I always keep a bucket by my miter saw to toss in scrap wood. I love when I can use up those small pieces for something besides trash. With the 4th coming right up, I thought it would be fun to cut out some star blocks from scrap 2×4 and 2×6 pieces. This is a super easy wood craft project!
I had a piece of chunky barn wood that ‘needed’ to become stars too!
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I hope you are having a wonderful Holiday season. I’m excited to be part of a big group of DIY bloggers showing how they deck the halls, hosted by the ever so talented Jen Woodhouse.
You definitely want to check out each blogger’s ‘mantel’, they are so beautiful.
This mantel is full of easy DIY projects.
I think poinsettias are a beautiful addition to Christmas decor. You can even grab a $1 off any poinsettia right now through Ibotta. My neighbor plants her poinsettias outside in the spring, they make a beautiful bush, with very pretty dark green foliage. I ditched the gold wrapper and built a super simple cedar planter box.
The candy cane posts are cheap landscape timbers and are easy to make. (Tutorials for the poinsettia box and candy canes coming soon 🙂 ).
The mantel is topped off with a bit of fresh pine boughs, they smell wonderful. Followed by a reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh, leaving the Christmas village.
When planning out my mantel, I originally wanted to create a silhouette nativity scene to go in the cove of the mantel. Then I realized my cute stockings* (that I spent hours and hours sewing by hand years ago) are all Santa themed and wouldn’t mesh??? I came across this cute Tree Scape Mantle Decor at Pottery Barn Kids, and that is exactly what I was looking for! Only one problem, it wouldn’t arrive in time… It’s a new item and wasn’t available to ship right away. I decided to recreate it, and make it bigger to fit the cove.
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Recently my Mom saw an oversized tic tac toe game in the lobby of a hotel, sitting on an ottoman for the patrons to play while waiting. Of course she texted me a picture so I could whip one up for her. 🙂 After I started making it, I thought it would be so fun to make a Christmas version of tic tac toe with trees and presents.
It is super cute with the traditional X’s and O’s too.
Are you ready for the most wonderful time of the year? Is Thanksgiving really next week? Then onto Christmas!
This months DIY Workshop at the Home Depot will get your front porch all spiffed up for the holidays. In the workshop on Saturday, November 21 at 10 am at your Home Depot (register here), you’ll learn how to make a festive Christmas Wreath Trio. Isn’t it so cute!
The great thing about DIY projects is that you can customize your projects for you! Here’s my spin on the Christmas Wreath Trio.
I thought it would be fun to use some non-traditional Christmas colors to create a Merry and Bright Christmas Wreath Trio. I went to the Home Depot and picked up 3 – 24″ Christmas wreaths, some spray paint, crafting wire, 1/2″ plywood project panel, ribbon, ornaments and lights.
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It is getting COLD in these parts, and it has even snowed a bit. I guess my mind has been on snowflakes, especially after seeing Pauline at My Altered State’s latest 3D snowflakes, so cool. So when this months power tool challenge came around I knew what I wanted to make. This wooden snowflake door hanger is a winter holiday spin on my Americana door hanger from a while back. 
