Grab a peppermint hot chocolate and come on in for a 2024 Christmas Home Tour! 🎄🏠✨ For the Christmas decor this year, I used decor pieces that I already had. Some areas of the home were nostalgic where I used Christmas decor pieces from loved ones. A lot of the decor this year was decorated pretty much the same as Christmases past or I would switch out an item or two to change it up a bit. 🎄 Creating Nostalgic Christmas Decor and Memories Part of the nostalgia of Christmas is pulling out … [Read more...]
DIY Pumpkin Candles + I Launched a YouTube Channel!
Let's make these cute little DIY Pumpkin Candles together - it's the perfect way to welcome in the cozy Fall season! Hello, Friends! Welcome back to the Sweet Southern Oaks Blog! It's been awhile, huh? 🤷♀️We've hung out together on social media decorating and crafting together and we've shared in holiday fun over there. But this little corner of the internet... well, she's been a little dead over here. Life, ya know? And I'm like, do I even remember how to blog anymore?! 🤣 But let's … [Read more...]
DIY Floating Candles
These DIY floating candles are cheap and easy to make for Halloween.🕯️ Plus they are spooky and festive for your Halloween decor! 👻 I even made some extra ones for a spooktacular centerpiece! Happy Augtober! From now through Halloween, every Thursday will be FALLOWEEN here on Sweet Southern Oaks!!🦇🎃👻🍁 I'll share a fun and festive fall or Halloween diy that you can put together this fall. First up on our FALLOWEEN series are these DIY Floating Candles. 🕯️ I dreamed these up -quite … [Read more...]
Boho Inspired Home Office Makeover
It is time... Time for the long awaited HOME OFFICE REVEAL!! This Mid-Century Boho Mod Office is exactly what dreams are made of. Sometimes, things are worth the wait and the hard work....and this Boho office makeover proves it! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something from one of these links in gold, I may make a small commission. Thank you so much for supporting Sweet Southern Oaks! I really wanted this office space to feel completely different than the rest of … [Read more...]
Boho Farmhouse Dollar Store Spring Wreath
This pretty in pink Boho farmhouse dollar store Spring wreath can't be any easier to make! The best part about this DIY wreath is that you can create it using supplies from the dollar store! This dollar store Spring wreath came together in about thirty minutes and only cost ten dollars to create! Budget friendly projects are always my jam and I know you are going to love all the dollar store DIYs coming to you in this blog hop today with my blogging friends! Please go check out their … [Read more...]
Versatile Easter and Spring Centerpiece
Hippity, hoppity Easter's on it's way! Easter sure did sneak up on me this year! Instead of a traditional Easter tablescape, I decided to create a large centerpiece using some items I had around the house. Let's put together a versatile Easter and Spring centerpiece! Creating a Versatile Easter and Spring Centerpiece First, you'll need to gather up some supplies that go along with your theme or a color scheme. For this particular centerpiece it will be Spring themed with a few Easter … [Read more...]
3-D Folded Paper Hearts
Roses are red, Violets are blue. 3-D folded paper hearts are just for you! These 3-D folded paper hearts are so easy to make for Valentine's Day and they add such a cool element into your holiday decor. Do y'all remember ever making paper fans in elementary school? Or the paper fortune tellers and you'd play M.A.S.H on them? Those M.A.S.H paper fortune tellers were probably one of my favorite things to make back in the day. You'd play it and see if you'd live in a mansion, apartment, … [Read more...]
Favorite Blog Posts of 2020 – The Best of the Year!
2020. The one were they were quarantined. The one year they'll always remember. 2020 was a year like no other and we are living through a time in history that future generations will study about in school. One day I'll tell my grandchildren what life was like in 2020 during a worldwide pandemic. Perhaps this little corner of the internet will still be around, and I can even share with them my favorite blog posts of 2020 that I created in quarantine! Quarantine. Social distancing. The … [Read more...]
DIY Salt Dough Paw Print Ornaments
Lila Blue and I wanted to create something special to celebrate our third Christmas together! So we made keepsake paw print ornaments! These DIY Salt Dough Paw Print Ornaments are a wonderful keepsake to have of your pet and are easy to make. You can also use this same recipe for your baby's handprint of their first Christmas or when they're little. It's blog hop day with Jackie, Liz and Shanna and we are sharing DIY ornament ideas with you! You'll find the links in gold to their DIY … [Read more...]
Boho Inspired Fall Mantel
I'm not sure where September went, but the month went by so fast! The Fall season is upon us and I'm here for it. It may be hot in Alabama still, but I've had my Pumpkin Spice Latte, bought the pumpkins and suddenly I was in the Fall spirit. Fall has arrived at the Sweet Southern Oaks household! Today let's put together a Boho Inspired Fall Mantel. We have another blogger, Jessica Simmons joining us, so make sure you stop by and checkout her blog! Jessica loves to thrift and has so … [Read more...]