Meet Ingrid

I have a new friend for all of you to meet......unless you already know her....then you can just see your friend's new idea! This is Ingrid from the blog Now At Home Mom.

Ingrid is one crafty girl. Check out her craft room.

Can you believe how beautiful and organized this space is? How much creating could we do in this space....I definitely have craft room envy.

To see more of this room, go here. Welcome Ingrid!

Hi everyone, my name is Ingrid and I blog over at Now At Home Mom. I am very happy to be here with you; 'Calling It Home' readers sharing this small project. Linda has great taste when it comes to décor, I remember discovering her beautiful blog through the 'One Room Challenge' series and I was immediately impressed with how she was decorating her entrance. Thanks for having me over Linda. I love decorating my home with pretty things that make me happy. I also love making my home comfortable with simple DIY projects. Please let me share one of them with you: a centerpiece These are the supplies I used :

• 6 mason jars
• a wood crate
• burlap
• twine
• fresh flowers (or fakes ones if you prefer)
• scissors
• glue gun

I am never in short supply of these items. Okay ... maybe just the flowers:

Over a week ago, I was having two of my best friends over for lunch and I needed a centerpiece. I thought of just adding flowers to some mason jars but what's the fun in that? So ... I remembered admiring some projects on different blogs and how nicely they decorated them. I always have burlap and twine around so I gave it a go and added my personal touch to them. I started by wrapping the burlap around the mason jar to cut it to size:

once cut, I wrapped it around:

I then glued it. At first, I tried securing the burlap with safety pins but it didn't work, it just kept unwrapping. This is when I had to take my trusted friend out: my glue gun

I then removed the excess burlap with scissors:

I used freshly cut flowers from my front yard, added twine around the top of the mason jar but something was missing

  for inspiration, I went through my craft supplies and found pink twine. It was a good idea and loved how lovely the pink twine popped against the burlap:

I didn't build this crate, but what a great DIY project that would've been. I already had it and got it on sale from Home Sense weeks ago. I love this crate because I can use it in my kitchen or living room when needed:

See how pretty these mason jars turned out, just by adding twine around and a pretty flower to each one of them softens the burlap. I didn't work too hard at putting this centerpiece together but my friends loved it, they said the pink twine is so me. I was glad they liked them and that we had a great time:

I left the mason jars inside the crate untouched on top of my pantry, except for the flowers of course so I can use this centerpiece again very soon. After all, summer is relaxing and is all about keeping things simple, isn't it ?

I would love it if you stop by and say hi over at Now At Home Mom anytime! Thank you very much Linda for having me over at your lovely blog today