Trash to treasure

I love to see what I can find laying around or that people have laying out to give away and see what I can do with it! When I was younger I would die of embarrassment when my mom would do it but now I see why she did! One of our neighbors cleaned out her shed and had a bunch of old stuff out for free and I grabbed this crate, wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but knew I'd find something. I've had it for about a year and finally the idea hit me today so I got out the nails and a hammer and there it is! Super cute !!

Bunny door hanger

This is just how talented my husband is! I found a similar item online showed him a picture once and he created this! I knew there was a reason I kept him hanging around :)

To make this:
1. Grab a piece of plywood and draw your bunny however large you would like it to be
2. Cut out with a jigsaw( that's what he used)
3. Cut a small circle for the nose and long skinny circles for the ears, 2 small skinny circles for the eyes and then nail in place
The colors we used were buttermilk and cotton candy pink the. We drew a line and circle for the mouth

DIY bunting and blocks

Ive had a long day of re evaluating our routine and discipline tactics due to a few issues my son has been having of an evening so I only had enough time to share my shelf decor for spring and Easter,I used the same blocks I used for my lucky sign for st patty's day, some scrapbook paper and twine to make my own bunting and hung with Christmas ornament hooks, i still have my Easter eggs and rabbit to add but I've still got time for that!

DIY Easter picks

The weather here was in the upper 60's all week long and was really feeling like spring time and got me in the mood to decorate for Easter.. My first project were these DIY Easter picks. All I used were Easter cookie cutters to trace the eggs and bunnies, some scrapbook paper, sticks, hot glue and twine. It took me all of about 15 minutes and I think they turned out quite cute :) and now that I've been in the mood for spring and decorating it has decided to start snowing- welcome to Illinois weather!

St Patricks day project #2

My second project was to decorate my old cabinet with some green.
1. I went to the google search engine and typed in free st patricks day subway art and found the one i liked best ( there are tons to choose from). I bought a cheap 8x10 frame from the dollar store to put it in.
2. The beautiful flowers my hubby sent me for valentines day had some really neat twigs in them and I loved them so much I saved them because I knew eventually I would think of something to do with them, and I was right I decided to add it to the top of my cabinet and I saw a similar idea for Easter with eggs hung from a branch , so I decided to use a shamrock cookie cutter and some green construction paper and cut out about 6. Then I added some ornament hooks and hung them from the branch ( obviously)
3. The third thing is my wooden shamrock, we cut it about 8 inches wide by 6 tall and added a base so that it would stand up then bought some of the craft paint from Walmart in a clover green and painted. ( for the pattern we just used one of the cardboard shamrocks I had bought at our local dollar tree, they had a package of 12 various sizes for $1)

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St Patricks day project #1

I've been obsessed with blogging and pinterest over the last few months. Looking at all the DIY projects and easy decorating ideas, I begged my husband and after a little more begging I got him on board ( I needed him for the cutting because I'm no good at a saw, I'd probably loose a few fingers) and we have been crafting every weekend! This is my first blog and the first of my projects I chose to post- I made this decor for my coat rack shelf in my living room.
1.I started with an old window frame ( it already had the distressed look) and cut some chicken wire and stapled it to the back
2.I then took some shamrocks I bought at the dollar store and hung them with ornament hooks
3. I took an old board and cut 5 2x2 sections, painted then green and stenciled on the letters in buttermilk. ( I didn't sand the boards because they were already really smooth but you can)
4. I added some lights and raffia and tada I had my first st patty's day DIY decor thanks to pinterest and other bloggers!

I'm no professional but I'm pretty proud of my first experience with craftiness!