Shabby Chic Chandelier --- Guest Post

I am so happy and honored to have my good friend Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations here guest posting today!  I have been inspired countless times by her unique creativity and bubbly personality!  So many of you have commented on how much you love my blog design---we have Rachel to thank for that, as she is the one who put it together for me!  Enjoy the tutorial and be blessed!

 Hi everyone!  My name is Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations and  I am
so excited to be featured here on Sarah's blog!!!  She is such a
sweetie and I love her
kind and gentle spirit.  She lifts me up in so many ways and I am so glad to be
her friend!  I also love her blog and wanted to share with all of
you over here how to make a regular chandelier, or other type of hanging light, into a
cute Shabby
Chic Chandelier just in time for Valentine's
Day!  

what you will need: 

strings of pearls and beads- fake or real if you wish... mine are
totally fake! (make a color scheme from these) 

a few yards of lace

ribbons in coordinating colors 

 First take your strings of pearls and beads and wrap them around
the inside so that they hang down the middle.  It doesn't have to
be perfect either! 

Then take your lace and start hanging it between the lights... tie the
two ends of the lace together and just adjust how they hang down from
there.  Next tie little ribbons to the light posts and then you
have your cute shabby chic chandelier!!! Wasn't that so easy?!?

I really love the way
that this turned out!  I am thinking of going to the
dollar jewelry store for some Easter colored
beads next! 

Happy Creating!!! 

Be sure to visit my
blog this week to find out more about my Valentine's
decor... I will be offering a tutorial on how to make
these: 

and I also have a great post about a Valentine's Themed
Iced Coffee Party  which shows everything that I
have made for Valentine's decor... well so far! :P

Thanks for letting me come and
share this with you today!!! 

Doll Dress Origami: I Actually MADE something I pinned on Pinterest!!!

My good friend and seasoned Pinterest pinner, Audra, told me this about Pinterest last night as I was lamenting the fact that I keep pinning and never creating:   "Pinterest newbies - pin, pin, pin, pin - repeat excessively. Pinterest regulars - pin, try something, pin, pin, try something, go about life, pin, try something..."

So, as my official graduating act, I am pleased to announce that I've actually MADE something that I saw pinned on Pinterest!  These little dresses were in a tutorial by Dreadlock Girl. 

I was commissioned to make a poster for our church to display pictures from a recent Women's Ministry event.  I had ideas forming in my mind all week long and, this afternoon, I began this (you can click the pictures to enlarge them):

Everything that's done with book pages is made from pages of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

I could just make those dolly dresses all day long!  How sweet!

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Linking up with: 

Spring 2012 Giveaway Jubilee

I am SO excited!!!  It's finally here!

It's giveaway time here at Hope In Every Season and YOU get to be a part of it! 

Throughout the month of March, bloggers will be adding their giveaway posts to the linky tool below this post!  Do you have a giveaway to add to the list?  We'd LOVE to have you link up!

YOU are invited to enter every one of those giveaways---and tell your friends too!  This is a quarterly event and I'd love to see it grow to be the BIGGEST giveaway carnival in Bloggyland!

Here's the details:

1.  Take a button below to display on your blog.  This will remind you and your friends to come back and participate through the month of March.

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