DIY
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This Grandma is Fabulous
I hope you enjoy this quick and easy DIY sign for all the fabulous grandmas in your life. Gather Your Supplies For this project I used my Cricut Maker 3, Cricut Premium Vinyl, 4×4 unglazed ceramic tile, and an approximate 11×11 wooden base. The exact base I use is sold out, but this one is very similar. Cricut settings I used the Catherina Font from Creative Fabrica for the words and the Holiday Present Inline Font for the T G I F letters. Check out this link for lots of fun fonts, graphics, and more from Creative Fabrica. I positioned this piece of vinyl to use the darker…
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Terra-Cotta look vases DIY
Today I want to show you how to DIY these gorgeous terra cotta look vases from inexpensive glass vases. But first, welcome back, or if it is your first time visiting, welcome! I just love how these turned out and you won’t believe how easy and inexpensive it was to make these. Choose your vases I started with these clear glass vases. You can also find similar vases at the Dollar Tree or Goodwill. Gather your supplies All you need to get this amazing terra cotta look is add baking powder to acrylic paint, then paint your glass vase with several coats, letting it fully dry between coats.…
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Christmas Farmhouse Beads and Wall Decor
Hi and welcome back! It’s beginning to look a lot like a farmhouse Christmas! We hope this season finds you happy and healthy. We are finishing up our Christmas decor here at our home. If you followed along with our entry in the One Room Challenge® this fall, you may remember the rustic wall decor we made using an old window frame and some farmhouse beads. That post can be found here if you want to check it out. Well, today I decided to give that wall decor a little Christmas spirit. Here’s the original version: Step1: I removed the decor from the wall, and removed all…
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DIY Christmas wall decor
Hi everyone and welcome to our tutorial for this really amazing DIY Christmas wall decor. This may well become one of our families favorite Christmas decorations. Here’s another look. I have these decorating the hallway and it adds such a magical touch to an area of the house that is difficult to decorate. The great thing about these; they are so much easier to make than they look! Gather your supplies: You will need wooden embroidery hoops like these. The number of hoops you need will depend on the size of the area you wish to decorate. I used 9 hoops for…
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Rustic Wall Decor with Farmhouse Beads
Hi everyone and welcome back. As promised, today we are going to make a rustic wall hanging using farmhouse beads. For a complete farmhouse bead tutorial, click here. Supplies To make your own rustic wall decor, you will need a wooden word, I chose “Blessed”. You will also need a bead strand and a pompon garland. I found this garland at Michaels. You will also need a rustic window frame like this one: I used a window frame that I bought a few years ago and had been using as decor on our back porch, but I found some similar ones here and here. Preparation You…
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Simple and Inexpensive DIY Farmhouse Bead Strands
Farmhouse Beads Are Everywhere! They are definitely the home decor item of the moment. There are plenty of places to purchase them, but I want to show you how simple it is to make them for yourself. Supplies You only need 3 items, and 15 or 20 minutes to make a basic strand of farmhouse beads. You will need wooden beads, tassels, and some type of cording. I use leather cording or multiple layers of jute cording to make sure they are durable. If you want to spice things up, especially seasonally, you can add some glass beads, or multi-color wood beads. For example, you can do red…
