Upcycling DIY home decor, woodworking and Crafts
There is not enough time to make all of the ornaments I want to make. Here are ten gorgeous paper ornaments, some with tutorials, some without, that make me need to paper craft right now.
From Flea Market Style
From West Elm
From Paper Pixie Crafts
From Sampler
By Jen Crotty at Cloth Paper Scissors
From Craftberry Bush
From the Vintage Wren
From How About Orange
Do you just love all the ways to decorate foam cones into Christmas tree decorations? I have had this tall foam cone just sitting on my mantel for a couple of weeks, waiting for inspiration to set me into action. I was rooting around in my stash, when I ran across this pile of t-shirt strips I had left over from the recycled shirt wreath I showed you a couple of weeks back…
Pretty simple project. I just started at the top of the cone, stuck a tack in, and wound around to the bottom. I had to add new strips a couple of times… tacks. Easiest decoration ever. And it is fitting right in with my white, silver and red thing I have going on here.
Skeleton key ornaments at Country Living, along with 18 other handmade ornament how to’s!
Paper ball ornament at Better Budgeting
Felt wreath ornament at Family Fun
Pom pom snowman ornament at Martha Stewart
Pinecone picture frame ornaments at, again, Martha Stewart. This one is for you, Cheryl!
Book page Tree ornament at All Free Crafts
Because I am in full swing Christmas decor mode, I decided to design this “JOY” trio, perfect for the silver dollar tree frames I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I love how this turned out, and I have apparently decided to add black and red to my silver and white Christmas theme. Below is the link for you to download these prints. I put them all on the same 8.5×11 inch page to save room and paper. My frame size is 3.5 x 5 inches, so they all fit. You may need to resize for your project.
Click here to download.
Here they are on my mantel…
They would be cute dangling vertically from the bottom of a Christmas wreath too.
Are you as obsessed with decorating pumpkins as we are here at SBLC? What a fun time of year for creative festivity. There are some amazing painted pumpkins circulating out there. I was inspired by some of the plaid painted designs to create my own. Grab some painters tape and join me!
Supplies:
Painters tape, pumpkin, acrylic paint in colors of your choice
Instructions:
Tape off stripes and paint! I just randomly placed my stripes as I went. No plan. You may want to have a plaid pattern in front of you for inspiration, or just wing it. When you switch colors, make sure the paint is dry before applying tape over it. I used my handy heat tool to speed along the drying process. Simple as that!
What do you think. How are you decorating your pumpkins this year?
Have a college student, or friend/relative in a situation that prevents them from decorating for fall, even thought they would love to boast a festive porch? I say harvest bomb them. Go ahead. You must have seen the yarn bombers by now? Apply that philosophy to autumn decor and surprise your loved one.
This all came about when my stepdaughter, admiring our fall porch, expressed how nice it would be if her house were festive on the outside. As soon as she left, I pulled out the glue gun and wreath form and went to work. Here is a step by step photo montage of Harvest Bomb day one. Stay tuned for more. I plan to add things daily over the next week, and will update this post with a final picture.
I have shown you a pumpkin and wreath here and there. Now for the full reveal. This porch was DIY frugal all the way. Using supplies you probably have on hand, some fall foliage from your yard, and some creativity, you will be well on your way to a cozy, welcoming autumn porch.
Save old paint cans and paint them in fall colors. Here I used masking tape to create the stripes on the black can. I gathered the husk from the ground at a local park to put in the can. The pumpkin I spray painted black, painted acrylic blue over that, then rubbed off in most places with a dry towel. I love the distressed look that came out of it. I wrapped some orange cotton yarn around the stem and threw a hand stamped tag on there.
Here are the blue crackle pumpkins from the post linked above. Easy and quick, you check it out if you like the look. The spray painted white gourd is adorned with self adhesive scrapbooking border. What I love about this part is that I actually grew the squash. Can’t say I have ever grown my own home decor until now!
Here is another paint can with white stripe painted on, as well as a white pumpkin with black crackle stamp like the blue above. The give thanks pumpkin came from last year’s fall decor. I spray painted over the white pumpkin with its vinyl lettering, then removed the vinyl, leaving white words on black pumpkin.
There you have it. Frugal fall decor possibilities are endless. What are some of your favorite ideas?
I am so behind this fall! There are tons of beautiful projects piling up in my bookmarks. Maybe sharing with you six of my favorites will inspire me to get going. A little bit of my procrastination has to do with the fact that I don’t want pool days to be over just yet, and marathon training is wearing me out. That will all be over soon, and my fall decor will be in full swing. Here are some great ideas I want to share.
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This front porch makeover at Sugar and Dots is amazing! The colors, the wreath, birdcage, yarn pom pom garland… I could go on and on. You must pop over there and see the before picture to get the full impact. Big ol’ thumbs up!
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Weekly featured projects:
This window over at Once Upon a Craft Time is such a cute girl’s room piece. It is fun to see what people create from these frames. I like how it is used as a bulletin board. And the window was only $5!
I am digging this bright, summery tissue paper wreath by Nikki at Thrifty Decorating. The colors and flowers are splendid. Anytime you incorporate a pizza box into your decor and make it work like this, you win 🙂
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