DIY Yarn Pumpkin Garland

Old string garland refreshed.

I made these string garland a couple of years ago out out orange yarn, yeah I know pretty lazy looking project but the grand-kids enjoyed the craft.

I added strips of burlap ribbon I purchase from Dollar Tree and tied the strip between the yarn pumpkins.

I feel adding the burlap strips added another dimension to the garland.  I like how this project turned out.

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki 

Hello Fall

Hi Friends,

Outside the leaves are changing, light frost in the mornings, and a crisp coolness in the air.

My home decor is changing to FALL decor!

This year I'm adding orange pumpkins, bittersweet sprigs and of course the black and white check accents are everywhere. 

In a corner of my fireplace mantel I display a diy farmhouse FALL sign, a pumpkin picture from my granddaughter, a ceramic pumpkin from Dollar Tree that I painted and added fall color leaves, and a diy buffalo checked pumpkin piece using a sign from Dollar Tree.

More pumpkins in this little vignette, FALL garland and another diy hand painted buffalo checked pumpkin.

A tray on the coffee table full of FALL leaves little orange  and green pumpkins, dried corn cobs, acorns, sprigs of bitter sweet, and vine bowl fillers.

Another vignette with a hand painted buffalo checked pumpkin made from a Dollar Tree pumpkin form, stacked little orange and green pumpkins. Sprigs of bitter sweet and dried corn cobs tucked into a cigar box.

Thank you for stopping by to check out a few of my FALL vignettes, I'm sure there will be a few more diys to share.

Vicki

Rustic-Farmhouse Upcycle Ceramic Pumpkin DIY

 Hi Friends,

Today I' upcycling little pumpkins I picked up from Dollar Tree....

I really like the shape of these pumpkins but, they aren't quite the right color for me I like the traditional orange.

Love the metal vine and leaf on each pumpkin.

 I had in my paint stash - pure orange by Folk Art Enamel, that I added to Waverly white chalk paint.

Then using Waverly antique wax to age up the pumpkin to my liking. Very easy paint it on and wipe it off and the color lays in the cracks 

On some of the little pumpkins I added a leaf or two, a curly rope vine.

This was and easy and quick project to upcycle these little pumpkins for a rustic, country farm house décor.  Which I absolutely love.

Thank you for sticking around!  So until next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Blooming Sunflowers in August

Sunflowers in my yard

Sunflower seed were planted everywhere

Also crab apples are ready to pick.

What a wonder time of year!  Thank you for stopping by and visiting my garden.
Til next time, have a great day!
Vicki -Colo Junkett

Very Easy DIY Checked Black and White Homespun Country/Primitive Garland

 Hi Friends,

I've started another project using fabric and yarn to make this very easy homespun Country/Primitive garland.

I bought 2 yards of checked black and white fabric from my local Quilter's shop.

I cut 1 inch strips about six inches long from the fabric

I measure the width of the mantel to get the length of garland I would need to drape my mantel.  Using white yarn from my craft stash, I started tying the strips of fabric on to the white yarn.

I ended up making two garlands one for the mantel and one for the Livingroom hutch. 

This country farmhouse homespun garland will add a nice touch to all of my seasonal décor, this year.

Thanks for stopping by to checkout this very easy homespun Country/Primitive garland project.

Until the next project.  

God Bless you, 

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Three Bunny Rustic Farmhouse - Welcome Sign for Spring

 Hi Friends, 

I finished another Spring/Easter craft project to add to my Spring décor. I had notice a similar sign over at Priscilla's Spring tour.  Here is my attempt to recreate the bunny welcome sign

 I used a scrap of black form board I had and drew out a ribbon for the welcome sign the bunnies are holding, painted it gray with some of my Cracker Barrel acrylic paints and wrote Welcome with a black sharpie.

Using a pieces of white form board, I drew out a bunny print and changed up the flopped ears to give the bunnies some character and cut them out of the form board.

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I have seen black check, gingham, buffalo check all over You-Tube and Pinterest. When I found this fabric at my local quilt shop in January, I purchased 2 yards.  I have been using it in most of my craft projects so far this year.

Once I got the hang of cutting the form board I whipped out a few form board bunny crafts. Find the here

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

Farmhouse Riendeer Moss Garden Decor

Diy Reindeer Moss Garden Ball

This year I have seen a few of my favorite you-tubers adding green garden balls to their farmhouse décor, so this year I thought I would try to incorporate more green into my farmhouse décor, using items from Dollar Tree.

I used Aleene's Tacky glue to adhere the moss to the Styrofoam. 

I purchased a couple of reindeer moss packets along with the largest styrofoam balls I could find. 

This ball I added some twine to this moss ball, to give a different look.

Over all, I thought this was a pretty easy project, using Aleene's Tacky glue I did have the drying time so this project took a few days to finish this project.

Thank you for stopping by, let me know if you have tried this craft project.

Until the next time, have a wonderful rest of your day!

God Bless You, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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