last week here in dallas we got our first taste of winter for the season. as an ohioan, this was nothing new to me. when we lived in mississippi when i was younger, we had an ice storm that was even worse than  what we just got here. however, since they dont get this weather very often here, the entire city shut down for what felt like a week (but was more around 4 days). these photos were captured the first morning after the storm. parker was outside playing in the sleet bright and early in the morning. FYI- the ground is covered in sleet, not snow. my mom kept thinking it was snow. lol

i know the holiday season is nearing an end, and most of you already decorated, but i thought i would share this anyway. i made this for my sister last week. i knew she needed a wreath and thought, why not make her a hand-made one that she could keep up past the holidays (being non-christmas colors). it was so easy to make, a little time consuming, but easy and cheap!

i bought the styrofoam wreath form at Michaels for 11$ however, i used the 50% off coupon on the site and got it for 5.50$. the ornaments i got from walmart. the little pink ones were 2.50$ a bunch and the black and white ones were 8$. i removed the topper from the ornaments and then hot glued them to the form. i started with the black and white ones and then filled in with the pink. there is no science to it. its pretty hard to mess up. it was so fun and easy to do. i see many more of these being made for the next holiday season!