Sunday, March 6, 2016

Farmhouse Vignette using Felt Shamrocks

Hi Friends,

Today I decided to make a green felt shamrock garland for one of my little shelf. I always have felt on hand to craft with so, I made a template from light weight cardboard, that I thought would be the right size and traced out shamrocks from the green felt and cut them out. For a little dimension I attached little white hearts on the petals of the clover.

Once the shamrocks were glued and dry I added a little glitter glue around the little white hearts.

Then I glued the stems to petals to attach the shamrocks

I also put some of the shamrocks on a pipe cleaner as a stem.

Simple project, cutting out all the shamrocks took a bit of time

Fairly easy project , I think the shamrock turned out nice and added a bit of color to my March décor

Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been doing. So until the next project, take care and God Bless you and your family.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Front Porch Decorated for October

Hi friends,

The front porch is decorated for Halloween.

The purple and black striped spider found some bugs in the web for later to munch on.

We had such a great time carving the pumpkins this year.

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki the Colorado Junkett

Sunday, August 16, 2015

August Sunflowers in my Late Summer Vignettes

Hi Friends,

I have a few late August vignettes to share with you today.

In a few vignettes in the den I have added sunflower florals with some yellow shredded paper for filler. I have been collecting vintage bottles for a long time I love these aqua bottles.

I place a couple of roosters in this wine box added some raffia and a few sprigs of sunflowers and pip berries.

Just another vignette a canning jar I filled with shredded yellow paper and added a yellow homespun fabric bow and floral.

I have a small collection of cigar boxes and this King Edward cigar box I added a vintage glass fishing net ball and some floral to make up this late summer vignette.

It was great to get some of my August sunflowers displayed around my house for late Summer décor.

Thank you for checking out some of my ideas to use collectibles in and around the home.

So until the next project. May God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Friday, August 14, 2015

My Out Door Happy Place

Hi Friends,

It's another glorious day here at My Little Colorado Cottage.

This is the cottage gate to my happy place, my garden.

Today I just had to show off a few blooms in garden, these blooms make me happy!

This wired milk crate is one of my yard sale finds this summer and I thought it would be a great planter for annuals.

My yard is always a working in progress. Some of the perennials I planted last summer are coming up nicely this year.

I'm going for a kind of rustic, kind of cottage, and kind of rural feel to my outdoor living space

What do think? Thank you for checking out my outdoor happy place.

May God bless you and your family.

Have a wonderful day! I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Late Summer Vignettes in my Kitchen - Using Vintage a Tin, Box and a Box Grater

Hi Friends,

I've been putting together a few late summer vignettes in my kitchen.

I have added sunflower to a vintage America Cheese box I have placed on a shelf above my kitchen cabinet, that I found at a auction years ago.

I also added some sunflowers to this beautiful blue tin I received form a friend a few years ago among a few of my vintage hens and roosters collection.

I hope I have given you some ideas and tips on how to display some of your vintage collectibles.

So until next time,

God Bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Monday, April 20, 2015

GrandMa Mode

With the grand kids here it is very hard to have time for being creative but I thought I let you know what I have been doing.

Last year my garden boxes were taken over by bind weed

so I decided to dig the dirt out of the boxes and line the boxes with old carpet, I'd had been storing for a project like this. Next I put new dirt mixed with two bales of peat-moss

So we will see how the garden does this year.

Have a Wonderful Day

Vicki

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Rustic Farmhouse Shamrock DIY for March

Hi Friends,

Today, I'll be doing a little project with felt to make some bowl fillers or ornies to add to my March décor this season.

I always have felt around, when ever I'm out thrifting I always pick up felt. So many things to use felt for.

I found this pattern from a craft book I have and cut out the shamrocks

Using cotton balls, I use for stuffing the shamrocks

With embroidery thread I sew the front and back together

This is how they turned out.

I hope this little tutorial has inspired you to make a new diy for you March Spring décor.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to, so until next time.

Colo Junkett

Sunday, January 4, 2015

A Few Easy Winter Vignette Ideas - Using some items from my Vintage/Country Collections

Hi Friends,

Today, I'm sharing a few easy décor ideas I am using for vignettes this winter season in my home.

This brass spittoon I picked up at a auction many years ago sit by my front room window all the time to hide string light connections so I always try to keep some kind of floral displayed in it. I just added a few dry stems from clematis vine in my garden, a bunch of red leaf eucalyptus stems some dried broadleaf plant and of course white pip berry.

I'm sure you have seen this Sir Walter Raleigh tin I have had in my collection for ever, it seems. I use it in a vignette almost every seasons.

To a vintage wine crate on a corner shelf, I added pine cone, a few cinnamon sticks and a couple of branches of red eucalyptus wrapped with red and white pip berries.