Annie Lang's Blog!

If you need quick and easy decorations for your Autumn or Thanksgiving gatherings, here's a great DIY project idea you can complete in less than 10 minutes.  Best of all, you can make them both for next to nothing with supplies you can easily find at your local Dollar Store if you don't already have them on hand.  So start the timer and give it a try!

Try these fun ideas to make your Country Western Themed Party a hit! Make it Country!  My husband and I recently attended a very different kind of company hosted themed gathering that could easily be adapted to a Country Christmas theme. Simply add some holiday greens and florals and you're there!  Here's a photo composition created with digital snapshots featuring some of the unique decorations and culinary novelties served at the event.   Hopefully you'll be able to incorporate a few of these delightful ideas for your own Country Western Gala events! Chairs were draped with a satin covering and a red bandana was prominently displayed in lieu of a bow on the back of each chair. An enormous cardboard cutout was lit up on the dessert station using a simple up-light which made the boot appear even bigger!  Stemware filled with apple pie and strawberry shortcake surrounded the boot along with guest choices of carrot cake, bread pudding and cherry cobbler.  Guest ta

Paper mache pumpkins with a "gilded" makeover It's a lazy Autumn afternoon and it's the perfect time to create a batch of "gilded aged" pumpkins to decorate my front porch. I happened upon some paper mache pumpkins on sale after Halloween (marked down 90%!) and unable to resist the bargain, took them home  to use for Autumn accents. It took me about an hour to complete all 3 pumpkins using  DecoArt paints shown below.