Twine Covered Letter

I've been collecting all different kinds of letters in plans of having
 an alphabet wall in my living room.

Some of the letters that I bought are ready to be hung,

while a few need some work-like this one did.

 

I started with a plain wood letter that I picked up at a thrift store.
If you'd like to make one, you can find wood letters at your local craft store.
Then, you just need to start winding jute around the letter.
I used my glue gun to apply a line of glue along the front and back to adhere the jute.

At the top and the bottom, I wound the jute until the entire letter was covered.

 

That's it!

Jute makes anything look cute, doesn't it?

Wouldn't it look cute to spell out a whole word like this?

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless.

 

Serve the Lord with gladness;

come before His presence with singing.

Psalm 100:2

 

 

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 Funky Junk, and Simple Nature Décor.

Old Book + Leaf = One Cute Project!

I've really been on an autumn kick lately.

 I have a plastic bag full of artificial fall leaves and I can't wait to use them on projects.

 

That's kind of funny because where we live, we don't have many trees

that turn pretty colors in the fall.

 

 

I used the books that I showed you yesterday that I had picked up

at the thrift store. (for 10 cents apiece!)

I started by cutting off the covers with a box cutter.

 

Then I tied a piece of twine placing a small knot at the back.

 

 

Finally, I slid a leaf under the twine.

 

How cute are these?

 

 

Not to mention that it's like a five minute project.

Boom!

I love cute, quick, and easy!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

 

Oh sing to the Lord a new song for he has done marvelous things

Psalm 98:1

 

 

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Funky Junk, and Tatertots and Jello.

Embellished Decanter

Yesterday I showed you a cute vintage bottle that I picked up while thrifting.

While the bottle itself has lots of character, I added some embellishments to it.

This is how it started out.

It only cost me $1.25.

I wrapped some twine around the neck of the bottle. (It was at this point that my hubby told me that it looked like a pirate bottle.)

Then I tied on a little lace and dangled an old skeleton key.

For a final touch, I added a green pearl.

 (After these additions, my hubby declared that looked less pirate-y.)

I'm going to place it on a shelf in our dining room.

I think it would also be cute holding a slender candle.

Any other ideas about what I could do with it?

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he shall sustain you

Psalm 55:22

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Oh, Say Can You See?

     Want a quick patriotic themed project just in time for the Fourth?

How about this paint chip banner?

All you need to make it is:

small rectangle paint chips (I used six)

small flags (I used three)

twine

small clothespins

optional: patriotic stickers

red, white, and blue ribbon

First, you need to determine how long you want your bunting to be. Cut the twine longer than that. You can always trim the twine when you're done, but you can't add extra twine if needed. I have learned this lesson the hard way.

Then all you have to is use the tiny clothespins to attach the flags and paint chips. I wanted a flag at each end, so I started at the far left and placed one flag, then a paint chip in blue, white,and red. Then I did that again and ended with a flag. If you are making yours longer, just keep adding paint chips and flags.

You can stop there if you want to keep it simple.

If you'd like to go a step farther, you could add patriotic stickers to the bottoms of the paint chips. You can also add red, white, and blue ribbon to the twine in between the flags and paint chips.

How's that for simple?!?

I got my paint chips at Home Depot. I love using them in projects.

I got the flags at Michaels.

My ribbon and tiny clothes pins came from the Target dollar section, but you could find both of those items at Michaels or Hobby Lobby.

This would be easy enough to do for any holiday as long as you just choose different color paint chips. It would be really cute to coordinate one for a birthday party!

If you like this project, you may like this project using clothespins or this project featuring a banner made from sheet music.

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

The Lord shall reign forever and ever.

Exodus 15:18

 This post is linked to Today's Creative Blog, Making the World Cuter, Skip to My Lou, and Craft-O-Maniac.

These Were Cabinet Doors?!?

     That's right. These were cabinet doors- the very cabinet doors that I recently rescued from my neighbor's trash.

With my hubby's help, I turned them into a trifold for displaying photos and other mementos.

This will be great to set out during birthday parties for cards

or to show off old photos of the birthday person:)

Here's a close up view of each panel.

Because the background is chalkboard, it can be personalized with a message.

There's quite a bit of room for photos.

We first taped off the frames and spray painted chalkboard paint in the centers.

Once that dried, we connected them with hinges. My hubby wanted the hinges to be on the back, but it would've taken several extra steps to make the trifold stand up. I really like the look of the hinges on the front. Plus, I'm all about keeping it easy!

Next we placed screws alternating down the frames.

For the final step, I attached twine to the screws. This is how the photos will be attached.

This same type of project could be done with old shutters or frames as well.

I just love having a cute place to put photos!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

Then He said to them all,

"If anyone desires to come after Me,

let him deny himself,

and take up his cross daily,

and follow Me."

Luke 9:23

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