DIY 3 Votive 4x4 Wooden Candle Holder

Hello,  happy Tuesday after a Monday holiday!  I always love a short work week!  I had a fantastic long weekend.  I got some fun Valentine's projects started and also played with some mixed media for Art to the 5th's "Documented Life Project 2015".  It's a mixed media journaling project. Last year, I joined but silently (and probably creepily!) watched rather than participated.  This year I decided to jump in and participate, which has really put me out of my artistic comfort zone and pushed me to try and learn lots of new techniques.  I'm LOVING it!  I plan on sharing some of my journal pages later. Anywho, yesterday Hubs and I went on a road trip to the beautiful Park City Utah and had a wonderful day.  I love weekends where I get to be creative, make cute things and get some quality family time in!

Today I am sharing the votive holder that Hubs and I made for family for Christmas gifts.  It was super easy and I just adore how it turned out:

We used 4x4's, sized and drilled the holes for the votive's then sanded, painted, and stained the wood.  Added the cute twine wrap, candles and burlap flower.  That's it!  So stinking easy!

It looks darling on my table as a center piece.  I get happy every time I look at it!

Fabric Flower and Burlap Wreath...

I made this wreath a few months ago for Spring/Summer and hadn't shared it yet:

I handmade the fabric flowers using material, ribbons and buttons.  I love how they turned out:

It works for both Spring or Summer:

I hope ya'll are enjoying your summer as much as I am!

DIY Planter Boxes

I was so excited about our Mother's Day gifts this year!  I ask hubs to cut wood for and assemble four wooden planter boxes.  As always he did a fabulous job!  Once they were all assembled, we painted, sanded, and antiqued them and then added drawer handles.  For a final touch, we cut each person's last name out in vinyl on the Silhouette and put them on the front of each box.  Finally, we put flowers in and filled them with Spanish moss.  I love, love, love the way they turned out!

Everyone seemed to love them!

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Old Board Welcome Spring Sign

Who doesn't love old wood?  Old wooden signs are definitely big right now.  I have some old pallets that had some really nice weathered wood so I broke them down and decided to make a sign for my Spring porch.  Here is what I came up with:

I cut the boards at two different lengths and then attached them so that they were uneven on one edge.  I cut the flowers and lettering off using my Silhouette Cameo and then used them as stencils.  I love the pink and orange!

It was so easy and looks so cute on my porch!

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3 Easy & Super Cute St. Patrick's Day Decorations

I can't believe that it's already St. Patrick's Day!  I feel like I didn't get to make all of the cute decorations that I had planned on!  I guess there is always next year right?  Here are a few quick and easy ones that I did make this year:

1- Lucky Sign with Horseshoe "U":

 This was so easy to make.  I used an old board, cut my LCKY stencil out using my Silhouette Cameo, painted it, nailed the horse shoe "U" in with real horse shoe nails and added the hanger:

2- Shamrock and Burlap Door Hanger:

I actually bought the wood for this at the Wood Connections store in SLC a couple of months ago, so it was super easy to just paint, sand, nail together and attach the bow and little shamrocks.

3- Easy Leprechaun Clay Pot Hat:

 This idea has been around for awhile, I just hadn't ever gotten around to making one.  It seriously took 15 minutes.  So easy!

4- Hand stitched Clover Trio:

Anyone that knows me, knows that sewing is not my strong point, nor is it something that I have ever loved to do, so if I can make this anyone can!  I just cut the clovers out of material using a cardboard template and then stitched them to a thick canvas type material with embroidery floss and then framed it.

I also have to add a picture of 2014's March Hutch all decked out in greens:

Happy St. Patty's Day, I hope you have a wonderful one :)

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Decorated Wood I love U and 2014's Valentine Hutch

Decorated I {Heart} You:

Looks so cute on my hutch:

Speaking of my hutch.  Here is my 2014 Valentines Day decorated hutch:

I adore all of the reds and pinks!  They make me so happy :)

Scrabble Tile I Love You Frame

My latest Valentines Day Craft:

I just used a $1 heart frame that I got at Michael's, painted the outside edge and inside of the heart then, covered it with scrapbook paper.  I used glitter paper on the inside heart, glued the scrabble tiles and embellishments on, inked and sanded around all of the edges and ta-da!  Done :)

Easy Sneezy! And, it looks super cute with all of my other Valentine decor :)

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Valentines Wreath with Glitter Eyelash Yarn

This is my favorite yarn ever!!!

Seriously! Hot pink, red and glitter.  What's not to love?!

I needed (ha,wanted) a Valentines wreath.  I found the yarn and this cute little "Kiss" sign at Hobby Lobby and thought it was perfect:

Here she is:

I love her!

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Snowman Door Hanger

This is what I made while watching season 1 of The Walking Dead, (which by the way is AWESOME!):

I needed a new door hanger for my winter porch and I think he is perfect!

And, if I craft while watching an entire season of any show, I don't feel nearly as guilty about it :)

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Baby It's Cold Outside Rustic Wood Sign

We are near the end of our first week of January 2014 and I have so far kept my New Year's resolutions!  Yay me!  One of my resolutions is to craft at least once a week.  I find that it really relaxes me and also makes me feel like I've accomplished something.  Another resolution is to blog at least once a week.  Because I work full time outside of my home, this is actually a really big challenge for me, but again, it's something that I truly enjoy doing and want to keep up on it.  So, here is one of my latest creations:

I'm in Utah, so this is truly applicable!  As always, i used my Silhouette Cameo to  design this.

Instead of using vinyl for the wording and snowflakes, I painted them and then antiqued the board.  I love the way it looks on my winter hutch:

Another shot of the winter hutch lit up, as well as my table centerpiece snowmen!

 I hope everyone had a safe New Year's.  2014 is going to be a terrific year!

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Christmas Countdown

I love, love, love, Christmas decorations!  I was so excited for Christmas this year that I made this Christmas countdown back in October:

It was super easy!  I used a board that I already had and painted the edges white. Then, I Mod Podged the chevron paper to the back of the board, cut my vinyl from my Silhouette Cameo, painted a square piece of wood with chalkboard paint and then added all of the embellishments.  I also antiqued around the edge of the board.

The chalkboard makes it easy to change the days without having to find the right numbers:

The cute little Santa is just a 3D sticker and the Believe is actually a Christmas ornament:

I liked it so much that I even made one for my sister!

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Rustic Flag...

My rustic flag made from old wood:

Perfect for my porch for the month of July.  I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July!

Super Easy DIY Chalkboard Wall Hanging...

I'm so in love with chalkboard paint!  The possibilities are endless.  I made this super easy, super inexpensive Chalkboard wall hanging:

I've had a 16x20 size backer that went in a frame lying around in my stash for awhile now and decided it was the perfect size for a chalkboard.  I just painted 3 coats of chalkboard paint, tied the material bow around it and hung it on the wall.

I told it you it was super simple!!!

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St. Patrick's Day Hutch

Hello there!  I haven't died, but the last few weeks have been crazy busy and therefore I haven't gotten much crafting done, which always makes me sad.  I did get my Valentines deco's down and put up my St. Patrick's Day ones though.  We went from red and pink everywhere to green everywhere!  Here is my hutch:

I'm hoping to get a few more things made.  I have a scratch pad with several designs but am not sure I will find time before the 17th.  Just not enough time!!!  Have a great day :)

Love Sign From Old Wood...

I have a bunch of old boards and am having a lot of fun making signs out of them.  Here is what I came up with for Valentine's Day:

I love how rustic and worn it looks:

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Valentines Day?!  I do!

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Fireplace Decorations...

I have three fireplaces and not one of them has a mantle (insert frowny face here).  It's definitely on my to-do list and I have big fireplace place renovation/update plans.  Just not for today...  Anywho, since I don't have a mantle, I always decorate my hearth:

It's such a fun time of year for decorating, and the fireplace is a terrific spot to really have fun with :)
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