Went Thrifting in July Found Vintage Fabric Napkins

Thrifting is one of my favorite things to do.

This is the last week of July and I want to show you, my great finds this month.

This Mount Rushmore tray was a interesting find.  I'm hoping to incorporate it into my patriotic decor.

Here are four cloth napkins with an interesting design that I'll be putting a side for next spring

Red checked napkins for summer

I could not past this item up.  Who knew? A red pillow case with Embroidered pink hearts.  I will be putting this into my Valentines decor tub for next year.

 

I may restyle this pillow case as a table runner I'll see.

I saw this box last time I went thrifting and didn't pick it up so.... this time I thought I needed it even though I do not need sewing machine attachments  This is a vintage Deluxe Zigzag Attachments Sewing Machine 18 Cam Patterns in a Pink Box.

 I'll be using the box for other sewing items

A cute chicken pitcher that I may paint, not sure yet.

I was super surprised to find these items. Which was your favorite?  I think the pitcher is my favorite.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I'm up to. May God bless you and your family.

 Until the next adventure,

Vicki 

Vintage Metal Chairs, Old Kerosene Lanterns, Summer is Officially Here !

It's summer time!

Garden and summer decor

Time to break out the back yard accessories.  Old 50's metal chairs I've been hauling around for many many years

Chair cushions and pillows from Wal-Mart, the green place mat from Dollar Tree.  The basket housing the lilacs and the red napkin were thrift a few year ago.  A nice cool drink

Solar lights hung up that were a purchased last fall from a catalog.  The arch harbor has seen better days, I believe my mother past it down to me.

The harness and kerosene lanterns I collected from auction many years ago.

These pretty multi teardrop light I ordered from Walmart.

 yard stakes that I have collected over the years from Dollar Tree.

...... bring it on summer!

Thank you for stopping by and may God be a blessing to you.

Until the next time.

Vicki

A Rustic Farmhouse Home Sign Project

A Rustic Farmhouse  Home Sign Project using a few items I picked up at Dollar Tree first of the year.

A HOME plaque that I took the letters apart and painted them with two coats of Waverly white chalk paint.

  I then made a little wreath out of a spring of eucalyptus I had in my stash

and glued the wreath to the letter "O"

Then using a LOVE sign also purchased at Dollar Tree

 

I repainted the sign with Waverly white chalk paint and added some watered down brown acrylic paint  to give the board an weathered look.

Glued the letter on to the repainted sign

What do you think?  This project was semi easy for me and I think it turned out GREAT!

Thank you for checking in for another diy project. 

My God Bless your Day!

Until the next Project,

 Vicki

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

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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New Spring Farmhouse Wreath Using a Thrifted Wicker Paper Plate Holder

 

I painted the wooden letters with espresso brown acrylic paint from WalMart

using the I Love sign I painted the back with moss green acrylic paint 

I used Aleene's Tacky glue to attach the wooden letters.  Digging through my craft stash I found this galvanized Happy word I  of pulled off another sign purchased from Dollar Tree.

Using a chalk pen I outlined the letters in Spring and went around the edge of the moss green rectangle board.

The sign wasn't setting in place very well so using a glue gun and three jenga blocks

I did a simple bow with burlap ribbon and a little black rickrack

This project was very simple, but I think it turned out nice and I used items I already had in my craft stash.

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

A Rustic Vintage Heart Shape Keepsake Box

 Hi Friends,

I'm starting another project for my February home décor. 

I'm adding rustic vintage farmhouse touches to this cute heart shape box that I paid $0.50 from my local thrift store haul last month.  And needed a make over.

My inspiration came from Wendy at White Sparrow Living  she did a remake of a heart shape box similar to this cute box using fabric to cover the box. 

So I have this red stripe fabric, I purchased at a local quilt shop last year and thought this might go with my décor for February.

I traced the lid onto the fabric to cover the lid

Then I cut a stripe of fabric to go around bottom side of box and soaked it in coffee ground tea over night.

Liking how the coffee stain looked on the bottom stripe of the box

As an after thought, I also brushed the top of the box with some of the coffee liquid with a small paint. 

 Added some lace ribbon from Dollar Tree around the edge of the lid.  

For some embellishments, I made a few book page roses and added a little button to the center of the rose.  

I felt I needed to add a little more so I cut heart shaped from burlap and a book page added some raffia and twine.

Thank you for stopping by to see another item from my local thrift store that I have remade to fit my vintage farmhouse style.

Until the next project...

God Bless you and your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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