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🌲 Winter is the perfect season to add cozy, handmade touches to your home. One of my favorite ways to do this is by upcycling everyday items into festive décor. In this project, I transformed a simple spam can into a charming winter floral display for faux flowers. With a few crafting supplies and a little creativity, you can give new life to something that would otherwise be discarded. Materials Needed One cleaned spam can (label removed) Winter-themed ribbon Scissors (decorative edge scissors recommended) Hot glue gun Acrylic paint (brown and bronze) Sponge brushes (one large, one small) Craft foam block (to hold flowers in place) Holiday stamp (“Joy to the World”) Black ink pad Craft paper Mod Podge Heating tool (optional, for setting Mod Podge) Faux flowers of your choice Step 1: Painting the Can Begin by applying a coat of light brown acrylic paint to the spam can using a sponge brush. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Once dry, take a smaller sponge brush and dab bronze paint...

Transform your home for fall with this quick and easy, budget-friendly DIY project! Create an upcycled faux fall window decor using simple materials to make your space cozy and stylish for the season. Join me as I repurpose one of my older crafts and turn it into a simple autumn faux window decoration. This is a straightforward project; you will only need a few materials. Quick Video Tutorial Materials Paint Paintbrush Decorative napkin Mod Podge Scissors Sanding block Optional faux leaves and mini bow Before applying paint, I had to sand down my faux window decoration from a previous craft. I started by removing the old paint using a sanding block to take off the chips. Then, I used a paintbrush to apply a new coat of cream-colored paint.  After that, I removed the second layer of the napkin and used scissors to cut out the design for the faux window. Next, I applied Mod Podge to the faux window using a paintbrush and placed the designs over it. I then applied another layer of Mod...

W elcome to The Crazy Little Love Birds Link Party #57!   Our party is a platform to share inspiring content such as recipes, family-friendly blog posts, crafts, home decor, and anything inspiring. Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well. Right when I thought the temperatures were feeling more like fall temperatures, the heat came right back. We have been busy getting a few home projects completed. This weekend  I will keep things fairly simple for my birthday. I honestly just want to relax. Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? I'd love to hear about it!  Moving on to the party. We have some wonderful featured posts this week. Congratulations to our featured bloggers! Melynda at Scratch Made Food for Hungry People has shared a great way to repurpose a photo box and turn it into a garlic storage box . What a great upcycle! Visit Our Grand Lives to make Apple Pizzas . This recipe is perfect for fall and a great way to spend time with loved ones in the kitchen. Lynn...

Transform your glass garlic jars into multi-functional pin cushions with storage by following this creative and practical DIY tutorial. You will learn how to repurpose these jars into stylish and useful organization tools for sewing or crafting supplies. Hello everyone! A while ago, I purchased some pin cushions from my local Dollar Tree and stored them away, completely forgetting about them. Today, while cleaning, I came across them and decided to use them with my glass garlic jars. I thought the glass garlic jars would be wonderful for creating multi-functional pin cushion storage jars. Materials Three pin cushions Glass jars (I'm reusing my garlic jars) Mod Podge Paintbrush Acrylic paint Sewing and craft accessories to add to each glass jar Adding Mod Podge and Paint to jars To give my jars a stained glass appearance, I combined my Mod Podge and paint. I used a paintbrush to add a thin layer of the mixture and then used a drying tool to dry the paint. I repeated this process for...

Chocolates always have a way of making things better, don't they? In this project, we'll repurpose a heart-shaped chocolate box into a beautiful hanging heart decoration that you can proudly display for Valentine's Day. I'll provide you with a list of materials needed and guide you through the simple step-by-step process. So, get ready to give your leftover chocolate box a new lease on life! Materials One heart-shaped chocolate box Acrylic paint One sanding block Fabric heart garland (I purchased my fabric heart garland at Dollar Tree) Paintbrush Faux flowers and greenery Hot glue Twine or rope Scissors Floral cutters Prepping the box I used a heart-shaped box for my project, which had raised letters and hearts design. To prepare the box, I used a sanding block to sand down the lettering and design. It was easier than tearing the packaging paper off.  Applying Acrylic paint After sanding down the box and cleaning my workspace, I applied acrylic paint with a paintbrush. ...