This is another 'just for fun' project to add to your winter decor - and also one of those projects that changed course a few times!
My original inspiration for this were two photos on Instagram, shared by Jens Fresh Vintage. Jen shared shots of her antique booth winter setup, showing winter paint-by-numbers and thermoses and ski's - and vintage souvenir pennants from ski resorts:
Recalling the fun days that I had spent skiing the slopes at Northstar and Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, I decided to make myself a felt pennant that looked old.
As you can see in the photo up above, I did not make pennants that say 'Lake Tahoe' or anything like that... I went bigger!
Continue reading to see a step-by-step tutorial to make your own pennants - AND what I ultimately ended up doing with them in my studio!
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1.24.2025
WINTER: make a faux vintage felt pennant
11.22.2024
holiday 2024: diy upcycled painted ornaments
wreath number two for this year is a fun one...
i rounded up some old ornaments that i don't ever use,
and gave them a whole new look with paint.
the pattern that i painted on these ornaments
was inspired by the posterboard i've been using as a 'drop cloth':
it's just splotches and swaths of paint left from many painting sessions -
which looks a lot like a current 'graffiti' paint trend
that is an easy pattern to replicate.
since my theme this holiday season is
O Christmas Tree
using ornaments in varied ways works perfectly!
follow along and let me show you how easy this is...
7.20.2021
a different kind of sand castle...
a sand castle? not so much.
unless, of course, you find a new way to make a sand castle ;)
and i did.
continue reading to see the everyday material that inspired me and how i used it...
2.19.2021
painting the globe...
Ultimate Gray.
(since most of my recent projects have been all contained Illuminating Yellow,
i thought it was time to give the second color some attention!)
i finally came up with a way to restyle an item that i've had tucked away for years...
it was a banged-up, scratched, faded (but not in a good way) paper world globe,
and using gray and white paint to transform it was the perfect solution to update the look.
note: this is a globe from the 1990's. not vintage or antique. not valuable.
now it fits into my decor, and is a sweet reminder of special people each time i look at it.
isn't that better than keeping something stashed in a closet
because although it means something to you, you don't know where to PUT it?
6.22.2020
NEW! Sweet Sweater Sandbabies!
and started playing around....