❧❦ Nightstand Styling ❦❧

My apologies for being MIA.  Unfortunately, Hurricane Sandy blew our way.  We had several thousand dollars in property damage, a power outage that lasted a week and we couldn't even go to work.  My mom and I got sick from sleeping in a freezing cold and dark house, and then I had a reaction to some new medication I was on.  To top it all, two of my cats are dying - I've had them for 16 and 17 years respectively, and one has a stomach tumor, one has renal failure.  So a pretty miserable time.  Fortunately, though, we still have our house and we are okay, and we are thankful for that although many are still suffering.  I'm not complaining because at least our lives have returned to normal, but I'm sad for the devastation, destruction and heartache that hurricane brought to so many.

What's on my Nightstand?

Back to life, and the hurricane certainly made me realize that I needed to be more prepared and organized, so I am systematically going through each drawer and closet, and every nook and cranny to reorganize.

I started in my bedroom, by sprucing up the decor a little - a new lamp and a beaded placemat as a nightstand cover.  The drawer was already pretty organized, but some new scented drawer liner paper that I purchased from Ross for $3.99 brightened up the drawer - with the peony scent an added bonus!  

I love my new lamp!  $49.99 from Home Goods

Flowers, a jewelry bowl, miniature fragrances and a candle!

I love flowers so that's a must, but I decided to brighten up the mood and get a little festive.   For the month of December I've removed the flowers and added a white feather Christmas tree (available at Target) and changed the candle to a cutout candle holder with a pattern that resembles little snowflakes.

An organized nightstand drawer.

Pottery Barn Jewelry Tray with Miniature Perfumes

I always keep a jewelry bowl and some kind of fragrance - in this case a Quinn Beaded Jewelry Stand from the Pottery Barn, filled with some of my mini fragrances.  

White Feather Christmas Tree from Target

CableDrop

On the bottom shelf, I stack books with topics that interest me, like Jean Harlow, Chanel, Africa, etc.

Bird Jewelry Bowl - Etsy

Feather Christmas Tree - Target

Candle - Diptyque Patchouli 

Drawer Liner - Ross

Pewter Jewelry Tray - Quinn Beaded Jewelry Dish from The Pottery Barn

Lamp - Home Goods

Beaded place mat - Ebay

Kate Spade rose bowl

CableDrop - Crate and Barrel

- The Sassi Wench

Miniature Halloween Village

Department 56 Miniature Halloween Display

Halloween in Miniature

Department 56 Jack 'O Lantern Water Tower

Department 56 Black Kittens for Sale

Cackling Witch from Cracker Barrel

Department 56 Skeleton

This is my Department 56 miniature Halloween Village. I used my cat Persia to give you some perspective on the size of the Village. This hobby it a lot of fun, and I add to my collection every year!

Some of the sets featured here are:

Tombstones
Halloween Yard Decorations
Halloween Water Tower
Gothic Gate
Halloween Purple Twinkle Brite Tree
Spooky Spider Trees
Purple Glitter Bare Branch Tree
Harvest Gourds
Lighted Spooky Eyeball Hedge
Hanging Around
Bewitched Street Lights
Skull Lawn Lights
Halloween Creepy Street
Bone Appetite
Halloween Oak Tree

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All items shown here were bought by me for my personal use and I am not affiliated with Department 56 in any way.

R.I.P. 3 videos!

Devastating news. I have been working on 5 different videos, only to discover that my new camcorder dock is faulty and it corrupted the memory card - and footage for 3 whole videos!

The lost footage included Decorating a Guest Bedroom (see pathetic camera phone picture on the left), A Day in New York City, and A Day in Atlantic City. I had filmed over about a 10 day span, and I had some really fun moments there - like a crazy cab ride through New York City, and a visit to Magnolia Bakery for their world famous cupcakes!

Sayonara cool and fun videos!

- The Sassi Wench