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DIY Warm Spices Gift Jar

Happy New Year everyone! Very excited for this New year, I hope everything will be better this year; peace, good health and joy everywhere! One of the greatest act to spread some joy is to give gifts to your loved ones. In this cold winter, I have an idea of DIY Warm Spices Gift jar to help your loved ones to stay warm on this winter. Gather some warm spices and put it in a beautiful handmade jar as gift, that would make anyone who receive it happy. Now, let me share how to make this warm spices gift jar, step by step.

Before I continue, I actually were asked again by Julie with her beautiful blog Sum of Their Stories to join again this year for a sustainable challenge like we did last year, but this time the name is The Sustainable Craft Challenge Blog Hop, not a Pinterest Challenge anymore. It’s a craft challenge with a sustainable principle behind it which comes in different theme every month. This month, the theme is “Warm”. I love to be part of this challenge as I love to upcycle things into something pretty and useful.

Things To Prepare

Some spices which great to warm up your body are the main ingredients. Have it in a handmade decorated used-jar is the wow effect. I promise you, you won’t get any trouble to find the materials for this warm spices gift jar Let’s see what are the list supplies which used to make this DIY Warm Spices Gift Jar :

Cinnamon
Cloves
Nutmeg
Star Anise
A small glass jar with the lid
Dark blue ribbon
Cardboard
Clear glue

How To Make

To show how much we love our loved ones, a warm gift such this warm spices gift jar is surely a great idea. Easy to make with quick preparation but super adorable in dark blue that scream for winter. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to do DIY Warm Spices Gift Jar :

1 . Prepare a small glass jar ( I used a cheese spread jar) with a dark blue lid (paint it if you don’t have it) and four warm spices (you can add more or switch some). I used cinnamons, star anises , nutmegs and cloves. I chose these four spices because of it’s different shapes and sizes, also the amazing fragrance from them. Star anise is so pretty, cinnamon smells heaven, nutmeg is cute with it’s bulky look and cloves are tiny and have a complex shape. And they are all warm spices.

2. Cut a circle from a cardboard and punch a hole on it.

3. Get your dark blue ribbon and glue it to the jar’s lid in away that the center are taller then the rest. It will form such a beautiful flowery look to the lid. Use glue to secure it.

4. Now organize the four warm spices into the jar by carefully place them one by one. I started with the cinnamon, then the cloves, followed by nutmegs and star anise as the final touch. Then close the jar with the flowery lid.

5. To wrap it up, write “Stay Warm” on the cardboard tag and insert blue ribbon to it. Tie it to the spices jar and ended with a nice bow. Done!

I think it’s a lovely gift to send your loved ones, warm spices in a beautiful handmade gift jar. The blue present a winter look but the spices will keep you warm. Hope you are inspired to make some for your loved ones in this beginning of year 2023.

Now, let’s see what other blogger’s projects!

Sum of their Stories	Swiss Darn Stained Sweater Makeover
Our Good Life	Homemade Swiss Mocha Hot Drink with Reusable Container
Sew Crafty Crochet	The Wednesday [Inspired] Snood
Vicky Myers Creations	Super cozy fleece hot water bottle carrier, Free pattern
Mimi Blog	DIY Snowy Luminary
Decor Craft Design	DIY Warm Spices Gift Jar
Treasures Made From Yarn	Cozy Neck Cowl
Purple Hues and Me	Recycled NoSew Pillow Teapot Cozy
Life as a LEO Wife	Winter Door Hanger without a Cricut
Songbird	How to make a cozy winter blanket (the easy way)

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DIY Winter Upcycled Cabinet Door

When you have an old cabinet door with some little scratches or chips, don’t just end it on a trash bin, but please upcycle it. It can be something pretty for decoration yet functional new thing. Like I did with my old cabinet door. I painted the upcycled cabinet door and turn it into a multi-functional hanger decoration which look great for rustic winter look. You can hang anything on it and it goes perfectly with farmhouse decor.

This upcycled cabinet door is easy to make, but yes, you need to paint it in a such way to get a rustic winter look. But, hey you can paint it white and that’s cool enough for winter. Every cabinet door may be different, mine is plain with no texture, that’s why I painted it in pattern to give an illusion of texture. If your cabinet door is already full of texture, then you just need to paint it plain white or any other winter color. And if you want some rustic look, paint it effortlessly with bright color on top of darker color. Also, do a little scratch to have the worn out look. Okay, let’s just see what I need to prepare and how I upcycled a cabinet door into a DIY winter decoration hanger.

Things To Prepare

Any old cabinet door will do, big or small, you can use them. The rest of supplies you need to have are just paints and beautiful hanger. And to hang the cabinet door decoration, you can follow my easy method with burlap rope or install a pair of hanger at the back. Anyhow, let’s be clear on the list of the things I used for my DIY Winter Upcycled Cabinet Door :

Old cabinet door
Black acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Hanger
Burlap rope

How To Make

You can be creative with the painting work, choose my style or any other style you like is up to you. Other than that, it’s just an easy upcycling project to make. Let me share a step by step on how I made my DIY Winter Upcycled Cabinet Door :

1 .Make sure your cabinet door surface is clean, before you start with the painting job.

2 .I start to paint randomly with dark grey paint which I have mixed some black and a dash of white paint.

3 .Continue painting the cabinet door with white paint, over and over until you got the right tone. Let it sit for a while until it’s dry.

4 .My cabinet has a vertical metal stick door knob, which I keep it that way. Then I add an antique looking hanger on top. I use my cabinet door in vertical way. I also keep the hinge to tie up my burlap rope.

5. Last step is to use a burlap rope as a hanger to hang the cabinet door on the wall. And now it is done!

After you finish it, you can hang the upcycled cabinet door on the wall and hang some other decoration like I did. I hang my Winter Wreath, Valentine Burlap Sign and a Valentine Heart Wire as shown on the pictures. Be creative with decoration that you are going to hang on the cabinet door hanger. The upcycled cabinet door can be a showcase for the theme you choose. Why don’t you give it a try and share with us what are you going to hang on the upcycled cabinet door.

For more of my future Winter 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 and Happiness Is Homemade Link Party! 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 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! Join and share the news!

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Be lovely creative!

Mel

DIY Winter Wreath Home Sweet Home

I made a smaller wreath or you can call it mini wreath for winter look. I add some flowery ribbon roses to the wreath with nude shades of color. I think this winter wreath can stay hanging for a quite long, maybe until beginning of spring, especially during transition time from winter to spring. A home sweet home sign to a wreath will never gets old.

My DIY Winter Wreath with home sweet home sign and ribbon roses is pretty easy to make. If you don’t know how to make a ribbon rose, you can buy it or find a tutorial in Youtube, it’s easy to make. I don’t show how to make the ribbon rose because there’s already a lot of tutorial about it. I first learned to make it was through a Youtube tutorial too.

Things To Prepare

Always remember to be creative with materials to use, find things that you have which similar to things I use. Try to use used-things or scraps that laying somewhere in your home and upcycle it. Upcycling, restoring, repurposing, recycling; all will save you some money, helps clean up your storage room and be green. Anyway, here are the things I used for my DIY Winter wreath with Home Sweet Home sign:

wire ( I used an old wire from my previous project)
thick cotton rope
UHU glue
Gold and silver ribbon
Ribbon roses
A home sweet home sign ( I made it from craft foam, you can use a small piece of wood plank or any other material you have at home, or simply buy a similar ornament)

How To Make

The wreath is super easy, I don’t make difficult DIYs, why waste your time on decorations, especially seasonal decorations. Find a simple way to make and think of something beautiful to show. Let me share step by step how I made my simple winter wreath.

1. I took a used wire and bend it into a circle. I secured it with adhesive tape. You can use anything that similar, as long as it’s round like a wheel.

2. Wrap the wire with thick cotton rope and use glue while you tilt it around.

3. Prepare your ribbon roses, I have ribbon roses in many colors, I love to make them from my ribbon collection in my spare time.

4. Make a Home Sweet Home Sign from a craft foam. You can use wooden plank instead. I used the brown craft foam which I cut into a home shape and add some snow along the roof with a white marker. Then I wrote “sweet home” as the sign has already in the shape of a home.

5. Glue a silver ribbon to the wreath as a hanger then add some gold ribbons.

6. Now glue three different sizes and natural color tones of ribbon roses to the wreath.

7. To finish it of, paste the Home Sweet Home sign to the wreath.

I love this wreath, it has a simple look of a modern wreath. The colors are calming, just great for winter season until transitioning to spring. I hope you are inspired with my DIY Winter Wreath Home Sweet Home. And if you need more DIY inspirations along 2021, you can check out my Top Ten DIY Posts Of 2020!

For more of my future Winter 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 and Happiness Is Homemade Link Party! 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 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! Join and share the news!

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Happy creative beginning of 2021!

Mel

DIY Rustic Winter Hello Sign

Winter decor is usually presented in logs or any wooden decorations, snow or white decorations. I come to think of a modern farmhouse look, where wooden materials contrasted to white finish. So I made a quick and easy DIY Rustic Winter Hello Sign. And let me give you the simple tutorial to this winter DIY.

Things To Prepared

This is a re-purposing project that was making use of a thick kraft core which you can replace it with a wooden log. Anyway, things I used to make this rustic winter hello sign are:

Thick kraft core
White marker
Burlap rope
Crepe paper – white
UHU glue

How To Make

Simple and quick steps to make my rustic winter hello sign. A little calligraphy skill that is easily replaced with stickers. Okay, this is how to make the rustic winter hello sign:

Write the Hello word by using pencil as a sketch first, but if you confident, draw straight to the core by using white marker.
Braid the burlap rope or use a thick burlap rope and use as the hanging rope. Secure it with a knot.
Cut some white crepe paper with the same length of the core and tie it with burlap rope to form a bow tie shape.
Glue the crepe paper to the Hello sign with UHU glue. Let it dry! And finished!

It’s a simple sign for winter decor and it would tied in with farmhouse rustic style from it’s simplicity and materials that were used. Super easy and quick DIY to decorate your house for this January winter.

For more of my future New Year 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 ! Link your inspiring posts every Monday and get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of the blog hop for Creative Week and will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Join and share the news!

See you!

Hello To Creativity!

Mel