If you look closely you can tell it’s just the cardboard, but I liked the color of it, so I kept it.

These are just a few that I rattled off in about 10 minutes off the top of my head, but I’m certain there are probably about 1000 more.What other ideas can you think of?

I’ll be listening!.Don’t forget to pin these ideas for the next time you make a big pot of chili at your house!I make it look like I’m a pretty together person around here sometimes.Or most of the time.

I only show the pretty pictures of my house, I share tips for the things that I know or that I learn to do really well.Part of that is just the nature of this type of blog.

It’s part education and part inspiration and those kinds of pretty, useful posts just fit it.

Sometimes though, it’s a good idea to “pull the curtain back” and share a little more realness, just to keep things in perspective.I left these boughs upside down in the metal bucket for about a week to dry out inside..

When the week was up, I shook the boughs and most of the needles fell off right into the bucket.Quite a few fell out onto the floor too, but I just swept them up and added them to my easter decor using a clear.

tea light holder.and a. clear pedestal vase.