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DIY Fall Upcycled Jar Gold Vase

Fall decoration I like is usually in white and gold colors. Therefor I make most of my Fall DIYs in gold and white theme. Like this project I just made; it’s a DIY Fall Upcycled Jar Gold Vase. A gold vase made from used mason jar or just regular glass jar. Or you can say a painted mason jar vase. This gold vase with stripes accent is super easy to make, but look at the result, it’s totally brings up the plain glass jar into a different look!

I played a little bit with the colors and pattern on this Fall gold vase. I mixed gold with black and white touch of colors and presented it in stripes pattern look. I also tried to be more creative with sizes of the stripes, so it would not be looking bored. Well, let’s just find out more on supplies that I have to prepare for this Fall DIY and how the simple steps were.

Things To Prepare

This is super inexpensive Fall DIY to make, upcycling used mason jar and some paint and you are ready to start this Fall project. Here are the short list of supplies you will be needed to make a DIY Fall Upcycled Jar Gold Vase :

Glass Jar / Mason Jar
White acrylic paint
Gold acrylic paint
Black acrylic paint
Black marker

How To Make

I mixed the process of painting between spray painting and hand painting. If you have steady hands, you can follow my way, but if you hesitate, use a paper tape to mark the line for painting the stripes. Anyway, these are the easy steps to make DIY Fall Upcycled Jar Gold Vase in stripes :

Make sure the glass / mason jar is clean and free from oil or debris. Then spray paint the jar with gold paint. leave it to dry.
Paint the bottom side with black acrylic paint. You can use paper tape to mark the border line so you will get a straight result. Let it dry before you continue with the white paint.
Paint the next stripe with white acrylic paint. Use a paper tape to watch out for the border lines, above and below. Or you can paint it with steady hand without using any border tape.
The finished stripe is a thin black stripe which I used a black marker to do it. It’s a lot easier for me that way. But you can use paper tape as the stencil and hand painted it with black. That’s it!

Tips : Make sure when you paint by using spray paint; you spray the object in swiping movement, not spray in one spot. By doing the swiping move, the spray paint will evenly cover the object nicely. And keep changing the different sides of the object for more spray until all surface is covered evenly by the paint. But if you spray in spots, usually the sprayed paint will drip and thick looking in spots which will look bad in result.

A Fall gold vase which is so easy and quick to make. This stripes gold vase is great for last minute fall decoration or a centerpiece for a fall wedding which you would be easy to make in large amount because it’s so simple to make. Add some white flowers and the fall gold vase would look amazing for your fall home decor. Let’s give it a try!

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DIY Fall Gold Acorn

Fall is coming soon, many of you are preparing new decorations to spice things up at home. And for those who love to personalized your own decorations, I may have an idea for your Fall DIYs plan. I made an acorn in gold and reconstructive look. I just love the color gold for fall. It’s an easy DIY fall and simple material to used, even recycled material as one of the main supply for this DIY acorn.

My DIY Fall Gold Acorn is one of a different way to present an acorn. It’s a faux acorn that I made from plastic egg and pistachio’s shells. Quick and easy to make, also inexpensive, that is what I love for a seasonal diy decorations. And for this fall gold acorn, you can use it from year to year because acorn is one of the symbol of the fall and you can easily mix it with other ornaments of decorations. The gold acorn can be used as a main star or as a complimentary ornament; it’s up to you to arrange it.

Things To Prepare

I still have some plastic eggs from last Easter and some pistachio’s shells from my Pistachio’s Shells Sunflower project. So, I didn’t need to buy new supplies for this Fall project. I guess, some of you may have the same supplies as mine, and that would be easier for you to follow my tutorial right away. These are the complete list of supplies you will be needed to make a fall gold acorn:

Plastic egg
Pistachio’s shells
Gold paint
Wooden stick
Hot glue

How To Make

The great thing about this pistachio’s shells acorn is that it’s so easy to make and inexpensive for you to make in large amount. So, gather all your supplies I have mentioned before and let’s start to make a gold acorn from pistachio’s shells. And these are the easy steps to make DIY Fall Gold Acorn :

Start with choosing pistachio’s shells and separate them in sizes. Take the bigger size group of pistachio’s shells and glue it one by one onto the plastic egg by using hot glue. Position the shells around the middle of the egg and the bigger part of the egg that will be fully covered by pistachio’s shells.
Continue to glue pistachio’s shells one by one, row by row all the way up to the top of the egg. And while the glue is still hot and melt, insert a small wooden stick in the middle top. It would look like a stalk. Let it dry before you move on to painting work.
Use a gold spray paint and spray it evenly to the pistachio’s shells acorn. Wait until it’s dried. Finished!

Yes, this gold acorn is as easy as that! Quick and simple to make, so you can make lots of them and have it to decorate your home for this fall. You can put them on your mantel, your dining table for fall tablescape, living room table, kitchen top or use it to make a fall wreath. Anything, anywhere in other colors too! You can paint the pistachio’s shells acorn in white, blue or other colors you favor. Wait no more and give it a try!

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Upcycled Penguin Socks Doll – No Sewing

I almost throw away my kid’s old socks until I realized I can make dolls out of it. It’s difficult to find an idea out of unattractive white and black socks. At first, I wanted to make a batman doll, but I couldn’t find a way without sewing and cutting it, which I find it so handfull. Luckly, I thought of penguin! Yes, a penguin is just perfect for my white and black socks. I don’t need to cut, attach the pieces, and sewing all together; in the other hand, I just need to form it and glue it! So, this DIY Upcycled Penguin Socks Doll is No Sewing involved at all! Yay!

This cutie penguin socks doll is so easy to make because you don’t need to sew it at all. You would only need some glue to work it out. And white black socks are not like cute patterned socks that are easily turned into pretty socks doll, but you can make it into a sweet little penguin socks doll for your kids. So, instead of throwing all your plain white and black socks, you can turn it into an adorable new toy for your kids! Yes, a no – sew upcycled penguin doll socks! Let’s find out more on how I make a penguin socks doll without sewing.

Things To Prepare

First of all is to prepare all supplies needed for making my penguin socks doll . It’s just a list of common craft supplies, so it won’t give you hard time to gather all the materials. Here are the list of supplies you will be needed to make penguin doll from upcycled socks without sewing:

Three white and black socks (1 1/2 pairs) I used old socks
Two googling eyes
Black, white and yellow craft foam
Red ribbon
UHU glue

How To Make

My penguin socks doll is super easy and quick to make. And you don’t need to fill it with dacron or any stuffing, you just use all your old socks. Without any further, here are the easy steps to make DIY Upcycled Penguin Socks Doll :

Take your clean old socks, you need 3 socks or more. I used one as the skin, and two other socks as stuffing, but you can add more socks to make a chubbier penguin.
After you stuff two socks in two parts, as a head and as a body; you fold in the excess socks (the skin part) and leave a black part more. The black part will serve as the penguin’s feet.
Glue the excess black part to secure the whole stuffed penguin and at the same time, fold a bit in the center to show two little black penguin’s feet.
While it’s drying, you cut white craft foam in a shape of a circle in a pair, for penguin’s eyes. Glue it in the middle line of the black and white border, on penguin’s head. Add a pair of googling eyes on top.
Take a yellow craft foam and cut two little triangle and glue it together to make the beak. Then, glue it between the eyes.
Get more craft foam, this time in black and white. Cut them to make a pair of penguin’s wings. glue each black and white together and use the black side as the top. Glue each wing into the left and right of the penguin’s body.
The last step is to add more cuteness to this little penguin doll by adding a red scarf from a red ribbon.Tie them above the hands. The scarf is also used to shape and separate the head part and the body part of the penguin’s socks doll. Finished!

I bet the little ones would love it, it’s squishy and cute. For mommies, it’s a quick and super easy DIY socks doll to make. Anyone can make this penguin socks doll, because you don’t need to sew anything! Just one tool to make my socks doll, which is glue. So, this no sew socks doll would be great for kid’s craft too. Anyway, it’s not bad at all to save some money from buying a new toy for your kids. Okay, now please don’t toss away any of your old white and black socks, it doesn’t look appealing as a socks doll like maybe your husband’s socks; whoever, but it will look super cute once you turn it into a penguin socks doll. Use those old socks to make one or more penguin socks doll and explore more of your creativity to make different looks on the penguins. Have fun trying!

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DIY Upcycling Gold Floating Pots

It’s September! Fall 2020 is coming and it’s a transition time from summer to fall. Fall decor becomes your top search to get some inspiration for the season. And I have my easy DIY Upcycling Gold Floating Pots as one of an idea for a frugal fall decoration among of many of my Fall decoration collections you can check out. It’s an easy fall DIY with an unique look and also an upcycling tin can project. Let’s learn more about the process of how to make this twin golden pots from tin cans.

It’s a super easy and quick DIY for Fall decor. And it’s super cheap too, considered it’s an upcycled DIY fall project. I chose gold as the main look to represent the glimmering gold of fall color. And some aloe vera as the decorative plant which also a great indoor plant with all its benefits. And for the finishes, I used some small white gravel to give the sleek look. Anyway, let’s find out the main material for my Fall Upcycling Gold Floating Pots and the making steps.

Things To Prepare

I like working with tin cans, because there are tons of ideas to upcycled it into something useful and yet pretty. So, the tin can is the main star for this fall DIY. Here are the list of supplies you will be needed to make my DIY Upcycled Gold Floating Pots:

Used tin can
Gold acrylic spray paint
Pipe holder
Glass silicone glue or you can use metal glue

How To Make

It only took me three simple steps to make this DIY Upcycled Gold Floating Pots. After you have done with it, you can decorate it with some fake plants or candle or some scented pine cones or whatever that express autumn. So, here are the easy steps to make my DIY Fall gold pots :

Clean the tin can and make sure there is no grease on the surface is left. Paint the tin can with gold spray paint. Leave it dry.
Paint the pipe holder with gold paint too and leave it dry.
Apply some glue to each golden tin can and put it all together with the golden pipe holder, just like in the picture. Let the glue harden and firm. Finished!

Super easy Fall DIY yes indeed! I guess you would easily follow my tutorial and have your own Upcycled Gold Floating Pots. I like the modern and sophisticated look of the twin golden pots, it’s all thanks to the gold finish and the hanging pots supported by the pipe holder. Well, I hope my Fall gold pots would be a great idea for you to bring out more autumn look to be incorporated with your fall home decor.

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DIY Nautical Canister

Nautical theme always interests me, especially the deep blue color against white, it’s just beauty. And all the symbols, like an anchor, a buoy, a steering wheel, ship, lighthouse and many more are fantastic to be a focal point to something with nautical theme decor. This time I made a DIY nautical canister; a white and navy blue with nautical symbols of an anchor and a steering wheel. It’s an upcyling canister that I made into this nice looking nautical canister. Later you will learn how easy it is to make your own DIY Nautical Canister.

Things To Prepare

I guess everyone would have some old or used canister, but for this nautical project, I choose a box shape not cylinder canister. Here are the list of supplies you will be needed to make my DIY nautical canister:

Used canister
Dark blue acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Jute rope
Black marker
Hot glue

How To Make

It does have a little drawing involved in making this coastal diy, but you can use sticker, or stencil. Anyway, besides the drawing part, the rest of the steps are easy and quick to do, let’s find out here on below tutorial and picture shown above :

Clean the canister and make sure no grease on the surface is left. Paint the canister with white paint. Leave it dry.
Paint the canister lid with dark blue paint after the white paint. leave it dry.
Take a jute rope and make a frame on the two sides of the canister. Glue the jute rope onto the canister with hot glue.
Draw an anchor and a steering wheel on each framed side on the canister by using a black marker. Finished!

The canister suddenly has a new look, a nautical look! Isn’t it easy and quick to make? Please, try to make one yourself, and be surprised by the result. This diy nautical canister would look great sitting on your mantel, side table or kitchen to go along with the rest of your coastal decorations. Have fun!

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LEGO Birthday Theme

I always prepare a birthday with a theme requested by my kid. Yes, every year! And now, I want to share one of my kid’s birthday theme which was Lego. For me, it’s a little bit hard to find Lego theme birthday decorations in budget. in that case, I have to think frugal and DIY most of the elements on the birthday. These are some of my tricks to have a Lego birthday theme in budget but still full of fun. And most of all, a birthday that I don’t have to get super busy doing everything in one day, but all things I can prepare in days before the big day.

Decorations To Prepare

Before you start to put all the decorations together, you need to prepare a table and a table cover. I like to use rectangle shape table with the wider side facing front to showcase more of your birthday stuff. I also prefer white table cover, so that it can match any theme color I want from year to year. These are at least things that you have to prepare to decorate your kid’s Lego birthday theme.

Cool Lego Banner

A printed banner is the fastest choice to decorate birthday background in a cool way. Find or design your own banner according to your theme, and you can add your kid’s name, date, wishes and of course the theme logo. I chose simple classic Lego head as the main theme. Having a banner also means you don’t have to waste much time to decorate the background.

Printed Lego Bunting

After a banner, a bunting is a must to decorate your table from front view. More festive!

DIY Lego Baloons

It’s a cheap way to get a Lego theme balloons. Just use regular yellow balloons and draw a Lego head by using a black marker. Draw it after you blow the balloon. And use it to decorate the left and right of the banner. And the best part is; you can share it to each kid to bring home a Lego balloon. That means more things to bring home beside a goody bag. That is twice fun! You don’t waste your decorations or meaning; you use your souvenir as decorations.

Initial from Brick Blocks

Bring out a decoration as one of the attraction on the dessert table (eventhough I don’t put lots of desserts, ooops!). I made an initial from brick blocks in yellow as a decor piece.

Lego Storage Head

I wanted a Lego head cake but I don’t want to pay much. For that, my idea was to use a real Lego Head, which is a Lego storage head. I use it because my kid can use it (plus as one of the birthday gift) after the party. Instead of paying much for a fake Lego head (some are cakes , some even only a non-edible foam) from a birthday cake, I rather use this Lego head jar. Put the Lego head on top of a plain cake which decorated with chocolate brick blocks in colors.

Lego Theme Birthday Labels

Themed label is a must, why? You need it to label many things to be easier; goodie bag, the souvenirs, drinks, cups, the list go on. And it keep everything in one theme.

Goody Bags

Goody bags are the number one attraction besides the cake. Kids would wait for the last pleasure of a birthday party; including the birthday boy / girl would want a goody bag. So, always remember to make a spare for the birthday boy/girl. I love to give many things inside a goody bag and not just sweets and snacks.

Printed custom mug

Find one thing that you want to collect to represent each of your kid’s birthday. I choose a mug, so I always print a different theme birthday mug as one of the souvenir. Kids find it cute, the parents love a useful souvenir, am I right?

Snack box

The hardest thing is choosing the goodies that represent the theme. But I got way to solve that. A snack box is one of my trick to put all the snacks, sweets, everything that doesn’t have to be related to theme. Just put it all in one box and label it with Lego theme sticker to match the rest of the theme.

Wrapped juice drink

It would look matchy to the theme if you wrap the juice box with yellow origami paper and draw some dots to make the juice box looks like a brick block.

Brick blocks package

Most kids love to play brick blocks. Pack some brick blocks in a transparent plastic and label it with the Lego theme sticker. A toy souvenir is of course a heaven sent to kids. You can buy the blocks in large pack to make the souvenir to save more money.

A yellow transparent (one-sided) bag

I chose a front-transparent yellow bag to hold and display all the souvenirs for the goodie bag. Kids would go banana for it.

Last thing was my birthday gift for the birthday boy, I gave him a box of classic Lego! Yay! As you can see, I display it too on the table. You might wandering why are the goodie bags are not shown on most picture, that’s because I celebrated the birthday on two different places. Enough say, I guess I have delivered my ideas and tricks, let me know in the comment what’s your tricks to have a festive, easy and low budget themed birthday. It doesn’t have to be kid’s birthday, anyone with themed birthday would be great share.

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How To Make Coastal Coasters

Enjoying a nice summer afternoon, would take more than just some nice fresh lemonade, but also some pretty decoration on your patio table to push up your happy sunny mood. Coasters is on of a pretty functional decoration you can have to spice up your lemonade experience. And my coastal coasters would be a great diy summer to make and enjoy.

I made this coastal coasters in only less than an hour. It’s super easy and fast summer DIY you can make to add more of your nautical decoration collection. And the material I used is a cheap and leftovers material that is easily cut. I used a pvc ceiling panels that I found on my storage, it’s a leftover that came in small pieces, but I still can manage to get a size of a coaster.

Things To Prepare

I think you can replace the pvc panels with maybe small tile or any other material you can find around your house. It’s all you need to have to make this DIY Coastal Coasters. The rest are just some paints. Here are the short list of my coastal coasters project:

PVC Ceiling panels (leftovers in small pieces)
Blue acrylic paint
White acrylic paint

How To Make

It’s a super easy and quick coaster to make, a little painting job but do not need a master of painting. It’s just a little pattern painting of an ocean, that’s all! Anyway, here are the short steps to make this coastal coasters for summer DIY :

I cut the pvc panels in 4×4 inches (10×10 cms) and have it clean.
Mix the blue paint with a litlle white paint to get your desired light blue color.
Paint the first blank pvc coaster with a horizontal wavy pattern, then the second one with horizontal ocean wave, pointy wave and the third one with diagonal small wavy pattern. Stroke your brush one time only, and followed by next wave, don’t overlap it. Actually it depends on your creativity to come out with different kind of wavy pattern.h Let it dry. Finished!

Don’t you just love easy and quick DIY? These Coastal Coaster would do great for nautical summer theme decor. The advantage of having some pretty coasters on your table would not only serves as a coaster, but also as decoration ornaments on your table. It’s like a functional accessories. For that, be more creative and explore more oceanic pattern to make this coastal coasters and enjoy it with your lemonade on a sunny summer afternoon.

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DIY Summer Paper Straw Craft

It is fun to make some summer craft along with your kids to spend your summer weekends. Especially DIY summer craft that you can use it to decor your home with and cost you less money. That is what I did with my DIY Summer Paper Straw Craft. It is actually made from a recycled material that I gave a different look by using colored paper straw.

I have this cute straw of pineapples in my drawer that I forgot where it’s from. Since a pineapple is tropical fruit which speaks for summer, I was instantly thought of making something out of it. After seeing so many inspiring paper straw crafts, I decided to make a framed summer sign from paper straw and a piece of old table calendar. It’s a cheap and easy craft to make, that’s for sure. I have prepared a list of things you need to have and tutorial on how to make this Summer DIY of Paper Straw Craft.

Things To Prepare

If you have watermelon paper straw would be great too for this project. Or you can use summer colors straw if you have neither of pineapple or watermelon pattern straw. Anyway, let’s find out other supplies that you need to prepare for this paper straw craft. Here are the list:

A black hard card paper (I used an old black table calendar)
Pineapple pattern paper straw
White gelly roll pen
Glue

How To Make

Super easy and quick summer craft to make that I only need to give a simple tutorial and I’m sure you can make it without any trouble. So, here are the steps to make this framed paper straw craft for summer DIY :

Prepare a black hard card paper which I get from a used table calendar. I trimmed the side with holes.
Cut the paper straw into sizes that fits the hard card paper and glue it. Make sure the pineapple pattern is showed and in-lined facing front. Leave it dry
Write “Enjoy Summer” with white gel pen or marker in beautiful font. Finished!

Cheap, very easy and quick to make Summer DIY. By using an old calendar and some cute paper straw, you’ll get a pretty summer sign to decorate your mantel or your desk. It’s a simple paper straw craft that even your kids can make it together with you. So, what are you waiting for, ask your kids to join and have fun making this summer sign of DIY summer craft from paper straw.

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DIY Upcycled Seashell Tray

Summer is still around and some of you may love to change around your summer decor to have a different fresh look at home all the time. But you still have to keep in budget for other important expenses, especially during this tough time. Creativity is mostly needed to solve this kind of need. My DIY upcycled seashell tray is one of a great summer decoration you can make without spending a great deal of money. I guess most of you who loves diy has already got the supplies needed on your craft room. Let’s find out more, anyway.

This is another seashells diy for summer decoration that I’ve made. It is an upcycled seashell tray that I made from a cover of a biscuit can. A biscuit can is of course is in every household, and you would only need the cover. And for seashells, the coastal tray was made from common seashells you can find in any craft store or even after you consume the it. Moreover are the paints, but to be clear, let see my list of the supplies to make this small coastal seashell tray.

Things To Prepare

Okay, let’s look for a biscuit can and seashells around in your home. The rest are paints in common colors of white and light blue. The size of the tray is depend on how big your biscuit can is. I used a small cover to make a small tray for a small pot of plant. I have wrote down the list of supplies you will be needed to make my DIY upcycled seashell tray, and here are the list:

Biscuit Can Cover
Seashells
Light blue spray paint
White paint
Hot glue

How To Make

This seashell tray is a fast diy to make. I spend more time waiting for the paint to dry than to put all the shells together. Now, straight away to the process of how to make my upcycled seashell tray. Here are the steps:

Paint the white biscuit cover with white paint. Leave it dry.
Paint the inner base of the cover with light blue paint. This is to make a great contrast to the white seashells and leave a coastal look on the tray. Let it dry.
Paint the seashells in white, unless your shells are already nicely in white. Leave it to dry.
Prepare your hot glue gun and glue the seashell one by one to the white can cover. Let it sit for awhile to dry and get firm. And finished!

Easy and quick to make, plus simple supplies you can gather around your home to make this DIY upcycled seashell tray. It’s a coastal-look tray that will look fantastic to match your summer decor. Super cheap and won’t cost you trouble to make this upcycled coastal tray too. And it looks great when I paired it with some green plant on a navy blue and white pot mug. It scream for nautical style, that’s for sure. Now, it’s up to you to be creative with the things you to put on the tray to matched. Have a try!

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Easy DIY Tier Stand

Do you need a tier stand? But you don’t want to spent more money to buy or spend time choosing the right stand that you want? While you have plenty of time at home to make your own tier with your own choice? Let’s make one then! How? I’ll share with you on how I make my DIY Tier Stand, super easy! As easy as pie and yes you can use it to showcase your gorgeous pie too!

I made this tier stand by using simple things, a plate and a small glass jar. It’s a used jar and a piece of flat round ceramic plate I bought. I made it in all white, I just love a white tier stand, because it would be a great blank canvas to the things you want to display; a beautiful cake, yummy cupcakes, fresh fruits, and many more. I happened to have some lemons, an orange and a lime to put on my white tier stand with a little garnish of some white rose moss.

Things To Prepare

Sometimes we don’t know what to do with a small glass jar, but it’s such a shame to waste it. Hence, my diy tier stand would be one of a great upcycling project for small glass jars. Anyway, below is a short list of things you need to prepare to make this one tier stand:

White ceramic plate
Small glass jar
White paint
Silicone glue for glass

How To Make

It’s super quick and super easy cake stand that you do it yourself. The time used to make this one tier stand mostly is to wait for the paint and the glue to dry. Follow these simple steps and you will have your beautiful tier stand in no time:

Make sure the plate and the small glass jar is cleaned properly.
Paint the small glass jar with white paint. You will get best result if you use spray paint. Let it dry.
Glue the glass jar to the bottom of the plate by using silicone glass glue. Let it dry. Finished!

Super easy DIY one tier tray and inexpensive too! I’m going to use it for a birthday cake stand. Well, maybe some of you have birthday coming soon too. This easy tier stand will be great DIY to save you some money.

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DIY Coastal Farmhouse Vase

It’s summer and farmhouse style is very much liked nowadays. As for that, I try to blend two elements in my vase which are farmhouse and coastal; the coastal is to represent a summer look. It’s an upcycled project actually, but mixed with new supplies. It’s an easy summer DIY to brighten up your summer decor. Read more to find out how I made this DIY Coastal Farmhouse Vase.

This unique vase is scream for farmhouse look; as you can see, I used old and new elements, altogether to make the coastal farmhouse vase. Old elements were coming from a used can and a seashell. The rest are common supplies for craft projects which I’m sure you have it on your craft supplies stash. And for beginners, you can easily get the supplies needed at craft shop. Let’s see how easy I made this coastal farmhouse vase from popsicle sticks and used can.

Things To Prepare

Don’t waste any seashells every time you cook or order any seashells meals. Just wash it, keep it dry and you can save it for any craft you want, especially coastal or nautical style project. There are only common craft supplies needed for this summer diy. Here are the things which you need to prepare:

Used can
Jute rope
Popsicle sticks
Seashell
cotton rope
White paint
Hot glue

How To Make

I have lots of ice sticks because to me, I can make many things from it. You can check my popsicle sticks / ice sticks creations to find out tons of things you can make with it. Anyway, steps to make my coastal farmhouse vase is super easy. Carefully read my tutorial, watch the pictures and give it a try! These are the steps:

Glue ice stick one by one to the inner can by using hot glue. Don’t forget to clean and dry the used can before you start gluing.
Paint the can and the glued ice sticks with white paint. Leave it dry.
Add some cotton rope around the gap between the can and the ice sticks row.
Take some jute rope and circle the vase three times and end it with seashell in the middle. Secure it with hot glue. Let it dry. And finished!

Can you believe it? It took me four simple steps to make this DIY coastal farmhouse vase. Great summer vase to complete your coastal farmhouse decor. You can actually use it to place some fresh flowers because the base is can, so you can add some water up to the height of the can to keep the flowers alive. I gave some fresh flower of white rose moss, it looks so humble and pretty, just perfect for farmhouse spirit. And the great thing about this nautical look vase is that you can use it not just as a coastal vase but also as a multi-purpose holder.

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DIY Pistachio Shells Sunflower

I have been saving some pistachio shells for quite sometimes, at first I want to make some lavenders but the spring has past before I get a chance to make one, and now it’s summer! Yes, sunflowers as the flower of summer is as easy as making lavender from pistachio shells. I promise you, making this DIY Pistachio Shells Sunflower is as simple as it looks.

I try to make a very simple and not too close to realistic sunflowers as I prefer to have a little abstract interpretation of the flower. That is why I did not make any leaves on the sunflowers either. The sunflowers can be slip in on some flower pots or as decoration in pencil holders, or anything.

Things To Prepare

I did not make the pistachio shells sunflower with leaves, as I wanted to make it in more abstract than the realistic. That’s why I leave it that way. In that case, you won’t need that many supplies for this summer diy. Here are the things which you need to prepare:

Pistachio shells
Jute rope
Yellow acrylic paint
Flower stem wire
Hot glue

How To Make

It was only took me less than half an hour to make this pistachio sunflowers. And most of time spent was only to wait for the drying process of the hot glue and paint. Just follow these easy steps for DIY pistachio shells sunflower and I’m sure you will do an excellent job making it.

First thing to do is to select the pistachio shells. Pick the flawless ones and separate them into the bigger ones and the smaller ones. Big ones are for the bottom petal and the small ones are for the top petals.
Arrange the bottom petals of six and glue it with hot glue gun around the inner circle. Then add the top bottom petal one by one while the glue is still hot.
Apply more hot glue to the inner sunflower. Take the jute rope and make a little swirl. Attach the swirled jute rope to center of the sunflowers. It would look like a disc flower of the sunflower.
Wait until it’s dry. By the way, use a smooth surface as a base to do this gluing work, maybe on a marble or granite base. After it’s dried, take off the sunflower and attach the back of it with a flower stem wire. Let dry and firm.
Next is to do some painting job to the sunflower petals. Use lemon yellow acrylic paint to get a vibrant looking yellow. Paint the petals evenly and let it dry. Finished!

Okay, easy to make as I’ve promised right? Cute sunflowers from pistachio shells is great for your summer decoration. And I think I nee to make a cute pot for these cute sunflowers. Well, we’ll see about that, just wait for my next idea!

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Painted Summer Cactus Sign

I painted a summer cactus sign this time. I used the other side of my DIY Spring Sign , which makes it into a double sided sign, one side is for spring, and the other side is for summer sign. So you can hang the sign along two seasons of spring and summer, just need to flip it when the season is changed. Very practical sign isn’t it?

Why cactus is always relate to summer? I guess because it’s a tropical plant which able to survive in heat and less water environment. And cacti have a great ability to store water and protect it from evaporate through the succulent stem which has a smooth surface. A cactus can be build up by 90% water, incredible right? That’s why a cactus is a perfect plant for summer; low maintenance but cute and pretty as decoration. If you don’t have a cactus yet, you can paint it like I did, a painted summer cactus sign; and hang it in your home.

Things To Prepare

This is absolutely painting work. I used my previous spring sign and use it as a double-sided sign. And the spring sign itself was an upcycling defected sign I bought from Daiso for half price. I don’t have to have more decoration at my storage by having a double sided sign. Anyway, these are the things that I used to make this painted summer cactus sign:

Wooden plank ( I used my previous spring sign)
Jute rope (It was there before as a rope hanger when I bought the sign)
White, light green, dark green, yellow, red acrylic paint
Black permanent marker

How To Make

Since I already painted both side of the upcycled wood plank when I made my spring sign, my work was easier. That was why I can started painting on the other side which was already in white painted. I did it in a rough paint though, I like it in a bit rusty look.

I started by painting the cactus pot in pink acrylic which was mixed from white and red paint. I chose the pot as the starter because it’s the middle object of the painting, it would be easier as the perimeter of the proportion. On top side, it would be the cactus and below would be the word “summer”.
Decide where the light would be from, left or right, then you can paint some darker shade to the pot.
Paint the cactus with light green first, followed by yellow mixed with a bit of white paint. Paint the yellow and form some parts.
Enhance the parts by paint a blurry line with darker green. After that add some thorns along the lines with dark green paint. Leave it dry.
Mix the pink paint from previous with white, get lighter pink to paint the flower o top of the cactus. Give some shade of white and dark pink to have a 3D look.
Write the word ‘SUMMER” by using black marker. Let it dry.

I haven’t have a proper facility to perform a video to show the steps of my painting, but that is on my wish list, so who knows? 😊 I hope my tutorial would be handy to guide you to paint a similar cactus of your favorite. By the way, this little cute summer cactus sign would be a great addition to a summer decor. So, what are you waiting for? Get your brush and do little painting fun!

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DIY Rustic Tray From Ice Sticks

Tomorrow is July and Summer is here, nautical theme decor is usually one of a favorable style for home decor. To show the coastal style, you can pair your nautical decoration with rustic decoration. By combining the two styles, a beachy touch to your home decor will appear itself. That is what I did with my DIY Rustic Tray which I made from ice sticks.

Not just the ice-sticks rustic tray look good for farmhouse decor, it also looks great for your summer home decor. So you can use the rustic tray along the year with different seasonal decoration sitting on the tray. And the rustic tray is easy to do and cheap supplies to use. Perfect for those who loves frugal DIYs. The rustic look of the ice stick tray is coming from the surface created by the ice sticks and the washed white color style paint on the tray. And a little accent of vintage look tray holder that I get from a pair of rope curtain holders in bronze finish color.

Things To Prepare

You would only need a few things to prepare for crafting this rustic tray made from popsicle sticks. Here are the very short list of supplies you need to prepare:

Ice sticks
Rope curtain holders in pair
White, black and dark blue acrylic paint
Hot glue
Wood glue

How To Make

It took me a little time to make this rustic tray as I need to glue the ice sticks one by one. And several times of painting works to get the rustic tone looks right. Anyway, let me explain in details on below steps on how to make DIY Rustic Tray from Ice Sticks :

Glue the lolly sticks one by one by using wood glue until you get the desired length. I made it in 14.5 inches (around 37 cm). Let it sits and make sure it’s firm enough.
Paint the tray with white acrylic paint or you can spray paint it. Let it dry.
Apply a little amount of black and dark blue paint, here and there on the white painted tray. Then, paint them again with white paint. Paint it with white over and over until you got the rustic washed tone. Leave it dry.
Take the pair of rope curtain holder and glue each of them on the left and right of the ice stick tray by using hot glue. Let it dry and your white rustic tray is finished!

You can pair it with some coastal theme decoration to get a summer look; like what I did on the picture by adding some nautical jute coasters and some seashells on the tray. It’s an easy DIY because you don’t need some big tools to cut the some wood planks to make a tray; but you will only need some popsicle sticks to make it. It’s more like a craft since you only deal with ice sticks and glue. Sounds simple? Have a try and be creative!

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DIY Nautical Jute Coaster

Summer decoration is often comes in nautical theme; it’s close with beachy activities along the sunny season. To get the nautical style, it doesn’t always have to be in blue colors. The beach theme a.k.a nautical theme can appear in rustic look too. And my DIY Nautical Jute Coaster is a nice way to give a summer beachy touch to your home decor.

It’s a super easy DIY nautical coaster to make and simple supplies to get. You can make them in dozen and it would only spend out your one short afternoon. The look will also goes along with a farmhouse decor, so your summer decor would not be bored. Bring in a little ocean to your home with this rustic jute seashell coaster. Read the things you need to prepare and take a look at the steps to make the nautical jute coaster.

Things To Prepare

I should add some lotion to the list of supplies to make this jute coaster with seashell; because you will need the lotion applied to the surface where you glue the jute. But basically, you will only need some jute and seashells to do this coastal project. Here are the short list of supplies you need to prepare:

Jute (burlap threads)
Seashells
Hot glue
UHU Glue

How To Make

It is a simple and easy DIY Summer Nautical theme to make. These steps below are to make this nautical jute coaster with seashell :

Apply some lotion to a smooth surface to be used as a working base, glass or marble table would be great.
Pour some UHU glue in round shape to the working base.
Adjust the jute into circular shape and keep adding the glue step by step until the jute circle reach the radius you desired. Mine is around four inches (10 cm). Remember, from inner to outer!
Before you cut the jute, do a little circle as an accent. Let it dry.
Apply hot glue to the seashell and attach it to the little accent circle. Let it dry and finished!

Simple project for summer and a perfect coastal theme with a little rustic touch that will match any home decor and even farmhouse style. Use this nautical seashell jute coaster to drink your ice coffee or lemonade at your patio to enjoy your summer afternoon. I guess that will cheer you up and family even you and your family have to spent your summer at home.

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