Vintage Inspired Early Fall Decorating

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share 

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by 'My Little Colorado Cottage'. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Country Farmhouse DIY Valentine Cards

 Hi Friends,

 I decided to make a weave heart pouch for chocolate goodies to give away. I found a very Valentine's card/basket for candies treats for the students in my reading groups. In this great book I thrifted a couple of months age.

It's that time! For a diy Valentine Card! So I took the challenge to  make these little weave basket heart card this year, for the students I have in small group reading.

They look so cute and the diy video made it look easy. So, Why not, I thought.  I can whip out these cards in know time.  Oh No!  It wasn't that easy for me, any way I persevered on.  lol  

I had the pieces cut out and the idea in my mind was to just slide the two  pieces together. It didn't happen that way.

In four and a half hours I had made 17 I needed 80 by Monday! What was I thinking?

I filled the little Valentine basket with candy and will give them to the grandkids for Valentines Day.

I hope I give you a little inspiration you to make Valentine Day special for your love ones.

Until next time, May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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

Homemade Vintage Valentines Cards Project

Hi Friends,

I have been wanting to do this project for a long time.

I actually have a day off today so I'm going to make Valentines free printable bottle label and cupcake toppers free Vintage Valentine prints

Using red construction paper I cut out heart shapes with my Fiskars paper edgers

cut out the vintage valentine prints and glued them to the hearts.

I decided to add glitter pipe cleaners/chenille stems from Dollar Tree gluing around the picture, I tea stained a roll of white crepe streamer and glued around edge of the construction paper heart

using markers I added some more writing and outline some of the hearts

more free prints from vintage kids valentines cards

I cut out the prints and glued them on some colored card stock I had.  Using a sharpie I went around the hearts to highlight.

I also tea stained a couple of pages from a paper back book I no longer need to cut out little hearts and to make little roses I saw this technique from Tracy at Country Charm by Tracy making roses from crepe paper. 

Here is the finished project

I think they turned out so adorable and I really had fun making these vintage print valentines to give to friends and family.  Let me know which were your favorite. 

Thanks for stopping by and until the next celebration.  

Have a Great Day!   

Vicki