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How to upcycle plastic bottles to create a corn on the cob DIY
Friends, I am so thrilled to share with you how to upcycle plastic bottles to create a corn on the cob DIY. Today, we are going green with our fall décor; instead of throwing away those plastic water bottles, let’s make an upcycled craft out of them! This budget friendly DIY is the perfect addition to enhance your fall décor. These corn on the cob DIYs could also be used to make a beautiful Thanksgiving tablescape! Materials needed: Empty water bottle coffee dyed flour sack (you can find these at Walmart) Green material (check thrift stores and yard-sales) twine brown paper tag Spanish Moss hot glue gun & glue sticks …
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How to turn an empty roll of toilet paper into a magnet
It’s no secret that I love to upcycle, and today that’s exactly what we’re going to be doing. I’m going to show you how to make a magnet using an empty roll toilet paper. This craft is so easy to make and turned out so cute. I think that these would make super cute gifts! And with Mother’s Day just around the corner, this would be the perfect inexpensive gift for Mom. Someone even suggested putting a gift card in it, and I think that’s a great idea. I love working with empty rolls of toilet paper. I think there’s so many fun uses for them. Before…
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DIY empty toilet paper roll bumble bee
This DIY empty toilet paper roll bumble bee I made on Facebook Live the other day turned out so adorable that I knew I just had to turn it into a blog post for you. I love crafting with things that I find around the house. Things I would normally throw away, such as empty toilet paper rolls and left-over cans from dinner. I actually have a big clothes basket in my craft closet with these types of things. I like to disinfect the toilet paper rolls though before I use them. Before we get started, there’s a few things you should know. Number one I have…
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How to turn an empty spool of ribbon into a rustic light
Hey, Friends! I am super excited about today’s craft because it turned out so stinking cute! If you are a crafter like me then I am sure you go through tons of ribbon! As I went to throw one of these empty spools away, I got a genius idea! So today I am going to show you how to turn an empty spool of ribbon into a rustic light! I already have mine sitting in my kitchen and it looks adorable! Materials: Empty spool of ribbon Battery operated candle Black chalky paint (I used crazy crow from A frayed knot paint line) Paint brushes cinnamon Mod Podge White chalk paint …
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DIY present for outdoor decorating
Hey, friends! Today I want to show you a really simple craft that my mom made a few years ago. This DIY present for outdoor decorating is the PERFECT way to use up some of those amazon packages. This DIY takes not time at all to make. You can whip these cute DIY presents up and decorate your front porch with them before your husband will ever know you bought anything, haha. Because I plan to make a few of these, I bought the largest table cloth they had. They were all the same price so I figured why not?! Every year for Christmas we buy a real tree…
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Present ornament
Ok, friends… I legit went to the store just to buy pudding to make these cute present ornaments, haha! I knew the pudding boxes would be the perfect size for them and who doesn’t love some pudding? The only downside to this is that when I go to make the pudding, I will have to google the instructions on how to make it, LOL. To wrap the pudding box, I used a mens dress shirt that I bought at Goodwill. Men’s dress shirts are awesome for crafting, by the way! Any time I see a cute one, I snag it up for my craft stash. But, before making a special…
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DIY Farmhouse bowl
I have a habit of saving any cool looking containers I come across. I have been saving this one for a little while and knew I could do something cute with it! I decided it would make the perfect DIY farmhouse bowl! After all, the bottom half of the container is already shaped like one. The possibilities for this craft are literally endless! Theres tons of different things that could be used to cover this bowl. You could even just paint it if you wish! I decided to use a mens shirt I found at the Goodwill and some nautical rope. I just love how this one turned out! I…
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DIY Patriotic Pillow
DIY Patriotic Pillow Pin me! – Pinterest Watch me! – YouTube (coming soon!) As I told you in my last post, I am working on using up the supplies I have on hand. Last week I showed you all how to make this up-cycled jean pillow. This week I will be showing you how to make the perfect compliment to that pillow. These pillows looks so adorable together as a set. My favorite part about making these is that they cost me nothing to make because I already had all the supplies to make them on hand. Let me show you how you can make a DIY Patriotic pillow like…
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Farmhouse crate made from a Pop Tart box
Farmhouse Crate made from a Poptart box Pin me! – Pinterest Watch me! – YouTube If you are like me, and love upcycled projects, then you will LOVE this one! I took a basic pop tart box and glued popsicle sticks around it to make this cute Farmhouse Crate. The possibilities are endless with this craft! You can paint or stain the crate any color you wish. You can also switch out the flowers to go with each Holiday. Let me show you how I made it. Materials: Old box ( I used a pop tart box) Large popsicle sticks Hot glue gun and lots of glue sticks Paint (…
