can money wise.  We were not going to get a tree because we are going on a cruise the 17th - 24th and I didn't want it to die.  Well we found out someone is staying at our house and watching Mowgli so now we can!!!! We went out and bought or tree and realized I didn't have any decorations.  I asked my sister to barrow some ornaments and all that she had were Pink, Lime Green, Purple, and Blue so I had to make it work. Well her red tree skirt was not going to work for me with all those other colors.  I went to Target and tree skirts are anywhere from $20 up which is money I didn't want to spend. I found some DIY skirts on Pintrest that I thought I could attempt plus found a blog that did it step by step you can see it HERE. I went to Hobby Lobby and picked out my fabric and went home to tackle the project.   

I cut 3" strips. This is the thickness of the ruffles.  You can do what ever you would like your look to be. 

 Total spent on the project $13!