Here is a quick and easy way to take strawberries from regular to romantic!

Wash and dry the strawberries. For the fan shape you’ll want to leave the cap (the green leaves) on, for the heart shape you’ll need to take the cap off.

To make the fan all you do is make thin cuts from the bottom of the berry to the top, but don’t go all the way through the cap.

Gently fan out the slices and you have a beautiful garnish.

Here’s how you make the strawberry hearts: Take a clean berry and remove the cap by cutting a v shape on the narrow side of the berry.

Slice the narrow side top to bottom and you’ll  have strawberry hearts!

These fancy strawberries are fun to give to your kids and to your spouse. It’s just another way to show your family that you love them!

Be sure to visit Rocks In My Dryer…I got to meet Shannon at BlissDom and she’s very sweet!

Be sure to go to Nesting Place on Friday! Nester and I have a special surprise for you all!

(Sorry this is a little late, our internet was down last night. Sigh….)

As promised I will show you how I made this cute moss ball.  Here we go…this is SUPER simple.  (I almost feel embarrassed to show you how to do this…you smart gals could figure out how to do this on your own!)

This is what I did:

Pick out what container you’d like to use.

Then pick out a green or white foam ball the size that you’d like your moss ball to be. (Match the size up with the container that you’d like to use.)   Get enough moss to cover it ( I got mine from our woods, but you can also find moss at craft stores.) You only need enough moss to cover the part of the ball that will be showing. Since mine was going into the little urn I needed to cover all but a little bit of the bottom.

Fold some wire into a hairpin shape.  (You can use small sections of wire or  purchase floral pins at the craft store.)

Lay the moss over the ball and start pinning the moss in place.  Keep going until the surface is covered and then look to be sure there’s no foam showing.

Put it into your container and there you go!  The moss I used was fresh and as it’s dried it’s stayed green, but I think it would look good in any color moss you can find.  Hope you all enjoyed this!

Tomorrow’s Post:  I have some inside information on an Etsy artist that will warm your heart!

After the Christmas decorations come down I’m pretty much done with winter.  I’m ready for spring!  I know, I know…it’s still a few months off.

The gray days of winter can be very disheartening.  One way I like to brighten them up is to have spring inside!

I put together this arrangement from things I found around the house,  a la Nester.   I had a tiny birds nest and wanted a large one.  So I just made it bigger!

How to put together a “make a bird jealous” nest.

First take a lonely little birds nest.

Gather some sticks and twigs in the yard.

Then add your nest to the twiggy pile.

Wrap some straw/dead grass/or vines in and around the sticks. Add a few leaves and you’re done!

Ta Da!  A lovely nest.  Be sure to take it inside or some bird may move right in!

See the moss ball in the photo?  Come back on Thursday the 8th and I’ll tell you how I made it, pictures and all!

Nester has just updated her blog Nesting Place and it looks great!

She has such wonderful ideas for decorating and making your home cozy.

Go check it out!