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

A winter Snowflake

I have several window frames that I have collected over the years, this is how I have incorporated them into my winter decor for January.  I found a wonderful blog that has free instructions and template for perfect 
snowflakes .

This window frame is on a shelf in the den.

another window in my den with a different snowflake

Thank you for stopping by.

Vicki

Winter Décor with Snowmen, Snowy Pinecone, and Holly

I've been watching all my favorite you tube friends doing winter decor, so I thought I would share of few of my winter vignettes.
I took my Santa collection down and put up the snowmen I don't have many, with a few little trees I think it looks like a snowman winter wonderland.

Mantel in the Den, I display some wooden snowmen that my stepdad carved, also my collection of large pine cones.

Here is a small corner shelf grouping with some of chicken from my collection, I also added another one of the little trees I hauled from a clearance sale at a local craft store.

I have two red shelves in the vignette with the frosted pine cones, the cigar box I filled with pine cones red berries and a poinsettia

Here is a grouping of two Shelves in my guest bathroom. As you can see I added more pine cones a little tree from a close out sell and then just added red berry picks from the The Dollar Tree.

Thank you for stopping by.
Vicki

January trip to a few of my favorite stores Thrift Store, Antique Store and a retail craft Store

On our winter break I decided to visit my favorite stores in my three block long downtown. This is what I found!

Four 6 inch trees from a local craft store clearance. I think they were priced at $1.50 each

Quart Ball canning jar in green $4.00 from local antique store.

Kerr canning jar - lavender color $ 24.00 I thought kind of pricey but haven't seen a canning jar this color and it came with a lid.

Also at the antique store I found these wood votive candle

holder for $2.50 a piece.

Salt and Pepper Shakers to add to my collection from the antique store $ 6.00.

At my local thrift store I found Valentine items 

window clings $.50 each

stuffed fabric heart with a wire handle $.50

Metal candle holder $ 3.50

Paper heart hanging $.25

Heart shaped twig 10 in wreath $.10

A wooden 12 in heart $.50

Tin cookie cutter $1.00

A bag of cupcake picks for $.50

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki

Frosted Pine Cones DYI / Winter Decor

Winter Decor DYI. 

I'm getting ready to put my winter decor together and the first place I go is to Pinterest to get some ideas, I saw a lot of Snowy, Frosty, icy, touches. 

I had some left over Frosty Snow from some other project.

 I have lots of pine cones.

I got out the white paint and painted the edges of the pine cone and rolled the pine cone in the Frosty Snow flakes,

I think these snowy pine cone turned out nicely.

Thank you for stopping by.
Vicki

Happy New Year!

Not a traditional New Year Menu

We decided this year to set up an appetizer buffet and kind of snack through out the day and just watch movies and play games.

Relish tray of midget sweet pickle, black and green olives and sliced tomatoes, and cream cheese stuffed celery.

 pigs in blanket ( little weenies wrapped in a crescent roll)

Everyone enjoyed the beef links in a blanket  we baked 48 weenie bundles and there was not a single one left.

Thanks for stopping by, hope all of you had a wonderful New Year Day!

Vicki 

Santa Collection on the Mantel for Christmas 2018

The Christmas Mantel

This year I decided to display my Santa collection on the mantel in the den. My Santa collection totals 23 in all at this time. Some are old and some are new, I've been collecting for many years, always searching yard sales and thrift store, and sometimes antique shops.  I just never know when I'll come across a Santa that I must add to the collections.

I also, added my collection of Santa mugs

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Santa collection.

Thank you for checking in and God Bless, Vicki

Colder Temperature ?

This summer has been in the nineties since the 1st of June which is warm for NW Colorado.  As I have mentioned my garden has not been very productive.  The cool weather plants like lettuce, spinach,peas just sprout and either they were eaten or the heat burnt the seedlings. 

                      

One of the tomato plants have tiny green tomatoes

Zucchini is growing well

In the box garden I planted purple pepper and banana pepper, you can see a banana pepper growing on the plant in the middle.

I planted these pots the first of June and see now in August the watermelon plant has started putting out vines.  I think it is to late to expects a watermelon from these plants but I'll continue watering and shading them to see what transpires.

Peas

Green beans

Thank you for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my update of the garden. I'm looking forward to putting some of these vegetables on my supper menu.

Have a great week.

Vicki the Colo Junkett

Hello August and Baking Day!

Baking Day!

Today I have decided to use up the last of the shredded zucchini and pumpkin I froze last autumn.

I have some help to day.  This batch is pumpkins muffin from the Jack-o-lantern pumpkins I froze last fall.

 These muffins are made from the zucchini we grew in the garden last summer.

Here we're making some bite size zucchini  muffins for on the go.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed seeing what we were baking today.

Have a wonderful week.

Vicki - The Colo Junkett