Christian Thanksgiving DIY Decor

I know you've all heard me say it before, but I love Jeanne Winter's blog- Inspiring Ideas. She has a lot of great crafts for making your home all Christian cozy for Thanksgiving. You can search all of her Fall Ideas Here.

She made these Paper Thanksgiving Napkin Rings.

I think these are just beautiful!

Check out this adorable Thanksgiving Placecard Idea.

Also check out how she made her

BLESSED Banner for her mantle with real leaves!

Or try making Jeanne's Thankful Centerpiece.

After you have your house all pretty and ready for Thanksgiving, I'll find some religious craft ideas for your kiddos! "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

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DIY Decorating with Bible Verses

Creatively implementing little scripture snipits around your home is a beautiful way of sharing your faith with guests. It's can also serve as a fabulous reminder to keep your mind on God's word throughout your day! Here are some cute and creative do-it-yourself scripture decor ideas!

Make this "Faith Hope Love" sign with a complete

picture tutorial from Shanty 2 Chic. 

Try Stenciling Inspiration around the room

like Jeanne from Inspired Ideas.

I love this painted Fruits of the Spirit Table!

Find the how-to on Modern Vintage Interiors.

Love this scripture decoupaged cabinet 

over on Inspired Ideas.

And Jeanne from Inspired Ideas also painted this

Mirror with a Psalm. Such a cute idea!

How do you implement God's word into your home decor? We'd all love to see some links! ;-)

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Catholic Decorating

I am so intrigued by the idea of decorating your home for the liturgical year, and I just LOVE this idea from Tiffany to make a Sacred Heart of Jesus wreath! Remember that the month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, so you still have plenty of time to make your wreath. Also, I feel like the red roses give it a patriotic look that will go with your 4th of July decor :-)

Head over to Family at the Foot of the Cross

for directions on how to make your own wreath.

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May Altar for Mary

I wanted to share some ideas for making a May altar for your home. May is the month of Mary, so that's why May altars revolve around her :-)

  

I started by laying down some blue fabric I had because blue is Mary's color. Then I added a floral wreath leftover from our wedding, and a Mary statue. I just got this beautiful statue discounted at Ross for $3 because she's missing a hand. I'm going to make her a new hand from sculptey when I have the time, but I think she's fine for now.

Then I added a candelabra with blue candles, a blue rosary,

and my blue cross from the Dollar Tree. Again, blue for Mary.

We also added a rose and a pot of flowers we planted.

Flowers for our lady!

If you think you don't have a Mary statue, go raid your nativity set.

So in conclusion, here are some ideas for May altars:

• Mary Statue
• Lots of blue
• Lots of flowers
• Mary holy cards
• Mary books
• Rosaries
• Candles
• Crosses

Now here are some other great May altars I found!

By Sun and Candlelight took this pile of craft materials
and turned it into a beautiful May Altar! You have to see it!

Cottage Blessings has great directions for 

crafting Miniature May Altars! So cute for kids!

Sweetness and Light decorated their mantel May Mantel for 

the Mary. They even crafted this flower garland!

Any more May altar ideas? Feel free to leave links to your May altar in the comments so we can see those, too! :-)

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Our Easter Mantel

Decorating for the liturgical season can be a great way to keep your family's focus on what's important. I decorated our mantel for Easter Sunday, and we will leave it up for all 50 days of Easter (at which time I imagine I'll decorate it for Pentecost) :-) Here is our Easter mantel: 

Remember the Alleluia we burried? Well, it's time to bring it back out!

One of my favorite ways that I keep our mantel constantly updated is with this simple chalkboard I made. I got a silver tray at a thrift store for $3, and painted it with some chalkboard paint. My chalkboard paint came from Wal-Mart. I change what the chalkboard says all the time!

 Here is our Easter message for the mantel. As you can see I also

have our palm crosses from Palm Sunday propped up there.

Also, we are hanging one plastic egg from the mantel for every day of Easter. By Pentecost, we will have 50 hanging! Rather than drilling holes in the eggs, I just hot glued some ribbon to the top of each and I'm hanging them each day with tape. Whatever's easiest!

We also have our Easter candle we made displayed up on the mantel. Here's a close up of it (from before we inserted the "cloves"- or in our case, grains of brown rice- Lol!)

Both of the ceramic crosses on our mantel came from the Dollar tree. I bought them in every color they carried them in! :-)

I wish I had fresh flowers for the mantel, but I almost always keep some fake ones up. For Easter, we are using white roses! I glittered some of them by painting the edge of the petals with glue and dipping them into clear glitter. I love the sparkle!

Here's the whole mantel wall, and more pics :-)

Now, how many of you can tell that my fireplace is only decorative? I've been working on making it look "real". I think the black paint and fireplace screen help a lot! Happy Easter!

PS. I linked up today at The Nester's Mantel Party :-)

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