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Happy Sunday. With St. Patrick’s Day behind us, it is time for some Eater and Spring ideas for you.
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Category: spring
Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors
For this coming Spring, I have an idea to make a quick or last-minutes Spring decoration. It’s an Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors. It’s easy to make and one of the great way to upcycle your glass bottles from wine bottles, sauce bottles, seasoning bottles or any other glass bottles you have. The idea is super simple, as simple as the materials and as simple as the making. You can see how easy are the steps to make these soft looking vases to welcome your Spring. Let’s start with the supplies that I used to make these bottle vases with soft Spring colors.
Things To Prepare
It’s a short list of supplies that you need to prepare. Try to replace it with something similar to my material if you don’t have the same one. Just use whatever you have in your craft stash. Let’s see what are the list supplies which used to make this Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors :
- Two different shapes and sizes of glass bottles (used-bottles)
- White Spray Paint
- Light green ribbon (1/8 inch)
- Baby pink ribbon (1/8 inch)
- Clear glue
How To Make
I chose a very simple way to make these soft colors bottle vases, instead of twice spraying technique which I’ve done my gold bottle vase before; this time I used ribbon as the Spring soft colors against white painted bottles. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors :
1 . Make sure your glass bottles are cleaned. Spray paint the bottles with white paint. Let it sit until it’s dry.
2. Cut baby pink ribbon and glue it around the bottom part of one of the bottle. Then, followed by light green ribbon for the other bottle. Don’t make too many ribbon winding, let it has the contrast between the pale white of the bottles and the ribbon’s colors.
3. Last touch is to insert some Baby’s Breath into the Spring bottles vases. Super lovely! It looks soft and pure.
I used baby pink and light green as my color choices for soft Spring colors with a pure neutral white. I think it’s a great look for decoration on Winter to Spring transition. But it looks perfect for Spring as well.
This Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors project is my contribution to The Sustainable Craft Challenge Blog Hop hosted by Julie with her beautiful blog Sum of Their Stories. It’s a craft challenge with a sustainable principle behind it which comes in different theme every month. This month, the theme is “SOFT” and last two months were “LOVE” and “WARM“. I love to be part of this challenge as I love to upcycle things into something new, beautiful and useful.
Now, let’s see what other blogger’s projects!
| Sum of their Stories | Upcycled Sweater Easter Gift Bags |
| Purple Hues and Me | Loopy Yarn Lamb Treat Jar |
| Christine’s Crafts | DIY Hair Towel Wrap |
| Mimi – A Great Name for Grandma | DIY Sock Bunnies |
| Stone Cottage Adventures | DIY Cozy Weighted Warmer |
| Southern Sunflowers | No Sew Drop Cloth Bunny Pillow |
| Sew Crafty Crochet | Crochet Tabby Cat |
| Treasures Made From Yarn | Stash Buster Blanket |
| Decor Craft Design | Upcycled Bottle Vases With Soft Spring Colors |
| Life as a LEO Wife | Farmhouse Chunky Yarn Wreaths for Spring |
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Home Matters Linky Party – Saint Patrick’s Day Ideas
Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party #418 Saint Patrick’s Day Ideas.
A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.
We are so glad you are here with us each week.
Before we start the party, let me share my Spring project:
DIY Lucky Shamrock Sign Paper Craft
Easy-to-make Saint Patrick’s Day craft to do with your kids.
Meet the hosts!
Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
Mel @ Decor Craft Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers — Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram
My feature picks this week!
Saint Patrick’s Day Table For Two
Landon Table Runner – Free Crochet Pattern | Easy Moss Stitch Table Runner
How to Make a Mini Tabletop Greenhouse
2 Cute DIY Planters for Saint Patrick’s Day
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- Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
- Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
- Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
- We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
- We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
- On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)
With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!
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DIY Lucky Shamrock Sign Paper Craft
You may look for some easy-to-make Saint Patrick’s Day craft to do with your kids. The one that cute enough to be used as your lucky shamrock decoration. Well, I have this idea that you may like to try; A DIY Lucky Shamrock Sign Paper Craft. It’s easy to make with easy material to find and cute result! Scroll down as you can find steps I did to make this Saint Patrick’s decoration from paper base materials.
Things To Prepare
If you have some stacks of colorful paper straws, then you’re lucky! You can straight away and do this lucky shamrock paper craft. You can play with pattern and even the color of the paper straws, as long as it looks like pretty rainbow. Just use whatever you have in your craft stash. Let’s see what are the list supplies which used to make this DIY Lucky Shamrock Sign Paper Craft :
- Used – thick paper (mine is paper from a table calendar)
- White card paper
- Green crepe paper
- Colorful rainbow paper straws
- Gold ribbon
- Double Foam Tape
- Clear glue
How To Make
This paper craft is easy to do and cute for the Saint Patrick’s Day decoration. Follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Lucky Shamrock Sign Paper Craft :
1 . I recycle a calendar paper and cut it as a base for the shamrock sign. I cut it in a length of 24 paper straws times half length of a straw plus a little mountain as a base to the shamrocks.
2. Cut all straws into two. I used 8 colors of straws; pink, red, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange and purple. I used 3 cut-straws on each color. So, the total is 24 straws (half straw), from 8 different colors. Glue one by one. Try to arrange pop-out color to less pop-out color, side by side.
3. Now, cut a rectangle shape along the mountain to raise the shamrock by pasting a foam tape. But before, cut green crepe paper in lucky shamrock shape.
4. Then you paste it one by one until it looks lush and pretty.
5. Make letters L, u, c, k, y by using a white card paper. Paste it one the middle of the rainbow straws by using foam tape.
6. Add some blings to add some shines by appling gold ribbon as a hanger and on the front rainbow straws. Don’t forget to add a little gold ribbon bow in the middle. Cute!
Easy paper craft to do with your kids for the Saint Patrick’s decoration. Cheap and easy to find material, just perfect for simple lucky shamrock craft. The lucky shamrock, the rainbow straws and the gold ribbon are complete elements for the Saint Patrick’s Day. Happy crafting!
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Easy Cake Decor with Strawberry Roses
Our May Challenge Theme is Recipe for Leftover. I like to decorate my cake, but I don’t use fancy tools. In fact, I usually use simple supplies I have at home to use it as a tool to decor or as decorations. Most of the time, I make a simple cake to celebrate something at home and decor it in super easy way. For this project, I was making a birthday cake for my mom, and I was thinking about floral cake since my mom loves gardening. But I know I would not waste my time on making icing and making flowers on my chocolate cake. That would time consuming, so I was wondering other floral look to decorate my cake. Then, I start to look for inspiration on Pinterest, and I found this very Easy Strawberry Roses. I think the strawberry roses will be a perfect decoration for my chocolate cake, it will pop and look amazing. And it’s yummy to too, fresh against sweet chocolate cake . But before I move on, let me explain a bit about The Sustainable Pinterest Challenge.
The Pinterest Challenge has had a bit of a reboot for 2022 and is now the Sustainable Pinterest Challenge. Each month I join a group of creative bloggers and we select a pin or two that we feel inspired by and give it a go. Starting in January 2022 the Pinterest Challenge has a sustainable, eco friendly twist to it. All the projects shared will have something about them that involves recycling, upcycling, a general ethos of reducing waste and using what we have. It’s not about beating ourselves with a stick, it’s just about giving thought to how we can make small changes in our lives just a little more sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment.
Last month’s theme challenge was “Welcoming Spring” and I made an DIY Spring Wreath – Upcycling Rattan Basket with Lavender. For this month theme “Recipe for Leftover” and of course a sustainable as a base to any of our challenge projects, I decorate my chocolate cake with less tools and no electrical use in decorating.
Things To Prepare
Basically you would only need a ready cake in any flavor, chocolate spread and fresh strawberries. If you are familiar with glazing, then you need to add sugar to the list, it will be used to glaze the strawberry roses to keep them fresh and shinny. But if you are not sure about glazing, you can leave the strawberries as they are as long as you don’t keep it for days in fridge before serving. Anyway, let’s see what are the basic things that I used to decorate my chocolate cake with strawberry roses:
- Chocolate cake with chocolate spread
- Strawberries
- Toothpicks
- Small sharp knife (seriously must be sharp, it would help a lot)
How To Make
It’s actually very easy to decor a simple chocolate cake with strawberries roses. And of course, making the strawberries into beautiful roses is honestly not as complicated as it looks. I will try to explain it to you since I didn’t document the process on how I cut the strawberries into roses. Now, gather all the supplies which I’ve mentioned above and follow these easy steps on how to decor a cake with strawberry roses:
1 . Clean all your fresh strawberries and dry them. Get some toothpicks and insert a toothpick into the head of each strawberry. The toothpick will serve as a stem or a handle to a strawberry rose.
2. Get your small sharp knife an make a thin slice on bottom part (part where the toothpick is inserted). Do that 4-5 slices around the first loop of the strawberry. Then do another loop of slices of 3-4 slices, and another loop of 2-3 slices until left the tip of the strawberry. To be clear, you can find the video of making strawberry roses in Youtube including the inspiration pin that I mentioned above.
3 .By the way, I use bottled chocolate spread to cover my chocolate cake. And I use a small plastic bag and cut the tip off one of the corner, fill it with chocolate spread and used it as piping, to decorate the bottom cake. So, no special tools needed to decorate my cake.
4. Make as many strawberry roses as you like and then insert it on top of your chocolate cake. I clustered the strawberry roses on one side of the cake. I used 10 strawberry roses for my 8 inch cake.
Once you’ve tried making those strawberry roses by yourself, you would find it very easy and you will addicted to use the strawberry roses in all of your desserts; like cupcakes, ice cream, cocktails, mocktails, everything! Because it looks absolutely beautiful!
Now, let’s take a look at what the other Sustainable Pinterest Challenge participants have made for their “Recipe for Leftover” challenge.
List of all participants
Julie | Sum of their Stories
Gail | Purple Hues and Me
Terri | A Good Life
Lydia | Life Beyond the Kitchen
Marianne | Songbird
Julie | Just Winging It
Ann | The Apple Street Cottage
Mel | Decor Craft Design
Here’s the list of projects :
Leftover Ham and Cheese Frittata
Cake Décor with Strawberry Roses
Creating a Sustainable Lunchbox
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Free Printable May 2022 Calendar
May 2022 is Spring! Making great plans and have fun in this beautiful month of May. Preparations and planning are listed in your head, but hey, it would be easier if you write it all per date in a calendar. Therefor, it is time for me to share my FREE Printable May 2022 Calendar! Write down all your exciting plans on this May 2022 Free Calendar.
For 2022, I present it in soft thematic color according to the month. I prepared a note area below the row of dates, which will help you to write down important notes for the month. The monthly calendar will look so serene in each month and when you put all months together, you can see colorful calm pastel colors. Well, enough with my words, just straight to the downloading part.
Download Free Printable
Please download and print my Free Printable of May 2022 Calendar. It’s in PDF to print and maximum size is A4 paper size. Enjoy the Free Printable!
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Enjoy and share my link with your friends and family toget the free January 2022, February 2022, March 2022,April 2022 Calendar printable and this May 2002 Calendar. Wait for next month free monthly calendar printable all year long with new theme; and also check other free printables.
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Hello Creative 2022!
Mel
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You’re The Star Blog Hop – Welcoming Spring Home
Hello and welcome to You’re The Star Blog Hop Welcoming Spring Home! Find many wonderful ideas and tips on Home Features! Please share your ideas too, by linking up your inspiring posts. Visit the blogs and get more stories behind it. And by clicking the CLICK HERE on below post, you can link your posts and able to find more other linked posts about fantastic recipes, beautiful home decor, DIYs, creative tips, family posts and gardening on this party! Tons of ideas from different fantastic bloggers who have linked their amazing posts.
Congratulations to all featured bloggers, very inspiring posts! If you want your inspiring posts to be featured too, please join the link up! Old and new post as long as it’s new in You’re The Star Blog Hop. Find the link up button at the end of this post! Your linked posts will be visible to all hosts / co-hosts’ blog and each week will be a themed feature which selected by co-host of the theme; I’m in Creative Week, so together with other creative co-hosts; I’ll be choosing creative bloggers who link up here to be featured on Creative Week every month.
Then, what are you waiting for? But before we go to the party, let me share my post from last week.
DIY Spring Vase from Pringles Can
WELCOME to the April 2022 “You’re the Star” Blog Hop!
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Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #424
Welcome to Happiness is Homemade! Beautiful Spring inspirations and ideas is here this week! Let’s check out this week’s features.
This Week’s Features
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and Denise of My Home of All Seasons has got the perfect Mother’s Day cards for you. In her post, she shares many free printables that you can use as a card or in a gift for your mother or grandmother.
Another perfect gift for mom, or even a beautiful piece to add to your spring decor, is this DIY plaster egg vase made by Purple Hues and Me. This would be fun to do as mother and daughter as well!
Prices are skyrocketing across the county (and the world for that matter) and saving money is more important than ever. It’s also time for spring cleaning, so this reusable fluffy crochet duster cover is the perfect project for you to undertake right now. T’onna from Sew Crafty Crochet shares her tutorial for making a duster cover that you can use over and over, instead of buying Swiffer Dusters every month!
One of my son’s favorite dinners is Salisbury steaks, so I had to feature this recipe by Tamy of Chasing My Life. You all know that I do not love to cook, but I do break down and make him this dish a few times a month. I’m excited to try this with some delicious mushrooms and onions!
Emily of Hunny I’m Home shared these easy DIY Dollar Tree coasters that I just love. In her post, not only does she share the tutorial for you to create your own, she also shares the free SVG that she used! How sweet is that?!
Mel’s Pick of The Week
10 Best Ideas for Using Blue in Your Home Decor from Blue Sky at Home
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Linda @ A Labour of Life
Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row
Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn
Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess
Mel @ Décor Craft Design
Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party!
Make sure you head over and link up on Home Matters Linky Party and You’re The Star Blog Hop before you leave!
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Home Matters Linky Party #376
Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party.
A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.
We are so glad you are here with us each week.
Before we start the party, let me share my latest projects:
DIY Spring Vase from Pringles Can
I used a turquoise color and mixed it with some mini pearls and lace to add more vintage feels. This is a very simple and easy to make Spring vase as a decorative flowers holder. Let’s find out more!
Meet the hosts!
Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
Mel @ Decor, Craft, Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
My feature picks this week!
9 Clever Upcycling Ideas from The House on Silverado
Inspirational Spring Art Studio Tree from Love My Little Cottage
Mother’s Day Homeschooling Printables from 3 Boys and A Dog
Easy Air Fryer Pizza Bagels from Air Fryer Fanatics
Home Matters Linky Party Guidelines:
- Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
- Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
- Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
- We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
- We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
- On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)
With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!
We are looking for Co-Hosts. Help us Rock this party!
If you are interested, please contact Donna at radforddesignstudio@gmail.com.
Link Up!
By joining the Home Matters Linky Party you are giving permission for all hosts and co-hosts to use and share any part of your post, including pictures, for party promotion, as featured posts, in party photo collages, on blogs, and across social media, etc. All credits will be given to the original source.
Thank you for joining in the fun and excitement at the Home Matters Linky Party. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We look forward to chatting with you in the comments.
Thank you for linking up! For more of my futureSpring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
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DIY Spring Vase from Pringles Can
I love to make vase out of anything that I think can serve as a holder. Some may serve as a vase for living plants and some are made for a decorative purpose; in that case, the vase will hold some artificial flowers. The difference is that a vase for living plant must have a hole underneath and able to hold water. In the other hand, a decorative vase can comes from any container with no hole and no need to be waterproofing, just a simple holder can do. I like to use a jar , a tissue core or a mug as a vase for living plants. And now, for a decorative vase, I will show you how I make use of a Pringles can.
I had a vintage look in my mind when I was going to make this Pringles can into a Spring vase. And this time I used a turquoise color and mixed it with some mini pearls and lace to add more vintage feels. But above all, this is a very simple and easy to make Spring vase as a decorative flowers holder. Let’s find out more!
Things To Prepare
I turned this Pringles can into a vintage Spring vase in a short time because it’s super easy to make. Anyway, let’s see what are the short list supplies that are used to make thisDIY Spring vase from Pringles Can :
- Pringles can (small size)
- wrapping paper (turquoise shades with lines pattern)
- white lace
- White mini pearl sticker
- Clear Glue
How To Make
You can make several of this Pringles vase as a wedding vase for each table or lined up along a dinner table as a centerpiece. All you have to do is gather all the supplies which I’ve mentioned above and follow these easy steps on how to make DIY Spring Vase from Pringles Can :
1 . Clean your Pringles can before you re-purpose it and wrap it with a turquoise wrapping paper.
2. Take a white lace an glue it on top and below the Pringles vase.
3 .Apply a strand of mini pearl sticker on below part, on top of the lace.
4. Get some vibrant pink and mixed it with soft pink flowers to contrast the turquoise vase.
Here you can see I added some colored quail eggs on the flowers arrangement which I think it goes with Easter and along Spring.
For more of my futureSpring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!
For creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop, Happiness Is Homemade Link Party and Home Matters Linky! Link your inspiring posts (anything, from recipes, home decor, DIYs, crafts, family, health to gardening) every Monday and Sunday. Get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of You’re The Star blog hop for Creative Week and Happiness Is Homemade; I will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week and on Happiness Is Homemade. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Please join and share the news!
Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #423 Happy Easter
Welcome to Happiness is Homemade! Happy Resurrection Sunday! I hope that you’re all having a blessed and joyous Easter. Let’s check out this week’s features.
This Week’s Features
Maryjo from Masterpieces of My Life created this beautiful Easter tablescape, which is so pretty! Check out the post where she shares how to create these adorable faux chocolate Easter bunnies.
Gail from Purple Hues and Me made this beautiful spring tray using wrapping paper. Her tutorial will show you how to upcycle plastic trays into pieces that perfectly fit your home. I saw some trays and beautiful wrapping paper at Dollar Tree that would be perfect for this project, so you could make a customized piece for $2.50!
In her post Kristin of White Arrows Home shared 9 ways to make your Easter celebration special. There are some great ideas in the post, including an adult Easter basket, resurrection eggs, and the reason that lilies are used to represent Jesus during the holiday.
Our own Mel over at Decor Craft Design made these adorable felt carrots that can be used in so many ways: in garlands, on wreaths, tiered trays, kids’ crafts, and so much more!
To end our Easter Sunday link party features, we have these adorable bunny butt cookies that you can make easily with your kids. No baking is required as you will be using all store bought ingredients, including pre-made cookies. I plan to try this out on Saturday as a fun activity for the kids that will give us easy Easter dessert.
MEL’S PICK OF THE WEEK
ANTIQUE DRESSER IN OCEAN COLORS & COPPER
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Linda @ A Labour of Life
Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row
Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn
Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess
Mel @ Décor Craft Design
Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party!
Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Spring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
See you soon!
Link up your creativity!
You’re The Star Blog Hop – Welcoming Creative Spring
Hello and welcome to You’re The Star Blog Hop Welcoming Creative Spring! Happy coming Easter to everyone! Find many wonderful ideas and tips on Creative Features! Please share your ideas too, by linking up your inspiring posts. Visit the blogs and get more stories behind it. And by clicking the CLICK HERE on below post, you can link your posts and able to find more other linked posts about fantastic recipes, beautiful home decor, DIYs, creative tips, family posts and gardening on this party! Tons of ideas from different fantastic bloggers who have linked their amazing posts.
Congratulations to all featured bloggers, very inspiring posts! If you want your inspiring posts to be featured too, please join the link up! Old and new post as long as it’s new in You’re The Star Blog Hop. Find the link up button at the end of this post! Your linked posts will be visible to all hosts / co-hosts’ blog and each week will be a themed feature which selected by co-host of the theme; I’m in Creative Week, so together with other creative co-hosts; I’ll be choosing creative bloggers who link up here to be featured on Creative Week every month.
Then, what are you waiting for? But before we go to the party, let me share my post from last week.
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Swing by the Creative hosting Team’s blogs:
This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!
Welcome to the second week of the April 2022 blog hop called “You’re the Star“!
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WELCOME to CREATIVE feature week of the April 2022 “You’re the STAR” blog hop!
Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts
This week is CREATIVE feature week
Swing by the Creative hosting Team’s blogs:
This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!
There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. Just to be clear – this is NOT a themed party – you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.
The “theme” occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#2 CREATIVE – arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc – anything creative while remaining family friendly)
(These features were chosen from the March 2022 “You’re the Star” blog hop)
Easter “Dabbling” & Decorating by Debbie-Dabble Blog
If you’ve been featured then please grab a STAR button below:
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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn’t be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post – rest assured – we will always link back to your lovely blog. We might also share your fantastic posts on social media. Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES – other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though} Thank You & ENJOY! )
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Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Easter and Spring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
See you soon!
Link up your creativity!
Home Matters Linky Party #374
Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party.
A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.
We are so glad you are here with us each week.
Before we start the party, let me share my latest projects:
A cute Easter egg and bunny bunting that you can make with your kids and have fun with.
Meet the hosts!
Donna @ Modern On Monticello — Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
Mel @ Decor, Craft, Design — Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
My feature picks this week!
Learn How to Design Your Own Home Coffee Bar by Decorative Inspirations
DIY Bicycle & Butterfly Wreath by Artsy Fartsy Mama
DIY Denim Bunny Decoration From Jeans Scraps by Pillar Box Blue
BONUS PICK
Chocolate Pudding Peeps by Walking On Sunshine Recipes
Home Matters Linky Party Guidelines:
- Please link up no more than THREE posts each week–try to make sure that they are new links that you have not shared here previously.
- Please take some time to poke around and visit some of the other links.
- Please take some time to check out your hosts and co-hosts on social media.
- We appreciate the variety of blogs on the www; however, the Home Matters Party is for links on matters of the HOME. Please link accordingly.
- We ask that you do not add other Linky Parties, Blog Hops, or Giveaways–unless you begin the party with a new project, recipe or post.
- On the same note, please do not add links of an extremist, political or strong controversial nature. (The hosts and co-hosts read each and every blog post linked and will contact you directly if you have linked something that does not fit into the realm of the party.)
With your help, we can continue to grow the Home Matters Party! Thank you!
We are looking for Co-Hosts. Help us Rock this party!
If you are interested, please contact Donna at radforddesignstudio@gmail.com.
Link Up!
By joining the Home Matters Linky Party you are giving permission for all hosts and co-hosts to use and share any part of your post, including pictures, for party promotion, as featured posts, in party photo collages, on blogs, and across social media, etc. All credits will be given to the original source.
Thank you for joining in the fun and excitement at the Home Matters Linky Party. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We look forward to chatting with you in the comments.
Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Easter andSpring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
See you soon!
Link up your creativity!
DIY Spring Wreath – Upcyling Rattan Basket
Still with a Spring theme, our April Challenge Theme is Welcoming Spring. I think one of the best way to Welcoming Spring is to hang A Spring Wreath at home or front door. Then, I start to look for inspiration on Pinterest, and I found this very simple Easy Spring Wreath. I love the simplicity because to me, less is more. From there, I started with upcycling my rattan handle that I have kept for quite a while. I got it from a rattan basket which I have turned into A Rattan Basket Tray. But before I share with you steps on how I make The DIY Spring Wreath by upcyling rattan basket, let me explain a bit about The Sustainable Pinterest Challenge.
The Pinterest Challenge has had a bit of a reboot for 2022 and is now the Sustainable Pinterest Challenge. Each month I join a group of creative bloggers and we select a pin or two that we feel inspired by and give it a go. Starting in January 2022 the Pinterest Challenge has a sustainable, eco friendly twist to it. All the projects shared will have something about them that involves recycling, upcycling, a general ethos of reducing waste and using what we have. It’s not about beating ourselves with a stick, it’s just about giving thought to how we can make small changes in our lives just a little more sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment.
Last month’s theme challenge was “Floral” and I made an DIY Painted Upcycled Mug with tulips. For this month theme “Welcoming Spring” and of course a sustainable as a base to any of our challenge projects, I made use of my rattan basket handle and made a DIY Spring Wreath from Upcycling Rattan Basket. Last challenge, I presented tulips and on this Welcoming Spring Challenge, I presenting lavender flowers.
Things To Prepare
I love the rattan handle look, so I just use it as it is. It’s already stand out with its character. I also use my previous project as a decoration for the Spring wreath, which is my Mini Spring Flower Cart that I made from upcycling tin cart. yes, this Spring wreath is load with upcycling materials. I even use the ribbon bow that I re-use from a flower bouquet. Anyway, let’s see what are the complete supplies that I used to make this DIY Spring Wreath:
- A rattan basket handle
- Creamy white ribbon bow (satin and organdy)
- Lavender artificial flowers
- A mini spring flower cart (I fill up some artificial moss inside the cart)
- Hot glue
- Rope
How To Make
It’s actually very simple to make my Spring Wreath. Only took me a few easy steps to finish my lavender wreath. Now, gather all the supplies which I’ve mentioned above and follow these easy steps on how to make DIY Spring Wreath from upcycling rattan basket :
1 . Take the rattan handle and and bend it into a loop and secure it with rope, tide tightly!
2. Get your beautiful lavenders (fresh or artificial, is up to you; mine is artificial lavenders) and bend it along the rattan loop, facing both left and right. Secure it.
3 .Then I use my mini spring flower cart with the words “Spring Flowers” as a Spring sign
4. Give the final touch to the wreath with a neutral color ribbon bows on top of the rattan loop. And you’re done!
Super easy and simple, right? And I didn’t spent much money for it, because my supplies were all used and scraps that I had. I just need to buy the artificial lavender, but if you have fresh lavender on your backyard, then this project won’t cost you any money. So, have fun with your own version of simple Spring Wreath from upcycling something and Happy Spring everyone!
Now let’s take a look at what the other Sustainable Pinterest Challenge participants have made for their “Welcoming Spring” challenge.
Julie | Sum of their Stories
Gail | Purple Hues and Me
Terri | A Good Life
Lydia | Life Beyond the Kitchen
T’onna | Sew Crafty Crochet
Julie | Treasures Made From Yarn
Allyson | Southern Sunflowers
Mel | Decor Craft Design
Niki | Life as a LEO Wife
Linda | Crafts a la Mode
Here are the projects :
Button Bouquet in a Cotton Reel
Chalk Paint Vase for Spring Flowers
Fluffy Crochet Duster Cover for Spring Cleaning
Painted Bunnies on Wood for Easter
DIY Spring Wreath – Upcycling Rattan Basket
For more of my futureSpring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!
For creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop, Happiness Is Homemade Link Party and Home Matters Linky! Link your inspiring posts (anything, from recipes, home decor, DIYs, crafts, family, health to gardening) every Monday and Sunday. Get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of You’re The Star blog hop for Creative Week and Happiness Is Homemade; I will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week and on Happiness Is Homemade. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Please join and share the news!
Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #421
Welcome to Happiness is Homemade! We’re so glad you’re here to share and explore with us. Niki from Life as a LEO Wife will be the co-host for the month of April. I always have such a hard time choosing just five features each week. Keep it up you talented bloggers!
This Week’s Features
Emily from Hunny I’m Home shared this adorable moss and Easter egg wreath made with Dollar Tree items. It’s so easy and affordable which makes it the perfect spring wreath!
Decoupage is a staple in crafting, so it’s no surprise it can help you make customized Easter eggs. In her tutorial, Janet from A Life of Balance shows you how to make your own step by step.
Food can be the perfect addition to decor during a holiday. This Easter snack mix recipe shared by Jen of Cincy Shopper looks delicious and adds to your spring decorations.
Crafts a la Mode shared another great way to use food to decorate for Easter. Check out her tutorial to learn how to turn your butter into bunny decor.
I’m sure most of you have played the saran wrap present game at Christmas. Sarah from Must Have Mom shared a tutorial for creating a new tradition with this saran wrap Easter egg game. Perfect for when the kids are all egg-hunted out!
MEL’S PICK OF THE WEEK
Fresh Home Tours and More – 10 Fabulous Finds
Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!
Linda @ A Labour of Life
Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row
Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn
Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess
Mel @ Décor Craft Design
Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife
Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party!
Thank you for linking up! For more of my future Easter and Spring posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter
See you soon!
Link up your creativity!
Decor Craft Design 