Happy October! Here's a Halloween Dollar Tree Haul

I stopped by the Dollar tree today and look what I found!There were so many awesome things I just couldn't help myself.  I think this has been the largest Dollar Tree haul I have ever purchased.

I picked up the ceramic figurines and the multi colored googly eyes for some fun October activities.  I've see some You-Tubers hauling the Harvest Blessings and Harvest sign so I was excited to find them at my Dollar Tree Store.  As you can see I also purchased 2 large and 2 small vine wreaths to hang on doors in my house, not sure if I'll add any greenery to them.

I've never notice my Dollar Tree Store having so many of these magnet sheets before, I just had to get all of the styles.  And of course I never can have enough treat bags, at work I hand out treat bag to the kids in the classroom I work in.

Here I found more items to use as fun October craft activities for the grand kids.  I found some really cute Jack-o-lantern lights strings.

Lastly, I found these very cute evergreen tree garland for hanging cards from along with a few items to use in my everyday house decor.

I hope this inspires you for some fun items to decorate you home for Halloween.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

October Thrift Finds

This was my October find at my local thrift store

Look at thes super coo vnitage pumlikns and this vintage cat treat bag

The cover cloch with a marble base the old books a basket that I will probably paint a wreath that I will take off the white pearls and ribbon and the books, I saw a tutoral on how to age the books, the pots I thought I may use them in my dcor some ware not sure right now.

Theres adorable apple salt and pepper shakers will be in my kitchen

the wooden spools of thread it's pending.

Have a Amazing Day!

The Colorado Junkett - Vicki

September is a time to Party at my house

What do you get a 25 year old for her birthday?  Money card.  Actually I sent here some cash to get what she needed.  My daughter is going to college and working trying to make ends meet.

The following week my Grand daughter has a birthday and shell be turning 4 years old.

I decided that a home party with family would be the best for a four year old and not to over whelming for grandma. ha ha

Grandpa made the cake from a box mix and added icing.

Grand daughter blowing out the candles

The presents!!

The party theme I came up with was butterflies and purple crepe paper

my granddaughter had a great time with family.

Have a wonderful day!

Vicki

The Colojunkett

Surprised Visit

My granddaughter and great grandson stopped by for the weekend.  What a wonderful time we had.

Riding bikes with the grand children.

Playing with Lego's with the grand children.

Playing at the park climbing the wall at the park play equipment.

I had such a wonderful time visiting and watching the grand kids and great grandson play and visiting with my granddaughter.

Have a wonderful day!

Vicki the Colojunkett 

September thrift finds

I found a few things for the house.

We have about three thrift store in my town. I stopped by last week after work to see what was new.

And a few things to use for Halloween.

I'm excited to see how I'm going to use these items in my Halloween decor this year.

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett

August thrift finds

I just don't know where my time went during the summer.  I hadn't done much yard selling this summer, but I did stop by one this weekend and look what I found!

I'm not sure where I'm going to put these things, but Ill be sure to show you if I find a place for the items in my house.

I liked the simplistic of the carvings and I have been looking for a glass cube, ( I know that is not the correct name). The little white shelf was just cute so I had to have it.

I'm always on the look out for Christmas decorations, you can never have enough Christmas decorations.  I picked up a box of twinkle lights, a box of pine cone picks with silver bells on them, and a box of red felt bows plus a box of old notebooks and binders that I sure I will use for my binder systems for my projects.

Have a great week!

Vicki the Colo Junkett

Sunflower on the Hutch

Hi Friends,

It's time to start bringing out the Sunflowers into my late-summer décor, I like to enjoy the last few weeks of summer.  We have a few more weeks of hot temperature in our forecast, and then in a snap!, we get a freeze and then it's fall.

I'm just getting started with a bouquet in a thrifted cream color vase.  I'm going to fill the wicker basket with more sunflowers I think, close to the black lantern I place a bundle of sunflowers.  I'm not sure what next,  have gather my blue bottles, greenery, maybe add a few of my rooster collections, I was also thinking adding in a few of my green bottles what do you think?

May God bless you and your family.

I'm  Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Sunflowers Late/Summer-Changing Décor

Hi Friends,

I have taken down the Fourth of July décor and starting to put up late summer décor, sunflowers crows etc.  I like summer so much and we have such a short summer that I feel it's okay to stretch summer décor into September.

cigar collection vignettes

country style spitoon

vintage white milk glass

vintage cigar box

vintage lunch box

green vintage books brass country candle stick

May God bless you and your family, I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Patriotic Décor on Hutch

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm adding Red, White and Blue to the top of my hutch.

I have incorporated this weathered willow basket I found at the thrift store added some red white, and blue flowers. 

Also I place one of my vintage chalk board to announce it's 4th of July. 

A few flag placed here and there adds color and the idea that I'm proud to live in America.

I also, incorporated from my vintage candlestick collection a pair of pink depression glass candle sticks and a pair of silver plate candle sticks and added red, white, & blue candles.

 Last Christmas I made the white star using chippy white wood scraps I thought it would give a nice touch of rustic

A thrifted wooden country rooster that is always perched on the hutch

To my patriotic décor, I have added a few new items from Dollar Tree the blue jar I filled with red, blue, and silver bead necklaces, a new sign, and some patriotic color floral

Thank you for stopping by to see how I decorated the top of my hutch for the month of July.

May God bless you and your family, 

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

My Patriotic Country-Style Mantel

Hello Friends,

July is here, with all the celebration hot summer afternoons and fireworks!

I have decorated my mantel with

a framed Declaration of Independence that my husbands son gave us last Christmas.

I've added American Flags, pip berries picks to a few of my vintage bottles.  I also incorporated my vintage brass candle stick with red, white, and blue candles.

I added a few of my vintage blue  and clear bottles a grapevine star wreath and a red covered book for height.

The Uncle Sam figurine was a thrift find as were most of the items displayed on my mantel.

New items I added to my patriotic décor this year is this Happy 4th of July banner, silver mercury glass looking pint jars and the foam flag star, that I purchased from Dollar Tree.

Fourth of July in the Rockies is the best time the weather is sunny and warm.

God Bless America,

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Easter DIY Making Them My Own Bunnies and Ducks

Hi Friends, 

Painting up a few bunnies and ducks for my Easter Décor

 May God Bless You and Your Family. 

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

March 2017 is Here!

Time to get the March Decor Up

Green, green, green, the temperature is warming up but we still have snow, so it is very hard to think spring, but I have pulled out the Saint Patrick's Day decorate you can see I have few items.

I was doing some deep spring cleaning and founds some decoration that I made quiet a few years ago,  felt shamrocks pip berry eucalyptus stems green candle and a cardboard shamrock.  I'll see if I can incorporate some of the items into this year march decor.

 I'm not real happy with the mantel, it looks so plain.

I made this shamrock garland this year and added prints from old post cards with clothespins.  I searched the house for anything green, brass, and white to use as decor pieces on the mantel.

As you can see I incorporated the felt shamrocks on a stick in the white vase which is a new thrift find.  This banner is new with the green medallions, but can't get it to hang right.

Here are a few more of the felt shamrocks on a stick, This needs something

Here is one of the Styrofoam balls I mod podge with green tissues paper and I stuck in the King Edward cigar box and added a couple of old post cards.

I guess I'm not feel'in it this year.

I use some more felt shamrock on a stick some old post cards and a cardboard shamrock with one of the medallion I made in a earlier tutorial.

This is it for 2017.

Have a wonderful day!

Vicki 

Show and Tell - February Themed Banners

I saw this banner on Pinterest from Little Maisie on www.esty.com and thought it would fit into my rustic farmhouse decor, so here is my version.

 I had made for the mantel in the den, but I measured wrong and the banner was to long to fit the mantel, so I hung it in my living room.  I think it looks great in the living room at the front window.

I had some sack cloth I bought on sale at my local Walmart, and of course you know I always have felt square and twine.  I choose to make my hearts 5" x 41/2, sorry I just kind of eye ball when I cut the template for the sack cloth/ red felt hearts.

I got the stencils out and traced the letters for, "Happy Valentine".  I used red and white acrylics paints to fill in the stencil letters.  Then I hot glued twine that I have on hand to transform the hearts into a banner.

This project was super easy and I was able to finish this banner in about four hours.

I found another Valentine garland project that looked fairly easy on Pinterest of course, saved from
www.redtedart.com, go check this site out she has a lot of wonderful paper craft ideas.

This project was a little more time consuming the cutting and taping took some time, but I really liked how it turned out.  I hung this garland  in my living room with my green-fir garland.

 Gives this project a try, for your Valentine Day decor.


Have a wonderful Day
Vicki the ColoJunkett

Heart Banner Tutorial

When I have some time on the weekend I love to work on some easy crafts for my rustic farmhouse look.  The last two Saturdays I've been working on a small heart banner that I saw on Pinterest saved from www.catchmyparty.com.  I always have felt squares around and I have seen crafters using burlap ribbon.

So here was my project..

I had the red, white, and pink felt squares and started cutting three sizes of hearts to layer all I saw was a lot of white.

I had bought a couple of rolls of burlap ribbon from the dollar tree.  I really didn't have a plan for the burlap when I bought it.   I tried to incorporate the burlap and thought the burlap gave the hearts a rustic feel.  Once I had all the heart cut and glued.  I decided to brush them with watered down Elmer's Glue.

What a mistake, it took several day for the glue to dry and the burlap separated and started to curl up.

I laid out the hearts on plastic wrap and put books on them for a couple of days to flatten out the hearts

that did the trick then I just used my glue gun and attached jute to the back to make the banner.

This is the finished project, I think it turned out okay and it gives a little bit of color to the front of my fireplace and mantel.

I hope this gives you some inspiration to add some color to your decor for February.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Vicki the ColoJunkett