DIY Thursday: Spring Craftiness!

Hi Ya’ll!!!!

 I’m so happy to be showing ya’ll a fun Spring Project courtesy of Wood Creations.

What a fantastic little shop! I can literally stand in their store for 30 minutes trying to decide what projects I want to take home. It’s so much fun!

So, with Spring finally here, I wanted to make something fun & bright. That’s where this craft is going to take us!

Doesn’t that phrase just say “Spring”?

Here’s a Before & After…so you can kind of see where this project is going:

Fun!

Here’s how I made mine!

First I painted all my wood pieces.

I already had some fun spring paint colors at home, but guess what??? If I didn’t, Wood Creations has got a great selection of paints to go with any of their projects. I decided that I wanted to pick-up and use some fun scrapbook paper from the store. And bonus…they’re double-sided!



When my wood pieces were dried, I took the grass, flowers & umbrella, flipped them over, and traced their shape onto the fun paper. I then used Modge-Podge to glue them onto the wood-super simple!

As I was going through this project, I wanted to add a little somethin’-somethin’ to it. Then I thought that it would be fun to add some grass; because flowers and grass can readily be found in my garden.

I simply cut out a square of paper, cut some fringe, and then glued it around the dowel:

I then put everything together:

And thought that it needed something else….Raindrops! So I grabbed some blue paper, and cut out some raindrops to glue on top of the umbrella.

And that’s that…I’ve got a wonderful, Springy, decoration for our home!

I hope ya’ll take the chance & hop on over to our little blog! Between the eight of us girls, we’ve got something for everyone.

Happy 1st Birthday to Us!!!!!

Hey Friends!!!!

We totally just turned one!!!

In celebration of our big day we will be having a giveaway!

Here is how you can enter:

1. Leave us a comment telling us what your favorite post was this year!

2. Leave us a comment telling us you are a follower of our blog!

So you have 2 chances to enter!!!

Winner will be randomly picked on Monday after 8 pm MST so get your entries in!!!!!

(Giveaway now closed)

We also decided that since The Talented terrace Girls turned one, we needed to do a little celebration of our own!

So we had a sweet little party!

It was so much fun hanging out together!

Check out our yummy treats and fun festive decor:

Can't go wrong with goody bags, party hats, and party blowers!

(Do we always have to act our age???)

Balloons and streamers, pretty basic, but they just make a party a party!
(Most of these decorations were found at the $ store...go check out your local one for some killer deals)

You can never go wrong with a pinata!

Of course filled with yummy treats!

Here's what was on our food table...

Here we are toasting to the start of a fabulous new year!!!

JeNae, Teresa, Emily, Whitney, Trinity, Tiffany

The attire for the night was pajama's!!!

Why Teresa dresses like Hermione when she goes to bed...who knows???  But I loved it!!!

JeNae took all of our fabulous pictures for us!

This party involved lots and lots of girl talk!

Yes we played juvenile games.  Why???

Because it was fun and oh so funny!

Whitney even helped us glam up our toes!!!
Look for her tutorial here!

Thanks for sticking with us this year!!!!

And don't forget to enter our giveaway!!!!
(Giveaway now closed)

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DIY Thursday : Planter Boxes

With today being the last day in May, and summer quickly approaching, let's break out the power tools & build some beautiful Planter Boxes!

My husband & I made Five of these beauties to put in our parking stips.  I decided that I was tired of weeds, and I wanted to beautify the front of our house.

Here's what you'll need:

Materials List

·         (3) 2x4-8 Pressure Treated Boards

·         (14) 5/8” x  5.5”  x  6’ Gold Stained Fencing

·         (160) 1 ½ “ Screws

·         (10) 1 CU of Top Soil

Tools List

·         Compound Miter Saw

·         Screw Driver

Cut List

·         Cut the pressure treated boards into 1 Foot Pieces

·         Cut the Fencing Boards into 2 Foot Pieces

Directions

1.       Cut all your boards at once.  We’re starting an assembly line.  My fencing boards were dog-eared, but that didn’t matter, they still worked & were 50 cents cheaper than the other boards.

2.       To make a box, start with one 12” piece of 2x4.  Take 2 2’ fencing boards, laying side by side, and butt them against one end of the 2x4.  This will leave a slight overhang at the bottom, but it doesn’t really matter.

3.       Use two screws per board, and screw into the 2x4’s.

4.       Continue working around, until you have a completed box.

5.       Place box wherever you please, and fill with 2 bags of you top soil.

6.       Plant & enjoy!

Here's a look at the corners in the box:

And here's a look at the outside corners of the box.  See how the top is flush together, and there's a little bit of space at the bottom??

Here's a top-view of my completed box:

And here's is one of the parking strips with the boxes...the other parking strip will have the other box.

~My materials to make 5 boxes cost me $60~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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