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How To: DIY “Vintage” Pennants

Vintage pennants have, for some inexplicable reason, become a new home decor obsession of mine, so I decided to create my own “vintage” DIY fabric pennants using some really fun, romantic fabric scraps I had lying around that fit right into our cozy-cottage-farmhouse style and don’t break the bank. Come see the step by step instructions to create your own!

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Simple Winter DIY Home Decor Updates

This year we’re vowing to show you more of all of the small, simple, easy DIY home decor updates that happen so frequently around our house, so today we’re showing you two simple DIY decor projects tackled in our home over the holiday break that were as simple to execute as they were affordable, but served as major upgrades!

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Winter & Holiday Season DIY Bucket List Board

Today we’re setting our intentions for a season well lived and well loved, and sharing our DIY Winter Bucket List Board tutorial, plus the sick season essentials we stock up on from Fry’s that make sure we get to enjoy every single item on our list to the fullest!

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An Easy Christmas Craft & DIY Scented Candle You’ll Love!

One of the easiest, most awesome Christmas crafts is here and it also happens to smell heavenly! These adorable little DIY scented candles or holiday “scent pots” as well call them serve as beautiful, simple holiday decor and will make your home smell so good this holiday season!

DIY Yarn Christmas Trees tutorial featured by top Phoenix interior design blog, Love and Specs.

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DIY Yarn Christmas Trees

Get ready for the most fun, easy, lovable holiday home decor DIY ever! We love that decorative yarn/wool/felt trees have gained in popularity in recent holiday seasons, so we’re showing you exactly how to create these holiday decor gems in a matter of minutes!

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Easy DIY Decor for the Perfect Fall Home Scent

These easy, cheap and adorable DIY painted terracotta pots are the perfect addition to your Fall home decor and what’s inside will make your house smell so good… and like a Fall paradise… in a matter of minutes. All the cozy Fall vibes!

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DIY Fabric Art: Fabric Scraps as Decor

Trying to find a use for the beautiful fabric scraps you love? In today’s DIY fabric art tutorial we’re walking you through how to turn that fabric scrap into one hell of a stylish home decor piece!

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Simple, Cheap, Chic Nightstand Styling Tip

We’re sharing our simple, cheap, chic DIY nightstand styling tip that’s part of our small master bedroom makeover! We love our new bedroom nightstand look and you guys are going to love this simple little decor trick that packs a big punch on a tiny budget!

DIY Cactus Pots Ideas featured by top Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs

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DIY Heart Print Terra Cotta Cactus Pots

What better way to jump back into my obsession with painting terra cotta pots than with a super fun, insanely easy Valentine’s Day DIY project? We’re serving up the step by step instructions for these quick, painless and oh-so-cute heart-print terra cotta cactus pots – the perfect way to say “I Love You” without killing your Valentine’s home decor vibe!

Painting Terra Cotta Pots a tutorial featured by top Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs

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How To: Painting Terracotta Pots

A simple step-by-step DIY How To that transforms boring terra cotta pots into whitewashed planters with black Swiss crosses and geometric patterns. Read on for my DIY whitewashed terra cotta pots tutorial.

DIY Aztec Print Succulent Pots featured by top home DIY blogger, Love and Specs

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DIY Aztec Print Succulent Pots

This tutorial is how to DIY Aztec succulent pots with terra cotta pots, some matte spray paint, a handful of paint pens, and a lot of patience. Let’s get started on our DIY Aztec pots!

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I can’t even believe I’m writing this. I just can’t believe it. We’re still so shocked & sad & just plain, all around devastated. It still kind of doesn’t feel real, but the hard truth is, it is real. And it sucks. Our beloved pup Elvis, the guy who has brought so much love & joy & mischief & laughter into our home & our family for the last 2 years crossed the rainbow bridge this week after a shock cancer diagnoses and an all too quick decline. We never in a million years thought that the pup we brought home 2 years ago, the dog we envisioned growing up with our kids, being a central part of our family dynamic and our memories for years and years to come, would leave us this soon. It’s not fair. He didn’t deserve this. He was always so healthy & so loved & the helplessness, sadness & anger we’ve felt over these last few months as Elvis declined & we got his diagnosis was just beyond brutal. I haven’t really been able to find the meaning in it right now, but what I do know is that we loved him with our whole hearts, and so did everyone else. And I still believe that although loving something, anything this much can be hard & heartbreaking at times, it’s worth it every single time. I’d do it all over again for 2 years with Elvie by my side & so would Chris. He was truly a 1 in a million companion. 🌈
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All about this perfect neutral paint color on the blog! Link is in my bio. We gave this dresser in our bedroom a little paint facelift & tried the color “Shiitake” by @sherwinwilliams . And we’re LOVING it! It’s such a beautiful grey-beige & would be so good in so many different spaces. #sherwinwilliamsshiitake #swshiitake #neutralpaintcolor #bedroompaint #cottagestyle #shiitakepaintcolor
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On the blog now w/ links to decor sources! 👩‍🍼

We’ve made so many special memories in this nursery with Emmet and I can’t wait to reimagine the space for our sweet baby girl! The entire design plan w/ links to all of the decor sources are on the blog (link in my bio) & I’m so excited for everything to start coming to life in here 💕 #babygirl #nurserydecor #babyblog #nursery #nurserydesign
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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation
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It’s the heated shower bench for me 🧖‍♀️ Our new primary bath is finally finished & you can just find me here for the foreseeable future, k? 🫧 #bathroomdesign #bathroomrenovation #bathroomdecor

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