Crafts
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Summer Lovin’ watermelon sign
Always having a piece of wood painted comes in handy. Especially when making this Summer Lovin’ watermelon sign. My first piece of advice when crafting is always to have square wood pieces cut, painted and ready to go. This piece is an easy make when you already have pre-painted wood blocks or boards. There are a lot of free SVG’s you can find online. I look on Pinterest and google. Find an SVG of a Watermelon, which font you want to use and watch a cute sign come together.
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Christmas Blocks
Follow along on how to make Christmas blocks! If you see in the photo below you can see how I used the little red truck block to add to a small tiered tray. To create your own Christmas blocks you will need: 2″ by 4″ pine wood boards – We use whatever scraps we can find. White or Red paint Small Christmas like embellishments you can glue onto the blocks paintbrushes Assortment of Christmas scrapbook paper or stick on vinyl chop saw To start measure and cut your 2″ by 4″ board into squares using your chop saw, they will actually be 3.5 ” by 3.5″. Funny that they call…
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Patriotic 4th of July Sign
During one of our yard sale trips, we were able to find 2 cabinet doors that were painted and finished with handles. I had originally thought this navy blue one would make a great tray. With the upcoming 4th of July holiday, I changed my mind and thought it would look classy with a nice patriotic saying on it. That is how the idea of the Patriotic 4th of July Sign came to be. We always love finding items that are mostly finished and then adding our own touch to them. what kind of items do you look for at yard sales or thrift stores? Check out the video below…
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Lazy Susan Upcycle to Round Door Hanger
During our Spring yard sale haul, we found this wooden lazy susan for $1. It was in pretty rough shape. We decided to give it a new life by creating a door hanger out of it. Check out our video below to see how we created this trendy hi-door hanger from the lazy susan we found. Thanks for watching!
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Spring Yard Sale Haul
Did you know that Avry and I love to yard sale? We find lots a items to repurpose and craft with during our yard sale adventures. We have created a new YouTube channel Trash to Treasure Garage Sale Glam. We are sharing footage of some of our yard sale adventures, items we find, price points for buying crafting supplies at yard sales, and ideas for repurposing items we find. This is one of our first yard sale outings of the season. Stay tuned later in the week we will share with you one of the items we repurposed from this yard sale trip.
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Merry & Bright Framed Sign
I love anything red against a crisp white background. When I saw these darling Merry & Bright wood cutouts, I knew they would be darling painted and placed in a frame of some sort. This is another clean and simple project that can be done in 30 minutes or less. To be honest the simple projects are becoming my favorite kind. To create your own Merry & Bright Framed sign you will need: Merry & Bright wood cutout (purchased at dollar tree) bead board cut in a 13″ by 11″ rectangle wood trim (cut to fit your bead board) red paint paint brushes hot glue gun and glue jig saw…
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Easy Fall Leaf Board
It seems like I go through phases in crafting. Sometimes I love lots of ribbon and details. Next thing I know I am loving simple and clean craft projects. Recently I have been on a simple crafting project binge. This Easy Fall Leaf Board is one of those simple projects that can come together in about 30 minutes and doesn’t need a lot of embellishments to make it look classy. Take a little help from the store on this project and purchase a pre-made slat board and pre-cut fall leaf. I have even seen items like these at the dollar tree, this project is also very budget-friendly. To create your…
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Classy White 4×4 Wood Pumpkins
I love these 4×4 pumpkins. I have seen them decorated in so many different styles and colors. In fact, many years ago I made a set that was orange with dots and other designs you can see them here. I had several different sized pieces of 4×4 wood to create something with. I knew I wanted new pumpkins but, I wanted them to be classy and timeless. In the end, I painted them white added a few ribbons, and aged/distressed the wood. To create your own Classy white 4×4 wood pumpkins you will need: 4×4 wood posts cut into desired lengths wooden dowel or tree branch cut into 2″ to…
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Little Truck with Pennant banner board
I have been crafting and creating home décor for many years. I have bins and bins of home décor and holiday crafts that I change out frequently. Lately I have been focusing on creating smaller crafts that can stay out for many seasons. I’ve been cleaning out and consolidating what I have in my household. Recently I created this Little Truck with a pennant banner on a board. I have been loving the piece! I have been able to keep it our since the 4th of July and it will also go nicely with my fall, Christmas, and Valentines décor. To create your own Little Truck with a pennant banner…
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DIY Faux Candy Apples
With things cooling down earlier than normal this year, I am ready for fall and the season change. Usually we don’t see cooler temperatures until the end of October but, this year we got a nice cool down over the labor day weekend. I’m ready to pull out all my fall decorations and get busy decorating my tiered trays. As you know I’m always looking for new smaller items to add to trays. I have seen many of these faux candy apples and decided to give making them a try. To create your own DIY Faux Candy Apples you will need: Faux apples (as many as desired) Modge Podge Tan/Caramel…
