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Folded Fabric Memo Board.
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Please sign up for the Homeroad emails and I will send my latest DIY project straight to you!
How to Make Jello Bell Ornaments
Here is a tutorial for a vintage jello mold bell
I had great fun creating...
I had great fun creating...
How to Repurpose a Lamp Series of Projects
Welcome to a 5 part series:
"What can be done with an old lamp!"
Picture if you will, a lamp found on the side of the road. A very large lamp... 4 feet high, very ornate and weighing about 50 lbs... It had to have come from a castle!
It was brought home not by me this time, but by my dumpster diving daughter. Even I had second thoughts about repurposing this one!
The lamp sat in the garage for a very long time until I couldn't help myself any longer, I had to do something with it.
So I took it apart.
The more I unscrewed, the more excited I became.
Look at all this good stuff! Now my creative mind was racing!
I was thinking candle holder...
and candle stick...
I even thought these pieces would make some very cool hooks, maybe even a whole line of them!
I'm even thinking planter.…
"What can be done with an old lamp!"
Picture if you will, a lamp found on the side of the road. A very large lamp... 4 feet high, very ornate and weighing about 50 lbs... It had to have come from a castle!
It was brought home not by me this time, but by my dumpster diving daughter. Even I had second thoughts about repurposing this one!
The lamp sat in the garage for a very long time until I couldn't help myself any longer, I had to do something with it.
So I took it apart.
The more I unscrewed, the more excited I became.
Look at all this good stuff! Now my creative mind was racing!
I was thinking candle holder...
and candle stick...
I even thought these pieces would make some very cool hooks, maybe even a whole line of them!
I'm even thinking planter.…
How to Make Flatware Stockings
Here's a cute little way to serve your flatware for Christmas dinner a la Pottery Barn.
I decided to make my own today.
With right sides of a cotton muslin fabric together...
I sewed around the stocking leaving a rather long leg on the top of the stocking for rolling.
Turn the stocking right-side-out, add a heart, fold down the top two times and press.
Then make more, enough for your whole family.
Next, if you're like me and just because you're on a roll you cut some out of a different fabric!
This time I did not roll down the top, I liked the ragged edge.
Then make a whole bunch more!
And because you always want to have extras for when unexpected guests stop by...
Make another bundle!
Now we're prepared for Christmas Eve
I decided to make my own today.
With right sides of a cotton muslin fabric together...
I sewed around the stocking leaving a rather long leg on the top of the stocking for rolling.
Turn the stocking right-side-out, add a heart, fold down the top two times and press.
Then make more, enough for your whole family.
Next, if you're like me and just because you're on a roll you cut some out of a different fabric!
This time I did not roll down the top, I liked the ragged edge.
Then make a whole bunch more!
And because you always want to have extras for when unexpected guests stop by...
Make another bundle!
Now we're prepared for Christmas Eve
Painting a Room With Dutch Boy Paint
I was asked by Dutch Boy Paints
to do a post on their paint.
This is the first time I'm testing a product for a company and I decided to give it a try.
First we chose a room that needed painting.
That would be my daughter's room, the very bright pink is a hand-me-down color from her older sister.
Kerry is the third sister to occupy this room!
Very bright pink!
Kerry picked the new color.... she chose Soft Terrain.
After patching, priming and preparing the walls, we got busy painting.
Ok, so really my husband painted but someone had to take the pictures.
According to Jim, the paint went on very smoothly, evenly and quickly. "It was good paint to work with."
Now bear with us because Kerry's decorating isn't finished yet.
to do a post on their paint.
This is the first time I'm testing a product for a company and I decided to give it a try.
First we chose a room that needed painting.
That would be my daughter's room, the very bright pink is a hand-me-down color from her older sister.
Kerry is the third sister to occupy this room!
Very bright pink!
Kerry picked the new color.... she chose Soft Terrain.
After patching, priming and preparing the walls, we got busy painting.
Ok, so really my husband painted but someone had to take the pictures.
According to Jim, the paint went on very smoothly, evenly and quickly. "It was good paint to work with."
Now bear with us because Kerry's decorating isn't finished yet.
Scrabble Clothespin Ornaments
I collect vintage games, Dominoes, Cribbage, Jenga, and of course Scrabble.
How to Make a Wire Christmas Tree
Did you ever buy something from the thrift store
and not know what it was?
and not know what it was?
How to Use a Rusty Hinge to Make a Tree
This time of year it seems that everywhere I look I see Christmas Trees. Every triangle has potential!
How to Make Tin Punch Ornaments
Making beautiful Tin Punched Ornaments is easier than you might think.
Mulling Spice Recipe
I was intrigued by this recipe for Cranberry Relish
I did not however have the Packaged Mulling Spice that Susan used in her recipe.
so I did the next best thing, I Googled how to make my own....
*ground allspice
I added 1/4 cup of homemade
Mulling Spice to a 20 oz. can of crushed pineapple and a 14 oz. can of whole cranberry and 1/2 cup of crushed pecans (as per Susan's recipe)
I mixed it all together and believe me...
IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!
I can't wait to serve it on Thanksgiving!
While I was at it I decided to make Cranberry Bread...
I used a Krusteaz Fat Free Cranberry Orange box mix.
Instead of adding the can of cranberry-orange that came with the box, I mixed the can of cranberry-orange with a cup of the homemade cranberry relish and added it to the bread mix.
I used the little can it ca…
I did not however have the Packaged Mulling Spice that Susan used in her recipe.
so I did the next best thing, I Googled how to make my own....
*ground allspice
I added 1/4 cup of homemade
Mulling Spice to a 20 oz. can of crushed pineapple and a 14 oz. can of whole cranberry and 1/2 cup of crushed pecans (as per Susan's recipe)
I mixed it all together and believe me...
IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!
I can't wait to serve it on Thanksgiving!
While I was at it I decided to make Cranberry Bread...
I used a Krusteaz Fat Free Cranberry Orange box mix.
Instead of adding the can of cranberry-orange that came with the box, I mixed the can of cranberry-orange with a cup of the homemade cranberry relish and added it to the bread mix.
I used the little can it ca…