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DIY PROJECTS

How to Make a DIY Christmas Tree Skirt – Simple Tutorial

How to Make a DIY Christmas Tree Skirt – Simple Tutorial

Learn how to make a DIY Christmas tree skirt in just a few steps with this simple tutorial!

How to Make a Ruffled Pillow Cover Step by Step

How to Make a Ruffled Pillow Cover Step by Step

Join me as I turn a thrifted curtain and dress into a pair of ruffled throw pillows. I’ll break down how I did it step by step so you can make a ruffled pillow cover too!

How to Make a Moss Topiary – Easy Spring DIY

How to Make a Moss Topiary – Easy Spring DIY

This sweet moss topiary in an aged pot is the perfect touch to your Springtime decor! It’s quick and easy – let me show you how to make it!

How to Sew a Christmas Tree Pillow – Quick and Simple DIY

How to Sew a Christmas Tree Pillow – Quick and Simple DIY

Learn how to sew your very own cute and simple Christmas tree pillow with this quick tutorial! Use whatever fabric you have – I used a thrifted bedsheet!

How to Make an Easy Rag Rug

How to Make an Easy Rag Rug

Grab your rags, fabric scraps, and old shirts – it’s time to make your very own rag rug! This simple project is a great way to add cozy cottage character to your space while making use of what you already have!

Vintage Cabinet Makeover with Milk Paint

Vintage Cabinet Makeover with Milk Paint

A dark and heavy vintage cabinet gets a cheerful makeover using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint.

Vintage Inspired Apron Tutorial

Vintage Inspired Apron Tutorial

Learn how to make a sweet vintage-inspired apron based on your own measurements with this step-by-step tutorial!

Dish Cloth Pumpkins

Dish Cloth Pumpkins

How to Turn a Simple Cotton Dish Cloth into a Sweet Fall Pumpkin in 5 Minutes with No Sewing

Dollar Store Pumpkins 3 Easy Ways

Dollar Store Pumpkins 3 Easy Ways

How to transform styrofoam dollar store pumpkins into upscale Fall decor!

Easy Fall Wreath Tutorial

Easy Fall Wreath Tutorial

A beautiful neutral Fall wreath in just 3 simple steps!

No Sew “Embroidered” Country Style Pillow

No Sew “Embroidered” Country Style Pillow

This country style “embroidered” pillow cover is 100% no-sew and a quick project! Mine took less than an hour!

Faux Pottery Baking Soda Lamps

Faux Pottery Baking Soda Lamps

Wait, what? I used baking soda to transform some outdated Goodwill lamps! I’ll show you just how easy it was…

Vintage Lace No-Sew Bunny Garland

Vintage Lace No-Sew Bunny Garland

These sweet little no-sew bunnies are a quick, easy project and make a great garland or basket filler for Spring!

Primitive Wooden Houses DIY

Primitive Wooden Houses DIY

There’s something so simply charming about little wooden houses. Maybe they draw us back to childhood – to imaginative play: dollhouses filled with happy little figures, long hours with endless possibilities – back when life seemed simpler.

DIY Winter Twig Trees

DIY Winter Twig Trees

A few weeks ago our neighbor had her yew bushes trimmed…

Repurposed Sweater Garland

Repurposed Sweater Garland

Last year I found this cute sweater at Goodwill. I thought it would be perfectly festive for Christmastime…

Thrifted Cookie Jar Makeover

Thrifted Cookie Jar Makeover

A few weeks back I found this little cookie jar for $3 at my local thrift store and thought it was kind of cute.

A Thanks-Giving Table

A Thanks-Giving Table

For some, the celebration of Thanksgiving this year may be a gathering of those closest and dearest to them. For others it may be a quieter day of reflection.

DIY Stenciled Door Mat (Without Cricut)

DIY Stenciled Door Mat (Without Cricut)

The other day I got the urge to make a Reformation door mat. So I did.

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 5: No-Sew Upholstered Cushion

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 5: No-Sew Upholstered Cushion

Our final video in this Chair Project series addresses making a no-sew upholstered cushion with piping.

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 4: Piping

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 4: Piping

Our next video in this Chair Project series addresses making and attaching decorative piping.

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 3: Upholstering

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 3: Upholstering

Our next video in this Chair Project series addresses attaching the batting and fabric with upholstery staples, and cutting foam for a cushion.

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 2: Choosing and Ordering Materials

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 2: Choosing and Ordering Materials

Our next video in this Chair Project series addresses 1) What to consider when choosing a fabric for your project, and 2) Determining how much fabric and other supplies are needed.

Chair Reupholstery Project Part 1: Deconstruction

A few months ago I found this chair on Facebook Marketplace… It was one of those love at first finds and I rapidly hit the “Is this still available?” message button, expecting it to already be gone. Lo and behold, it was still available and the sweet lady was even willing to deliver it to…

Tie-Up Curtain Tutorial

Tie-Up Curtain Tutorial

I had been looking for something to break up all the white. I mean, I love the brightness of my white kitchen – it’s what I’ve always wanted – but it just needed some contrast.

Little Black Bench: A Makeover Story

Little Black Bench: A Makeover Story

A vintage bench gets a quick and easy makeover using black paint.

Trash to Treasure: Little Girl’s Rocking Chair

Trash to Treasure: Little Girl’s Rocking Chair

While I’m hesitant to call it trash, this rocking chair I bought off Facebook Marketplace was in really rough shape. It was dirty, the wood was rough, the paint chipping, and nail heads were popping out in some places. But like any good project piece, it had one important thing: potential.

Easy DIY Lemon Wreath

Easy DIY Lemon Wreath

Have you ever done a project that was totally not even on your radar until *bam* inspiration struck, you immediately did it, and you loved the result? That is the best kind of project!

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Cucumbers, hydrangeas, & Lisianthus from the garde Cucumbers, hydrangeas, & Lisianthus from the garden. šŸ’— Making lots of pickles this week. 😁
What will you do with your time? šŸ¤ I have been What will you do with your time? šŸ¤
I have been feeling the pull more now than ever to put my phone away and spend time with my family and live real life. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy scrolling here sometimes or posting when I feel like I have something to share, but the endless scrolling that stole away so much time has stopped and I’m all the healthier for it. No more comparison traps and breeding of dissatisfaction. šŸ¤ I hope you can find the same freedom and joy.
Check out my latest YouTube video (linked in my bi Check out my latest YouTube video (linked in my bio) to go thrifting with me, then style and diy my finds in my cottage style home. ā˜ŗļø I hope you’ll join me!

Shoes by @adelisaandco 

[thrift store diy, thrifted decor, cottage style home]
The children and I went strawberry picking yesterd The children and I went strawberry picking yesterday. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a few summers but we only now just did it. I’m not sure why I never made it happen before, but I decided I wanted to make it happen - I wanted it to be a fond summertime memory for all of us. šŸ“

This whole summer I’ve decided to be more intentional, not just letting the days and weeks slip by in a summer haze…not passing on opportunities because they might create more mess or be inconvenient. I’m not overloading our calendar, but I’m purposefully scheduling the activities and making them happen to form sweet summertime memories with my children that we all will remember for years to come.

They’re not complicated and most don’t even cost anything.

We have daily reading time after lunch during which I read a chapter of our latest book aloud. I can still remember having ā€˜book time’ on hot summer afternoons as a child and it’s something I think of fondly.

I’m trying to say ā€˜yes’ more to the messy outdoor activities - the water fights that will inevitably end in muddy, tired children in need of immediate baths but that also strengthen sibling bonds, give them exercise and sunshine, and create happy memories.

The afternoon smoothies for snack that will dirty the blender (which I dread washing) but we enjoy them and look forward to them every day. 

Letting them help bake. It might take twice as long and there may be flour on the floor, but they will have a sense of accomplishment and grow in confidence and knowledge. 

It’s all worth it.
As a child I used to pull my mom’s @marthastewar As a child I used to pull my mom’s @marthastewart books off the family room bookshelf and pour over them as I laid on the floor by the fireplace all cozied up with a blanket. Fond memories for sure. šŸ¤ Mom’s been clearing her shelves trying to downsize my parents’ belongings and offered them to me. ā˜ŗļø I’ll be passing these on to my children as well. 
Pretty sure these are first edition. ā˜ŗļø

Did you love to look through your parents’ books as a child too?

[Martha Stewart first edition entertaining books]
I’m going to miss: The cool breeze blowing thro I’m going to miss:

The cool breeze blowing through the open windows,

Vases full of freshly cut peonies,

Wearing a cardigan with my dress,

Baby bunnies running and bird eggs hatching in our yard,

Flowering trees lining the streets,

The absence of mosquitoes,

But for everything there is a season and with each season comes new delights. šŸ¤
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