Share my love of farming and DIY. Making life beautiful one craft at a time. Ideas and tips for DIY home decor and anything artsy and homestead related.
An update Work on the farm always has priority. That means that other work gets left until the other projects are caught up. In this case, our veranda/ covered porch is still a work in progress. We started covering our outdoor porch a few years ago, and you can read about it here. We did get to the covered and… Read More
Updating my old high chair. With grand babies came the need for a high chair in the house again. I still have the old high chair I used with my 4 children, but understandably it now only serves a decorating purpose. The high chair we found needed a new seat cover. With my daughter-in-law we attended a garage sale in… Read More
Hand warmers to keep the cold out. It can be hard to keep warm with the cold lingering on. These easy DIY hand warmers will help to keep the cold at a minimum. One of the many craft projects I came along on Pinterest are hand warmers. I love the sight of these colorful little pockets, and they are… Read More
Old light stand When I was cleaning up around the yard, I came across this ugly light stand. It was all rusty, but I did like the base. Last year I had made it into a solar light lamp post. I really liked the way it had turned out, using parts from an old chandelier, it added some vintage… Read More
Creating an easy “Merry Christmas” garland A while ago, I had found this letter garland at the Dolor store “Merry Christmas”, the bright red letters had captured my interest. At first I was not sure what to do with it, until I came across some of the left over burlap from the wedding this summer. On Pinterest there are many… Read More
A Christmas welcome With Christmas rapidly approaching I decided it was time for a fitting festive welcome. I had this Welcome sign made earlier and wanted to decorate it up.You can see HERE how this was made, and HERE what is on the back of the sign. At the Dollar store I found some poinsettia garlands, and even though they… Read More