February2020 Thrift Haul - All Kinds of Hearts

I was so excited to find some items to add to my valentine decor. 

wire heart for $0.50

Heart shape hot pad, so cute!

Pack of paper napkin for $0.50

This packet I think I will be rusting.

1st of February is kind of late to be thrifting for valentine items.

Wooden heart sign for $0.75 and a fabric heart ornament for $0.25

4 napkin rings for $2.50

wooden heart hook $1.50

papier mache heart shape box for trinkets

Wooden heart shape for $1.25

Can't wait to incorporate these items into my February Valentine decor.

Thank you for stopping by, so until the next time, take care and may God Bless you - Vicki

Two diy Pine Cone Projects for the Winter Decor

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1st diy

Using fir tree cones that I had collected, I decided to add a little Waverly white chalk paint to the cones and hot glue a jute string for hanging.

Here I gathered a bundle of painted fir cones and hung them from a shelve.

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2nd DIY

Here I used some fir cones as a vase filler

A Bonus diy

These two glass vase I use alot on my mantel, I added some burlap ribbon to the top of the vase and glued three of the  fir cones on a string to the front

I think it adds a little woodsy feel to the mantel.

Thank you for stopping by, so until next project.  

Take care,

Vicki 

DIY Pine Cone Garland for the Winter Mantel

I had been thinking about making this DIY pine cone garland project for some time.  I had been collecting pine cones for a while and had a good stash of pine cones for this project.

  Using jute string from Dollar Tree, I measured the length of the mantel, spaced out the pine cones to about 4-5" apart and hot glue the pine cones to the jute string.

I thought the cones didn't make a statement I was looking, they were to small

So I used a larger pine cone, hot glued the pine cone to another piece of jute string after measuring the length of the mantel.

I believe by adding the larger pine cone garland, has improved the over all look of the mantel.

Thank you for checking back for another DIY project.  Let me know, Do you use pine cones in your winter decor or use them all year round?

So until the next project, 

take care, 

Vicki

Winter Rustic/Farmhouse Mantel Display

Winter 

This has taken me a while to get all of my DIY project done that I wanted to try this year, so as you can see I have add a few new DIY's to my winter farmhouse mantel decor.  

One of the DIY's is the giant snow flake made from craft sticks, this was a every easy project.  

The pine cone wreath that was made from items I already had on hand.
Two clear vases I gave a face lift by adding burlap, and filler of little painted fir cones that I collected last summer, the two pine cone garlands and Yarn pom-pom snow balls.

I did bring back the frosted pine cone and the fore-birch back candles. I made for my farmhouse decor last winter
  I really like how the mantel came out this season. 

Thank you for checking in to see this working in progress of my winter mantel.

Until the next project............

 take care, Vicki 

Paper Snowflake and large craft sicks from Dollar Tree Project

I found another way to use the snowflake cut outs I made from book pages.

Using the larger craft sticks from Dollar Tree, I built a plaque to glue the left over snowflake on.

Once I had the little plaque glued together this what they looked like

I added a light coat of Waverly White Chalk paint.

Using watered down black and brown acrylic paint to added some distress aging.

I brushed some watered down brown paint to the paper snowflake to age them and glue the snowflake to the plaque.

I really wasn't in love with this project so I decided to cut the rounded end off and added two small jenga block so these plaque would stand.

Thank you for stopping be to see another one of my projects.

Let me know which one of the snowflake projects you have tried.

Until the next project take care of yourself,

Vicki

Diy Snowflakes Projects For My Winter Decor

Last year I cut out a few different patterns from paper snowflake patterns card-stock and attached the paper snow flakes to the small willow wreath forms I use around the house.

 This year, I'm still using snowflake in my winter decor, but I'm branching out and using some different mediums like stencils, box signs from Dollar Tree, and old book pages. 

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For both of the diy, I painted 6 x 6 little box sign from Dollar Tree
with Waverly white chalk paint.

For the first project

With a mix of blue and acrylic paint, I came up with a gray color 

placing a snowflake from Wal-Mart on top of the box sign  then using paint brush I brushed the gray color over the snowflake ornament while holding down the snowflake and let dry.  Turned out like this, not to bad this project was a bit harder than I thought.

So, the second box sign I painted the top  with the gray color, let dry and mod-podge a paper snowflake on it, quiet a bit easier.

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Using two more of the painted 6 x 6 little box sign from Dollar Tree that I painted with Waverly white chalk paint.

 I measured out lines to make the appearance of a wood strips.

Then I went back over the lines I drew and using my box cutter and a ruler made grooves on the lines to emphasize the board lines.

 I went back and added brown and black paint over the grooved lines to add distress marks.

With the  snow flake pattern  I found on Pinterest, I used old paper back I had and made the snowflake from the book pages.

I used tacky glue to attach the paper snowflake to the box sign.  I really like how these turned out.

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Thank you for stopping by, I hope I gave you some simple ideas to add to your winter decor.

Until the next project, Vicki

Diy Giant Snow Flake from Craft Sticks

Very easy giant snow flake from craft sticks project

 Using a packet of craft sticks from Dollar Tree , my glue gun  and a hand drawn design I found on Pinterest  Popsicle-Stick-Snowflake.  I started gluing the craft sticks together

Once all the craft sticks were in place I paint the entire snow flake with Waverly White Chalk paint.

If you want a quick and easy project to add to your winter decor try out this project.  Let me know what you think of this diy giant snow flake from craft sticks project.

Until the next project take care.  Vicki

Winter Pine Cone Wreath Project For my Mantel

I have always incorporated pine cone into my Fall, Christmas and winter decor as filler, but this year I have decided to go a bit further by making a few pine cone projects to add to my winter decor.

I always have a bag of pine cones on hand for craft projects. 

I used a willow wreath from Dollar Store, my glue gun and a stash of pine cones 

I used some ribbons I had on hand and tried to make a crazy bow like Tracy at crazy bow

The bow was easy to make, but in my opinion, I need more practice making this style of bow.

Hope you enjoyed this diy Pine Cone Wreath project using items from nature, in my winter decor.

Thanks for stopping by, until the next project.
Vicki 

Winter Décor Project - Let's Stay Home and Cuddle DIY Sign

Another Project using items from Dollar Tree

Using Waverly white chalk paint, gave sign two coats then added gray for distressing

Using a ruler and my trusty black sharpie, I made board lines and cut in the lines with the box cutter to make more of a imprecation.

Using a word doc I printed out the saying, "Let's Stay Home and Cuddle"

I tried the transfer methods using pencil, but the marks didn't show up.  So, I went to  plan B wooden letters and a stencil.

Glued the wooden words on and then working with a stencil  I painted the rest of the words to the saying.

I like how this sign project turned out adding a little more brown touches on the lines and around the edge made it look weathered I think.

Thank you for checking in to see what I have been up to.

So until the next project, take care......Vicki