DIY cheap and easy clay pots

So many fun ways to use them around the house!! 

Supplies as shown:

Cheap clay pots (Pat Catans had these under $1)

Acrylic paint under $1 also at all craft stores

2 paint brushes- nothing fancy

Stencils if you wish

 Paint the pot- acrylic paint dries in like 3 minutes tops...

 while the paint dries grab a quick cup of coffee :)

 Stencil away!! Use very very little paint while stenciling it works a lot better that way...

 Get creative!! I used the numbers from each of our birthdays for mine.

 So fast, easy and cheap get your kids involved and plant flowers or herbs in them.  Or the hold kitchen utensils or fake flowers perfectly too!

 Picture of some ideas:

I would love to see the creations you do!! Shoot me some pics. Have an awesome weekend!

Kitchen Reno on a budget- it can be done!!

Finished Farmhouse Style Kitchen

                  Before/After Pictures:

   

                                   

                                                           

 

                                                                                                             

   

                                                                                  

Quick tips to keep cost down:

Paint your cupboards! $40 for paint plus primer higher grade paint (1 gallon)

Spray painted knobs $4

We made our island counter top out of reclaimed barn wood and its a pretty big chunk of change when compared to redoing it with granite!! I'm talking 1/4 the cost...we sanded, stained and put the poly on ourselves- total cost was right around $200. 

We really wanted the apron front "farmhouse" sink buuuut it was way too expensive when compared to the same exact size sink- only without the apron front :) Our sink is 34" wide and 10" deep and only $170!

I'm so happy with how it all turned out.  Its so fun to see it all come together in the end and all of your hard work is worth it and your wallet is much much happier!

I would love to help people bring their own projects to life! Please comment below with any questions at all! Thanks for reading :)

Breakfast Nook got an update also:

       

DIY Wingback Chair Slipcover

Supplies:
6-8 yards of durable fabric (I used duck cloth or canvas)
sewing machine
thread
scissors
lots of pins
chalk (optional)

My large wingback chair took about 8 yards of fabric because of the height and ruffle skirt along bottom.

Start by draping your fabric over your chair

 Try to center your fabric and tuck in fabric into creases to make it have a more snug fit while at the same time making sure your fabric still doesn't come out of place (should have enough width in fabric to wrap around the sides giving the back of chair a nice snug look also).

Time to pin! Place your pins around all of the edges of the top of the chair...we will work on the arms in a second...

The turtle was my Grandma Dolly's pin holder...she will be 88 in May and no longer sews but mr. turtle does all my projects with me :)

                                               

 Once the pins are all in place I usually cut off extra fabric to make it a lot cleaner and easier to sew.
Next cut a square for the bottom (which would be under seat cushion) and pin the edges to slipcover as shown:

Next cut out a piece of fabric about 8-10" wide and as long as you need for it to reach from the arm of your chair down to the seat cushion.  Your going to fold that piece in half and pin onto where your slipcovers arms are popping out. Look below to see how i started with that middle point and pinned from there.

Go start to sew this sucker!!

Now time to start the ruffle skirt- rule of thumb with ruffles you need about 2 1/2 times around to make them. So start by measuring how far down you want the skirt to go and get a cuttin!

Hem along the bottom of your skirt and the make your ruffles along the top as shown below:

 Ta-Daaaaaaa Photobomb

 Now since you have your beautiful slipcover top already sewn ;) you just put it over your chair and now pin the skirt to the bottom. This is the easiest way to see where your skirt is going to fall and make any changes or fixes to your cover without having to take it on and off a thousand times.

See my boo boo to fix :( it happens to the best of us haha!

Your all done!!! Time to decorate!! 

Or if your like me- make the second one!

I made the seat cushion cover just a simple slipcover - will make a easy beginners DIY for slipcovers for pillows and cushions very soon! Thanks for reading all!

DIY Dream catcher

Supplies:
embroidery hoop
8-12 different ribbon or trim
paint
doily
scissors
sponge brush
hot glue gun or yarn (to attach doily to hoop)

This is the supply of cool ribbon I got for my oldest daughters dream catcher...coral and sea foam blue room:

I actually ripped the screw part of the embroidery hoop and popped the 2 hoops apart to make 2 different ones- one for each daughter of course!! Painted my little Lorelei's hoop purple for her hippie crazy colored room :) I use acrylic paint because there's a million different shades, its cheap and it dries lightning fast:

Next cut all that ribbon!! I cut it anywhere from 10-16" to make a more dramatic fun fringe:

Now just double knot the ribbon into the hoop-easy peasy:

Walaa!

Final step is to place the doily in the middle of the hoop- in the picture below i tied it around the edges with colorful yarn... Loreleis finished catcher:

Or if you wish I used a hot glue gun and glued around all edges for my sweet Laila Rae!


I am giving these to my gals as an Easter gift.  I love giving handmade things rather than a simple store bought item ;) I hope this inspires you and good luck!