Farmhouse Spring-DIY Project for Spring

Terracotta

I decided to use some of the terracotta pots from the Dollar Tree, to add a nice touch to my Easter/spring mantel this year.  

Here on the mantel I put a little yellow chick into a pot that was laying on it's side.  I also use the waverly chalk paint to paint some of the pots, and I stuck a little nest with some tiny bird eggs.

The Dollar Tree sells 3 1/2 inch pot two to a package and 2 1/2 inch pots 3 to a package.  This was a very easy project and I think the pots added a nice touch to my seasonal decor.

I got this idea off of pinterest, go check it out there are so many ideas. 
Let me know what you think of this project.
Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time ahve a wonderful day!
Vicki-Colo Junkett

Hopping Windup Bunny Make Over

Bunnies

I put together this little vignette of bunnies hoping down the Bunny Trail on a table in my den.

 These little bunnies are helping themselves to some DIY carrot at the carrot patch.

I found these cute wind-up bunnies at the Dollar Tree and thought I could embellish them to fill in some area of my Easter decor.


I just enlarged the ears of theses bunnies, by using white and pink felt I had in my craft stash. I think the bunnies turned out so cute. 

Today I'm revamping wind-up chicks, the bunnies I did last wee turned out so, so, cute. I decided to 

I just love these little wind-up chicks  from Dollar Tree, but I thought they needed a little jazzing up.  

Thank you for stopping by to check this Dollar Tree wind-up dyi.  

So until next time, have a wonderful rest of your day!

Vicki- the ColoJunkett

Rustic Farmhouse Bunny Wreath

Hi friends,  Today I'm working on bunnies cut from form board then covered in black and white gingham fabric.

After watching some of my crafty You Tube favorites, I made a trip to the Dollar Tree and found this cute holiday sign for Easter.  I painted them all with white chalk paint by Waverley.

I got out my favorite fabric, black checked gingham.

Traced out the bunny shape from the fabric.

Then glued the fabric to the bunny shape.

I attached the bunnies to a willow wreath form and hung it on my coat closet in the entry.

Added a little yellow ribbon bow and a white button as a accent. This project turned out so cute, that I made another for the the other side of the closet door.

Til the next diy, thank you for stopping by and God Bless You.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Black and White Gingham Bunnies

As you will see, I'm really into the black and white gingham checks this year

Searching for free bunny templates I found this bunny template, printed it out and

traced the bunny shape on to white form board from the "Dollar Tree". 

Using scissor, I cut out the shape from the form board, realized the scissor did not make for a clean edge. I needed an x-acto knife or razor blade to get a clean cut. 

Using a x-acto knife cut out the bunnies from the form board.


 Using my new favorite black and white gingham fabric, traced the bunny shape on to the fabric and cut it out and glued to the form board.

This project turned out so cute, I decided to make two bunnies facing opposite directions for a variety.

First bunny I added a button eye and a white ribbon bow

 the second bunny I added the button eye and a cotton ball tail.

Thank you for stopping by for another "Dollar Tree" DYI

Come back soon Vicki

Rustic Country Farmhouse Blue Jeans - Garland DIY

A Project you can do with Wore Out Blue Jeans?

Hi Friends,

Today I thought I would show you how I made this super easy project, using wore out blue jeans. It's really just a rag garland, I'm using blue jeans.

With 3 young grandson around, the pile of wore out jeans gets big!  So with all these wore out jeans, I decided to make a few quick garlands.

I cut off the legs of the jeans and cut off the outside seam and the bottom leg hem to try and make the pieces all the same size.

Then I cut 1/2" strip about 5" long for the rag garland

and measured the length of where I wanted to hang the garland on the hutch.

I used white yarn, I had on hand to the length I needed.

Then sat down with the piece of yarn and the strips of wore out jeans and started tying the strips onto the yarn with a half not.  Pretty easy it took me 30 to 45 minutes per garland,(I made one for the mantel also).

I then decided to cut a few triangles to make a couple of short banners for the vintage window I have placed around my home.

I just many, have know idea how many triangles for the blue jean pile and glued the on to a measured piece of twine, to fit onto the window frame at the entry door.

I want to thank you for stopping by

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

DYI Bunny chalk board

I've been digging out some of my Easter decor and deciding I need more bunnies, so...

Here is a bunny shape template I found on line. The template was small so I enlarged the bunny shape freehand to get it the size I was looking for.

 I traced the bunny shape onto a piece of white form board, I had left over from another project, and cut this bunny shape, painted it with black chalk paint, and trimmed out the bunny with white chalk paint.

 added a yellow ribbon bow with a button in the center. 

 I placed this bunny on my mantel.  I think it was a nice addition to my Easter decor.

 Thank you for stopping by, Vicki

Farmhouse Décor for Spring-Upscale Thrifted Bird House

Hi Friends,

Today I'm giving my collection of thrifted bird house a facelift.  By giving the home décor bird houses a new color.

This is what two of the houses looked like before I painted them white

My little wooden bird houses that I have collected over the years, were all sorts of colors. This year I decided to change things up to more of a farmhouse style. 

I took Waverley white chalk paint and gave all of my little wooden bird house a new coat of paint.

Here are two bird houses from the Dollar Tree craft section, that I glued the pre-cut pieces of wood in the packet together to make these cute bird houses. This is the first coat.

This cute little bird house I displayed on my mantel in the den.

I added these two cute bird houses on top of my entertainment center in my living-room.

I really like the new touches that I have made to my little wooden bird houses.  What do you think?

Until the next time, have a wonderful day,

Vicki- the Colo Junkett

Rustic Farmhouse DIY -Spring Banner

Hi Friends,

This is last year egg banner I had some cream color felt in my crafting stash and cut out egg shape and spelled out "WELCOME SPRING" with a green sharpies to go with the green and white checked banner. It just kind of plain this year

Because, I'm really liking the black and white checks in my decor,  I added black and white checks to the cream eggs.........

I traced around my egg shape and added a quarter inch, then using tacky glue, placed the felt on top of the black and white gingham.

Using small safety pins I attached the letter to a piece of jute string and hung the Welcome Spring banner on the fireplace mantel.  I think adding the gingham helped to make the letters pop.  What do you think?

Here is the mantel for spring with the updated banner. I'm loving how it looks.

Thank you for stopping by!

Until next time, Vicki

Welcome Spring the Flowers are in bloom!

Here in the Northwest of Colorado our Spring is wet, cold and very long. 

March 12th, still a lot of snow.

March 29th, the snow is melting. Robins are back!

Coming up are Iris's and Purple Illusion Spike  Veronica, (this was taken May 4th)

Same Iris and purple Illusion, (was taken June 5th)

The Lilac bush is in bloom, (this was taken June 7th).......Maybe, spring is finally here!

Thanks for stopping by,

Vicki

March Leprechaun Tricked Us

The two youngest grandchildren made Leprechaun traps for school last week.  

The were able to bring them home to see if we could catch the little guy

That evening after the grand kids went to bed. I thought it might be fun to stage a visit from the little guy.

 I had some random felt in my craft stash and decided to made a little Leprechaun suit.

The grand kids put gold coins in their traps and set the out in the playroom. The bet was on to see whose gold coin would be taken.

When the grand kid got up they saw that the leprechaun was running so fast through their traps while taking their gold coins,  that he lost his clothing as he was running so he wouldn't be seen.

I hope you had a wonderful St.Patrick Day celebration. Thank you for stopping by and until the next adventure.
Have a great day!
Vicki the Colo Junkett