...for polar bears.
Actually, yesterday wasn't so bad. It got up to 60 and it was sunny, and Brennan and I were able to play outside for a couple of hours. Prior to that, however, it snowed 8", hailed, and was just downright cold. There is definitely a case of Spring fever going on in the Bal household. It didn't help that I ran across a slideshow the other day of beautiful flowers and trees that are blooming and budding right now. Around here, not so much. Well, besides an occasional daffodil in somebody's landscaping, and, of course, the garden department at Walmart.
With that mentality, (and the fact that everything looked so bare when I took down the Easter decorations) I went to work bringing some faux Spring into the house.
One of my favorite signs of Spring back in Indiana are when the dogwoods bloom. I'm not sure if dogwood trees grow in Utah, but in our house they do. The paper variety, anyway.
I just folded up some plain white copy paper, cut a scallop, punched the end with a hole punch, dabbed on some green and brown paint, and tada, paper dogwood flower.
I think they turned out pretty well. Oh, and check out my cool moss rocks from the Dollar Tree. We have the mother of all Dollar Trees right down the street. Gotta love that!
After I made up several dozen flowers, I glued them to the branches leftover from our Easter tree.
I also scattered some over the mantel and on shelves and bookcases throughout the house.
If you're wondering where the mantel came from, it was the solution to the empty wall I talked about back in February. I got the mantel itself pretty cheap on eBay, and then Jason and I built the base. In it's future it will have added embelishments and a nice paint job. (Right now it's only primed.) I'm also on the lookout for a fireplace screen and a big mirror. The mirror that's hanging right now is stolen from our bedroom. :)
Maybe I'll have all that done by the time the "real" Spring arrives.
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