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Summer Lovin’ watermelon sign
Always having a piece of wood painted comes in handy. Especially when making this Summer Lovin’ watermelon sign. My first piece of advice when crafting is always to have square wood pieces cut, painted and ready to go. This piece is an easy make when you already have pre-painted wood blocks or boards. There are a lot of free SVG’s you can find online. I look on Pinterest and google. Find an SVG of a Watermelon, which font you want to use and watch a cute sign come together.
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Christmas Blocks
Follow along on how to make Christmas blocks! If you see in the photo below you can see how I used the little red truck block to add to a small tiered tray. To create your own Christmas blocks you will need: 2″ by 4″ pine wood boards – We use whatever scraps we can find. White or Red paint Small Christmas like embellishments you can glue onto the blocks paintbrushes Assortment of Christmas scrapbook paper or stick on vinyl chop saw To start measure and cut your 2″ by 4″ board into squares using your chop saw, they will actually be 3.5 ” by 3.5″. Funny that they call…
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Large Gather Glass Framed Wall Décor
How many times do you see a used frame and pass it up or get rid of it because you have no use for it? This Large Gather Glass Framed Wall Décor is an upcycle! Krystal is the queen of finding treasures and when we both saw this beauty we knew it could be fabulous. Frames can be used in so many ways but this time I fell in love. Sometimes I fall in love with the things we make and it is hard to give them away. Krystal took the frame and cleaned it up then chose to paint it a light teal color. Once she chose the paint…
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Lazy Susan Upcycle to Round Door Hanger
During our Spring yard sale haul, we found this wooden lazy susan for $1. It was in pretty rough shape. We decided to give it a new life by creating a door hanger out of it. Check out our video below to see how we created this trendy hi-door hanger from the lazy susan we found. Thanks for watching!
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3-D Framed Wood Pumpkin
Check out how I made this 3-D Framed Wood Pumpkin. I love to turn other people’s trash into treasures! Sometimes other people don’t see the value in items like I do. Going to yard sale’s and find things for fairly cheap to make new again is one of my favorite past times. Finding this cute turquoise chicken wireframe at a yard sale for .25 got me really excited and knew I couldn’t pass it up. At the time of the purchase I had no idea what I would use it for. A few months later I purchased a 3-D wooden pumpkin for $1.00. The size of the pumpkin fit perfectly…
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Simple Lemon Slice Summer wood block tutorial
This Summer I am all about the Lemons and how bright, colorful and delicious smelling they are. First I want to expand on my little lemon collection. Krystal and I came up with this Simple Lemon Slice Summer Wood block. We are here to give you the instructions of what we did. Supplies you will need: Wood block approx. 1 & 1/2″ thick, 4″ tall and 3 & 3/4″ wide. – Our’s were left over blocks from a previous project. Round thin wood piece approx. 3″ around. or you can use a piece of chip board and cut it like we did. White paint – to paint the wood…
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Upcycling an old hutch / curio cabinet
Every year for Christmas my family rotates names and this year I am lucky enough to have my sister and her family. My sister moved into a new home and struggles with decorating it. So, for me it is easy to have a million ideas as to what I could give her. While visiting her home recently she complained of some television wires hanging out of her wall. Making a promise to her that I would help her figure out how to cover the wires. I stumbled across this Curio cabinet on our local classifieds for $65.00 and decided to Upcycle it for my sister. These are the photos that…
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DIY Kitchen Bead Board Back Splash
Today I am sharing my beautiful DIY Beadboard Kitchen Back splash with you. For years I’ve told my husband I want a back splash but I’ve gone back and forth so many times on deciding until I saw a photo of a beadboard back splash! I was really excited because I have a lot of beadboard throughout my home so I knew it would tie in nicely. Plus it would lighten up my kitchen and add dimension! So, if you want to do a beadboard black splash here are some simple steps to follow. First, Measure the area between your counter and to the bottom of your cupboards. You’ll also…
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Simple and Easy Board and Batten Wall
Let me preface this post by saying this is the easy way to do a Board and Batten wall. No removal of any baseboard and no cutting around any outlets. Cost effective because there are no sheets of wood – yes folks I used the wall for my backing. For the most part I like to keep things simple. So here we go! First take a look at the wall or room that you would like to add the Board and Batten to. Ask yourself these questions – What is the overall measurement of the length of the wall? Can you stack the vertical strips on top of your current…
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DIY Rustic Re-purposed Wood Shutter With Hooks
I have had this old Wood Shutter sitting in my garage for several years. I purchased several shutters at a garage sale for $2.00 and then found more! Both Krystal and I had 6 shutters for under $5.00 over the years I have used the shutters for various projects. I’ve made a Noel sign for Christmas and a Flag shutter for the 4th of July. But WAIT!! Who could forget the Thanksgiving Shutter ?? As you can see I have used Shutters for each holiday but I had one full length one left so I wanted to create something for my sister. This originally was meant to be for her back hall to…
Handmade crafts, DIY, Upcycling, Home Decor
