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    DIY Jumbo Tulip Porch Decor

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    A few weeks ago I grabbed up these cute met­al tulip shapes from my local Dol­lar Store and knew I need­ed to make some­thing cute…what exact­ly? Well, a crafter nev­er real­ly knows but my heart end­ed up lead­ing me to cre­ate the most adorable jum­bo tulip porch decor! SUPPLIES Met­al tulip cutouts from Dol­lar Tree Scrap­book paper of choice wood­en rulers planter box flo­ral foam span­ish moss and(or) trail­ing plant STEP 1 I pre­pared the tulip cut outs by remov­ing the strings that came attached and traced the out­line on 3 dif­fer­ent fun col­ors of scrap­book paper. STEP 2 After that I attached the paper…

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    Simple Spring Garden Tool Decor

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    Do you ever pick some­thing up at the store, think ooooh I could make some­thing cute with this, throw it i your shop­ping cart only to stash it away in your craft clos­et? Good. I knew I could­n’t be the only one. That was me about 3 years ago with the cutest lit­tle set of thrift­ed gar­den tools. They have been sit­ting in the clos­et, shuf­fled around for a bit for I final­ly got the urge to make the cutest sim­ple Spring gar­den tool decor you ever did see! That’s the think about inspi­ra­tion some­times. You lit­er­al­ly nev­er know when it’s…

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    How to Make A Simple Back to School Sign

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    It’s hard to believe the Sum­mer is already com­ing to an end. Here at the home­stead we have been doing all of the end of Sum­mer things, putting up the gar­den veg­gies, shop­ping school sup­plies and plan­ning for all of the back to school fes­tiv­i­ties. It got me to think­ing about all of the cute and cre­ative ways teach­ers can dec­o­rate their classrooms.That is where the idea of this sim­ple back to school sign came to be. This lit­tle cre­ation would make a cute piece for a bul­letin board, a desk or some­where in a classroom. If you want to…

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    Old Toolbox Restoration

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    Y’all I could­n’t believe my eyes when I came across this adorable old tool box at a yard sale for only $10. In fact, I almost over­looked it because of the bright shade of blue it had been paint­ed. My eyes are not typ­i­cal­ly drawn to bright col­ors but then I saw it for what it was. A beau­ti­ful old tool­box with excel­lent bones and a sto­ry to tell. Sooo nat­u­ral­ly, I picked it up and brought it home. This lit­tle dia­mond in the rough need­ed some LOVE. And that is where the jour­ney of the old tool­box restora­tion began! It all…

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    DIY Spring Thrift Store Picture Frame

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    I am always scout­ing out old frames at the thrift store. There was­n’t any­thing spe­cial about this thrift store pic­ture frame until I gave it a sim­ple lit­tle makeover for Spring. I love vin­tage Spring decor and this lit­tle DIY was the per­fect addi­tion to the oth­er pieces in my home. With a few basic sup­plies and a thrift store frame, you too can have your own piece of vin­tage Spring decor. Supplies for Spring Thrift Store Frame Old frame Rub­ber flo­ral stamp (see picture) Ink pad White, Green, Orange Paint Dol­lar Tree Car­rot Cutout Hot glue Paint brush WATCH THE VIDEO…

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    How to Make a Dollar Tree Sled

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    Mak­ing this Dol­lar Tree Sled was a super fun and cre­ative way to cre­ate some­thing using Dol­lar Tree sup­plies. Typ­i­cal­ly, I use lit­tle embell­ish­ments and some­times rib­bon for my larg­er DIY’s but this time was different.  I made this lit­tle sled using MOSTLY DT sup­plies, but keep in mind you can find your sup­plies from oth­er places as well., I have linked the project sup­plies below for your convivence.  What do you need to make a DIY sled? 2 wreath hooks piece of card­board cut into 3 wide strips, approx 3″ wide wood-like scrap­book paper mod­podge black chalk paint (to paint hooks if…

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    Tutorial: Indoor Decorative Shutters the Easy Way

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    Add the per­fect touch of tex­ture and warmth to your home with this DIY tuto­r­i­al for build­ing indoor dec­o­ra­tive shut­ters. This type of project will come togeth­er quick­ly with min­i­mal wood­work­ing skills required. Required Tools Miter Saw Pneu­mat­ic Nail Gun Air Com­pres­sor Additional Supplies Fin­ish Nails (6) 1/4″ Sand­ed Ply­wood (Cut into 6 ” planks) (2) 1 x 2″ fin­ished trim pieces (Cut to 14″) Stain Stain Rags Your secret weapon (aka a jig) Instructions I began this project with a large sand­ed ply­wood sheet from Lowe’s. Sim­ply ask them to cut your sheet into 6″ planks. Once I had the wood home I…

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    Video: Quick Table Setting Tips for the 4th of July

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    DIY Napkin Rings For this rus­tic patri­ot­ic table set­ting I am using my secret weapon…DIY Nap­kin Rings! They are super sim­ple and quick to make when you’re in a pinch or just want to spruce up a table with­out spend­ing the extra dollars.  Paper Napkins My oth­er trick to set­ting a beau­ti­ful patri­ot­ic table is paper nap­kins! I love all the dif­fer­ent prints and col­or you can find and they make set­ting a cute table a breeze! Not to men­tion it helps me to put my nap­kin “stash” to good use. Am I the only one that saves left­over cute…

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    DIY Chippy Paint Layers Using General Finishes Milk Paint

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    Recent­ly we just wrapped up a big DIY project where we cre­at­ed an island using an old thrift­ed dress­er. From the very start I knew I want­ed an authen­tic, chip­py, aged fin­ish. If you talk to all the “decor styling experts” they may tell you that the farm­house trends are on thi­er way out. and to that I say…so what! The trend may be set­tling a bit in exchange for shades of black and green but this girls coun­try lov­ing heart will always have a place for old and chippy.  I did­n’t want to fake this look. It as impor­tant…

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    Simple DIY Nativity Using Cinnamon Sticks

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    I orginal­ly shared this project over on my Face­book page. It was such a hit I decid­ed to write it down step for step for easy ref­er­ence lat­er. Go ahead and save this one to your Christ­mas Pin­ter­est board…you will thank me later!  It all start­ed with a piece of scrap­wood or you can get a pre-cut wood block HERE and my favorite shade of white, Alabaster by Sher­win Williams. After paint­ing my wood block I cut a piece of hym­nal paper in a basic house, or in this case, sta­ble shape. This step can eas­i­ly be sub­si­tut­ed with an old…