Crafts
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Quick and Easy Mini Boo and Banner Sign
I have noticed this Halloween season that many are decorating with a plain black and white color scheme. I would have to say I actually love how clean it looks! I wish that I could change all my decor to just plain black and white but, I simply have too much invested into the Halloween decorations I already have. I did create this fun Quick and Easy Mini Boo and Banner Sign, with the black and white theme in mind and I really like how simple and clean looking it is. To create your own Quick and Easy Mini Boo and Banner Sign you will need: unfinished wood framed sign measuring 6″…
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Painted Rustic Wooden Patriotic Star and Stripe Tags
A few months ago my husband was building a lemonade stand for our daughter. He had used dog eared fencing to create the base and roof of the stand. He ended up cutting off the dog eared sections and ask if I wanted to save or use them for a craft project. Well, I’m kind of a craft supply hoarder and I added them into my wood pile stash. Last week as I was looking through the woodpile I had that moment where I saw the fence boards and knew exactly what they could be used for! Tags! Yes, wooden tags! I have been seeing so many different ideas with…
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Squeeze the Day 3-D Lemon Sign
Now that Avry and decided to decorate with a lemon theme for June, we have been slowly creating pieces to add to our lemon decor. We created this quick and simple Squeeze the Day 3-D Lemon Sign in about 30 minutes. To create your own Squeeze the day 3-D lemon sign you will need: 8” by 8” cut thin board White paint Paintbrushes Lemon shape cut from thin wood or cardboard Yellow paint Glitter Black vinyl Personal cutting machine Hot glue gun and glue Start by painting you 8” square board white and the lemon shape yellow, before the lemon shape has time to dry sprinkle glitter over the wet…
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Watercolor yellow paint Decorative Lemon Pillow Cover
In the previous post of our darling Lemon Slice block, I stated that we are all about the Lemon theme for this summer. Krystal came up with the creative idea of making a Watercolor yellow paint Decorative Lemon Pillow Cover. The supplies that you will need to create this project are: White or off white fabric A pillow form Cutting board and a rotary cutter or a pair of scissors Watercolor paints – a child’s school set will work Paintbrushes Liquitex or Mod Podge water paper cups (to hold the water in) Personal cutting machine Black iron-on vinyl Iron Ironing board Pins Sewing machine First, gather some white or off white fabric.…
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Quick and Easy Sewn Easter Bunny Carrots
With Easter right around the corner, I wanted to create fun new items to add to my Easter home decor. I have seen several ideas for fabric stuffed carrots and decided that they would be a quick and easy sewing project. I also like that they could be used many ways to decorate with: In baskets, by frames, or strung to create a bunting. I figured they would be easy enough to create my own pattern. To create your own Quick and Easy Sewn Easter Bunny Carrots you will need: Fabric mesh rope or twine polyfill hot glue thread sewing machine glue gun scissors Paper You will want to start…
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Glitter and Jute 3 Valentine Hearts Decorative Board
One of my favorite things is to turn trash into treasures. Don’t spend a lot of money on craft supplies or decorations! Finding a creative way to reuse items that are being thrown away is actually really fun. Several friends and family members know that I am like this and often coming bearing gifts of items they are throwing away. My sister recently gave me a large box of scrap wood pieces leftover from building her basement. There was 2 pieces of finishing wood in this box cut at 4 1/2″ by 16″. Don’t you just Love it when the work of cutting the wood is already done for you? …
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Easy Valentines Cupid Candy Co. Sign
Sometimes my favorite crafts to make are ones that are simple and come together in a matter of minutes. This Easy Valentines Cupid Candy Co. sign is one of those kinds of craft projects. If you don’t have a lot of time on your hands but, want to create a cute simple sign then this project is for you. To create your own Easy Valentines Cupid Candy Co. Sign you will need: Smooth thin wood board cut at 12″ by 12″ (MDF works great as does pine) Gray paint (or desired color) White vinyl (or desired color) Personal cutting machine Fine glitter glue Start the project by first cutting out…
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Winter Theme Ski Lodge Pillow
During the few weeks between Christmas and Valentine’s day, I love to decorate my home in a winter snowflake and blue theme and color scheme. Sometimes is hard to find items or ideas that are more winter themed without looking too much like Christmas decorations. Sometimes a pillow or board with a simple phrase or saying can be the piece to bring your decor look together. For this Winter Theme Ski Lodge Pillow, I used a pre-made blue pillow form cover and added the wording ski lodge in black iron on vinyl. I love that this project is easy yet adds to my winter theme decor. To create your own Winter…
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Easy Sewn Fabric Christmas Gift Bags
Every December I am always looking for neighbor Christmas gift ideas. I usually pass out several neighbor gifts, I like to find things that are inexpensive. I like to give items that are useful or consumable, yet still, let them know that we care about them. This year I decided to go with a consumable gift and purchased a bunch of brownie mixes. I found a fun little poem to go with the mixes but felt like they need something more. I decided to sew some simple bags out of scrap fabric to personalize my brownie mixes. These Easy Sewn Fabric Christmas Gift Bags are so simple that anyone can make…
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DIY Painted Holiday Doormats for the upcoming season
What is not to love about fun and funny Doormats? Those first moments ringing the doorbell and waiting on someone’s doorstep is the first impression of what that family is like. While standing there I always look down and see what their choice in a doormat is. Whether it’s a plain mat that stays out all year round or one that is changed for every season. It gives me a glimpse of their personality. Of course, I like to change my doormat out with every season, holiday, or anytime I can! There are so many ideas for Holiday Doormats that I decided to make several and give them out as Christmas gifts! One of my favorite things…
