Spring Decor Giveaway
Published March 24, 2011I love when the seasons change.
Okay, with an ice storm and 30 degree weather still here in Mid-Michigan I’m not sure spring actually got the memo that this past Sunday was its official first day. However, I am gonna think positive and offer a spring decor giveaway anyway!
Here is a peek into a little of our spring decor. (If you click on any of the images, they will enlarge.)
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Our fireplace mantle. Most of the decor came from last year’s clearance section of TJ Maxx. 
Our dining room table complete with the cross our neighbor Ryan made when he was 5. He is now a 25 year-old father & a soldier in the US army. (If you’ve heard me tell the story of the little boy and his hand-me-down Schwinn bike, that was Ryan!)
The starting of my herb garden—basil & parsley—perched on my kitchen sink, along with a 75% off scarlet mini-rose leftover from Valentines Day. It will go perfect in our fairy garden of miniature plants.
I’ll spare you the picture of the pastel plastic chicken the boys have on the basement coffee table in their man cave. When you press his head, he lays a jelly bean!!
Now, to inspire one of you to get your spring on, here is this weekend’s giveaway. It includes:
~Some Bath & Body Works thick hand cream in my signature spring scent~ Butterfly Flower. (Yes, I have a scent for each season just like I usually only burn candles that smell like the current season too! I’m weird like that.)
~Speaking of candles, it also includes two wax melting tarts from Yankee candle in the scent ‘splash of spring’.
~ A bag of Choxie dark & milk chocolate caramels
~ A $10 Target card for you to purchase a new spring decor item for your home.
~A personalized copy of my hospitality book A Life That Says Welcome: Simple Ways to Open Your Heart & Home to Others. Lot of decorating ideas in there and some spring cleaning & de-junking methods too!
One winner will be selected from those who leave a comment on this post. So, tell us–how do you like to decorate for spring? Or if time is tight, simply say, “I’m in!” Winner will be chosen randomly.
Well, I’m headed out-of-state to my son’s baseball games.
I’ll be the one on the sideline, sipping a hot latte, yelling for the team & trying not to freeze!
Sweet Blessings,
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What a great giveaway! Spring is my favorite season!
I’m in
I love spring! I add a ‘vine’ of spring blossoms to my fireplace mantel.
I like to pull out all my fake gerber daisies and silver vases for my dining room. I love to add other vases around the house with some beautiful fresh flowers- tulips are great for this time of the year!
I love decorating for the different seasons and holidays. I have a huge village set that is all pastel colors with bunnies and flowers. I even have a spring wreath that hangs on our front door. I haven’t pulled any of it out yet. This post has inspired me to get my village out and make the house look like spring.
I’m in!
I love a bargain and think of TJ Maxx as my own Easter Egg Search. Thank you for sharing the pictures and inspiration to celebrate the season. Let us all know how the basketball tournie goes, safe travels.
Flowers! Fresh flowers on the table…flowers make me think sunshine and spring. Preferably yellow for some reason. By the way LOVE A Life That Says Weclome. Have checked it out at the library multiple times…would love to own it
Happy Spring!
I absolutely Love spring. After a long, hard, cold, snowy winter and it seems as I age it gets worse. I did try at the start of winter try to really think of positive things about winter. That would be the beautiful scenery that the snow blankets with all its glittery shine! But for spring… what is there not to like? The birds returning and singing, the budding of the trees, the beautiful flowers, the green green grass, No more coats, all the new baby animals being born, tractors in the field, gardens being planted, and the absolute best.. the Easter promise of HE IS RISEN !! HE IS RISEN INDEED!!
I’m in! Oh, and got to love TJ Maxx!!!
I always enjoy seeing pictures of your beautiful home! I really like how you decorated your mantlepiece; I have such a desire in my heart to have a home with a fireplace/mantlepiece one day to be able to decorate with pictures.
I’m very “season-oriented” too; to the extent that even hand soap in our house is season-based (warm vanilla sugar in the winter; fruity ones in the spring/summer; pumpkin or apple in the fall). I also like to rearrange things in the house when a new season comes; it’s very strange I know but it gives me a sense of actual change. Also, since the spring represents new birth for me and is my favorite season for that reason I try to get something to visually remind me of that like a potted plant (my husband bought me an orchid this week which was perfect for that purpose!).
I just want to take a minute to say I love your generous/giving spirit. Your giveaways have really encouraged me to look for more opportunities to give to others. Love and blessings, Karen
I just have not been motivated for spring this year, kind of unusual for me. Thanks for some inspiration! BTW-my daughter has a chicken that sounds just like that!
I’m in.
I’m in! Thanks!!!!
Flowers, flowers, flowers! Did I say flowers? We love having fresh flowers all over our house in the spring (by ‘we’ I mean my daughters and I – the men in our house really don’t even notice:)) Thanks for the post – I’m going to get out all of my spring decorations today (I believe every single one I have is from TJ’s! Love that place) and then head to Horrocks with the girls to pick out some flowers! Have fun at the games – our family will be cheering soon as well!
Count me in!
I’m in!
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I don’t decorate much different, but I’m like you, I like to burn certain scents of candles during certain seasons. What a great giveaway!
I’m in! No decorating for Spring here. We still have a foot and a half of snow in the yard. It looks more like January than March : ( Can’t wait to be able to open the windows for some fresh Spring air.
I’m in!
Wow, I really needed this today. Still have snow on the ground (fresh this week) just north of Chicago. I’ve been grumbling and need to change my attitude. Thank you for being a breath of fresh, spring air!
I like to pick up fresh flowers and put them all over the house. it makes it so refreshing to remind yourself of spring.
I usually don’t decorate for Spring, but this year I want to…really bad! I need help! Thanks!
I enjoy decorating for the seasons, especially spring & fall. I change the wreath on the front door, decorate my dining room table, hutch and coffee table in liv.rm. i use lots of flowers, and candles. Thanks for the chance to win your book and other goodies.
Happy Spring, Happy Easter, Happy Happy Everything!!
How do I decorate for spring? Well, as a wife, and mom of a very busy teenage girl, my decorating style is simple: instead of coats, raingear, and a backpack spread about in the den, I have shorts, t-shirts, softball equipment (complete with muddy cleats to round out the look!) and a backpack! It’s fun to change out for the seasons, isn’t it? And as messy as it is, I wouldn’t change a thing!
I’m in!
I like to have fresh cut flowers in my home during the spring. Thank you for having a giving spirit about you, it has been an encouragement for me.
i’m in:)
What a sweet giveaway. I’m in.
I think the weather (live in NE IN) is a tease…. Summer sunny skies and winter temperatures. Someday Spring will arrive to be quickly kicked aside by Summer.
I love welcoming spring, too. I’m not too good at decorating, but I do like to have fresh-cut flowers in the home or potted plants loaded with flowers (even better!). I also like to decorate with sunlight – opening up those shades and curtains! (Is that too corny? It really does lift the mood and feel so welcoming!)
Thank you for this kind opportunity!
I like to bring in fresh cut daffodils and forsythia.
Karen- you are so sweet to us your humble readers! As a fellow Michigander, I too am looking for signs of spring. The chubby robin on our deck yesterday was just the thing I needed. A bunch of fresh tulips are the perfect spring decor!
I don’t decorate for spring…just started to decorate for fall last year…
I just love to open up all the blinds and let the light pour in for Spring. And this year, I am switching out my curtains in my kitchen. I have some white ones that I saved from our old house and they would work perfectly. Night and bright!
Never decorated my house for spring thanks for.the encouragement I thin I will tis year
Flowers and de-cluttering
Enjoy your son’s games!
I don’t usually decorate – but I would love to! Money is tight as a stay-at-home mama but I wouldn’t want it any other way! Thanks!
Sounds wonderful!! Happy Spring!! Stay warm!!!
1. Add more colorful, fresh flowers
2. Fruity scented candles and oils
3. Change bathroom decor to pastel colors
These are some of the ways I welcome spring!
Your decorations are great…I need all the help with decorating that I can get! I’m in!
I don’t have much for spring decor but I do love spring scents in candles and soaps… orange, lemon, grapefruit. Mmmm. I think I’ll take the advice of another poster and will buy some pretty fresh flowers for myself and my 87 year old grandmother! I get my love of flowers from her. Happy spring!!!
I love bunnies! So, spring/Easter is one of my favorite times to decorate. Cracker Barrel Country Store always has the cutest bunny decorations!
I’m in! Thanks Karen!
I love decorating for the different holidays. I have almost completed my spring decorating with Easter and birds/birdhouses. I live in Louisiana and unfortunately our spring doesn’t last too long but I love it while it does.
im in
Honestly, I don’t really change my decor at all. Don’t really have the money for items for different seasons.
Flowers and fresh curtains!! Soft garlands and baskets of flowers!! Thank you! ~Amy S.~
Here in Maine we have not seen much of spring either, only a “teaser” on Monday! It’s still cold!!! Thanks for the spring giveaway…the way I like to decorate is to change out the table runners in the kitchen and hang something Springy, on the door.
Thanks Karen
Kathy C.
I love spring. Right now in Ohio it doesn’t feel very Spring like. I bring cut flowers into the house to decorate during spring. I especially like tulips.
Great giveaway. I could use those chocolates. For spring I tend to undecorate. It’s nice to clear out all the extras that have been hanging around since Christmas or after.
Spring seems so far off yet with all the snow around. But I have lots of lovely flowers around our home that are starting to bloom! Please include me in the giveaway..if it is open to Canadians, thanks!
I’m so in!!!!!
I like to put out springtime colored decorations. Not so much “Easter” only items as I like things to stay up for a whole season.
Yes, alot of STATES in the USA haven’t heard that it is SPRINGTIME YEt? LOL. We have been having nice weather in Portland Oregon for the past few wks, BUT, now that it’s spring, the weather has returned to COLD and frigid weather. I don’t know if Mother NATURE forgot about Spring this year or what? Oh well maybe summer will be extra long this year, I PRAY, God bless us all wherever we are.
Spring has sprung in New Mexico! Thanks Karen for this giveaway~it’s always fun to spruce up my home for the changing of the seasons. God bless~Lyn
Karen, You have done it again. Your home looks so nice. Don’t slip on your way to the baseball game. Hope you’ll win. Would sure enjoy having some of that spring smell in my home and be able to read one of your books.
We woke up to WHITE. So I can’t drink my coffee out of my spring mugs…looking for a wintery one. Decorating for spring for me usually means making sure all the Christmas decoration are packed away!!
Enjoy your baseball games. This is the first year my sons will not be playing little league because they are playing high school soccer. I enjoyed the 2-4 hours (when they had back to back games) just sitting in the shade, drinking cold drinks and reading. (A reprieve from the house and kitchen) Now I will be sitting in stadiums and under an umbrella from the sun or rain.
We thought spring had sprung here in Missouri but today we are with you Karen with sleet and freezing rain. What happened to the spring? I looked outside to be sure my daffodils were still standing and sure enough they were bravely looking for the sun!
I love to decorate for the seasons too and my house generally holds lots of color in the springtime! I have a gorgeous color-blocked table runner and then I like to pick a few flowers to put in a vase (lilacs are my fav) or put a small plant on the table. Spring is full of new life so anything green is a reminder of the New Life we have in Christ.
Blessings!
I love, and love to celebrate the seasons by changing up things in my home. So far I’ve changed my quilt back to my spring/summer quilt that boasts differing shades of soft blues and greens on a ivory background and added all of coordinating pillows, throws, potpourri, etc. I don’t have a lot of nicknacks that I switch out or put out, mostly I just ‘lighten’ here and there and work on veggie and flower containers on my patio where I enjoy sitting and reading.
Spring and Fall are my two favorite seasons and here in Kernersville NC the blooms are in full swing (as is the pollen!) so despite a small battle with allergies I am in full i.love.spring swing as well!
And I love the bowls on your table!
I am eagerly waiting for spring here in Montana!! Your decorations are wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity to win some great spring goodies! Have fun at baseball.
I would be thrilled to win your spring giveaway. I’m not always really good about keeping up with the seasons and decorating accordingly. Hanging on my front door is a snowman; in Texas, we’re out of snow weather! I’m a little behind, as usual! Thanks for considering me for the giveaway.
On our mantel are spring candles and stuffed bunnies, but directly under a Thomas Kincaid picture of the cross. My 12 year old son helped me take a large planter saucer, put dirt in it and plant grass seed, then made a stick cross which we placed behind a rock tomb. I saw this idea on one of the blogs I read and we thought it was beautiful. On Easter morning, roll the stone away from the empty tomb!
Love Decorating for the season! Any help would be greatly appreciate! Thanks for the offer- I’m totally in!
I am feeling so overwhelmed with Spring cleaning that I haven’t done any Spring decorating! I do agree with the Spring scents. I have switched my Scentsy products over to the Spring!
Each spring my husband cuts some pussywillow branches for me, and I arrange them in a vase and hang decorated eggs on them.
I love your spring decorating ideas Karen. I’ve never much been into decorating for the seasons – I really don’t like to mess with getting stuff out and then putting it away. I might have to start perusing the clearance racks for some things to use next year. I usually just decorate with the kids easter baskets when it gets closer to that time.
I’m also in Michigan and not enjoying the fact that I still have to scrape my windshield to go to work in the AM – But trying to find joy in the fact that at least there is not snow on the ground or ice in the trees! Oh Spring come quickly!
I have some nice artificial spring flowers that I put around in baskets and some little stuffed lambs that I put around a basket with eggs. I also have a spring table cloth (that I love!) with pink, purple and mint flowers that really perks up the dining room! I really like decorating for each season!
I’m in (and if I had more time to respond, I’d use that extra time to decorate for spring)!
I have a Easter flag that goes up as soon as possible and always reminds me that spring is on the way. I love SPRING and I love Easter, our reminder that Jesus rose from the grave!
I would love to win – I’m in!!
I am so ready for Spring…yesterday was a big storm…HIGH winds, snow..I have a few Easter things that I will be getting out this weekend…Last weekend I made placemats with fabric I got at Joann’s that has: He Lives, John 3:16, Rejoice, Jesus, Lamb of God all over it…So cool…
Spring decor for me is all about natural light and flowers. I like everything to look real clean cut and then I put a variety of flowers and fun vases around the home. As soon as it gets warm enough out, our windows are open, letting that wonderful fresh air inside.
Im in!
Central Indiana didn’t get the “spring is here” memo either! Love the bowls on your table!
Your Spring ideas for decorating are lovely! Count me in for the drawing….your give aways are such fun. Have a blessed day.
We get out and use the pastel dishes for a month and decorate the kitchen window with colored glass bottles, and of course, the Easter eggs show up!
Stay warm!
I’m in!
My version of spring decorating is spring cleaning! I know it sounds boring but all the stuff I have let pile up around the house because the kids have been stuckinside all winter is on it way out! And when I am done, my house will look completely new, fresh and ready for spring! Have a great weekend!
I usually just put on a ‘seasonal’ tablecloth and let it go at that. Unfortunately, we don’t have the extra money to spend on a lot of decorating. I know I can find cheap/free stuff, but then I don’t have anywhere to put the stuff anyway
I’m in.
I’m in
I have a spring-ish wreath on my door, and that’s about it so far…I try and add to my home decor each year (clearance is great! Wish we had a TJ Maxx!). So I don’t have much for spring. It’s a great giveaway, thanks!!
I’m in! Spring brings fresh life-and it is so needed in my life.
I’m in! Spring has sprung down here in MS! Beautiful flowers everywhere and 80 degrees, Love it!!
im in!
I’m In!
I actually do not decorate very much for spring or summer. Only a few knick-knacks that I get out. My fav for spring is a ceramic basket, with pastel eggs around it, it goes on the kitchen table. Have a few bunny decorations that I like to put out too! Enjoying reading everybody’s decor ideas!
Love Spring!!! I’m in!
Thank you Karen for your inspiration!
Happy weekend!
I’ve never been much of a decorator when it comes to seasons and holidays. I think mostly because of our lack of storage space. I will say my mother-in-law is great at bringing me fresh flowers when she comes up to visit. Maybe this year will be the year.
I love to bring in fresh flowers for decoration.
I decorate with soft pastel throw pillows and freshly cut flowers around the house!
Karen, This year I announced it was time to pull the spring stuff out to decorate. My husband informed me he hates bunnies (all my stuff involves bunnies!). So this year, it is very simple – forsythia in apothecary jars on my mantle! I need some new spring that doesn’t involve little furry creatures!
Lynn
I love the clear spring air…and putting bare twigs into bases, watching them bud.
I love to get out my spring decorations and plant flowers!
I’m in too!!
I m in!
I love spring. The green grass and blue skies just cant be beat!!
It is spring here in NE Louisiana! Love getting all the light pastel colored decorations out…need to work on that this weekend!
Fun! I am in the process of doing some spring cleaning and home decorating as we prepare to list our home to go on the market. Praying for a quick sale so we can move to a town that is 40 minutes away…that is where we have faithfully attended church for the past 4 1/2 years and we are excited to see God open doors as He has called us to move into the community and serve!
Blessings,
Teske
P.S. It snowed here in Iowa yesterday and today…our state also missed the Spring memo!
I decorate for just about all of the holidays, major and minor. For spring I have lots of Easter eggs and bunnies and Easter coffee cups and change my table linens to florals and greens. My fav thing to do is to bring in some forsythia and hang my Easter ornaments on it. Happy Spring and the Happiest of Easters too! God bless.
I’m so In
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
New decor is always welcome.