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10 Dried Flower DIY Ideas

Dried flower DIY’s are all over Pin­ter­est! It makes com­plete sense because those blooms are just way too pret­ty to watch wilt then toss! I have a few beau­ti­ful and hope­ful­ly inspi­ra­tional ways you can res­cue those pret­ty botan­i­cals to keep in your home for a bit longer! Each of these dried flower DIY ideas…

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Scrap Wood Windmill

There isn’t any type of craft­ing much bet­ter than scrap wood craftin. I get the best feel­ing when I can got grab a few pieces from the wood pile and make some­thing from scratch. This lit­tle scrap wood wind­mill is a prime exam­ple of what you can make when you have a good source of…

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Thrifted Bookend Makeover with Quikrete

A cou­ple weeks ago I grabbed these hefty book­ends at a yard sale for $3. Real­ly the whole day of hunt­ing was a bust but find­ing these beau­ties turned the day around! That real­ly is the joy in thrift­ing and hunt­ing for those unique items. I hope this thrift­ed book­end makeover will inspire you on…

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3 Vintage Looks for a Garden Terrarium

Gar­den ter­rar­i­ums are super pop­u­lar in vin­tage dec­o­rat­ing right now! We recent­ly made this Chip­py Gar­den Ter­rar­i­um in our DIY Decor mem­ber­ship and I am still reel­ing over the authen­tic­i­ty of the chip­py paint lay­ers and the ver­sa­til­i­ty of this DIY! There are so many ways they can be styled but I going to keep…

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Get the Weathered Paint Look in 3 Easy Steps

Avid DIY’ers and crafters know what it’s like to acci­den­tal­ly dis­cov­er a tech­nique. That was def­i­nite­ly the case for this weath­ered paint look I used on the DIY gar­den ter­rar­i­um. Real­ly it was impa­tience and my messy craft­ing habits that led to the dis­cov­ery of this tech­nique, but it real­ly did work out in my favor.…

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Rustic Patriotic DIY Decor

I had so much fun curat­ing this Rus­tic Patri­ot­ic DIY Decor with my friends over on Face­book. Lov­ing on these ladies through online fel­low­ship and craft­ing is one of the many bless­ing of hav­ing a DIY and dec­o­rat­ing busi­ness. I shared my per­son­al spin on each of 3 hand cut wood craft kits to inspire…

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“Patriotic Cottage” Craft Kit Collection

I am so so excit­ed to be bring­ing craft kits back to the farm! We offered projects a cou­ple years back when we were just get­ting start­ed, and some­how drift­ed away from offer­ing them. Now that we have moved our busi­ness back to the farm, it only seemed fit­ting that we bring back one of…

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Style a Wood Planter Box 3 Different Ways

Last month I was able to send a Wood Planter Box as the month­ly DIY Decor Project to sub­scribers all across the coun­try! Each box is packed with every­thing need­ed to make some­thing beau­ti­ful for your home includ­ing what you need to try a new fin­ish­ing tech­nique and tips for styling. You can see a…

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Distressing a New Wood Planter Box

I recent­ly had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to share this adorable wood planter box and a fun new age­ing tech­nique with the sub­scribers of the DIY Decor Box. Each mem­ber receives a DIY project in the mail each month that they then get to craft and style for their own home decor!  In addi­tion to send­ing the box­es,…

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Easy Methods for Bleaching Wood Furniture

Bleach­ing wood fur­ni­ture is not a new con­cept but it is def­i­nite­ly trend­ing in home decor right now. Sim­ply put it’s just a process for light­en­ing wood. I cre­ates that beau­ti­ful, blonde type vibe that can eas­i­ly be mixed into rus­tic decor, mod­ern aes­thet­ics and every­thing in between.  I am espe­cial­ly fond of it bring­ing…

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