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This Old Bird Has Found A Nest Away From Home*Giveaway!

*Update* Lucky Tassel winner announcement:  Congrats to Heidi of Frantically Simple! I’ll email you.

I love home decor.

I love cheap home decor.
I love cheap, do-it-yourself home decor.
Rarely, do I find something that encapsulates my deep-seeded home decor needs.
But this old bird has found a nest away from home at:  The Nesting Place.  
I don’t think I have ever fallen for a blog so quickly.  And she sells handmade tassels on etsy.
I bought this adorable domino tassel with a cream pom pom:
In a thank-you-I-received-it-email, I actually wrote, “If I had a BFF necklace, I would send you the other half.”
And I don’t kid about best friend necklaces.
I’m pretty sure I scared her. Half.To.Death.
She might even block me on Twitter.  
The Nester has beautiful taste. Many of her posts are about creative ideas she’s done in her own home. She has a classic, clean look and who wouldn’t love her motto, “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful”?  
One of my favorite parts (besides her tassel giveaways, in which she appeals to your inner-moocher) is her Mistreatment Club for window treatments.
Look, here’s mine.  I ordered the fabric on ebay.  And painted black wooden balls from WalMart.  My hubby helped me with the double-sided screws.  Little black cording spaced every now and then make perfect hangers.
 
My tip?  Go visit The Nester at her blog or here at her etsy store. And if you see something you like, buy it immediately because I have NEVER seen a store sell out more quickly! The people are all about tasseling.  
It’s like an epidemic of fringed-proportions.
Or you can leave a comment and risk the odds that you will be chosen to win a domino tassel just like mine ($20 value).  (See?  I told ya’ll she was the best!  And so generous!)
Domino Tassel 190
She’s a hoot and that’s my favorite kind of bird.
Leave just one comment and I’ll choose the lucky tassel winner Thursday night at 10 p.m. CST.


Comments

  1. 1
    Dawn says:

    I love the Nester, too. I want her to come visit me so I can walk her through every room in my house and make her give me free advice.

  2. 2

    OOOH Stuff! I need more stuff!

    I do love her website.

  3. 3

    We do love the tassels! I’m in! Thanx for sharing the great finds.

  4. 4

    I love tassels. And the name of your blog. Cracks me up :)

    thanks for the giveaway.

  5. 5
    Julie says:

    I am going to visit her blog right now! How do you find such great stuff?

  6. 6
    Mandy says:

    I’m am on my way to the blog, followed by her Etasy store!
    Your window treatment is Very pretty. What a GENIUS idea she had!!!
    (Is that how you spell genius?…Just proves I’m not one huh?)

  7. 7

    I love this gal’s blog! and the store!!! I would love to win!

  8. 8

    Very cute. Im gonna go ‘shopping’ right now!! ;O)

  9. 9

    cool cool… I so need a tassel!!!

  10. 10
    Joy says:

    I’ll def. add her to my blogroll! I did go to her etsy store and saw that it was near EMPTY! You GO GIRL!!!

    My MIL makes awesome tassels, too! She just made some for each of us. I’ll show you sometime… tooooooooooo tired right now! And DH left the camera at church (drats—how can one blog without their camera?!?!?!?!).

  11. 11
    Genny says:

    Thanks for the tip…I’ll check her site out.

  12. 12

    I didn’t know I NEEDED a tassel until I saw this. I’m sold.

  13. 13

    Do I dare to hope I might win…
    I do.
    I dare.

  14. 14
    Reeva says:

    dang! i got lost in there :) i now have a few more bookmarks to add to my browser. Great giveaway! I hope i’m the lucky winner :)

    now back to reading and learning more decor secrets :)

  15. 15
    mishebe says:

    love tassels too. And i like your toile drapes. great job. mishelle

  16. 16
    Hosehead says:

    Sweet tassel!!! Great giveaway!
    ~Tanya
    the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com

  17. 17
    Loraine says:

    Love the tassel balls… very fun!!! And your dining room window treatments look great!

  18. 18
    The Nester says:

    an epidemic of fringed proportions–I so am gonna have to use that!

    I think this is my favorite post of yours ever-imagine that!

    you are so good with your words, lucky. That’s why I have to put so many photos in my posts–I can’t think of good words.

    I would wear the other half of that necklace.

  19. 19

    I visit the Nester’s blog too! :) I would love to win a tassel!!! Thank you for the chance! :)

  20. 20
    Jenn says:

    I’ll have to visit her blog! The tassels she makes look pretty cool.

  21. 21

    I love the Nester! I love the ideas I get from her site.

    Thanks for a great giveaway!!

  22. 22
    Misty says:

    My friend JUST showed me her blog yesterday, and now you link it today. I need to check this girl’s site out on my own!

  23. 23
    fortyb4forty says:

    Love the tassel and love her website and yours,too!

  24. 24

    How creative!

  25. 25
    marky says:

    Who Knew Tassels could be so much fun? I am pretty sure that I need them now too!

  26. 26
    Heidi says:

    Oh I have a serious need for something that adorable to “pimp out my home.” That’s awesome.

  27. 27
    MaggieLousMommy says:

    I fell hard and fast for The Nester, too. I keep thinking that I want a BFF just like her!!
    springfield14@alltel.net

  28. 28

    Tell me (the decorating challenged one) what would I do with a tassel if I won it?

  29. 29
    Suzie says:

    I want new window treatments I have …I hate t admit this but mauve satin curtains they are so so so ugly so ugly but I havent had the time or money to replace them so as I go to sleep at night I think I hate you mauve curtains. You S*ck!

  30. 30
    Jerralea says:

    I totally love the window treatment that you did! It’s inspiring!

    I would love to win the tassel. I would also love to see how people use tassels. [LOL, I come from a deprived family who don't own any tassels ...]

  31. 31

    Nice, very nice! Gotta love the tassels.

  32. 32

    Hmm.. I will have to check it out.. We don’t have any tassles here and I sure could use some home decor help… crayon colored walls is so yesterday!

  33. 33
    Cassondra says:

    Nice tassels!!! LOL

  34. 34
    Valarie Lea says:

    I love her so much! She makes me sick though with how she can take something so ordinary and make it extraordinary. One day I will be like her….. One Day

  35. 35

    I don’t visit her blog often enough! I’m waaaay overdue for some redecorating at home!

  36. 36

    Now, I luvvvv me some tassels. Great for all kinds of accents!

  37. 37

    Love it! Tassels are so much fun! I have them in my guest room. Need them in more places! lol!

  38. 38
    Lisa says:

    You have such good taste in home decorating. Maybe when the kids go off to school, you can put your talents to good use…hire yourself out to decorate others homes with others money!!!!

  39. 39
    Tami says:

    I LOVE the Nester! She was my very 1st blog reading addiction, I mean inspiration!!

    I, too, have done a mistreatment but yours is much more beautiful. I love it!!

    I sooooo want the Nester to be my neighbor!

  40. 40
    paryjeja says:

    great website, would love to win this

  41. 41
    Joanna says:

    I found her via another blog one day. I fell in love with her witty decorating at once! She is so tasteful yet so savvy when it comes to her shopping. I would love to win one of these, because well, who wouldn’t? I have made the raggamuffin garlands and I have mistreated my windows, but tassle making is a talent that I can’t seem to master no matter how hard I try! So pick me pick me, please!! (can’t you hear the desperation over here?)

  42. 42
    Spooky says:

    oooh! Pretty! I’d have to find someplace very special to hang that :)

  43. 43
    Niki says:

    Totally cute idea!

  44. 44

    How can you not like something that looks expensive but was actually frugal? And cute?

  45. 45
    Katie says:

    Love the Nester and would love to win a tassel! fistshaker@gmail.com

  46. 46
    MOM says:

    I NEED A TASSEL! MOM

  47. 47
    Anonymous says:

    Love your window treatments- looks great and I love your site!! kaw2465@yahoo.com

  48. 48
    me says:

    i had no idea that people used tassels to decorate these days. i love them! she is an amazing artist! thanks for the chance to win one.

    kate

  49. 49

    I recently discovered her too! She is incredible. I wish I had a mind for decorating like she does. It would be wonderful to win one of her tassels…maybe that would be a start!

  50. 50

    I love the Nester! I myself am a part of the “mistreatment club”. I want to learn to make these tassels next. She has great taste and ideas! Love the giveaway!!!

  51. 51
    Kristen says:

    I love her blog, I would LOVE to win a tassel!

  52. 52
    Tracye says:

    I love her blog, and her tassels, too!

  53. 53
    Happy Mommy says:

    Did I enter in the wrong comment? I love tassels and would love to win!

  54. 54
    Sandra says:

    I have 8 places around the house where I could use a tassel!

  55. 55
    nicole says:

    I love the tassel and I love her blog and I love her store. So cute!

  56. 56
    Nikki says:

    I love the Nester and her tassels! They are great!

    I’ve having a giveaway too on my blog, come enter.

  57. 57

    I do love me the nester! I’m dying to do my own mistreatment! Just gotta figure out the fabric issue with a paisley couch! *ouch*

  58. 58
    Tiff says:

    I love mistreatments! And I love her blog! Count me in!

  59. 59
    Elastigirl says:

    Very neat! This is the first I’ve seen of her etsy store.

  60. 60
    Anonymous says:

    I love The Nester and have followed her blog for while. When I grow up I hope to be half as talented as she is!

    Tina

  61. 61

    I so love that tassel!

    I’ve been a lurker on her blog for awhile…I so love it too!

  62. 62
    Shane says:

    I’m a H-U-G-E Nesting Place fan too! I just stumbled onto her blog about a month ago and visit it daily. I sure hope she doesn’t think I’m stalking her! That’s for the awesome giveaway.

  63. 63

    I’ve been loving her site for about three weeks now…such neat ideas!

  64. 64

    Those tassels are lovely! Sign me up!

  65. 65
    Michele says:

    Thanks for the link! Please enter me in your contest!

    Thanks so much!!

    Michele(CA)
    luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com

  66. 66
    foxxy says:

    I also enjoy the nesters blog. She’s so creative and makes it look so easy. Love the tassell.

  67. 67
    Tiffany Hulbert says:

    I love your curtains!! Hey, I don’t kid about BFF necklaces either! :) Thank you for this contest!

    tiffany[dot]hulbert[at]lmco[dot]com

  68. 68
    Jeno says:

    Oh how fun and the tassell’s are georgous!!!! I hope I win!!!

  69. 69
    tonya says:

    Okay, I spent way too much time at the “Nesting Place” after reading your post! She is incredible. So are you! This is my absolute favorite blog.

  70. 70
    M says:

    Lovely stuff! Thank you for directing me to it!

  71. 71
    gbmom2407 says:

    interesting. I would love the opportunity to have one. I will check out the site for sure.
    Happy day.

  72. 72
    Mary B says:

    I (heart) the nester. She has some fabulous ideas!

  73. 73
    Ginny says:

    I love her tassles, they are so cool!

  74. 74
    Brandi says:

    Really New To Blogging but caught your page on a friends site, love it! I also love the idea of tassels, that is just the cutest. I think I will take the idea of hanging them on my hubbies arms (like the wrestler)… LOL
    God Bless

  75. 75
    nosmallthing says:

    Okay, I’ll chance it for now, that I’ll win this thing, but if not, I’ll head on over there to look around for myself.

    dkkwhcs@yahoo dot com

  76. 76
    Anonymous says:

    After a lifetime of things hanging from door knobs I have been vindicated. I loved her site very much. I have put it on my favorites for a fun morning read

  77. 77

    I adore what you did! Where did you get the words for your wall? Off to check out her site now!

  78. 78
    debbi says:

    wow, love the tassels.
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    djohnson@catcrew.com

  79. 79
    Miss Spoken says:

    Love the idea of a birds nest!
    gkstratos@yahoo.com

  80. 80
    kristen says:

    i heart the nester too . . . she is amazing . . . her home decor kills me . . . it’s gorgeous! this is my favorite giveaway yet! thanks. kristen.

    ryankristenwilson(at)msn(dot)com

  81. 81
    misty says:

    Thanks so much for the opportunity.

    planetmisty at gmail dot com

  82. 82
    AudreyO says:

    Ooh great prize! Thanks.

  83. 83
    Nicol says:

    I also love the Nester! She has great ideas! I would love the tassle and give it to my mom for her birthday!

    nicolmontero at gmail dot com

  84. 84
    Jenn says:

    Inspiring! I needed that!

  85. 85
    CanCan says:

    Oooo! I hope you mean 10pm CST!

    onlycancan at hotmail dot com

    This is the kind of resource I need!

  86. 86
    Reva Skie says:

    Help a design-challenged kid out. I have no flair.

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