Spring Mantel in March

Hi Friends,

Welcome to another how I decorated my mantel this year for Spring

I gathered some of my green bottles added a little yellow daffodils, white pip berries,  and a couple of diy's and voila' my spring mantel for 2020.

Green checked banner, adds a nice farmhouse feel to the old window frame on the mantel. 

I start with the the festive paper medallion banner I added a black and white check homespun garland I made last spring give a nice country feel, green moss garden balls I also made last spring 

 

A free St. Patrick's holiday print from

 Lucky to be in love

A few of my brass candle sticks, vintage postcard prints from 

A new diy wreath project this year

This year I brought into my décor a few felt  stemmed shamrocks I made a few years ago.

a cleaned up thrifted mirror and a few felt farmhouse shamrocks scattered around.

 

I am very pleased how adding a little moss and some of my DIY's came together. What do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my Spring Mantel.

Take care and God Bless, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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Rustic Farmhouse Valentine Wreath for the Front Door

Took a Dollar Tree tinsel, glittery wreath wrapped it with a roll of burlap ribbon also from Dollar Tree.

For the bows, I used 2" red burlap ribbon and 1.5" wired brown burlap ribbon from dollar tree.  I believe the 1.5" red & tan check and  7/8" black & white checked ribbon came from Craft Outlet. I cut 6" lengths of all the ribbon.

Then I layered red burlap add from my stash raffia and a couple of single strand of pip berries

wired burlap ribbon, red and tan ribbon and last the black and white ribbon

used some twine to tie up and attached to this finished bow to the wreath.

I always try and keep some light weight card stock/board that I get from cereal boxes for templates.

So I used the cereal box cardboard and cut out three hearts large medium, small for this fabric heart accent for the wreath. I used the black striped flat fold fabric that comes in this bundle from Wal-Mart, also red burlap ribbon and a aged book page.

 

I'm cutting out two heart from the fabric because, I'm making a little heart pillow. The first layer of the hear pillow is the black stripped fabric,

then the red burlap heart is a little smaller,

The third and last heart is cut from aged book paper.

 

Glue the three layer, I used Aleene's Tacky Glue and let it all dry completely.

I said I was making pillow hearts, so I added a cotton ball for batting.

With embroidery thread I used a blanket stitch around the edge to close up the heart pillow.

A finished little heart pillow.

I like how this project turned out.

Thank you for stopping by.......until the next project.

God Bless You, Vicki

Rustic Farmhouse Fabric Heart Bowl Fillers - DIY

DIY Fabric Heart Bowl Fillers

I've always love working with felt and many years ago I started sewing up Primitive red felt hearts for Valentine Decor.

I really like the fabric bundles from Wal-Mart so with, a red stripe fabric, black and white checked fabric I bought last year from a local quilter's shop,  I thought I would make up some new hearts this month. 

Dug out the sewing box

Using cotton balls for stuffing the hearts using a blanket stitch to close up the heart on all sides

I thought the hearts looked kind of plain, so I added embellishments of red felt hearts, buttons jute.

Wha-La....

cute heart ornies/bowl filler

The hand sewing was a bit time consuming, but I think they turned out pretty rustic farmhouse looking. 

 Let me know what you think of the fabric heart bowl fillers.

Thank you for stopping by

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

$1.50 Thrift Store Find for February - Vintage Pat and Pam Creative Charms kit

Hello Friends,

Today I'm sharing another project from a item I found at my local thrift store. 

Remember my thrift haul back in February I picked up a vintage three piece Pat and Pam Creative Charm kit for a $1.50. At the time I wasn't sure how to incorporate the charms into my February decor. Then realized I could add fabric and add the charm to a string of bead.

I had a tough time getting the fabric over the little teeth 

I finally got all three charms covered and the back snapped on.

Wrapping the jute twine around my fingers to forming a circle

Using another piece of twine to wrap around the end to make a hook, and cut the other end to make a fray.

Using red bead I thrift in February haul, I cut the twine the length I thought would need feed it threw the charm clasp and added the red beads about twenty and added tassel

I embellish the top of the charm with a small fabric heart and a button

This project turned out pretty nice.Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to.  So until the next project......

May God Bless you, Vicki

Valentine Rustic Mantel - Decorate with Me

Hi Friends,

Not much new this year so far,  I  added quit a few new items last year to my February décor.

To start off my decorating for February, I'm starting with the mantel.  I left the pinecone wreath I made this year for my January winter décor and the black and white checked homespun rag garland I also made last year with black and white checked fabric and a piece of white yarn, the evergreen garland from Walmart is left up through March.  This year I added a wooden black buffalo check heart to the wreath, placed wooden children's letter blocks I picked up in a thrift haul in January that spell LOVE.  Some frosted tiny cones, red berries from Dollar Tree, a "XO" conversational hearts and a "All of Me Loves all of You!", I made last year.

Like this gray heart made with puzzles pieces, the little wooden heart with "A Key to My heart".

I did find a few cute items this year at my local thrift store, so I'll show you where I added my new revamped thrifted purchases through out this month.

Thank you so much for checking in to see what project I'm working on now.

God Bless you and your family, 

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Very Easy DIY Checked Black and White Homespun Country/Primitive Garland

 Hi Friends,

I've started another project using fabric and yarn to make this very easy homespun Country/Primitive garland.

I bought 2 yards of checked black and white fabric from my local Quilter's shop.

I cut 1 inch strips about six inches long from the fabric

I measure the width of the mantel to get the length of garland I would need to drape my mantel.  Using white yarn from my craft stash, I started tying the strips of fabric on to the white yarn.

I ended up making two garlands one for the mantel and one for the Livingroom hutch. 

This country farmhouse homespun garland will add a nice touch to all of my seasonal décor, this year.

Thanks for stopping by to checkout this very easy homespun Country/Primitive garland project.

Until the next project.  

God Bless you, 

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Black and White Gingham Bunnies

As you will see, I'm really into the black and white gingham checks this year

Searching for free bunny templates I found this bunny template, printed it out and

traced the bunny shape on to white form board from the "Dollar Tree". 

Using scissor, I cut out the shape from the form board, realized the scissor did not make for a clean edge. I needed an x-acto knife or razor blade to get a clean cut. 

Using a x-acto knife cut out the bunnies from the form board.


 Using my new favorite black and white gingham fabric, traced the bunny shape on to the fabric and cut it out and glued to the form board.

This project turned out so cute, I decided to make two bunnies facing opposite directions for a variety.

First bunny I added a button eye and a white ribbon bow

 the second bunny I added the button eye and a cotton ball tail.

Thank you for stopping by for another "Dollar Tree" DYI

Come back soon Vicki

Rustic Farmhouse Valentine Conversational Hearts Diy

Hello Friends,

I have another rustic farmhouse project from a thrift, paper heart banner I picked up in January.

The heart were pink with glitter and as you know I'm not much into glitter so, I painted all six heart with Waverly white chalk paint, it two coats. 

I used Sharpie fine point markers to free write the saying and added the doodles.

Added a red felt heart then glued a wooden heart shape painted white that I used stencil to write X O, and free hand arrows around edge.

With this cute heart I used a black Sharpie, to free hand the word and vine, added a checked fabric bow.

Another heart I just used black and red Sharpie markers wrote Be Mine then free hand the little heart vine

The last heart I added a large fabric heart and glued a small red felt heart in center and then added a little doodle around the edge.

I think the finish project turn out quit cute. 

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki

Black and White Hearts- DYI

The wooden hearts I used were from a couple of Valentine Welcome signs that I bought from "The Dollar Tree" last year.

I used Waverly chalk paint in white and gave the red glittery heart two coats of paint.

I free hand drew a heart in the middle about a quarter inch from the edge of the heart shape and using Waverly black chalk paint to make little chalk board hearts.

I added a 1 inch wide strip of black and white checked fabric to the back of the hearts so that they could be hung on a hook or around an old bottle like I display here on my mantel.

I think the black and white hearts added a nice touch to my decor.


Thank you so much for stopping by.
Vicki

DYI - Valentine Wreath "'Dollar Tree" make over

Using a grapevine wreath I had, I added some of the Black and White Checked material and thin red ribbon and wrapped around the grapevine wreath. 
Next I added some of the little wooden hearts that I bought at "The Dollar Tree" that were a welcome sign and chalk painted white

and also added the letters to spell the word love from the yard of  black and white checked fabric, using stencils I had in my craft supply box.

I used wide popsicle stick from Walmart and laid out the letter heart out and glued to popsicle stick, then attached it to the ribbon on the grapevine wreath to get a 

I added a bow made from the 2 inch wired burlap ribbon from "The Dollar Tree "store and a 2 inch strip of the black and white checked fabric.  I think I should have added another black and white checked ribbon on top of the burlap bow.

I hope I gave you some decor  ideas to implement into your home decor for February.

Thank you for stopping by
Vicki the Colorado Junkett

February 2019 Will Soon Be Here!

When it comes to seasonal decorating, I pull out the bins and see what I have and right now my Valentine Decor is pink or red, white and a little burlap accents.  
 I made a red felt/burlap heart banner for the mantel a couple of years ago

I have a few items from Dollar Tree.

Red and white felt "Happy Valentine" Banner I made last year.

 Next step is to go check in with a couple of amazing You-Tube crafters that I follow, to see what the tend is for this years season.  

Buffalo check and Burlap are part of every DYI project I see for Valentine Farmhouse Decor this year.

 I'm definitely going to be including some black and white check hearts into my February decor.

I found the black and white checked material at my local fabric store, I picked up 2 yard.

Stay tune to see what DYI's I come up with this year.

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki