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    2023 Holiday Art Collection | Centsational Style

    November 22, 2023 - By 

    Season’s greetings! Now that it’s November it’s full steam ahead on the holiday decorating. I’ve created new art prints for the 2023 season and they are all available in my online shop. Included in the holiday art collection are the seven new original designs as well as six vintage prints that I carefully retouched and resized for your convenience. All are inexpensive downloads that allow you to print and frame in the same day. Yay! The process is simple and explained in every listing, so if you spy one you love, visit the shop and consider which one you’d like…

  • Home Moving

    DIY Christmas Village | Centsational Style

    November 22, 2023 - By 

    Do you all recall the Halloween village I made back in September? Well…. surprise, I’ve reinvented it as a Christmas village. I hinted at the end of that post that this would be a great idea and sure enough, it was! This DIY Christmas village is easy to make and adds seasonal touch to any mantel or shelf. It’s made with wood houses, bristle brush trees, and a few additional supplies listed below. You can use any color trees you find to coordinate with your home’s seasonal color palette. I chose cheerful pink, turquoise, and green trees for my little…

  • Home Renovation

    DIY: State Love Ornaments | Centsational Style

    November 22, 2023 - By 

    Several months ago I started making state shaped ornaments with raw clay at my ceramics studio for a local market where I’m selling art prints and ceramics in early December. Those ceramic ornaments were fired in a kiln, however I thought to myself perhaps I could recreate them with air dry clay for those who don’t have kiln access and the experiment was successful so good news, you can also make these with air dry clay! These are simple to make but they do take a little patience. Air dry clay takes a few days to fully dry so if…

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    The Art of Ikebana | Centsational Style

    October 21, 2023 - By 

    I’m always intrigued when I see creative artistic expression in forms unfamiliar to me. Last week, I was browsing Pinterest and happened across a series of floral arrangements in the Japanese style of ikebana. Ikebana dates back many centuries in Japan. It is the meditative art of arranging standing stems into an asymmetric floral sculpture. Density, line, color, and flow are the elements to consider when forming harmonious ikebana arrangements. I find ikebana so lovely because of the minimalist and sculptural aesthetic. I gathered a group of botanicals and gave it a try this week, and I was delighted with…

  • Home Renovation

    Weekend Reading 9.3.23 | Centsational Style

    September 20, 2023 - By 

    I gave our hallway a makeover this week with a DIY furniture upgrade and a gallery of art, I’ll share pictures next week. The Minimalism Game began on the 1st and already I’m busy purging my home of things I don’t need, a few sales of big ticket items but the majority will be donations. It feels good to be challenged, and there is still time to join in! I’m posting my donations every few days on Instagram stories to keep myself and participants motivated! We’ve moved much of our furniture back into the house but I’ve rearranged a few…

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    List of Dorm Essentials! | Centsational Style

    July 20, 2023 - By 

    Hi everyone! I’m back from our trip to Florida, we had a nice vacation and I feel so rested. I received a question from a reader who’s teen is off to college about what are some necessities for living in a dorm. My daughter spent a year in a dorm last year. I remembered a lot of what we had purchased for her, but she also reminded me of a few items that she liked having since she lived the experience. Last year, we shopped on Dormify and PB Teen and also hit up Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, and…