Country Farmhouse Vintage Styled Mantel for February

Country Farmhouse Vintage Mantel

Hi friends, 

This year I brought out some of my projects from the past and some vintage pieces I have collected over the years.  As you can see I am still liking how the black and white fabric adds a little bit of farmhouse feel.  A thrifted milk glass, a couple of diy sign projects, fabric hearts, red bird, paper heart touches and dried roses.

In this area of my mantel I added a few vintage bottles a couple of diy heart projects from a couple of years ago, heart shape tea cake mold and a tea stained red strip fabric garland to compliment the black and white check homespun.  the little girl is a vintage valentine print. I just love using vintage prints through out my home décor. 

Here on the mantel I added a farmhouse salt shaker hen I picked up at a yard sale, a vintage Hazel Atlas quart jar and some homespun tried around the zinc lid. I put some of my dried roses my sweet husband gives me on my birthday into a mercury looking jar, I picked up at Dollar Tree. A vintage vintage print and two diy heart project.

I have another vintage rooster That I have collected a candle stick I thrifted last year added a jar on top with pip berries an d tied some homespun around the neck of the jar.  A few kids alphabet blocks is added for whimsical touch.

I brought out of my stash a vintage tea pot and put more of the dried roses and added some more homespun the white hen I picked up in January at a thrift store it wasn't marked, but I believe it adds a nice touch to my Valentine mantel. Standing in front of a diy moss cover twig heart I thrifted and upcycled.

The heart box I thrifted last February and upcycled with a vintage look. The "Follow Your Heart" sign is also a diy I made to look farmhouse.  The silver plate candle stick is another thrift find. 

I hope you enjoyed how I styled my mantel this year. My husband gets me roses for my February birthday along with Valentines Day, of course I dry them, so I have quite a few bundles of roses to add to my décor this year.

Thank you for stopping by My Little Colorado Cottage to see how I'm styling my mantel for February.

God Bless You,

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Country Farmhouse Budget Friendly Wreath - DIY

Country Farmhouse Budget Friendly Wreath

Using a sign from Dollar Tree I painted it with Waverly white chalk paint

found this print from hen silhouette cut it out and glue the silhouette to the sign.

I added some doodle around the edge with a black sharpie.

attach the sign to the wreath form from Dollar Tree.

I made up three messy bows with black and white fabric and some rick-rack from my local fabric store, foliage pick, burlap ribbon, jute twine from Dollar Tree, topped the bow with natural raffia strands, also from Dollar Tree. 

I started to lay out the bows and foliage to get the right placement

I like how this wreath turned out.

Thank you for stopping by, so until next time.

God bless you, Vicki

Buffalo-Check Pumpkin - DIY for Fall Farmhouse Décor

Hi Friends,

 This week I have been obsessed with making Buffalo-Check pumpkins for my Fall décor.

Diy Project, putting my touch to a Dollar Tree pumpkin sign.

I a saw this technique done by one of my favorite you-tuber Tracy at Country Charm by Tracy she used paper to cover her pumpkin signs.

Using a couple of the Dollar Tree pumpkin sign, I painted them all with white chalk paint two coats 

then using masking tape I marked out where to make the black stripes going vertical then horizontal; the come out with this checker board pattern.

I add a few burlap leaves, raffia, jute string and a couple of silk yellow leaves to the stem and wa.. la..

Here is how I displayed the pumpkin sign in my Fall decor.

Thank you for stopping by, until the next project.

Believe in yourself, Vicki

Three Bunny Rustic Farmhouse - Welcome Sign for Spring

 Hi Friends, 

I finished another Spring/Easter craft project to add to my Spring décor. I had notice a similar sign over at Priscilla's Spring tour.  Here is my attempt to recreate the bunny welcome sign

 I used a scrap of black form board I had and drew out a ribbon for the welcome sign the bunnies are holding, painted it gray with some of my Cracker Barrel acrylic paints and wrote Welcome with a black sharpie.

Using a pieces of white form board, I drew out a bunny print and changed up the flopped ears to give the bunnies some character and cut them out of the form board.

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I have seen black check, gingham, buffalo check all over You-Tube and Pinterest. When I found this fabric at my local quilt shop in January, I purchased 2 yards.  I have been using it in most of my craft projects so far this year.

Once I got the hang of cutting the form board I whipped out a few form board bunny crafts. Find the here

Thank you for stopping by, come again to see what kind of project I'll be doing next.

God Bless You, Vicki a Colorado Junkett