tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26752900013847086492024-03-08T16:05:51.267-08:00Thrifty Parsonage LivingJoy@Thrifty Parsonage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12803809176994311396noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675290001384708649.post-41039841426466530332015-04-01T11:38:00.001-07:002015-04-01T11:55:58.172-07:00SPRING DECOR 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi everyone! It's great to back after a few months break away from blogging. As I told you in a previous post, I started a new job and it has taken up quite a bit of my time. Now that I'm finished with orientation, I'm hoping to have more time for posts.<br />
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I love spring and the Easter Holiday. Today I thought I would show you how I decorated our dining room for spring.<br />
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I'll begin by showing you what I placed on the top of our Hoosier cabinet. I used things that I've had in the house from the past few years. By using these items over you save a lot of money, and arranging it different from year to year gives the items a new look.<br />
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Here is the view of the entire dining area.</div>
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What says spring more than cute little chicks. I added these cuties on the Hoosier .</div>
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I used my vintage toy rabbit and filled it with Easter eggs, along with the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-artwork.html">spring art</a> work on the shelves of the Hoosier cabinet.<br />
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A few months ago my mother-in-law gave us this chair from my husbands great-grandmother. It's well over 100 years old. One of the back spindles is missing and we still need to add the replacement leather seat. (For now it's just sitting loose on top of the chair.) I love the well worn look of this chair and thought it would be a great place to add a few things for spring.</div>
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I place my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/03/nest-framed-artwork-diy.html">Nest Artwork</a> on Grandma's chair along with a few potted succulent plants. I found these cute little succulents at the Dollar Store a few months ago. They were in cheap plastic pots. No problem, I just shopped my house and found the ceramic posts that I had found for .49 cents a few years ago. I placed them on a candle holder with a few pebbles (also a garage sale find).</div>
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A few flowers were added to my vintage coffee pot.</div>
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I used one of my<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-burlap-table-runner.html"> burlap table runners</a> on the table along with a bowl filled with eggs.</div>
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I think by changing just a few items in the room helps it look more like spring. </div>
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Blessed Easter!</div>
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For those of you who have reading my blog for some time, you may recall our son and daughter-in-law got married a year and half ago. I shared the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/10/diy-rehearsal-dinner-on-budget-part-1.html">DIY wedding rehearsal dinner</a> that we did for their wedding. As a wedding gift for our children, my husband has made a piece of furniture. The couple gets to select what they would like. They usually find a photo of the piece of furniture they like; and my husband builds it for them. While preparing for the rehearsal dinner, my sister and brother-in-law were talking to my husband asking if he would be interested in a walnut tree that went down in their grove. Of course, we jumped on that offer. There was, however, quite a delay when the tree went to the mill. While at the mill, the owner had a fire and had to rebuild his kiln....thus we had to wait for the wood to get milled for almost a year.<br />
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Once we had the wood, my husband went to work preparing the wood. He then built the wood part of the bed. Once he had that completed, we invited our son and daughter-in-law to help us assemble the tufted part of the bed.<br />
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We made the tufted headboard using the same technique we used when we made our tufted headboard back in 2010. <br />
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This is how the headboard looked before adding the tufting.<br />
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My husband cut out a piece of plywood to insert into the piece in the photo above. (He marked out the grid on the back where the buttons would be placed. He then drilled holes for the string that would secure the buttons to the headboard.) To this piece of wood, we added foam and batting securing it with staples on the back of the board. Lastly the fabric was added.<br />
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Our daughter-in-law and I worked on making the fabric covered buttons while them men were working on securing the fabric to the wood.<br />
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The next step was to draw the string through the board/foam/batting/fabric and secure the covered buttons to the front of the headboard. This can be a little tricky to hit the hole in the board going back through the fabric. We used a large long darning needle for this step.<br />
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Here's the headboard once all the buttons were tied on. Once the buttons were in place, the fabric was pulled tighter to take out the wrinkles. My husband and son used screws to secure the tufted insert into the headboard.<br />
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Here you can see the detail in the foot-board.<br />
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A top view of the foot-board.<br />
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The side rails.<br />
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The bed put together in our living room.<br />
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The bed complete and set up in the bedroom.<br />
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I think the bed turned out beautiful, I love the richness of the black walnut wood against the light color of the tufted headboard! The fun part of this project was to see it go from tree to complete tufted headboard bed.<br />
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Have a great day!<br />
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Fast forward to December ~ I received a phone call from my sister asking for my help in decorating her sled. Of course, I said YES! A chance to work on a fun diy project, while spending time with my sister. </div>
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I also had visions for a sled decorated for Christmas. It was one from my childhood, and the one our children used for many years. I had it all ready to load onto our moving truck back with our move in 2012. It was while standing there that our daughter (a children's photographer) spotted it. I agreed that she could keep it in Washington to use as a photography prop. My husband said we could enjoy it in her photos; and we've been doing just that.</div>
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Here it is with our sweat grand daughter sitting on it for a Christmas card photo shoot.</div>
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We started out by placing different types of evergreen branches on the sled. (Little secret ~ we hid a broken part of the sled.)</div>
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On the top of the drums, we added a large bow made with this ribbon. My sister spotted this at Hobby Lobby, and fell in love with it.</div>
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Sad to say....we really struggled trying to make the perfect bow. Thanks to the help of a friend, we got our perfect bow. Thanks Carrie!!!</div>
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This was a fun, quick and easy project. Here's how it looks sitting on my deck. Too bad I couldn't keep it.</div>
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A table with a lantern and a few ornaments sits beside the door now.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thrifty Parsonage Living</span></i></span></a></div>Joy@Thrifty Parsonage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12803809176994311396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675290001384708649.post-1679625147571950452014-12-23T06:00:00.000-08:002014-12-23T06:00:00.065-08:00CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR 2014Hi everyone! Christmas is fast approaching; and I realized that if I didn't post my Christmas Home Tour soon, Christmas would be here before you saw it. So without any more delay - my 2014 Christmas Home Tour. Some of the items may look familiar to you as many of the things I used this year are the same as last year.<br />
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Come on in! We'll start in the living room.<br />
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First, inside the door, sits the tree. Here it is during the day all frosty and white ....</div>
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I'm using the faux fur tree skirt again this year, along with the faux fur wreath. I made these items last year. If you missed the tutorial for these faux fur items, the tutorial can be found <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/12/diy-faux-fur-christmas-projects-fur.html">here</a>.</div>
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Grandma's <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/03/80-year-old-cedar-chest-makeover.html">cedar chest </a> is the perfect place to display my mercury glass collection. </div>
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My<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/11/pottery-barn-wreath-pillow-knockoff.html"> Pottery Barn knock off wreath pillow</a> sits in the<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/05/reupholstered-wingback-chair-revealed.html"> reupholstered wing-back chair</a>.</div>
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The<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/12/diy-faux-fur-christmas-projects-fur.html"> faux fur pillow</a> shares a basket with the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/11/give-thanks-pillow-diy.html">silent night pillow</a>.</div>
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I've added just a little bit of red to the decor this year.</div>
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A few red beads and red ornaments added to the candles on the coffee table and....</div>
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....my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/01/snowflake-pillows-tutorial.html">snow flake pillow</a>, along with my new<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/12/pottery-barn-jingle-pillow-knock-off.html"> diy jingle pillow</a> add the pop of red on the sofa.</div>
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On the Hoosier shelf sits a wintry scene of snowball candles, along with my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-epsom-salt-ornaments-and-candle.html">Epsom salt candle and ornaments</a>.</div>
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I changed things up on top of the Hoosier this year as well by adding a little bit of red decor. I added lights with greens along with a few poinsettias, ribbon, ornaments and snowflakes. I also placed a candle holder in the middle with the words Believe and Faith on each side.</div>
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I put together a centerpiece for the table using my re-purposed candle sticks along with some greens, pine-cones, silver sprigs and a few poinsettia.</div>
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The dining room and kitchen are connected together.</div>
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This is my<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/12/ballard-designs-tinsel-branch-knockoff.html"> tinsel branch</a> above the kitchen sink.</div>
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I used my dollar store buckets again hanging them on the coffee cup hooks.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed a little peek into our home all dressed for the holidays.</div>
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I have one more diy Christmas item to share with you. It's a sled that my sister and I made over for her front porch. I've kept you long enough today, so check my next post to see what we've done.</div>
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Making my home sparkle at Christmas is always fun using glittery ornaments and tinsel. I also love adding natural items here and there. When I saw the beautiful glittery tinsel branches that <a href="http://www.howtodecorate.com/2014/11/decorating-for-the-holidays-with-suzanne-kasler/">Susanne Kasler </a>created at Ballard Designs, I knew I wanted to make one of these pretty branches for my home. You can purchase the champagne colored branches at <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/suzanne-kasler-tinsel-branches-set-of-3/collections/holiday-collection/holiday-decor/327419?redirect=y">Ballard Designs</a> for $19, but I knew I could make my own for less.<br />
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While shopping at Mernard's with my husband recently, I found the tinsel that would work for this project for a mere $1.29.<br />
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The tinsels used on the branch at Ballard Design are glitter branches in antique silver also sold at Ballad Design. I however could only find green pine branches. Since I wanted my branch to have a glitter look, I thought the tinsel garland (pictured below) was a better option.<br />
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To make this project, I started out with a branch that had come down with a recent storm in our back yard. I had my husband cut it to size for me.<br />
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I wrapped the branch with the tinsel garland, but I didn't want the branch to be completely covered, so I left parts of the branches exposed. The tinsel adds a beautiful extra sparkle to the branch.<br />
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The next thing I did was to add the Christmas ornaments. I used ornaments I already had placing the prettiest mercury glass ornament in the middle.<br />
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I attached the ornaments to the branch using gold ribbon and white ribbon with gold polka dots varying the heights of the ribbon as I attached them.<br />
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I wanted to hang this above the kitchen sink. The big question was "how to attach the branch"? The solution I came up with was command hooks. I let them adhere for over an hour before attaching my branch. I did not want my pretty ornaments to come crashing down.<br />
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I however made a mistake. Once I hung the branch, my command hooks stayed up, but my ribbon attaching the branch to the hooks came skidding off and crashing into the sink!!! Down came my branch with my pretty mercury glass ornament crashing into a million pieces! I could have cried! It was one of my few expensive ornaments. Lesson learned - attach the ribbon with thumb tacks to make sure it will not slip off.<br />
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Since adding the thumb tack my branch has stayed up with out any more crashes.<br />
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This looks very pretty at night with the light reflecting off the tinsel. I tried to take a photo at night, but it just did not pick up on the sparkle. <br />
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Total cost for this project was $2.29. I'd say that makes for another thrifty project!<br />
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( I am not being paid or compensated by Ballard Designs, but wanted to link to their site so you could see my inspiration.)<br />
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Here's my version....<br />
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You can view the inspiration for this Pottery Barn pillow <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/jingle-lumbar-pillow/?pkey=e%7Cjingle%2Blumbar%2Bpillow%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C48%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-Pillows">here</a>.<br />
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You can view the inspiration for this Pottery Barn <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/jingle-lumbar-pillow/?pkey=e%7Cjingle%2Blumbar%2Bpillow%7C1%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C48%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-Pillows">pillow here</a>.<br />
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I thought I'd share how simple this pillow was to make. <br />
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Here's a list of the<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> supplies </i></span>I used.<br />
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*Christmas <span style="color: #cc0000;">red</span> craft paint<br />
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* Freezer paper (waxed on one side)<br />
* Jingle bells<br />
* Burlap cut 12 1/2 inches by 24 1/2 inches<br />
* Fabric 12 1/2" X 24 1/2 " for lining and back of pillow<br />
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* Exacto knife<br />
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I started by drawing out my own version of Jingle onto paper. I then copied it onto the non waxed side of the freezer paper.<br />
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Once I had it sketched onto the freezer paper, I used an exacto knife to cut out the insides of the letters.<br />
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Using a hot iron, I placed the waxed side of the freezer paper onto my pre-cut 12 1/2 X 24 1/2 inch burlap. The next step was to iron the paper onto the burlap.<br />
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Using the Christmas red craft paint and a stencil paint brush, I simply filled in the cut out "stencil" spaces dabbing the excess paint onto a paper towel first.<br />
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Once painted, I removed my stencil and painted on some swirls and dots for the "j and i". I found this part a little difficult. I wished I had a sharpie paint pen or a brush that was a little stiffer. It was hard to get the swirls on the rough burlap since I'm not real good at free handing things. The end result was less swirls on the burlap.<br />
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The burlap I used had rather large openings in the grain of the fabric. I sewed a remnant piece of fabric to the burlap making it more stable for attaching the jingle bells. This also prevented the batting from poking out of the holes. I used three different size jingle bells for this pillow. I used the smaller ones for dotting the "i and j", a medium size at the bottom of the g and larger ones on the four corners. I then took a piece of scrap fabric for the back of the pillow. I sewed it (right sides of fabric together) to the front of the fabric. I left a small opening to place the batting into the pillow. I turned the pillow right sides out and added pillow batting to the inside. Once the pillow was stuffed with the batting, I hand stitched the opening shut.<br />
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Here's my version of the<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> Jingle lumbar pillow</i></span>.<br />
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It looks good next to the<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/01/snowflake-pillows-tutorial.html"> snowflake pillows</a> I made last year.<br />
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The total cost for this pillow was a mere three dollars. I used what I had and only had to buy the paint and jingle bells. Since I'm so thrifty, I used a 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby to purchase the jingle bells. The paint was on sale for fifty cents. That's a $36.50 savings!!! I'd say that's a pretty good savings!<br />
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I'm amazed how a quick, off the cuff, spur of the moment project can be the number one hit item on this blog. Can you guess what it is? It's my DIY <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-epsom-salt-ornaments-and-candle.html">Epsom Salt Candle and Ornaments</a>. It receives more page views than any other diy project I've shared with you. It's been featured at <a href="http://www.redbookmag.com/recipes-home/tips-advice/holiday-decor#slide-5">Redbook</a>, <a href="http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/salt-crafts/#">Epsom Salt Council</a>, along with a few other blogs.<br />
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Using the same technique I used when making my<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-epsom-salt-ornaments-and-candle.html"> Epsom Salt Ornaments/Snow Balls</a>, I created another <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>SNOWBALL</i></span> project. Today, I finally get to show it to you .<br />
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I basically did the same technique for these snowballs as the ones I made previously.<br />
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The first thing I did was to place the ball on a shish kabob stick. Then using a stiff brush, I applied the modge podge to the ball. I tried using a foam brush first, but it didn't spread the modge podge evenly on the ball. While the modge podge was still wet, I applied a mixture of clear glitter and Epsom salt. When I made these balls the first time, I did not add glitter. These, however, I wanted to sparkle a little more like real snow sparkles in the sun.<br />
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I started out with my small <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/05/vintage-side-table.html">vintage ladder</a> that I've used as a side table in the past. I also used an old white enamel bucket from my mom for this vignette. (This bucket holds some dear memories from my childhood. I remember this bucket sitting in my grandparents kitchen. They had no running water, and this is where we would go to get a drink of water.) I placed pillow batting in the bottom of the bucket (looks like snow), and then added my snow balls on top.<br />
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I also placed pillow batting on a few of the ladder steps and at the base of the ladder. I added a little glitter and faux snow as well. Placing an old pair of mittens seemed to fit in perfect to the theme of this vignette along with a few pine cones.<br />
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On the middle step I added a <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>l</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">et it snow sign</i></span><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span> (Another of my diy projects made from a piece of scrap lumber).<br />
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To add to the snow theme, I hung a pair of old skates on the cabinet next to the ladder. I added a few pine sprigs along with some berries. To make the skates look a little more festive, I sprayed glue adhesive on them and then added clear glitter.<br />
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I love the <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/chunky-cable-handknit-pillow-cover/?cm_src=AutoSubCatRel">chunky cable knit pillows</a> that Pottery Barn has. The drawback to the Pottery Barn pillows is the price tag they come with - $59.50, on sale for $45. As you may know, a few DIY's have come up with their own version of these pillows using recycled sweaters. You can find many of the tutorials on Pinterest. Since I had an old sweater that would work perfect for this project, I decided to plunge in and make my own too.<br />
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Cable knit speaks - WINTER to me, so I dug out an old sweater and made it into a<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-pillows-anyone-can-make.html"> pocket pillow</a>. A pocket pillow slipcover was the perfect choice for this pillow, as I used one of my spring/summer pillows as the pillow insert. This kept the cost down for this pillow because I didn't have to buy an insert. If you'd like to know how to make a pocket pillow, you can read my tutorial - <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-pillows-anyone-can-make.html">Simple Pillows Anyone Can Make </a>. <br />
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This sweater originally had an open front with large brown buttons. I decided to remove the large buttons and sew the front shut. I then had a flat closed sweater to work with . I used the bottom hem of the sweater to make the pocket on the back of the pillow. This made it simple and I didn't even have to finish the opening edge.<br />
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While shopping at TJ Maxx recently, I came across the most soft and luxurious throw. I've been wanting one of these for a while. I had some birthday gift money left from this summer, so I decided to pamper myself and buy one. I wish you could feel it, it is so soft and will be great to snuggle up in on the cold winter nights.<br />
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Now that I had a finished pillow and a throw, it was time to add the winter touches to the living room.<br />
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...adds a touch of winter elements to the room.<br />
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This pillow was a fun DIY, that took only a small amount of time to make. It was very budget friendly too, using items I already had. Total cost for this pillow was under two dollars. My sweater was a thrift store find from a few years ago and a spring pillow insert. It's amazing what you can create using what you have.<br />
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All I need now is a cup of hot chocolate with a good book and snuggle in under the warm throw.<br />
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I love the <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/thanksgiving-sentiment-lumbar-pillow-cover/?">Pottery Barn gather pillow</a>, so decided to make my own pillow and change it just a bit using the words <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>give thanks</b></i></span>. Today I'll show you how I made it and then you can make one for yourself if you'd like.<br />
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The first thing you will need is fabric. I used left over drop cloth fabric for this project, but duck canvas or cotton fabric would work also.<br />
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I began by cutting the fabric - two pieces to 13" X 25". I wanted my pillow to end up measuring 12" X 24", so I added a seam allowance of 1/2".<br />
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I didn't want my paint to bleed onto my table, so I placed the fabric on top of a piece of cardboard. I then taped the fabric to the cardboard to keep it from shifting while I was painting. Next came placing my words on the fabric. First I added the sheet of carbon paper and then my printed words on top of it. I also taped these so they would not move. Taking a pencil, I traced around the lettering. <br />
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Once I had the letters outlined, I took my black paint pen and traced over the carbon paper outline. The next step was to simply fill in the lettering using the paint pen. After allowing the paint to dry, I placed the front and back of the pillow together (right sides facing each-other). I then sewed around the pillow, leaving a small opening to insert pillow batting. Once the batting was in the pillow, I simply stitched the opening shut. This made for a very easy pillow to sew. It's one that even a novice sewer can make.<br />
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I told you I had a<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-home-tour-part-two.html"> little secret about this pillow</a> in my fall tour of home post. My secret is that I made this a dual purpose pillow. On one side it reads <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>give thanks ....</i></span><br />
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and on the other side ....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> silent night </i></span>!!! This way I can use it for two holiday seasons!<br />
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Total cost for making this pillow was around three dollars. The paint pen cost $2 and pillow batting $2.49, but I had a little over a half bag left ... just enough for another project.<br />
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Have you made any projects lately? I have a few more in progress that I hope to share with you soon.<br />
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As you come into the room, one of the first things you will see is<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/03/80-year-old-cedar-chest-makeover.html"> grandma's cedar chest</a>. I decided to place a vignette on top of the chest using various pieces of mercury glass. In the vase I added fall leaves along with a few branches. I love white pumpkins and decided to add them to the vignette for an additional touch of color, rather than the typical orange pumpkins.<br />
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On the side tables next to the sofa<br />
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On the other table I added a lantern with a candle and faux leaves.<br />
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As I told you in my previous <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-fall-house-tour.html#more">post</a> , I like to add a few new things to change things up a bit. This year I added a <span style="font-size: large;"><i>give thanks</i></span> pillow. It's a good reminder to give thanks for all that the Lord has blessed me with.<br />
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I was inspired by the <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/thanksgiving-sentiment-lumbar-pillow-cover/?pkey=e%7Cfall%2Bpillow%7C4%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C48%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-Pillows">Pottery Barn </a>gather pillow, but it came with a price tag of $39.50. That's not in this girls budgets, so DIY was my plan.<br />
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One of the projects that I'm working on, is a drop cloth slip cover for our sofa. I had a little bit of fabric left over and thought it would work great for this pillow. (I will be giving you the tutorial for this pillow soon.) <br />
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I have a little hidden secret about this pillow that I'll share in the tutorial post. <br />
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Come back and find out the secret.<br />
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Have a great <span style="color: #b45f06;">FALL</span> day!<br />
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Let's start in the <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>dining room.</i></span><br />
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I placed some colorful branches in Grandma's coffee pot next to the Hoosier cabinet and added a pumpkin and gourds at the base of the coffee pot.<br />
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A small fall branch was added to the Ball jars that sit on top of the Hoosier.<br />
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The shelf of the Hoosier got a few things as well. The candle holder on the top shelf was purchased at a garage sale a few years ago for a dollar or two. The pumpkin and candle were bought from the clearance bin a few years back. I really like the<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> Thankful </i></span>plate that I found at Wal Mart last year. The fall season is a beautiful time of year. It has me reflect backing on the many things I'm thankful for. The Lord has richly blessed me again this year.<br />
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On the top of the Hoosier I added just a few things to give it a touch of fall as well.<br />
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I'm still loving the shaft of wheat that I purchased two years ago, along with the Indian corn. They both came from the Lynden thrift store. I got two of the wheat for 99 cents each and the corn was something like 49 cents. I sure miss the <i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second Chance Thrift Store</span></i>, they had so many good things at such reasonable prices.<br />
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I placed the second wheat on my kitchen counter, along with the<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/10/diy-burlap-pumpkin-easy-no-sewing.html"> burlap pumpkin</a> I made last year.<br />
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One of the new things I added this year was a cute little pumpkin. I found it in the dollar bin at Target for three dollars. It sits between the pine-cone candle holders purchased <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/09/fall-decorating-for-home.html#more">new last year</a>. I love how it adds a bit of natural texture to the room.<br />
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Another new thing added to my fall decor this year, is my diy painted canvas pumpkin. I told you how I made this in my last post. If you missed it you can read about it at -<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/10/diy-fall-artwork-painted-pumpkin.html"> DIY FALL ARTWORK - PAINTED PUMPKIN</a> . <br />
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This post is getting a little longer than I had planned, and I'm running out of time to show you the living room. So I will share the rest of the house in my next post. Have a great<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"> F</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">A</span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">L</span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">L</span> day!<br />
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I really like the white pumpkins along with the blueish gray "Blue Moon" pumpkins. I tried to find some this fall, but found them difficult to find. I then remembered a blog post I read last year "<a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2013/09/you-can-paint-pumpkin-canvas-art-skills.html">You can paint a pumpkin canvas, art skills not required" </a>by Jennifer Rizzo. I decided if I painted a pumpkin, I could enjoy it for the fall season. I've done a few art and painting projects before but I'm not a pro. I found Jennifer's instructions very helpful.<br />
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So here's my Canvas Pumpkin Artwork.<br />
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I followed the instructions Jennifer gave somewhat, but did a few things my own way. Here's how I did mine.<br />
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I started by putting a few drops of blue and white paint on the top 2/3's of the canvas. (I used what I had for paint. I used left over paint from painting the walls in our house. I had to leave all my art paint in Washington, since we moved in the middle of the winter and it would have froze in the moving truck). I brushed and blended them together somewhat.<br />
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I then painted the brown sections with a bit of white. I allowed this to dry completely. Once it was dry, instead of painting the pumpkin using the "C" technique. I took a pencil and drew the pumpkin on the canvas. This gave me a template to paint on top of. I followed Jennifer's instructions fairly close after that.<br />
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I did some dry brush blending to create the pumpkin groves.<br />
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I had an old frame laying around the house. It was a brown stained oak frame. I just sanded it down and spray painted it black. <br />
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It was then ready to hang on our dining room wall.<br />
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I'm not sure if I should keep the black frame on it, or leave it just as a canvas. What do you think?<br />
Do you think it's kind of weird to hang your own artwork in your home? I always feel self conscious about that type of thing.<br />
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I've been busy with several projects this fall. In my next post I will show you my home fall tour, followed by my sofa makeover. Looking forward to hearing from you.<br />
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The first exciting event came on July 7th. We became the proud grandparents of our first grandson. We are so blessed to now have four grandchildren; three granddaughters and one grandson.<br />
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We planned our summer vacation around his arrival and headed off for a 15 day vacation to Oregon and Washington state. This was a very special time for my husband and myself. We had many things to celebrate, one of them being our 35th wedding anniversary. We decided five days on the Oregon coast would a wonderful getaway for the two of us.<br />
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Following the five days in Oregon, it was time to move on to spend time with family and friends in Washington state. This of course included meeting our new little grandson,<br />
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Our son and daughter-in-law from Iowa joined us for the week. As a 35th wedding anniversary gift from our children, we were able to have a family photo taken while were there. Who knows how long it will be before we are able to be together again.<br />
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This is what were able to enjoy from our timeshare balcony. You truly can see God's handy work in the sunsets.<br />
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We loved spending time with all our children and grandchildren. We also had a wonderful time visiting and catching up with friends. <br />
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The time went way to fast and before you knew it we were flying home. We hit the ground running once we were home. We got word that the condo we purchased two years ago (future home to live in once we are retirement age) would be losing the current tenants the first part of August. <br />
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When we bought the condo two years ago the tenant moved in the week we closed on the house. That didn't allow for any upgrades at that time, other than a new water heater. <br />
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We did an inspection after our current tenants vacated the property. We decided that it was in need of new paint, carpet cleaning and new finish on the window seals. We worked hard and fast at these projects - more details in another post. <br />
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We also had the joy of celebrating our church's 100 year anniversary. This made for a very busy but joyous weekend celebrating. It did however take some preparations to prepare for the event, which included helping clean the church and decorating for the dinner. I had the fun of being on the decorating committee. More details to follow in another post showing you the decorations.<br />
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This is a small glimpse of what I've been up to the past two months. I'm looking forward to hearing from you and sharing more. Have a great weekend!<br />
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I did a few very simple things this year. On the coffee table I placed a wire basket with a few decorative balls. I had the decorative balls for Christmas, but they work great for holidays like Memorial Day and the 4th of July. Adding the two small flags, add the patriotic theme to the arrangement. These items were bought a few years ago at garage sales and a thrift store.<br />
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Here's what I placed on the self of the Hoosier cabinet in our dining room.<br />
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The bathroom shelf also got a few patriotic things added as well.<br />
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We'll be enjoying a picnic dinner today and I'll be using the picnic basket I put together a few years ago. If you missed the post on how I created this basket, along with a silverware holder. Just click on the tutorials, you'll find it listed under <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/07/diy-picnic-basket.html">DIY Picnic Basket.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As many of you know weddings can be very costly and everyone has a budget to keep. Doing things yourself along with the help of family and friends can help defray the cost of hiring someone to do it for you. I had the privilege of being one of the friends who got to help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The wedding took place right next door in our church. One week before the wedding the mother of the bride asked me to help decorate a wagon for the flower girl and ring bearer to ride down the isle in. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The wagon was John Deere green with wood planked sides. We knew we had to do something to cover it up. The colors for the wedding were black and ivory with accents of red. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's what we came up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We first wrapped the wagon with a black sheet, and made the lining using a ivory table cloth. We then ran a ribbon all the way around the top of the wagon, adhering it with pins to stay in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We then measured the height of the wagon and doubled that measurement. Using that measurement we cut ivory and black tulle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once the tulle was cut we tied it onto the the ribbon on the wagon. We formed a knot that looked somewhat like a rose bud. We then secured the knot with a straight pin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the back of the wagon I made a "Here Comes the Bride" sign. My husband cut a piece of mdf board to a pattern I had drawn up for him. I then glued card stock paper to it, with the words </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here Comes the Bride</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sign was hung from a piece of tulle. At the top of the tulle a faux set of wedding rings was placed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wanted to cover the green tongue of the wagon too, so a black satin ribbon was wrapped the length of the tongue. A small ivory tulle bow was then placed on the handle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next thing I helped with was the flowers. I helped take off the thorns and protector petals on the roses. We decided to keep the protector petals and asked the bride if she would like to use them as decorative accents. She thought that sounded like a good idea, and we were able to save two large bowls full of petals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A florist friend put all the arrangements together, but she was leaving on vacation. So the morning of the wedding, I trimmed the stems of the bouquets and wrapped them with satin ribbon. The ribbon design I used was a ballet slipper pattern. It adds a little extra touch to the bouquets, rather than the normal ribbon wrap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bouquets all ready for the bride and bridesmaids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A bouquet of roses was place on a table in the entry way of the church as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The book shelf behind the gift table needed a little something as well. I went and shopped my house and found a few things we had used at our daughters weddings. The bride had a photo of the couple to add to the display. A few rose petals were placed on top of the tulle, around the LOVE sign.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a budget friendly display that added a little extra touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was an ugly cork bulletin board that was just behind the guest book. I again shopped my house and found a piece of black sheet fabric to cover the board with. The Mr. and Mrs. and Love were left over from our daughters weddings. The friend/florist was working on the bouquets at the time we were working on the bulletin board. She quickly whipped up a pretty bow to hang on the board. It added the finishing touch that the board needed. Once again a very quick and easy budget friendly display.</span><br />
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Of the five graduations we had to attend, two of them were for girls. I decided to make something special just for them -<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> <i><span style="color: #666666;">A College Survival Kit</span></i></b><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span><br />
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To make the survival kit you can include any items you would like relating to college life. Here's the list of items I chose to include in my baskets.<br />
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Kleenex Tissues<br />
Q tips<br />
Bath & Body Works Hand Soap<br />
Sewing Kit<br />
Band-aids<br />
Small Notebook<br />
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Hand Towel<br />
Bath Scrubby<br />
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To assemble the kit, I first weaved a piece of ribbon into the top basket holes. I then placed a large piece of cellophane in the basket. I then started adding the items according to height, placing the taller items in the back. I also added tissue paper to fill in the smaller gaps. I finished it off by tying the top with ribbon and added a few sticker flowers as embellishment.<br />
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The last thing to do was make a cute tag.<br />
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For this I simply went to Pic Monkey and created a circle with dots around the outside and typed in College Survival Kit in the font of my choice. I then printed it onto card stock and cut it out. Next in the process was to cut out a slightly larger circle from black card stock and glue the college survival kit sign to it. I then used my ribbon punch to make the slots to insert the ribbon. Once my ribbon was inserted, it was ready to attach to the basket.<br />
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This gift was so easy to make. You can create a College Survival Kit yourself and include items that any college student would use. You could also slip in a gift card or two. Have you made any gifts for graduations?<br />
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I've started in the living room by taking out the flannel, wool and fur items and brought in some spring accents. A wonderful way to add a touch of spring and freshness to a room can be done by adding soft fabrics and lighter delicate colors. All of this can be done without spending a lot of money. You can even rearrange the furniture for a new fresh look.<br />
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The first thing I did in the living room was to replace the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2014/01/snowflake-pillows-tutorial.html">snowflake/winter pillows</a> with cozy soft spring pillows.<br />
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The<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/03/pottery-barn-inspired-pillow.html"> nest pillow</a> I made a few years ago was placed in the basket of blankets.<br />
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I also put the<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/10/pocket-pillows-for-fall.html"> pocket pillow slipcovers </a>back on the sofa pillows and added them to the store bought pillows.<br />
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In the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/05/reupholstered-wingback-chair-revealed.html">wingback chair</a> I added a 50 cent garage sale throw, along with a new chevron pillow. <br />
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I sewed the chevron pillow slip cover myself. The pillow cover was very little cost ( three dollars) but makes a big impact. I chose light colors because I wanted the room to be light and airy.<br />
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I decided to add a little texture onto the coffee table by placing a<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-burlap-table-runner.html"> burlap table runner </a>down first. I have several of these runners left over from the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/10/diy-rehearsal-dinner-on-budget-part-1.html#more">rehearsal dinner</a>. Using what you have keeps costs very minimal.<br />
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The candle sticks, basket, candles, blue decorative balls and filler were all <a href="%2Ehttp://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/09/thrifty-finds-from-yard-sales-and.html">garage sales and thrift store</a> finds.<br />
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To keep the room bright I also added accents of white on the side table.<br />
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My daughter-in-law just had a Party Lite party and game me the little <a href="http://partylite.com/legacy/regional/productcatalog?page=productsearch&selectedLocale=en_US">bunny candle holder from Party Lite.</a> The plant and white pot are from Ikea.<br />
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I purchased the <a href="http://partylite.com/legacy/regional/productcatalog?page=productdetail&sku=P91205&categoryId=57716&showCrumbs=true">Symmetry Trio</a> from my daughter-in-laws Party Lite party. What I love about it is, that you can change the decor and candle for any season or occasion. I decided to make them work for spring by adding small eggs and beads. To keep with the theme of the living room decor I added some shells, sand dollar and a star fish to one of the holders.<br />
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On top of the curio cabinet, I placed the<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-artwork.html"> spring artwork</a>, along with some beads and a small bird.<br />
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On the other side-table I place a cloche covered bird nest. I made the cloche a few years ago from a cheese platter with a glass cloche dome.<br />
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As you can see, it doesn't take much to change the look of the entire room by adding a few new accessories. The room now looks much brighter and ready for<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #93c47d;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">S</span><span style="color: #f1c232;">P</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">R</span><span style="color: #76a5af;">I</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">N</span><span style="color: cyan;">G</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></i><br />
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You may recall my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-artwork.html">spring artwork</a> that I created a few years ago. It's one of the most visited items on this blog. It's seems a little crazy to me, the things that get visited the most often at Thrifty Parsonage Living are often items I've quickly put together on a whim. The other visited often is my<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-epsom-salt-ornaments-and-candle.html"> Epsom Salt Ornaments and Candle</a>.<br />
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I have to admit it doesn't feel anything like spring. As I write this post, this is what it's doing outside - SNOW in April!<br />
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I'm off to my living room to add a touch of spring, despite the conditions outside. I'll be anxious to show you how the room turns out.<br />
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I've always loved <a href="http://shop.sarahrichardsondesign.com/">Sarah Richardson's</a> design choices and she uses Kravet fabric often in her room design's.</div>
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You can imagine how excited I was to find this fabric on the remnant table at Hancock Fabric. There was exactly 3 yards, just what I needed for only $5 a yard! That is $139.50 cheaper than buying it online.</div>
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Below are the color dots showing what colors it matches. It may not look like it in the photo of the room but this fabric matches the wall color perfect. The photo colors look a little off because of the lighting in the basement.</div>
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I took the fabric to my ironing board and ironed each piece. </div>
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I measured 1/2 inch from the edge on each long side of the fabric and ironed it. I then applied pins to hold it in place. </div>
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It's time to move onto the top of the curtain. Taking the top edge of the curtain, I folded it over 2 inches. Folding the first 1/2 inch over and press, then fold another 1 1/2 inches and pressing to form a hem. Leaving this area open, it was time to add the tabs to the back for the curtain rod placement. To make the tabs I used a wide bias tape and cut them into 3 inch strips. You could use ribbon or fabric for the tabs if you like. Once the tabs were cut I tucked them under the top hem of the fabric, placing them 3 inches apart from each other. I used pins to keep them in place. To attach the tabs I simply ran a running stitch close to the edge of the turned hem area. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">First we painted the walls with Behr -Creek Bend & swapped out the light fixture for a more contemporary brushed nickel fixture that we found on clearance </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">@ Lowe's (yay for floor samples!). </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Next we hung some window panels from Target (</span><a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-basketweave-window-panel/-/A-13647071#prodSlot=medium_1_3" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Threshold Basketweave in Gray</a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">). W</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">e also ordered a </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">7'6" x 9'6" rug from Overstock while it was</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"> on sale (</span><a href="http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Handmade-South-Hampton-Southwest-Grey-Rug-7-6-x-9-6/6430792/product.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">South Hampton Southwest in Grey</a>)<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Next, we began to layer our furniture back into the room. We added our existing desk from Pottery Barn & a pair of chairs from Home Goods. At this point, Mel had also finished painting our thrift store dresser (we were still waiting on the hardware to arrive), & we centered it on the back wall:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">After browsing through some Houzz & Pinterest inspiration, we decided that we wanted shelving units on either side of the dresser. IKEA offered an affordable option </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">that was available in two different sizes (</span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20213312/" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vittsjo</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">). </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">The wider version</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"> seemed like it was going to be a tight squeeze, so we taped off the dimensions first. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">Luckily, they were going to fit perfectly:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">We love our thrift store makeover (you can see a before </span><a href="http://duoventures.blogspot.com/2013/03/office-thrift-store-storage-update.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">)! We will most definitely be writing a more detailed post about the dresser makeover sometime in the near future:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Then came the fun part - layering in all the decorative items. We visited several different stores & picked up a bunch of goodies from </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Target, Home Goods, IKEA, Joann's, & several thrift stores. </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Whatever we didn't use we would just return. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mel organized all of the new finds & some items we already had into groups: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">We wanted to try & mix metals in this room - which is crazy seeing as we never thought we'd like anything brass or gold. Ever. But alas, Pinterest had some really cool looking rooms that were styled with brass accents...& we liked it! M</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">aybe our aversion to gold was from growing up in the 90's, when that ugly cheapo brass was everywhere?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">After about 5 million different arrangements</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">, this is what we came up with (for now anyways):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mel spray painted some coral we found on our vacation & framed it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">A successful dining-room-turned-office!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">All in all, we are very happy with our new home office!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">You know what comes next right? Organizing the office supplies of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">We will also be posting about some individual projects that we worked on for this room as well...so stay tuned!</span></div>
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Once I'm finished with the work for church, I'll be back here and writing a few posts. One will be a tutorial on how I made the curtains for our guest bedroom.<br />
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I'll be looking forward to tell you how I made these curtains on a very limited budget. Hope you'll join me. Until then have a great day!<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i> Joy</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thrifty Parsonage Living</span></i></span></a></div>Joy@Thrifty Parsonage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12803809176994311396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2675290001384708649.post-7667062002204797942014-02-05T07:30:00.000-08:002014-02-05T07:30:00.494-08:00GUEST BEDROOM MAKEOVERCan you believe it's a year ago today, we were on the road moving from Washington to our new home in Minnesota. Time sure flies by quickly. Looking back over the year, I realized that I have not shown you all of the rooms in the new Parsonage. Over the next weeks I plan to do just that, along with showing you the projects completed in each room.<br />
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Today, I will start with our guest bedroom which is in the basement of our home. <br />
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Now this room looked nothing like the photo posted above. In fact the room looked pretty tough. All the carpets had been ripped out of the room a few years ago because of water getting into the basement. At the time of the water issue, they had to rip up all the carpets in the entire basement and lay tile. <br />
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The first thing I did, was to wash all the walls and trim with bleach water. After the walls dried completely, it was time to move onto the painting. We first primed the walls with primer that had an anti mildew formula added to it. Once the primer was dry it was time to move onto painting. The building committee painted my husbands office before our arrival. What they did for the paint in this room, was to mix several left over paints together. My husband and I really like the color of his office, and since there was quite a bit left over, we decided to use it for the guest bedroom.</div>
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The floors in the bedroom looked really bad since there was no carpet on them. I wanted to do something to make them look better. The building committee was not sure about having us put down carpet in this room, in the event water would come in again. <br />
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I decided I had to do something to improve them, and decided to paint them using floor paint.<br />
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Painting the floors was a big improvement, they are now fresh, clean and bright.<br />
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The woodwork also had to be repainted and you may recall my disaster painting them. If you missed that post you can read about it at -<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/05/painting-painting-and-more-painting.html"> painting, painting, and more painting.</a><br />
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To decorate this room, I used things that I already had, such as the <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/06/master-bedroom-makeover-revealed.html">comforter</a>, wall shelf, <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2012/10/lamp-makeover.html">lamp</a>, bedside table and bench.<br />
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The bed had no head board, so this was a diy project my husband I did together.</div>
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I also sewed new<a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-pillows-anyone-can-make.html"> pillows</a> for the room,</div>
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Then came the fun part of adding the finishing touches. I hung up a wall shelf I already had. Of course it needed something on the self, so I went to my box of frames and pulled out two white frames. I then went to my photo archive and found some tulip photos we had taken in Skagit County, Washington. I used PicMonkey photo editing and made the photos black and white. I then added color to only the tulip. I love how it adds just a little color to the room. Creating my own art work cost me only four cents per photo. It shows how you don't have to spend a lot of money to add artwork to a room.<br />
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The white vase was from the free box at the second had store and the cute little owl was bought at our local fabric store at 60% off - $3.98.<br />
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I add my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2010/05/transformation-of-ikea-mirrors.html">Ikea mirrors</a> on the wall next to the window, after a fresh coat of white paint. On the floor below the mirrors, I added some white branches to an urn I already had. I found the branches at Goodwill for two dollars. I think my husband thought I was crazy to buy branches, but spray paint for tree branches would cost more than that. After I had them displayed my husband could now understand why I wanted them and thought they actually looked nice. I also bought two throw rugs to put on the floor to add a little warmth and texture.<br />
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The bench at the end of the bed was a birthday gift from my mother-in-law years ago. This is how the bench looked before I painted it.<br />
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A view of the room, on the door side. This photo was taken before the floor was finished and the crib set up. In this little nook, I created an area where the crib will set. On the shelves I did a Peter Rabbit theme for our grandchildren, using books I already had along with a plate and stuffed animal.<br />
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To add the finishing touch to the window, I set some vintage alarm clocks on the seal.</div>
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This room was transformed by using what I had, some paint and fabric, making it a very budget friendly makeover!!!</div>
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I will share in more depth how I made the headboard, curtains and blinds in my next few posts. So come back and see how they were made.<br />
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We're so thankful to the Lord for her safe arrival, she is such a precious gift. We are now the proud grandparents to three lovely granddaughter's. Lord willing, we looking forward to adding another grandchild into our lives in July.<br />
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The only downfall of the trip was that the other two granddaughter's were sick while we were there with bad colds. Well, guess what I took home with me? You guessed it.... a cold with a bad cough. I haven't felt up to much for the past few days, but today I'm feeling like I'm on the upswing and starting to get over it.<br />
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I actual got some cleaning done around the house and a small project for my kitchen. Several years ago my husbands 95 year old grandmother passed away. After her death the family started sorting through her things. One of our nephews thought her old recipe box was a treasure and took it and it's recipe cards. He was to young to understand the sentimental meaning to these recipes and started to scatter them about. My husband manage to save one of them. He has had it tucked away in a file for the past years. I'm also a sentimental person and have enjoyed having items from our grandparents displayed in our home. <br />
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I had a piece of Christmas art on our kitchen backslash and removed it while cleaning today. It left a nail that I wanted to cover up, and thus came my inspiration of some new artwork.<br />
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Remembering the old recipe card, I removed it from the file. <br />
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I also have many old picture frames stored in the basement. I found a 5 X 7 rustic looking frame that worked perfect for the project. To put this together, I simply placed a piece of scrapbook paper for the base and built it up from there. Using various pieces of scrapbook paper and along with some vintage lace. The recipe card is pretty torn and tattered and I thought the vintage lace fit in well and also helped hide the torn corners.<br />
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Grandma was a hard working women. She lived in a very primitive farm house with no plumbing, and used a combination gas wood burning stove to bake on. Having this little piece of artwork brings back all the loving memories of grandma and her baking in her little Iowa farm kitchen. It's special to have it handwritten by her as well.<br />
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This is such a great way to share our memory of grandma and her love for baking and cooking!</div>
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You may remember seeing my snowflake pillow in my <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-christmas-home-tour.html">Christmas Home Tour.</a> I've had several people ask about them. Today I'll give you a tutorial on how I made them.<br />
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I was inspired to make snowflake pillows when I saw the cute pillows Anna at <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/12/snowflakes-and-mini-tutorial.html">Noodlehead</a> made. She gives a free template for the snowflake. <br />
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Here's what you will need if you'd like to make some snowflake pillows.<br />
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-white felt fabric<br />
-blue felt fabric (or color of choice)<br />
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- snowflake flannel fabric<br />
- heat' n bond<br />
- rick rack trim<br />
- snowflake <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/12/snowflakes-and-mini-tutorial.html">template</a><br />
-poly-fill pillow stuffing<br />
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After assembling your materials, the first thing to do is to cut your snowflake.<br />
I printed it onto paper and then traced the pattern onto the heat' n bond. Using my iron, I applied the heat ' n bond to the blue felt fabric. Following the lines on the snowflake, I used an exacto knife to cut it out.<br />
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Cut your pillow cover pieces from the white felt or flannel fabric. You can make pocket pillow, or even buy a pillow and adhere your snowflake to it. I chose to make a pocket pillow. You can see my instructions on making a <a href="http://thriftyparsonageliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-pillows-anyone-can-make.html">pocket pillow here</a>.<br />
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Once you have your pillow sewn, place the right side (top) of your pillow face up. Place your cut snowflake (or snowflakes) on the pillow. For one of the pillows, I made smaller snowflakes to go with the large snowflake. Pin them to hold them secure. Using the heat 'n bond makes this a easy project. The next step is to iron the snowflake onto the pillow. When finished ironing, just remove the paper from the fabric.<br />
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The other pillow I used a small piece of snowflake fabric, rick rack and white felt fabric to create. In the one corner of the white fabric, I sketched an outline of a snowflake freehand. Then using my sewing machine just did a star stitch on the sketched pattern. After the snowflake was sewn, I sewed a button in the middle of it.<br />
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Taking the white felt fabric with my sewed snowflake, I sewed it to the snowflake flannel fabric. Once sewed, I added some blue rick rack trim on top of the seam. I didn't make this pillow a pocket pillow but created a pillow by using a piece of felt for the back of the pillow. This was cut to the same size as the front of the pillow (14 1/2 X 14 1/2 inches) and sewed them together using a half inch seam allowance. I left a small opening on the top of the pillow. After trimming the corner seams, turn the pillow right side out. Using poly-fill pillow stuffing, I stuffed the pillow. After the pillow was stuffed, I hand stitched the opening shut.<br />
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Here's a close up of the sewn snowflake.<br />
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These pillows are unique and easy way to incorporate the serenity of snowfall with out the chill of the cold outdoors! I'm planning to not only use them at Christmas time, but also as a winter accent for my living room.<br />
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I also created a few pillows for gifts. I did a little something different to them. Don't worry, I share them in another post.<br />
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