The Fairy of Our Decor Dreams!

Today I'm over at Decofairy's blog writing a guest post for
my Living Room Mini Facelift!



I know it's a surprise since I haven't posted anything here, but it was
a promise to her since last fall. However I do promise you

Introducing Katie from Creatively Living

Hi all of you Stardust Decor and Style readers!

I'm Katie and I blog over at Creatively Living, where I am usually tearing down walls, or crafting up some decor, all for the sake of my big love.....DIY house renovation!

I'm so glad to be here today. I'm going to be sharing my nursery lamp remake. 

Wow.... Transformations (by Abigail)

Hi, everyone!! I'm Abigail from Smitten By Abigail and I am so psyched that Olga has asked me to do a guest post on her fabulous blog!  This is my very first solo guest post and I'm a wee bit nervous, but so excited to meet and share with all of you!

I admit, I used to be a bit of a DIY snob - Didn't care for it, would rather have paid someone else to do all the "dirty work" for me.  Then... the economy took a turn for the worse.  It was a challenge, at first, but it turns out, I loooooooove DIYing.  I've always loved the arts and interior decorating, so it was only natural that I should have started my projects way before I did.  Better late than never, I say!

So here are a few of my transformations from my room makeover binge these last few months.  All within a budget, of course.  

First, is my Kitchen Cabinets Facelift.  It's amazing what a little bit of paint can do...

Before

After

Great Stuff from Great Bloggers

I have great stuff to show you today! Great stuff from great Greek bloggers that
recently awarded me with the following awards. I'm very proud to present them to you,
they're inspirational, they're crafty, they're unique, they're all worth visiting!  

Check them out:

The first one is from Art Nouveau:

Great blog which I love, posting inspirational pics every day and it's also 

included in my every day's addiction!

Art Nouveau is giving away for the month of February only, this amazing bed for 580Euro!

So hurry up and get it, it is amazing!

This one I received both from Faidra and from Thomi's world

Faidra is an amazing crafty girl, and I mostly loved the musical instrument

she created out of a simple drawer! Can you believe it? It is called "santouri"

and here it is:

or this one that could serve as a tray:

And take a look at what Thomi from Thomi's world did:

A diaper's cake! Isn't it awesome? She wrapped some diapers nicely, added little

blankets, some baby socks, toys and she created another

kind of cake which makes the perfect gift for a newborn baby, 

don't you agree? I love it!

So, thank you very much ladies for honoring me with these awards! In my turn I'll pass these awards to all

of my lovely readers that are dropping by Stardust today! 

Introducing Kristen @ Titus 2 Work in Progress

I am so excited to be sharing here at Stardust. Thank you for having me, Olga! My name is Kristen and I blog over at Titus 2 Work in Progress. I am a Christian wife and mommy busy crafting, cooking and living out Titus 2:3-5. Loving my family and being a homemaker are two of my greatest joys, but I am definitely a work in progress!

My daughter, Ellie, recently had a whimsical fairy party. Today I want to share with you how I put together my shabby chic layered tablecloth. It was exactly the "look" I wanted and sooo easy to put together. Check it out:

Tips for Sprucing up a Room

Today's tips are brought to you by Sierra at Ocean Dreams 

(check her bio at the end of the post).

If you want to see her previous post she's written for Stardust, please click here.

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Simple Accents that

Make Your Home Ravishing

If you’re in need of simple décor elements to spruce up the interior rooms in your home finding

just a few new accent pieces may be a lot easier than you think. It’s important to look over your overall design in the room first before deciding what new items to buy. Observe the theme 

you currently have or decide what theme you’d like to switch to.  It might only take a few 

subtle changes to obtain the look you’re after as opposed to redoing the entire space.

I'm Featured on Remodelaholic!

One of the blogs that I'm subscribed to and read every day is my beloved Remodelaholic. I'm following this site since day one of my blog existence!
So you can imagine how thrilled I was to know by Cassity that my bedroom makeover would be featured on Remodelaholic today! If you're not familiar with this blog, let me tell you that they feature the best out of the blogland and also they're in continuous search for improving their own house themselves! The best part of their site for me is the pages "Our Houses" and "Our Projects", which you should pay a visit for a lot of inspiration!

If you're visiting from Remodelaholic or if you just want to refresh your memory on my bedroom makeover just click on the picture below!
This post is one of my oldest, since I completed the look before I even started blogging. In fact it was this project that inspired me to start a blog and share my love for improving our homes!

Thanks Cassity and Justin! It means a great deal to me! 

Modern Interior Decorating {by Sierra at Ocean Dreams}

Hello my lovelies!

Please allow me to introduce to you Mrs. Sierra at Ocean Dreams who is willing to give us some advise on how to achieve a Modern Interior look for our homes, using unique furniture, accessories and lighting.

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Set Aside Time During

Your Holiday and Create a Magnificent Modern
Interior

If you desire to redecorate your home with a modern appeal
there are many accessories and design elements that you can choose from to
create the look you desire. Clean lines and neutral background tones are two
ideas that you can consider when redesigning your home and making it modern.
Offset your neutral tones with bright colors and add supporting elements such
as abstract designs. Accessories and lighting are what sets a modern style
apart from other popular designs that are currently trendy.

Introducing Sherika at Passionately Perfect

Hello everyone, I'm Sherika over at Passionately Perfect! I'm so honored Olga allowed me to come share my lamp transformation with her wonderful followers!

I'm currently in a gold and wood stage in my life!

I either want everything glamorous gold or rustic wood, my husband is probably happy for the masculinity that has suddenly come in to play!

I have a few lamps around the house that really needed some sprucing up! 

Feat. Joy-n-Jesus

Today, I'm featuring a very sweet girl with a very beautiful name... Jewels!

She is the author of the blog Joy-n-Jesus and is a very creative and crafty young woman!

Well, take a look here-below at what she's made for Christmas and then hop on over to her blog and leave a sweet comment. I know this would make her day!

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Happy Friday! Don't you love Fridays? Oh, I do! They mean more time with family and it always gives me the motivation to do something fun! Here is what I did!

So After seeing my sweet and creative friend Tanya's Advent Calendar it inspired me to create this. I just love banners, and this was fun and easy! I started by digging through a past scrapbooking kit from Personal Scrapper, grabbed some papers and was off. I loved the polka dot one so I found papers that had the same color scheme and laid them across my kitchen table.  Then I measured my fire place mantel from one end to the other, which was about 63, and divided that by 25. With my measurements I knew that I could make each piece 2 to 2.5 inches and that is what I did and cut the triangle at the bottom for effect. Just like my girl "T." 

With all 25 spread across my table I cut the twine the length of the fire place mantel and placed a thin line of glue on #1 first and then slowly made my way down the twine: glue, twine, glue, twine...

 On the back we placed the activities we will do each day. Or if you don't want to plan ahead too much you can do a couple at a time. I adhered the 3x5 card with a small piece of scotch tape so we could remove on each day. If you want some great ideas for activities you can check out Little Joyful Moments or Tanya's post.

 And here is what it looked like all finished on the fire place. 

Have a blessed Friday and may the JOY of Christmas bless you and your family!

And there's more.....

Hey! Hey! Hope your December is peaceful and you are able to stop and take in the many Joys of the Lord this Christmas season!  I am sure the Christmas cards are starting to roll in and pile up on those counters. Today I want to share a simple Christmas Card Solution I created. I used twine, ornaments, mini stockings, and all the cards people send us. Check out the video below...

Christmas Cards are one of the precious joys in the Christmas season! Especially the ones with pictures!  Love the simplicity of a card, love that it is not overspending, yet it blesses others and 

expresses the true meaning of Christmas!

   If you are interested I picked up the stockings at in the dollar bin at Target (that's my spot lately) :) and also picked up the bling, mini, red ornaments which I love! Hope you enjoy!

Don't forget to check out the giveaway I am doing Here! Have a blessed day, and enjoy today!

Blessings,
Jewels

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Introducing Kelli at The Inspired Collection

Today I'm blog swapping with Kelli from The Inspired Collection. 
I met her through the Link Party she throws every Tuesday.

So after you read what she has to say, head over to her lovely blog to 

check this out for more and say hi.  After all, I'll be there to welcome you!

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Hello fellow readers and bloggers! My name is Kelli and I am the creator of The Inspired Collection. Today I am so excited to be swapping places with Olga from Stardust-Decor & Style and excited to have the opportunity to share a little about myself and The Inspired Collection!

I am a newlywed, and first time home owner, who entered the bloggy world in July of 2011. I decided to start The Inspired Collection to share our journey of creating our new construction home into our own personal oasis, and it has turned into so much more. I love sharing my inspirations, crafts, and have really enjoyed sharing all of our fun and yummy recipes. I have had so much fun connecting with other bloggers and readers and have enjoyed sharing my creations, as well as reading and learning about everyone else's creativity.

(me and the hubs)

I hope that you can find the time today to stop on over and give a shout out to Olga, as well as check out some of our posts. Here's a sneak peek of what The Inspired Collection has to offer and a button to grab!





<a href="http://theinspiredcollection.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e208/Kassarie/Inspiredbackground-2-3.png" alt="The Inspired Collection" width="150" height="150" /></a> Here is a little Christmas craft that I created over the Thanksgiving break! I decided to dress up our dining room chairs, these red velvet ribbon and pine cone decor really gives it a little pizazz! 

Check out our christmas chairs!

I recently completed our first gallery wall.
You can read more about where I found my inspiration for it, as well as how it was created.

This has been one of my favorite recipes, Dessert Kabobs, a simple and yummy treat!

 

Here is a peak at my very first furniture remodel. I gave this hutch a new life, from drab to fab!

I am currently loving these AMAZINGLY SIMPLE wine cork magnets!

And of course, our kick off post featured Our DIY Wedding. Since our wedding in June we have attended 4 more weddings and I featured all of them and their creativity in each of their own posts.

Thanks for taking the time to read a little bit about me and The Inspired Collection and a special Thanks to Olga for blog swapping with me today! She rocks, doesn't she?!  I know my readers are having a blast checking out all of her amazing projects! I hope you guys will stop by my page and check it out! Thanks for getting to know me and The Inspired Collection!