My Favorite Things #2

This old tote has been used in more ways

 and more places than I can remember.

Up until a few minutes ago it held a bunch of 

dried materials in a small display.

This is five minutes of effort,

  which entailed me shoving all the dried pods

 into ziplocks,

and then plunking these greens down into the tote.

One of my House of Hatten figures peeks 

out from the far side.

So far I've invested 10 minutes total.

BTW the ziplocks go in the box where the greens 

came from so I can easily plunk them right back into 

the tote post holiday.

Of course all of this is made uber 

easy with my box system in the garage. 

I don't have to dig through dozens of

 mixed bins and boxes of holiday decor. 

A printer's box or a single bin

holding decor for a specific area,

or specific greens,

comes into the house

and then goes right back out in it's place.

no muss no fuss

Totes- one of my favorite things

A Few Of My Favorite Things #1

Christmas done easy with my

favorite things.

I always say that I just "plunk " 

more often than not in decorating.

I'm going to prove it this holiday.

Decorating done the Z way

Take what's already there and embellish a bit.

I remove the naturals that are 

in these jars most of the year and 

replace with winter themed items.

I also have shells and sands for a summer look. 

I store swap outs in ziplocks 

in the cabinet right below.

The whole thing takes about 5 minutes,

unless it's time for a good cleaning 

of the vintage jars.

These jars are not reproductions

and are a few of my favorite things.

Z