How to make a Halloween porch sign

September 28, 2020

It’s Halloween Witches: Halloween porch signs you actually want to make for your Halloween porch décor. Need cute ideas for Halloween porch signs? With your Cricut or another craft cutting machine, you can whip this leaning framed sign up in no time. BONUS: you can use the same SVG I used for this craft tutorial for FREE! It’s Halloween Witches!…

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Plank wall on a budget

old house with cracked walls. Attaching fake wood planks made from plywood to the wall to give the look of a shiplap wall.
August 13, 2020

FAUX PLANKED WALL DIY USING PLYWOOD Are you planning a new planked wall project? Want to know how to DIY A faux plank wall on a TIGHT budget? See how we spent less than $50 to plank a bedroom wall and learn what not to do so you don’t make the same mistakes we did our first time around. Recently…

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DIY mini wood house family number sign

distress and white painted wood house shape with the number and written 6 six painted in black on the front of the wooden sign. Family number sign
May 30, 2020

DIY how to make a rustic wood house sign for your farmhouse style home decor How to make mini wood houses from a 1×4. Stenciling a wood family number sign. DIY rustic farmhouse decorations to make at home, easy Have you seen those adorable tiered tray signs on Pinterest? They are oh so tiny and oh so ADORABLE! They tie…

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DIY repurpose an old drawer into an American Flag

April 21, 2020

HOW TO REPURPOSE AN OLD DRAWER INTO AN AMERICAN FLAG Before you pass up on the dusty old drawer that’s sitting on the side of the road you might want to think of all the amazing things you could turn that in to. Years ago my father in law had a huge old drawer sitting under his carport just collecting…

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DIY how to build a pallet style wood sign

April 17, 2020

We’ve all seen them, those gorgeous pallet style signs. The ones that are the spotlight of our rustic farmhouse dreams! Did you know there IS an easy way to make them? One that won’t break your back AND one that doesn’t break the bank. If you’ve been in any craft store in the last year you know what I’m talking…

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DIY 2×4 chunky wood flag

April 13, 2020

HOW TO MAKE A PRIMITIVE AMERICAN FLAG I love a good scrap wood project. That was the inspiration behind this DIY chunky wood flag. I have shelves full of scrap pieces of wood in my workshop, aka my garage lol! I just can’t bring myself to toss out perfectly good pieces of future projects. I had been wanting to make…

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Free standing wood stars using your Cricut

April 12, 2020

One thing I never thought I’d be doing is using my Cricut to help me cut out shapes and letters from pine boards. When I got my very first Cricut machine about a decade ago I always thought I’d just be using my new fancy cutting machine to cut paper and make decorations for my kid’s birthday parties. That’s was…

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DIY painted baby name and stats sign

March 6, 2020

DIY painted baby name sign with newborn stats A couple weeks ago a sweet friend of mine from grade school messaged and asked me to help in creating a wreath she’s having made for her very first baby! Of course I said YES! I am just so happy for her as she’s waited a very long time to become a…

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DIY stenciled rustic fall signs

October 10, 2019

DIY painted fall signs. How to make your own farmhouse style signs for your fall themed decor. These painted tiny signs are so perfect for coffee bars, tiered trays and mantles. This trio of hello fall, give thanks, and a pumpkin are hand painted in orange, black and white, the classic fall colors. This tutorial will take you step by…

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UNFINISHED WOOD PUMPKIN CUTOUT

August 26, 2019

DIY UNFINISHED WOOD PUMPKIN CUTOUT How to make your own unfinished wood pumpkin cutout using a scroll saw & scrap wood Are you like me and have a TON of scrap wood on the woodpile? instead of tossing them in the burn pile why not make an unfinished wood pumpkin cutout? I always have a ton of scraps and this…

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