Rustic/Country Scarecrows DIY Project

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'm crafting!

I'm changing up these cute "DT" scarecrows to fit into my Fall home décor.  I've been working on these cute scarecrows the last couple of days when I get some time to be ready for Autumn.

The Face -

I started by adding little burlap and Spanish moss from my stash to the head...

then, I painted faces using Ceramcoat in the color black, I love how the faces turned out.

The body -

Some of the scarecrows had no body, going to my craft stash I cut up a floral foam block to make bodies.

 Remember a couple of months ago I picked up two boxes of fabric I choose of couple of fall looking prints to use as clothing.

Thrifting for Vintage Treasures

I was using a yellow poster board to work on and didn't realized how awful my picture would turn out with the yellow background.

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The Clothing -

Anyhow, I just took a piece of paper and traced a shirt and pant pattern not taking a lot of thought because it's a scarecrow, after all right?

I had decided to use needle and thread to sew up seams on the shirt and pants. Using

 fall print fabric and orange felt pants.

then using recycled fiber stuffing to buff out the body and legs

and a little Spanish moss to stick out at the top and bottom of shirt.

Hands and Feet -

For the straw-poking out of the sleeves and pant legs I use raffia 

wrapped the raffia around my fingers and keeping the bundle tight with my thumb and finger, I snipped the loops at one end.

added another strand of raffia

lastly I added a little Spanish moss keeping my thumb and finger  at the top in order keep bundle together.

Using tacky glue I  drizzled glue inside the sleeve and stuck the raffia bundle in the sleeve using more raffia to tie the sleeve closed.

I did the same process with the pant legs

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The Hat -

On a the large scarecrows I made different hats for them using felt square

of course, I had to google scarecrow hats and saw this hat pattern, so with a better idea to make a new hat I used the old hat and found a bowl the size I was looking for.

For the smaller scarecrows I used a coffee cup for the brim and a small rectangle felt piece to make the cone.

What do you think? I love how they turned out

Thank you for stopping by "My Little Colorado Cottage"

I'm excited about decorating for Fall.

So.. until next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting For Vintage Treasures

 Hi Friends,

Went yard sale thrifting this weekend, I went to six yard sale in my little town, mostly picked up blue jeans for grandchildren, but I did find a few vintage treasure.

The best thrift item I found this weekend, I felt, was two small boxes of insulators 24 and four wooden mounts for $15.00! 

I paid around $0.50 a pieces, I know a great deal right! Better than the $2.00 - $5.00 at the local vintage thrift store.

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I was thrilled to find at a yard sale, milk glass pieces, there were bud vase for $.50 similar to what I already have. 

I was surprised to find for $2.00 for the larger "pedestal wedding compote" made by E.O. Brody- Cleveland, OH (I had to look it up).

The other pedestal piece is a Anchor Hocking open lace pedestal candy dish for $1.00, so excited to find these two pieces at a reasonable price.

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This cute brown glaze pot with lid I picked it up and realized the pot is Hull, oh my goodness but the lid came from a small cheese crock. LOL

The funny thing is I have a cheese crock with out a lid unfortunately, the lid is to big for the cheese crock I have, I'll keep looking. LOL!

I hadn't realized the chip on the Hull pot :( 

Oh well, can't even tell up on the kitchen cabinet shelf I love the pot paired with the creamer I found this summer.

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Spotted  a super cute divided glass dish for $1.00. I haven't seen this style of Hazel Atlas depression glass before, I had to look up the pattern - Sunray. I'm using it for the new jewelry $1.00 a pair, (I picked up at this yard sale) on the guest room vanity.

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I did pick up 4 hankies two white and two had  embroidery designs, my visions is using them as dollies, for $.25 each.

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The sewing notions went into my sewing stash.  The little handled basket is hanging on a shelf peg for now, I'm thinking about staining it a bit darker.

 

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That's my haul, I hope I gave you some inspiration of treasure that can be found when thrifting and how I have incorporated the treasure into my home.

 I hope to work on the insulator project this week and let you see what my vision was.

 So until next time.........

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Enjoying The "Dog Days of Summer! - Sharing a few Country Cottage Fall DIY's

Hi Friends,

I have been enjoying "Dog Days of Summer". I'm truly dragging my feet, not even ready to start thinking about Fall, which is coming in a couple of weeks.  I want to hold on to Summer just a little longer.

Today, at My Little Colorado Cottage, I'm giving you links of a few of my Country Cottage Fall pumpkin DIY's.  

 I've done for Autumn from the past.

DIY Yarn Pumpkin Garland

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I have seen the ceramic pumpkins at my "Dollar Tree" this month

Rustic-Farmhouse Upcycle Ceramic Pumpkin DIYl

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a past fall tour with lots of pumpkins

Buffalo-Check Pumpkin - DIY for Fall Farmhouse Decor

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Here is a fairly east DIY pumpkin.

A couple of years ago I was a little obsessed with DIY checked and plaid pumpkins.

 Autumn DIY Pumpkin

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This next post I had been wanting to add crows into my Late-Summer into Fall décor.  This project I used materials, I already had in my crafting stash.

Primitive Farmhouse DIY Felt Crows

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I want to thank you for visiting My Little Colorado Cottage today, and hope you had the time to visit a couple of these post to get some Autumn/Fall inspiration. 

I would love to hear from you, let me know if you have any DIY's you would like to share or have some ideas you are doing this Fall seasn.

So until next week.....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

A Walk Through the Garden - Zinnias , Marigolds and Sunflowers are Blooming!

Hi Friends,

Today, I thought I would show you around my garden

We had a very cold Spring so my garden is about a month behind.

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Zinnia's are finally in bloom! Yeah!

Beautiful marigolds! No two are the same in color.

Sunflowers!

Usually my sunflowers re-seed them selves Not this year, I planted seeds this year however, had a big issue with slugs eating every sun flower sprout.  I planted this sunflower in a pot.

This very delicate purple bloom is a wild flower 

re-seeds it's self every year, isn't it beautiful?

Yarrow

Hoping the tomatoes have time to ripen

Corn I have several ears that have silk

Pumpkin plant really behind not sure if this little pumpkin will make it before our first freeze, I'm hoping for a "Indian Summer"

Cucumbers are small

I want to thank you for checking in, I hope seeing the flowers in my garden give you a smile....My garden is my happy place.

I post vintage thrift hauls, vignettes to show off found treasures and seasonal home décor inside and outside of my home.

Until next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett