Friday, September 12, 2025

Fall Stackable Pumpkins

 

Purchased 

Red Shed 22 in. Pumpkin Stack 

From Tractor Supply




Painted Black Pumpkin with
Twilight Meadow and Refresh fron Lowes



Then decorated with Flowers

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Wooden Reindeer DIY

 

Just cut out two wooden Squares one larger than the other ..Painted main one brown smaller one red for the nose
cut out tan and pink felt for ears 
cut two twigs for antlers ..drilled small holes then hot clued them in holes for the antlers 


Wooden Gnomes

 

Hubby cut out Gnomes for me  I painted added wooden noses and pom poms...I love 3 of them, one I am not so fond of.. I am not a great painter and it was hard to do the lines  








Wooden Door Tag Let It Snow DIY

 Hubby first cut tags for me 



A friend cut out  Let It Snow on her cricut 



Hubby stained the wood for me combining multiple colors to get a teal for me 

Then I added the Vinyl Let it Snow and snowflakes. It was the first time I had worked with Vinyl 



I added Sisal Robe and a Bow . Hubby also added a screw to the back to hold them together 



Grapevine wreath snowman Teal



I painted two grapevine wreaths white.  I then wired them together. I made a large bow.

Then I cut two pieces of felt and hot glued them together stuffing it with plastic bags. I added a white trim border to give the hat a little dimension along with a teal band.  



 

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Shutter Snowman DIY

 Wooden Shutter Snowman


Hat painted Moonlight surf 5004-6B  had color made at Lowes 


Two buttons for eyes 

Cut out a carrot nose

Got beads from Michaels for mouth 

Ribbon is from Sam's. I had to put two ribbons together for a scarf.  I tried to make a few scarfs from yarn but could not find the right color ..everything on my fence has a teal theme 


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Shutter Angel DIY

 Shutter Angel 


Painted Shutter Moonlight Surf 5004-6B  had color made at Lowes

Cut circle for Head ,Cut star , Wings are molding, Arms were also cut from wood 

Stained wood walnut then clear coated 

Made bow and bouquet 












Large Wooden Snowman

 


Large wooden snowman 






Cut Snowman out of wood from Lowe's that was Stain Grade Solid Wood Panel   

                              3/4 x 20" x 72 "



Painted white with exterior white paint from Lowe's





Added extra piece to back so there will be a place to add Bolts later to connect to base 






Painted hat black.  The Brim is a separate piece 


Painted Snow flakes for buttons



Painted Teardrops for Eyes




Painted Brim Black 


Painted flowers and circle to go on hat 



Painted Nose 






DIY WOODEN SLEIGH


Cut out sleigh





Took Rails off to stain rails Dark Walnut










Painted Twilight meadow ..got paint from lowes








Also clear coated all




Then time to decorate

Added a wreath and bow and a little something something





DIY WOODEN SNOWFLAKE

Large wooden snowflake cut out by husband and painted 














Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Knitted snowmen

Here is my blog post for some of the snowmen hats 

http://gardenclc.blogspot.com/2015/11/knitted-snowmen-2015.htmlDB

Size 5 DBLB needles

Snowman 
CO 6 plus 1 to join in the round 

K1fb around 
K1fb, K1 across
K1fb, K2 across
K1fb, K3 across until you have 30 stitches 

Knit around until you ahve desired height 
If you need to know about how many row for a short snowman , I knit about 33 rounds (this will make snowman measure about 5 inches high.

I now stuff the bottom . I put stuffing and now am adding some glass gems from the dollar tree to give it weight in the bottom to help it stand , Then add more stuffing .  

K2tog, K2 across
I did this until I have 6 or 9 stitches 
At this point add and more stuffing that is desired 
I cut yarn and pull through remain stitches 
Weave in end 

Then I make hat and scarf 

For hat I have been casting on 30 plus 1 to join in the round 
K2,P2 around ...I do this for about 3 or 4 rounds
Then Knit to desired height 
I then do a 3 needle bind off with two knitting needles and a crochet hook 

I use pink pom pom maker from clover 

the scarf I crochet 
Chain 40 
single crochet 2 rows 









































Sunday, December 8, 2019

DIY WOODEN SHELF GINGERBREAD MAN



 Cut Gingerbread man out of wood ..

3 pieces  circle head, two arms and body

painted all Spiced Cider Valspar paint from lowes



Shaded with Burnt umber



I added the frosting

E6000 57071201 701H Allure Gloss Dimensional Adhesive Paint, White


Just did black dots for eyes with white dot inside , black mouth , added burgundy buttons , bow. also added the heart which is painted rookwood red ..with with stitching added .  Also clear coated 








Sorry Pictures seem not to be working well with this blog



Tuesday, December 3, 2019

FALL WOODEN SIGN

Purchased 6 inch F L L at Micheal's 



 Spray painted the  F L L  with Rustolem Espresso 




Stained the pumpkin with Color wish tint Mimosa orange and leaf green  


Then stained with special walnut 




Also added copper tacks that we bought at lowes for a special touch 









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Sunday, December 1, 2019

Pallet pumpkins

Pallet Pumpkins

cut slats and back board to hook them together

one pumpkin measures 54 1/2 X 22 1/2

second smaller pumpkin measures  29  x  16


Painted pumpkins paint from lowes

Stem and leaves were painted Hauser dark green from americana paint




one pumkin measures

second smaller pumpkin measures

 cut base and added two 2 x 4's to help stabilize pumpkins painted rustolem espresso this measures 23 1/2  x 11 1/2

 



Painted pumpkins paint from lowes valspar fresh persimmons

Stem and leaves were painted Hauser dark green from Americana paint

sanded and also stained ..then put a clear coat on

drilled holes and used wire to attach leaves





now time to decorate







Sunday, February 4, 2018

TECH 21 IPHONE COVER --Modified

I have had this Cover for over a year ..never used it because I do not like the way the back looks
here is what it looked like

Also I ordered directly from the company and it took FOREVER for it to arrive ..
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So I went to Micheals ..bought a sheet of decrotive paper ..cut it out and put it inside the cover to change the appearance !! now I love it
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