Days Until Wood Sign

I made a really fun Days Until wood sign.  The cardstock numbers are held on by cup hooks.

Huge Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter

I made this huge gingerbread man cookie cutter out of yard edging that I found at a thrift store.  It is tin.  First I drew a picture of a gingerbread man on a large piece of paper(newsprint).  I bent the tin edging around the curves.  When it was finished it was too flimsy to hold its shape.  I then cut out of some old scrap paneling wood the same gingerbread shape with a jigsaw.  I stapled the tin gingerbread man cookie cutter to the wood gingerbread man.  I would love to find a roll of sheet metal that was 4 inches wide to make this but this will do.  I'm excited to display it.

Burlap Advent

I used burlap ribbon to make my bags.  I just folded and sewed up the side and bottom.  I used jute string ran through the back to tie them up.  I got my free printable here and just stapled them to the burlap bag.  I love how they turned out.  Now to fill them great thanks writing prompts and scriptures from here and here.

Story Vignette

I love the saying "Every family has a story...welcome to ours"  and I also love barn quilts.  Really liking this vignette.

Winter Vignette

I found this toboggan at a thrift store and fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.  I cut out the snowflakes with a jigsaw and painted them white.  Love the look of  this.

Pilgrims and Native Americans

These stand 3' tall and are ready for Thanksgiving.  Love how they turned out.

String Art

My kids made lots of string art and

enjoyed it all day long.

Montana sign

DIY Large Angel Wings

I made these large angel wings by first drawing a wing with its feathers on large newsprint paper.  I then traced onto wood (some old paneling that I had) and cut out with a jig saw. 

I then, from my drawing, cut out one layer at a time of the wings to use as a stencil and using a putty knife applied putty or drywall mud.  You can see my layers of putty on the photo. 

 When that dried I painted the wings black.  I then lightly painted white with a downward stroke to leave the details of the putty feathers. The bottom feathers I used a screwdriver to scrape lines in the white paint exposing the black underneath.  I love how they turned out.  It was also super easy.

Magnets

I found these great little flowers on etsy and glued them to strong magnets using E6000

Mail Sorter in Decoupage

Decoupage

I am loving decoupage.  I started by painting my items grey then added a second coat of white paint.  After it all dried I did decoupage. 

My directions for decoupage are to cut out your image close to the edge but not necessary to cut right on the edge of your image. 

Glue the image on upside down on your item with Mod Podge.  Be sure to remove any bubbles.

When it had dried a few hours run water over your image until the image shows through.  Rub with your finger over the paper rubbing off the paper but leaving the image to your item.

  When dried after about 10 minutes paint a layer of ModPodge over your image and let dry.  I love this.  My images came from Graphics Fairy.

Medallion from Ross

Framed Medallions

With directions from artsychicksrule I made these framed medallions but added frames.  I love how they turned out.

Cow Bust

I found this great cow bust at Real Deals.  It fits perfect in my kitchen.

Updated Shabby Dresser

I removed most of the nasty paint with paint remover then used steel wool to clean it up a lot.  I sanded it a little bit and added beautiful knobs from Hobby Lobby.  I love how it turned out.

Large Magnet Board

I made the large magnet board by bending 1" around the edges of a roll of metal and clipping the corners so they would bend in.  I used a 2x4 to bend the edges.  I love how this turned out.

Monogram Wreath

The background wood came from Walmart as well as the monogram letter M.  The berries I had and stapled to the sides of the letter M. I stained the letter M.  Love how this turned out.

Bear,Bison, & Deer Wood Sign

 

Wood signs that I made.

Tall Nutcracker

I wanted a tall nutcracker for my front porch so I made one.  I cut it out with a jigsaw and painted it white with gold accents.  I love how it turned out.  Just use a free coloring page as your template and enlarge it.