Simply Lori Lee

I was walking through an antique store  in Syracuse, NY  called Totally Treasures and this vintage piece caught my eye. It had some rust on it, but I was drawn in, ever been there?   I liked it with rust on it, but wouldn't it look better if it was cleaned up?  

I've been making lavender sachets for the last couple of years and I find that they are in high demand, who doesn't love a fresh sachet for your car, or for your dresser drawers? I never even thought of making pine sachets, but a friend was saying how much she loves the scent of pine and I thought.  hmm, why not make pine sachets for Christmas gifts? So, since we went out in search for a Christmas tree this past weekend.  The whole day was filled with a delicious scent of fresh pine: my car, the house, and the tree farm.  It was one of those perfect Saturday mornings.  Big breakfast, Crisp country air, hiking in the field with snow on the ground to help walk off the breakfast and then watching someone else bring the tree out of the field. 😃 Here are the supplies that I needed to make DIY Pine Sachets: Fresh cut pine branches Muslin Favor Bags Stamp Ink Pad Step 1: Stamp the bags - I bought the muslin bags at Michaels and t...

Once upon a time… it all started with a rainstorm… seriously?? yep that’s what started this fun easy crafts project. Two days after the rainstorm, we went to the Finger Lakes Lavender Festival in Skaneateles, NY. I started reading the right way to cut the lavender and the best way to dry it. I started reading where the best spot to cut your lavender to in Fine Gardening ~ Pruning Subshrubs.. it was really very helpful for a newbie (that’s me!!) See my pictures below. I had 12 small bunches of lavender in my shed drying out for 1 month. After reading Kimberly Hites blog post ~ Drying Your Own Lavender… I decided to rub the buds/pods together between my hands… what I found wa s that If I broke the pieces in half and rubbed together it went faster… this will be a time-consuming project… be prepared… have some music, someone to talk to, or do what I do and just kept smelling the lavender… the smell was amazing and made the process relaxing. "The fruit derived ...

Hi Friends!  I have a simply chic Coastal DIY Home Decor Project to share today. Where do you get inspiration from? Pinterest, friends, HomeGoods, nature? Honestly, this candle holder project just sorta happened. I was playing around in my garage with taper candles, china plates, and bowls and I glued the two pieces below together. I’ll show you what I did with all my taper candles later… Step 1: like I mentioned about was to glue these pieces together.. Did I take a picture of this? yeah.. no… but look at step 2  Step 2: Wrap twine around the two pieces… I like it at this point, but felt it needed a little something extra. Does anyone else like to sit outside and work on projects?? I feel so relaxed out there. The dog is happy, I’m happy…The citronella candle is burning, so it hopefully keeps the mosquitoes away Step 3: I found a base for this DIY home decor project. guess where? Big Lots:) and yes. I forgot to take a before picture of it. I again ...