Wine Bottles and Twig Lights

Last week I took down our Christmas decorations and realized that I didn't like not having something where our tree was. 

I have been saving up wine bottles for a while and also just picked up some Twig lights from Target. 

So this is how I replaced our Christmas tree with Wine bottles and Twigs :) 

First I picked my 3 favorite bottles and soaked them in water for a weekend. 

Really I didn't need to soak them that long, they just need to be soaked enough to peel the labels. 

These are the bottles I chose. 

The super tall blue one is my favorite :) 

Then I went out in the yard and found some twigs that I thought would fit in the bottles along with the twig lights from target. 

Of course I had to use this fabulous blue spray paint. Its basically my favorite color... 

But before I used the paint I put all of the twigs and twig lights in the bottles to see if they fit. 

Then I sprayed them!!!

There is probably a more efficient way of doing this but I was just trying to go fast :) 

And, 

WALLAH! This is where our Christmas tree was! Now we have lights on all the time and it just adds a little more fun to our living room :)

Who knows how long I will keep this up but I needed something quick and easy to do with our bottles and I was too excited about these twig lights to wait until next Christmas! 

"The earth without art is just 'eh' "

Well, I've finally slowed down a little bit and decided to do some crafts :) 

I took down the decorations for Christmas last week. 

And I got a few more decorations on sale at Target :)

I kept the wreath up,

both the white yarn wreath and the grapevine wreath that I stretched out across the top. 

The stars are a garland that I got from Target for $10. 

The bunting was made by a sweet friend for our engagement party. 

The bottom half of the board I decorated with a quote that I've always loved:) 

I used just some basic crafting goodies. 

Doilies, craft paper, markers, and paint. 

I wrote out the quote 

"The earth without art is just 'eh'"

For the words "earth" "art" and "eh" I used a bold script and painted it in fun colors. 

After they dried I cut them out 

For the remainder of the quote I wrote out in bold black lettering on doilies. 

I love how this looks!

What do you think of it? 

I don't know how long I'm gonna leave it but its making me ready for spring :)