Uniqueness At Its Best
I’m all about being unique! I hope you can get ideas on how to make your home a unique place that you love. I’m a huge Goodwill and thrift store shopper. In this blog I hope to show you how you can turn items from there into unique treasures for your home! I like to do a lot of DIY videos that I hope will inspire you to become creative and find ways to make your life unique!
DIY Dollar Tree Pallet Pumpkins
It is time to start thinking ahead for Fall so you are ready when it is time to decorate. I seem to always find myself in the Dollar Tree and I recently picked up a few small wooden craft pallets. As soon as I saw them I knew that we could easily turn them into fun...
Rit Dye DIY
I am always crafting and I like to stain fabric and lace with instant coffee for a lot of my crafts. We have been getting creative with different colored stains lately and I decided I wanted to experiment with Rit Dye. I have never used Rit Dye before but I knew it...
DIY Yarn Pumpkin
When you’re a crafter you are always thinking about the next holiday. I have been trying to come up with some different ways to create some smaller pumpkins. The Dollar Tree has been putting out packs of styrofoam balls which gave me an idea for a quick and easy...
DIY Shutter Snowman
I love antiques and I always love creating things out of old items. I have an old white chippy shutter that I got from a local antique store and I wanted to create something with it. A few of the stores seem to be putting a few Christmas items out which gave me the...
DIY Decorative Watermelon Slices
A follower of ours sent me an idea for some amazing decorative watermelon slices that she saw in the Country Living magazine. As soon as I saw them I knew they would make the cutest decoration for Fourth of July and that we would have to give them a try. The supplies...
DIY Watermelon Door Hanger
I recently asked my followers what they wanted to see me create more of and a few of them said door hangers. One of our amazing followers sent me an idea that she saw in Country Sampler magazine for a watermelon door hanger. As soon as I saw it I knew we had to give...
DIY Jack-O-Lantern Bucket
I love decorating for Fall and Halloween and I love creating fun and unique decor. Pumpkins are always a must have decoration for me for Fall but I want to create a fun and unique jack-o-lantern. I want a jack-o-lantern that looks rustic and can be used year after...
DIY Faux Wood Barn
If you love the look of the old red barns then you will love this DIY. I wanted to create a large red barn that I can set on my fireplace place mantle and I want it to look like wood. We have recently used foam board to create faux wooden items which turned out...
DIY Bling Wedding Bouquet
My daughter is getting married in October and we are trying to come up with some decorations. If you’re following The Shabby Tree then you all know I am always crafting and trying to create fun and unique things. One of my favorite items to use when crafting is bling....
DIY Colored Foam Roses
Ok I found myself in Hobby Lobby again and they had packs of white foam roses on sale. I knew as soon as I saw them that they would look amazing colored. We recently used a colored wash tint to create coffee filter roses and I want to see if we can use it on these...
Exterior Home Paint Makeover
The paint on the outside of our home has started to fade and it is time to repaint. I want a total change and I have been looking at a variety of colors. Our house is now a shade of green and I wanted something light this time around. I knew I wanted all of trim and...
DIY Spackle Pumpkin
I have been experimenting with Spackling Paste the last few days and I realized there are so many ways to get creative with it. We are always trying to find ways to create fun and unique things here at The Shabby Tree. I’m thinking ahead and I realized we can easily...
