• DIY Projects

    Make A Wood Block Ornament + Video

    Mak­ing wood block ornament(s) has to be one of my favorite things to cre­ate this time of year. In fact, mak­ing wood block anyyy­thing is my favorite.  PS.…these wood block ornament(s) make won­der­ful (and bud­get friend­ly) gifts too (wink wink) If you have a scrap wood pile lay­ing around, go grab a lit­tle piece and make this super cute, rus­tic lit­tle addi­tion for your tree.  No wood? No wor­ries! If you don’t have access to wood, we have a scrap wood project solu­tion designed JUST FOR YOU! If you have wood, then you’re almost set. See the com­plete list of sup­plies below. Supplies…

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    Rustic Eucalyptus Christmas Tree

    Lis­ten, I know naked trees are trend­ing in farm­house decor right now, but I don’t know if I have the phys­i­cal strength NOT to put any­thing on a tree. That is how this cute lit­tle euca­lyp­tus Christ­mas tree came to be! I mean, when I start­ed styling this space I start­ed with two tiny, naked, trees then I tran­si­tioned to a mini tree with twin­kle lights.…annnnnd the rest is his­to­ry. I had this RUSTIC DIY GARLAND on hand left­over from my fall man­tle and I decid­ed to use that resource to deck anoth­er set of halls.  This euca­lyp­tus Christ­mas tree took on…

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    Easy Christmas Centerpiece Using Pinecones and Sumac

    This easy Christ­mas cen­ter­piece is quick, sim­ple and most importantly…FREE! Yep, you heard me, free. Put on your hik­ing shoes and go on a nature walk to look for these two nat­u­ral­ly beau­ti­ful ele­ments to bring togeth­er to make your own Christ­mas centerpiece.  Before you begin gath­er­ing, grab a dough bowl to bring your dis­play items togeth­er. Mine was a gift but you can get a sim­i­lar one here. This Christ­mas cen­ter­piece idea began one evening a cou­ple week ago when Josh and I were strolling down the dri­ve­way with the kid­dos. We round­ed the last cor­ner of our suu­u­u­per…

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    How to Make Photo Ornaments with Reclaimed Wood

    Learn­ing to make these pho­to orna­ments with reclaimed wood will be the best thing you learn to do this sea­son. With a few tools and a lit­tle cre­ative vision, you too can have a beau­ti­ful­ly rus­tic pho­to orna­ment. I f you like repur­posed DIY home decor you will love my pri­vate mem­ber­ship group and wood project sub­scrip­tion. In this group you can learn to make this project step by step with expert tips, become a part of a com­mu­ni­ty of like-mind­ed women who love to make their home beau­ti­ful and want to learn how to make their own decor, exclu­sive invi­ta­tions…

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    Rustic Christmas Scrap Wood Projects

    There is some­thing so incred­i­bly fun about cre­at­ing with scraps. It can be the ulti­mate chal­lenge for your cre­ative side and it’s a great way to use your resources; espe­cial­ly after a home reno or project build. These rus­tic scrap wood Christ­mas projects are the per­fect exam­ples of the amaz­ing pieces you can cre­ate with wood that oth­er­wise may be head­ed to the trash.  There are so many amaz­ing projects ideas out there and I cre­at­ed the THE WOODSHOP to help get wood into peo­ples hands that may not oth­er­wise have the tools or the wood pile to use for projects…

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    Pop Up Antique Barn Sale

    Y’all I caught wind of this adorable lit­tle barn sale hap­pen­ing this past week­end about 5 min­utes up the road! I thought to myself, “How in the world have you nev­er heard of this place before?” Need­less to say, I loaded up the kid­dos and my assis­tant Ken­zie and off we went. We arrived at Feath­er­Stone Farm, which had the cutest lit­tle red barn with the doors propped open and breeze blow­ing through. The entry­ways were adorned in love­ly, nat­ur­al green­ery’s and the atmos­phere was just so.…charming. I could­n’t think of a bet­ter way to spend my after­noon oth­er than brows­ing…

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    Rustic Wood Block Christmas Village

    There is some­thing incred­i­bly charm­ing about this home made wood block Christ­mas vil­lage. See­ing how some­thing basic can be trans­formed into a beau­ti­ful state­ment piece of decor is so rewarding.  This DIY pairs per­fect­ly with the twin­kle of Christ­mas lights and a sim­ple gar­land. I hope to inspire you with sim­ple, rus­tic charm this wood block Christ­mas vil­lage will add to your home, bet­ter yet, make one for yourself. Recreate this look with these supplies Wood Block Christ­mas Vil­lage Project Set, or scrap wood pieces Waver­ly Chalk Paint, Plaster Cof­fee Stain RECIPE HERE Plas­ter of Paris Black paint Pen Sand Paper Hot…

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    Last Minute DIY Halloween Costume

    This DIY wolf cos­tume was a prod­uct of my pro­cras­ti­na­tion. This year’s theme was lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood and I could not find a decent lit­tle boys wolf cos­tume any­where. I had a mask giv­en to me for free but it was too big and a lit­tle too scary for my 6 year old, how­ev­er, with a lit­tle imag­i­na­tion it could make the per­fect last minute Hal­loween costume.  What do I need to make this Halloween Costume? fab­ric hot glue hot glue gun rotary cut­ter cut­ting mat faux fur I think we can all agree this is not the cutest mask we have…

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    How to Make Rustic Wood Peg Ornaments

    These DIY wood peg orna­ments are the per­fect lit­tle rus­tic touch for your Christ­mas tree! Not only are they sim­ple and rus­tic, but these wood peg orna­ments are so incred­i­bly easy!  I was for­tu­nate to be gift­ed these lit­tle pegs but but I have linked them in the sup­ply list below for your convivence. What supplies do I need? Wood Pegs Antiquing Glaze Rib­bon and embell­ish­ments of choice Jute Twine How to make Rustic Wood Peg Ornaments  You can con­tin­ue these steps list­ed above, alter­ing fab­rics, bows and tex­tures to make an assort­ment of adorably rus­tic wood peg ornaments. I just love…

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    Wood Bleached Potato Box Makeover

    I am so excit­ed about this wood bleached pota­to box makeover! This start­ed as a bit of an exper­i­ment a cou­ple weeks ago when I got this crazy idea to bleach a table top. Before I took the plunge off the deep end I want­ed to test the process on a small­er project to see how I liked the results. If you would like to try this tech­nique on a project of your own grab these supplies. Supplies for A Wood Bleach Project Bleach Rag Orbital Sander 80 grit sandpaper Teak Oil In comes the old, ugly tater box. I…