Lazy Girl's Guide To Decorating: Valentine's Day Edition

If you are like me aka a lazy decorator, your inner Martha Stewart only comes out to play during Christmas. The other holidays may get a wreath or flag dedicated to that holiday, and that's about it. The last few years I have wanted to decorate more, but never fear friends I am still a lazy decorator at heart. So here are my tips for my fellow lazy girls who want to have the cute decorations with minimum time and money spent. 

1. Bandannas are your best friend.  They can be used as napkins for your Valentine's decor, AND you can reuse them for other holidays and parties. 

2. Use colors that you can keep out for spring. Red and pink are colors that go hand in hand with not only Valentine's Day, but spring as well. Use fake flowers that you can leave out for spring and summer decor. I would recommend tulips, but any flower will work. 

3. Red Christmas Ornaments. You can put those red ornaments in a vase and use it as your center piece for your dinning table. 

5. If you are southern, than you probably have a mason jar around. It just comes with the territory. Take red or pin ribbon and tie it around the mason jar, and make a cute bow in the center. You can add a battery operated candle inside the jar if you wanted. 

6.If you want to "splurge" I would suggest buying fake food. Yup you read that right. The picture above shows just how cute fake food items can make a dinning table or a kitchen island. It really makes the table decor above come together. Trust me. We do have these items for sale at The Burlap Bunny. 

7. My best tip is to decorate your dinning table. It really makes a statement. Place mats truly add a great touch to your table and I cannot recommenced them enough! If you add place mats, cute plates,some napkins, and a cute center piece your dinning room is going to look more put together. Bonus if you're like my husband and me you're going to eat in the living room (just keeping it real) which means you won't have to move any items on your dinning table and it will stay pretty, and you won't have to put anything back! That is a true win for the lazy decorator. 

I hope you like this post, and if you want more lazy girl guides please feel free to leave a comment and let me know =) what are some of your favorite decorating tips? Leave them in the comments below. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has come in to the store and told us how much you enjoyed my last post. It truly means the world to me!! 

What We're Really About

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Sitting here with my morning coffee I thought to myself that I would write a post explaining The Burlap Bunny, and hoping that I could show you the reader how amazing The Burlap Bunny is, but I kept drawing a blank. My heart just wasn't into writing something that sounded like a business pitch. Yes, we are a small local store that has antiques, jewelry, boutique clothing, and much more, but I wouldn't say that is what we are exactly. The Burlap Bunny is somewhere you can go to escape from the day to day stress. When I first started helping at the store, I was told to keep the store clean, calm, and collected. The store was sometimes the only relaxing time people get, and that we strive to help them have their "retail therapy" time. The owners, D and Danny, always take the extra mile to make The Burlap Bunny more than just "a store". They put hard work into the small details. For a sweet example, D and her mother bake homemade goodies for the store often. Everything that is offered for you to snack on while you stroll the aisles of The Burlap Bunny is all homemade goodies. We make sure you have your coffee, apple cider, fudge, crackers, and more. 

Nothing feels better than when we get customers that come in and find something they didn't even know was missing from their lives. We have had people come in and buy an antique that makes their day because it reminds them of a loved one. We have people come in all excited because they don't have to drive an hour to find amazing and unique home decor that is almost identical to the item they saw on their favorite home decorating show. They find chic outfits to make them stand out and feel confident, and find the perfect accessory that goes with everything. See our store is different because we not only strive for good quality items, and while that is important, we strive to always be the type of people you need at any give time. 

Some days the store is people's retail therapy. Other days we are a shoulder to cry on. See in a small town we learn fast growing up that it is okay to lean on others' kindness. Some days we hear about people's hard times because they need to just let it out. We tell our customers we are praying for them through their hard times. D almost always has a Bible verse that comes to mind that seems to always be what the person needs to hear. It's truly amazing to witness. We try to always remember you by name, and we ask if things are better when you come back. We rejoice with our customers when they are having a good day, and we try to lift you up when you're not. We find success in being more than just "sales people". We strive to be the good southern Christian, down to earth people we were raised to be. What makes us feel like we hit the jackpot isn't the amount of money we make in a day. No, that money only tells us that we get to do what we love another day, and that is being our customer's cheerleader's, a listening ear, a hard working small business that strives on serving others.

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