DIY Gold Feather Autumn Barn Wood Wall Decor~Home Expert Series

 Hello Again My BEAUTIES!

Its Time again for another edition of 

HOME EXPERT SERIES

for FURNITURE.COM

 Come on over and see how I turned this old wood from my scrap pile

Into some rustic Gold Feather Wall art!

So hurry on over to 

the FURNITURE.com blog to see the full tutorial.

Also don't forget to come back tomorrow

bright and early in the morning for the 

Something to Talk About Link Party.

I will meet you there!

Autumn Rustic Arrow Decor made from Salvage and Repurposed Materials

Hello again my Beauties!
Welcome back. 

I have joined up with a bunch of my blogging buddies for the Fall Ideas Tour. 

When I joined up I thought, I can do an easy Thrifty Fall craft....;

Easy Peasy....:)

and then the days started slipping away..

kids back to school, lots of work stuff and booth stuff that had to be taken care of;

and I thought..OH NO...what if I can't think of something thrifty to do?

Well, have no fear..in the process of working on other projects my 

FALL IDEA struck.

I was cleaning some stuff up in my garage and working on some furniture projects when 

I happened upon a pile of my pallet wood.

I also was cleaning up old hardware and other pieces from projects, 

and my BRAIN had an FALL IDEA.

Repurposed and Salvage Autumn Rustic Arrows.

I grabbed my Rockwell Bladerunner a straight edge

and a pencil and got to work.

I wanted them to be "RUSTIC" so I didn't want to be perfect about angles 

and edges.

I simply drew some straight lines across my boards and then drew a line to angle

them in half as a guide line where to cut.

I used my saw to simply cut the boards into squares and then cut them in half.

Then the fun part.

I grabbed my old hardware parts.

These were the face brackets from some old knobs I had taken off an old dresser. they had 3 holes perfect for attaching the top of the arrow and the bottom of the arrow.

I did this on a few more arrows and gave them a wash of paint with some gray brown paint, and let them dry.

Now here is when I could have grabbed my fancy cutting machine, and made some stencils,

but I wanted this to be "THRIFTY" meaning anyone could make these. 

So I decided to just paint them on by hand.

I just used so cream craft paint and

a black sharpie and outlined the letters.

Then to display them I grabbed some pallet wood and made a little stand for them and screwed them into the stand.

The perfect "THRIFTY" Autumn Rustic Arrow Fall decor.

I spent ZERO dollars.

You can't get much THRIFTIER than that! :)

I am not the only one being thrifty either.

Be sure to stop over and see ALL the fabulous bloggers and their Fall Ideas!

Monday

Postcards from the Ridge | All Things Heart and Home

Confessions of a Serial Do-it-Yourselfer | Domestically Speaking

Prodigal Pieces | Housepitality Designs

Mad In Crafts | My Creative Days

Tuesday

Refresh Restyle | 2 Bees in a Pod

Fox Hollow Cottage | Artsy Chicks Rule

Our Southern Home | Restoration Redoux

Savvy Southern Style | Atta Girl Says

Wednesday

H2OBungalow | Cottage at the Crossroads

Today's Creative Life | Dukes and Duchesses

Hunt & Host | The Interior Frugalista

Sweet Pea | Petticoat Junktion

Thursday

Thrift Diving | At the Picket Fence

Town and Country Living | Cupcakes and Crinoline

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia | So Much Better With Age

Art is Beauty | AKA Design

Rescued wood turned Michigan "FALL" scrabble tiles.

  

FEATURED on the HUFFINGTON POST!

 

 While I run around like a chicken with its head off 

getting ready for the Randolph Street Market

I thought I would replay a FALL

craft I did last year!
I hope you enjoy!

Good Morning my Beauties!

Well guess what?

It has been feeling like FALL lately here

(which means I have been freezing my tookus off)

That being said....it did motivate me to create some Autumn Decor,

including decorating my mantle.

 While we were camping the summer (oh how I already miss summer :))

My Father in Law pulled a box of these wood squares out to burn in the campfire.

Now you all know me by now...

I looked at him and said...
"woa, woa, woa,......whatdayathinkyourdooingtherebuddy?"  :)

To which he replied.".Just getting ready to burn some kindling to start the fire."

I looked at him and said.."hang on"

I went next door to my camper and grabbed a bunch of kindling...and said..

"HERE....I am trading you"! 

He knew.....I couldn't let these perfect little square pieces of wood be burned.

He accepted my offer and I brought the wood home....

where it sat........in my garage....

My hubby was thrilled.......NOT!

He said.."what are going to do with those?"

I said..."Make scrabble tiles"

To which his reply came in the form of a NON VERBAL 

response that can only be heard by wives...

It was the sound of his eyes ROLLING into the back of his head with 

the classic "YEAH RIGHT" look on his face.  :)

 Well I took it as a challenge....I didn't know when I was going to make them.

But now I HAD to.

So one night while the hubby was teaching at the college

I stained up some of the squares to look like scrabble tiles.

Then I pulled out my Silhouette cutting machine 

and created scrabble letters out of vinyl

and for the "A" I used a state of Michigan graphic that I have 

used on other Projects. 

You can see those HERE.

Now this is the part where it almost turned into a FAIL...instead of FALL craft.

I laid out my vinyl on my squares...

as usual things were not going smoothly.

I got all the vinyl transferred to my wood blocks but they were

 not sticking for NOTHIN...

I thought...I will use some poly to spray over top of them...

Well, I didn't use the normal poly spray I normally do.

This stuff must have had some other alcohol or acetate chemical in it.

Where I sprayed over the letters it started to basically MELT..

DOH!!!!!

Well, instead of scrapping them right away...I thought

I will wait this out...

I am glad I did.

I let it dry and where I had laid my vinyl there was a perfect impression

of my letters. a nice little raised edge.

So when it was all dry; I pulled off the vinyl and used 

a permanent paint pen to color the spots that were not covered in poly.

 I actually like how they turned out BETTER.

I don't have to worry about the letters peeling up.

and it fits in perfect with my Fall Mantle.

 So like I try to remember...

Be patient...sometimes just like Bob Ross says..

They are happy little accidents.

I hope you enjoyed this little fun Autumn craft.

Until next time.

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL. 

Pumpkins Cider and Hayrides Autumn Craft from old Cupboard door

I am trying to Motivate myself to get working on some Fall
Crafts. So I am recapping this old post in the hopes of being INSPIRED!
ENJOY!

Good Morning my Beauties.
Just a quick post to show you IN FACT that I did do an
Autumn craft this year..:)
I actually did it a couple weeks ago and just now
am getting around to posting it.
Its modeled after the one that Ella Claire did which I just loved.

I have a ton of these old doors in my shed thanks to a friend who remodeled her kitchen.
I save them for when I have just the right sign I want to make.
I just filled the the old hole from the knob and started painting.

I used some custom mixed colors on this to get the reddish orange on the edge.
and painted the middle white.
Wanting the sign to look old its nice because it doesn't have to be perfect.

Using my silhouette I just cut out the words "pumpkins Cider and Hayrides" in'
different fun fonts and then added the arrow.
I used acrylic paint to paint in the stencil.
When it was done I waxed and buffed the whole thing.
and now I can say I did an Autumn craft and get that whole monkey off
my back..LOL!!
I hope you enjoyed!

and now I really want some CIDER..:)
Have a BEAUTIFUL day...
Until next time,
Karin

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Twirl and Take a BOW Link PARTY and Features!

 

Guess what time it is?

Its time to ......

TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW!!!!

I have been getting some major furniture projects done for the booth which you can see

Here

 Two Tone Buffet Bar Makeover

Little French Side Table Makeover

But Now its time to see what You all have been

working on.

First lets see our FEATURES! 

 

Twirl and Take a Bow...Hanging on to Summer

I know what you are thinking...it's Fall...let's get on with pumpkins and beautiful colored leaves and mulled cider. But in the Adirondacks it has been 80 degrees and sunny for the last few days, so I am holding tight to summer. We even went swimming in the lake this weekend in between soccer games and emailing Vern Yip. The water was 64 degrees, but it didn't stop the kids...or my husband for that matter. So in the spirit of wanting summer to last just a little bit longer my features all reminded me of my favorite foot loose and fancy free season. Enjoy the inspiration! Let's be friends: Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter

Twirl and Take a Bow LINK PARTY and Features!

Guess what time it is?

Its time to ......

TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW!!!!

I myself have been a busy little Bee working on projects like

our new Bathroom Exhaust fan

 Which you can see HERE

and some very fun fall Michigan Scrabble tiles.

Which you can see HERE 

SO now its YOUR turn to show us what you 

have been working on!! 

Welcome to another edition of Twirl and Take a Bow Tuesday!

                        Where you get the chance to link up to not just 1 but 7 different BLOGS!
                                     More Hosts means MORE exposure for Y.O.U.!
                                                Are you guys ready to PARTY???

 

Hey everyone! It's party time...time to Twirl & Take a Bow! I'm Leslie and I blog at House on the Way and I'm so excited to be choosing the features for this week's party. Trying to choose the top picks are always difficult, but this week I decided to go with the season and focus on Fall.

But before we go any further, I have some exciting news...

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We have a new co-host at the Twirl & Take a Bow Party. Please join me in welcoming Chaotically Creative to the party!

Chaotically Creative is a Mother/Daughter blog. We realize that daily life can be full of Chaos. We try to find things that calm the chaos on share them with our readers. Join us daily to find the keys to calm.

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We are so happy to have Chaotically Creative join us for the fun and know they are going to make an AMAZING addition to the party!

 

Speaking of the party....

This Week's Party Features

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This Fall Letter Set from Home. Made. Interest. says it all...

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These Fabric Tape Pumpkins are so cute! Upcycled Treasures did a great job on these perfect Fall decor pieces.

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How adorable is the Preppy Pumpkin Pillow from Lilikoi Joy?! I love the adorable pumpkin graphic.

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Confessions of a Serial DIYer did a fabulous job on this Fall Centerpiece. I love the mix of patterns and textures.

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Our Guest Host This Week is Once Again...

The Heathered Nest

Connect with the Heathered Nest on

Have you seen what Heather has been up to?!

Take a peek at her latest creation...love her transformation on this settee!

 

We'd love for you to follow each of our blogs, but we'd also like to connect with you on Twitter!

 

House on the Way | All Things Heart and Home | Art is Beauty | Designed by BH | Deja Vue Designs | A Few Miner Adjustments |Chaotically Creative |

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Take a moment and visit all six hosts for the Twirl & Take a Bow Party...

 

House on the Way, Déjà Vue Designs, All Things Heart and Home, Designed by BH, Art is Beauty, A Few Miner Adjustments and Chaotically Creative.

You'll be glad you did!

If you were featured, be sure to grab a button from my sidebar!

 

Now let’s party…..

 

Twirl & Take a Bow Party

*We would love for you to follow us! *You must link directly to your post. *In order to be featured, you must link back to a host blog using a link or the party button found on the sidebar. *Only home decor & design related crafts, DIY, how-to’s, decorating tips and recipes. *Visit one other party link. Share the love and the inspiration! *No links to shops, Etsy, giveaways or solicitations. *By linking up your post, you are giving House on the Way, Deja Vue Designs, All Things Heart and Home, Designed by BH, Art is Beauty and A Few Miner Adjustments permission to use a picture as a feature on their blog and other social media outlets. Each week we will also be featuring a few outstanding inspirations from the week before.

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