Last fall I helped my good friend with a few DIY wedding decor projects for her step-daughter's wedding. The wedding turned out so beautiful. It was held at a venue with a large open grass field and a unique old barn as the backdrop. The colors for the wedding were mint, gray, white and champagne and all of the decor had a rustic flare to tie in with the barn. One of the DIY … [Read more...]
Easy Reclaimed Wood Box Centerpiece
My friend has a big family party coming up and needed help with barn wood mason jar box centepieces. She needs a variety box centerpiece sizes: 3 jar, 4 jar and 5 jar. These trough style boxes are simple to make and they are so handy to have on hand for home decoration, holiday decor and parties. I was happy that my friend wanted the barn wood (reclaimed wood) look since I … [Read more...]
Rockstar Tour – Scalloped Planter Box Centerpiece
Hi! Today I get the opportunity to help out a DIY friend, Brittany from the Pretty Handy Girl. She is out for a few weeks having surgery, and she formed a fun guest series Rockstar DIY Series with lots of fun projects. For my project, I built a simple scalloped planter box centerpiece. You can check out the tutorial and plans here. It's kind of a fun twist on the … [Read more...]
DIY Wood Tool Box Caddy
Today's plans are for another style of planter box mason jar centerpiece that I used for the lemonade party. The first planter box was the square version, this one is for a rustic tool box caddy style. Since the 4th of July is coming up, I thought I'd use it for patriotic decorations. An easy update with painted mason jars and white flowers. How to Build a Wood Tool Box … [Read more...]
Square Planter Box Caddy – Mason Jar Centerpiece
It's part of my nature to be cheap and get a great 'deal', it might even be a sickness :-). When I can put together some decorations for basically nothing, it makes me happy. We recently had a lemony themed summer social party with the ladies in the neighborhood, that's where the Lemonade Stand made it's debut! For the table centerpieces these rustic mason jar caddies and … [Read more...]
Rustic Mr and Mrs Blocks
My cousin is getting married soon, and they are having a country/rustic themed wedding. I have worked with him off and on at the farm over the years. He even helped me take down Remo's Barn. I've seen those cute cursive wood signs on etsy and I thought it would be fun to cut out a set of super chunky Mr & Mrs for him and his fiance. I'm sure she'll like them more than … [Read more...]
Rustic Christmas Tree
Hi, I'm excited to be part of this 18 Easy Build Christmas Projects using Ryobi tools blog hop! I sure do love my Ryobi tools, they make up a majority of my tools. I thought it would be fun to make a rustic Christmas Tree decoration this year. This is a fairly easy project, a bunch of cuts at the same angles create the chevron tree shape. How to Build a Rustic … [Read more...]
Rustic Ampersand ‘and’ symbol
I have been seeing those ampersand signs everywhere lately. The ampersand 'and' symbol really adds a touch of whimsy to engagement pictures, baby announcements, bookcases, walls etc. I love it. I have been working on revamping my mudroom. I want it to be a 'functional' command center, to hopefully help reduce clutter on the counter...HOPEFULLY! So I had an idea of 'Keys … [Read more...]
Rustic Barnwood Twin Bed Plan
Late last summer my Dad called me up and told me that they are leveling Remo's barn. (Each section of the family farm is named after whomever they acquired it from over the years, Lee Halls, Ray's, Henry's, Neeley's, Remo's, etc that's how we roll :-) ) Remo's was a sizable area with a little farm yard on it. He had built a big hay barn back in his day, but over the years it … [Read more...]
ONC Birdhouse Competition
It feels like Spring has Sprung, and the little birdies are tweeting and patiently waiting for a hip new pad! Luckily for them, it is time for the Ogden Nature Center (in Ogden, Ut) annual Birdhouse Competition. If you've never visited the Ogden Nature Center (ONC), between the parking lot and visitors center there is a wonderfully whimsical trail of birdhouses worth … [Read more...]