Winter Crafts
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Chipboard Snowflake Board
January is upon us again with short daylight and long nights. What do you do with the weeks between Christmas and Valentines’? I feel like my home is so Barron after the Christmas decorations come down. A few years ago, Avry and I started making winter-themed decor to put out during the month of January. We have been using a blue and white theme, I love how it has brightened up my home to have some light seasonal decorations out. We try to create a few new pieces to add to our winter decor collection each year. This year I found some chipboard snowflakes in our collection of craft supplies.…
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Hello Winter metal wall craft
Winter is in full force at my house and the ground is covered in snow! After the holidays I tend to get the “blues” so a few years ago I decided it was time to add some Winter type decor to my home. Of course in the color blue! This Hello Winter metal Wall craft will surprise you at how easy it is and how cheaply it can be made. Last fall we made a Hello Fall one identical to this but instead put Hello Fall and embellished it in fall colors. You can see a more detailed post about it HERE. In the post I just linked to you…
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Simple Winter Word Art Sign
Keep it simple! These are words that I often need to remember. While crafting I’m always looking for the next big or trendy item to create. But, it is also good to keep crafting simple and stick to what you know. This Simple Winter Word Art Sign is a perfect of example of that. If you have a few scrap boards, paint and some vinyl lying around, you can have your own Simple Winter Word Art Sign completed in around 10 minutes time. To create your own Simple Winter Word Art Sign you will need: Thin Scrap piece of wood (10″ by 6″) You can also us a thick board to help the sign…
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Winter Theme Ski Lodge Pillow
During the few weeks between Christmas and Valentine’s day, I love to decorate my home in a winter snowflake and blue theme and color scheme. Sometimes is hard to find items or ideas that are more winter themed without looking too much like Christmas decorations. Sometimes a pillow or board with a simple phrase or saying can be the piece to bring your decor look together. For this Winter Theme Ski Lodge Pillow, I used a pre-made blue pillow form cover and added the wording ski lodge in black iron on vinyl. I love that this project is easy yet adds to my winter theme decor. To create your own Winter…
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Easy Sewn Fabric Christmas Gift Bags
Every December I am always looking for neighbor Christmas gift ideas. I usually pass out several neighbor gifts, I like to find things that are inexpensive. I like to give items that are useful or consumable, yet still, let them know that we care about them. This year I decided to go with a consumable gift and purchased a bunch of brownie mixes. I found a fun little poem to go with the mixes but felt like they need something more. I decided to sew some simple bags out of scrap fabric to personalize my brownie mixes. These Easy Sewn Fabric Christmas Gift Bags are so simple that anyone can make…
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DIY Painted Holiday Doormats for the upcoming season
What is not to love about fun and funny Doormats? Those first moments ringing the doorbell and waiting on someone’s doorstep is the first impression of what that family is like. While standing there I always look down and see what their choice in a doormat is. Whether it’s a plain mat that stays out all year round or one that is changed for every season. It gives me a glimpse of their personality. Of course, I like to change my doormat out with every season, holiday, or anytime I can! There are so many ideas for Holiday Doormats that I decided to make several and give them out as Christmas gifts! One of my favorite things…
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Rustic Wood Trimmed Plaid and Buffalo Check Holiday Decor Boards
The Christmas Season is upon us! Every year Avry and I come up with a homemade craft that we give to many of our beloved friends and family. Usually, we find an idea almost a year in advance and starting collecting items that we will need for our special Christmas crafts. This year we were a little off and had several ideas floating around, We had found and purchased a few things but didn’t have a solid idea until about a month ago as to what we would be creating for our friends this year. We finally came up with this Rustic Wood Trimmed Plaid and Buffalo Check Holiday Decor Boards. …
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DIY Mini Jar of Snowflakes Necklace
With the Christmas holiday approaching right around the corner, we are always looking for quick, easy, and inexpensive gift ideas. Often we will look back at past craft ideas to see what we created in the last few years or for items we made during another season that can be altered. Looking back we had made these Spider Silk Dust necklaces, I knew we still had several of the mini jars left. This DIY Mini Jar of Snowflakes Necklace project was inspired by our Halloween party favor from last year. To create your own Mini Jar of Snowflakes Necklace you will need: Mini jars, stopper, and eyelet hook kit ( I purchased in…
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January Snowflake faux Chalkboard Sign
These past few years we have been on a mission to create winter themed décor for our homes. It seems that after the holidays when the tree and all the decorations come down, it can feel depressing. What could be better than decorating in a blue and white snowflake theme that is perfect for the month of January. This year we created this January Snowflake faux chalkboard sign to add to all of our winter décor. Would you like to create your own January Snowflake faux chalkboard sign? To make this January Snowflake sign you will need: 1- 12″ by 12″ cut piece of wood A large snowflake (wood, metal,…
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Life Lesson’s from a Snowman Sign – DIY
There is still a lot of snow on the ground and it looks like we may have more in the forecast! Going along with the Winter / Snowman theme for January, Krystal and I decided to use the back sides of our Pumpkin Boards to make a Snowman craft. These boards stand They stand approx. 4 ft. Tall and are 1 & 1/2 ft. wide We flipped them over and added pine to the backs of the board. They are extra sturdy! The theme we used for this idea was “Life Lesson’s from a Snowman” I know there are several other version’s of this rolling around the internet but this…
