• DIY Projects

    Dollar Tree Spring Decor DIY

    I am in LOVE with these cute lit­tle gal­va­nized buck­ets they have at the Dol­lar Tree each Spring. They start putting these on the shelves in Jan­u­ary and I snag one when I see it because they go FAST! I think they make the per­fect Dol­lar Tree Spring decor! This Spring Dol­lar Tree DIY began as a Valen­tine project, real­ly. I had all of my wood let­ters and paints laid out ready to craft, and like most good crafts do, it evolved into some­thing total­ly different!  WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE Supplies Dol­lar Tree gal­va­nized bucket Wood Let­ters Sticks from…

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    How to Rust Metal Using Cinnamon

    Y’all this is one of those lit­tle tips I wish I had know a loooong time ago. Once you see how easy it is to rust met­al using cin­na­mon, it will knock your socks off. And I have to warn you, after try­ing this lit­tle trick to mak­ing met­al look rusty, EVER-E-THING is gonna be rusty up in here. I am always see­ing these adorable lit­tle gal­va­nized pieces here and there. Craft stores, the dol­lar tree…etc But I rarely snag one sim­ply because it looks a lit­tle too shiny. I like for the met­al to have a nice lit­tle age to…

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    DIY Dollar Tree Wreath Makeover

    I hope you are ready for a sim­ple DIY that will knock your socks off! This Dol­lar Tree Win­ter wreath looks any­thing but cheap and makes the per­fect tran­si­tion­al piece for my liv­ing room decor. Supplies Dol­lar Tree bam­boo wreath form Ever­green picks or garland Euca­lyp­tus Picks or garland Mini Pinecones Rib­bon (or left­over gift bow) Hot Glue WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE I used this cute lit­tle bam­boo wreath I found dur­ing a sup­ply run to the Dol­lar Tree. Truth­ful­ly, any wreath form will do.  I used some left­over picks from Christ­mas. I like to keep greens in mydecor after Christ­mas to…

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    Neutral Valentine’s Day Wood Blocks

    It’s no secret that wood block crafts are my absolute favorite thing to craft! These sim­ple Valen­tine’s Day wood blocks are the per­fect addi­tion to my already neu­tral decor. They give the per­fect hint of romance with­out clash­ing with my every day decor, and that is exact­ly how I like it. I have nev­er been much on the reds and pinks in my home but these Valen­tine’s Day wood blocks have the soft­est touch of pink, a hint of read and a mut­ed, yet roman­tic vibe. These start­ed as 2x4 scrap pieces I grabbed from the garage. I first stained them with…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    DIY Rustic Winter Wood Projects

    Wood block and scrap wood projects are my absolute favorite. I think most­ly because of the rus­tic qual­i­ties they have and how ver­sa­tile they can real­ly be. These rus­tic win­ter wood projects are no excep­tion to my love/ This is why I cre­at­ed the Wood­shop. To help oth­er women, just like me, gain con­fi­dence in mak­ing wood projects for themselves. We all are guilty of see­ing a cute project and shar­ing it to our feed or sav­ing it to our Pin­ter­est boards but what if I told you that YOU can bring these ideas to life! YOU can get your hands…

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    Valentine Gnome: Video Tutorial

    You would nev­er know it now but this adorable lit­tle Valen­tine Gnome began as a Dol­lar Tree tin­sel tree! Every once in a while, it’s fun to go strolling the isles at the dol­lar stores in search for a few unex­pect­ed crafty items! This is how this fun lit­tle Valen­tine Gnome was born. What shall we name him? Tell me your ideas in the com­ments! OR browse a col­lec­tion of my very favorite Christ­mas gnomes or Spring gnomes! WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE Like most of my Dol­lar Tree projects, I like to pro­vide a sup­ply list of mate­ri­als from oth­er…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    10 Minute Wood Block Picture Holder

    This lit­tle wood block project is one that is sure to make you smile. Not only is this wood block pic­ture hold­er absolute­ly ah-dorable, it is so so stinkin easy to make! Scrap wood can be so handy to have around if you have home ren­o­va­tions or in our case, projects around the home­stead. It’s easy to just go search­ing for scraps until I find that per­fect lit­tle gem wait­ing for a makeover.  What if I don’t have a wood block? I’m glad you asked! We love sourc­ing from our scrap wood pile so much around here that we decid­ed to bring…

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    Simple Snowball Butter Cookies

    These lit­tle snow­ball but­ter cook­ies will lit­er­al­ly melt in your mouth. They are soft, dust­ed in a coat of pow­dered sug­ar and are just the right blend of sweet and buttery. Their tex­ture is real­ly hard to com­pare to oth­er hol­i­day cook­ies, but what I can say is, if you like a clas­sic hol­i­day but­ter cook­ie then you will LOVE these snow­ball cook­ies. My hub­by and kid­dos could hard­ly keep their lit­tle hands out of them. They are a bit messy to eat but I like to think that just adds to the enjoy­ment. See­ing the lit­tle crumb trails and…

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    How to Make a Dollar Tree Sled

    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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    The Perfect DIYer Gift Guide

    This year put the gift of DIY under­neath the tree. With more time spent at home there has been a great upward trend of at home DIY projects and I have just the thing for it! I cre­at­ed this DIY­er Gift Guide to help you shop for that per­fect gift for the handy­man, crafter or all-around project lov­ing per­son in your life! With a few very basic but very handy tools your DIY­er is sure to be thrilled with one or all pf these gifts this Christmas! 1. DIY Wood Block House Project Kit This wood block kit is per­fect for…