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I think that these turned out SO cute considering how easy they are to pull together.
What you need:
Plastic Easter Eggs
Glue Gun
Twine
Brown Paint
How to make it:
Put a few drops of glue at the seam of the egg and click it back together.
Paint the egg with brown paint. This could take up to 3 coats.
Once dry- hot glue twine to the rounded side of the egg in circles.
If desired, add a piece of twin to the top.
Isabella loved helping me paint the eggs
y’all I am OVER THE MOON in love with the cement look…it’s actually a bit of an obsession right now so when I stumbled upon my stash of Oui jars I decided to try a makeover and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
These jars were my inspiration
I am SO in love with this basket makeover and it was so easy. I’ve had my baskets for YEARS and they were from Wamart but the Dollar Tree sells similar ones!
What you need:
Tools you need:
Tape Measure
Saw ( I LOVE This small one)
Sander
Here is how I did it:
I had these bronzy-gold baskets in my house for a while now and I decided to make them over and turn them into something useful AND beautiful!
First measure the inside bottom of the basket. This is where your piece of wood will sit. It can be tricky if there are edges or slopes but it’s better to start out a little too big and trim and sand it smaller than have a piece way too small.
First, I spray painted them with some spray paint I had on hand. I highly recommend a matte black for this look.
I LOVE this dresser.
Things I LOVE about this dresser:
It was in desperate need of some touch ups. The top was missing pieces of veneer and the drawers were also.
I took off all the hardware and cleaned it all up. I debated for hours on if I could fix the veneer enough to restain it or if it would need painting. Ended up that it would need painting.
I’m ashamed to show you these BEFORE pictures. My laundry room was the catch-all room. Please don’t judge me too harshly!
My washer & dryer weren’t a matching set and the dryer is OLD and rusty but it runs great. I’d had enough so I decided to do a little refresh of the entire room and now I LOVE it.
Laundry Room (BEFORE)
To start I decided to use some of this peel & Stick faux brick wallpaper to line the back wall.
We LOVE our backyard blackberry bushes and I’ve been asked recently “How Do you Grow Blackberries?”
Here are some of the tips that got me started…keeping in mind that I’m not a pro but 3 years and we’re getting buckets full each week!
Go Thornless. The wild blackberries on our property have SUPER SHARP thorns but you can buy thornless blackberries online or from nurseries. Having harvested from both – chose the thornless! You can start from seed but that takes forever.
We grabbed our thornless bush one year late summer when the nursery was marking down all the post-blooming plants! (See more about saving on plants here). The thornless varieties are easy for kids to harvest.
Pick the Right location. These babies can get BIG and they spread throughout the growing seasoning. So chose a location that has mostly full sun and allows room for it to grow. Well drained soil is also important so the ground doesn’t get too wet. Finally, they do best having something to grow against- we used a fence but you could also buy a sturdy trellis. This keeps the berries from sitting on the ground.
Some shade is important- especially if you live in a place where the summer is very hot (hello…North Carolina!) The afternoon shade keeps the berries from drying out. [Read more…]
With the current situation, I’m staying at home and that means I needed to keep myself busy so I’ve been working on my crafting. That means I had to quickly learn tips to better sanding so I could re-do some pieces.
Honestly, I never knew that there was a right way to sand. Just smooth it out right? Well Rachel showed me just how wrong I was!
I thought I would share some of the sanding tips I’ve learned from Rachel at Renewed by Rachel! If you are local to me in the Raleigh area…Check out Rachel’s amazing transformations. I am only a tiny bit biased because she is one of my three sisters but her work is so amazing I have something of hers in nearly every room of my house.
If you sand across the grain you are tearing up the wood fibers so scratches will show up more. Sanding WITH the grain will hide those scratches and make your result much better.
I am thankful for a large stockpile right now but it won’t last forever! Here are some easy DIY cleaners to try without having to buy “fancy” ingredients!
*Always test a small unnoticeable spot before using new cleaners.
Empty Spray bottles make it easy
Combine together in a spray bottle (like this one), shake and allow to sit for a week to allow the lemon scent to infuse. Do NOT use on granite or stone. You can skip the lemon rind if you need to use it right away…but still don’t use on granite or other stone.
Pour into a spray bottle and wipe windows as usual. (Tip: Use newspaper instead of paper towels)
Sprinkle baking soda into bowl and then pour vinegar and allow to fix while scrubbing.
Really no measurement here- I put the baking soda in the tub and just a squirt of dish soap to help scrub. Scrub as usual.
Rachel from Renewed by Rachel put her twin girls (my nieces) to work to turn an old headboard into a fun outdoor chalkboard!
What you need:
How to:
y’all these turned out BEYOND cute. I love it & it was so easy.
I bought all these items at the Dollar Tree store but I’m linking to online alternatives.
What you need:
Using a dry paintbrush- I dry brushed the paint on the terracotta pot. I chose not to completely cover it because I wanted a little distressed look- but you could and I bet it would be just as cute!
I used a piece of newspaper crumbled up in the bottom of the pot so I didn’t have to use as much moss.
It took forever of rearranging it but I finally got an arrangement I liked.
Then I wrapped the raffeta around the pot twice and tied a bow.
BOOM- that’s literally it and the best part? They are not glued at all so if next spring I decide to change them up it’s so easy to do. I’m thinking about grabbing a few more and letting the kids make them and give as Easter gifts to the neighbors.
