Springbellishment

Here are a few Spring touches I've made amid the mayhem. Unfortunately I have to strain my neck to see these pretty vignettes...seeing as how I have 11 plastic storage bins, 3 laundry baskets, and 2 garbage bags of clothes sitting in my great room. 

Because Spring is more than birds, eggs, and tulips. 

It is also the glorious season of sorting through seasonal clothing, shipping off hand-me-downs, preparing for my area consignment sale, and sorting through the mother lode of baby boy clothes. Goodwill is getting their fair share too.

I digress.

Here's a little table in my great room. I've used this thing for every imaginable purpose. Right now it's simply a pretty place to set up Spring and hold a cup of tea and make me smile. 

I had everything but the wooden decorative thingys. (Does anyone know what these are called?) I scored those from the 80% off section at Hobby Lobby. I also bought the fake branch there, 50% off. I don't love fake plants, but I tend to neglect real foliage and it tends to die as a result.

These are some tacky-turned-terrific urns I got a while back from the thrift store. One was a speckled mint green. The other was goldish. They look much prettier with a coat of creamy, glossy spray paint...compliments of Wal-Mart, 96 cents a can.

(See how sad and dreary and tacky...)

(See how happy and chipper and glossy...)

I put some moss in there. And some sticks.

More moss. More fake stuff. These happy urns adorn my newly redone bedroom.

And don't you think this...

is better than this?

I printed off a few more vintage prints from The Vintage Moth and added these to the "office" area of my bedroom that needed a little help. Already had the mats and clip frames. I love free bees. And free eggs. And free birds. 

I also added my diplomas...which have nothing to do with Spring. Except that people usually graduate then. Yes, I'm a nerd and I put my diplomas up. And not because I'm trying to impress people who wander into my bedroom.

These diplomas pay homage to the days when this girl actually had a brain and got paid real money to do smart and productive things. Paid.

And when I wander into my bedroom and cannot for the life of me remember what I came in there for, I can glance up at these pieces of framed paper...and know that once upon a time I had a brain that remembered things.

And finally, you can spruce up your toilet for Spring by tossing in a bunch of grosgrain ribbons. And a rogue shoe.

Want more ideas?

How about some junk scattered about the bathroom floor. Nothing says Spring like cotton balls...and feminine supplies.

It's only fair to give credit to the other half of this designing duo. Let's give it up for Cupcake, my 15-month-old decorating savant.

I have lots more Springbellishment ideas up my sleeve. I'm sure Cupcake does too.

But first...the bins. And the sorting. And the laundry. And the digging grosgrain ribbon out of the toilet. Sigh.

Got any Springbellishment ideas up your sleeve? I'd love to see.