Heidi's Trash To Treasure

Hey friends, Let's get crafting. These are the three items that I picked up from my local thrift store. Now these have been sitting on the shelves for some time as I go through and look for new t And so I knew that people just don't want to pick these up because they look a little old and outdated. So I'm going to show you all today how I'm going to take these three items and turn them into somet And each one of them was under two bucks. And t I painted it all w And I'm going to just take these popsicle sticks from the Dollar Tree. I'm cutting off the tops and bottoms to make sure that the sticks length is the right size for the house. And then I with some hot glue, I'm just going to glue them on to the roof. Now for t And how I'm going to be doing that is I'm taking some cardstock. I just laid it flat up against the edge of the roof. And then I traced it and cut it out to create a template so that I can be able to cut out some popsicle sticks that will also work for that space. Now where the roof and that little domer meet up with each other, it's even tighter. And so I'm just taking a piece of cardstock again and with my nail, I'm going to crease down the line to make sure I've got the right size that I need for it. And then I'm also going to make sure that I check my pattern so that way I don't have any issues with them being the wrong size. I t So I'making sure I'm doing it right. And then I'm going to take some more of those popsicle sticks where I've chopped off the tops and bottoms, line them all up, lay down my pattern, and then I'm going to cut out the pieces that I need so that I can glue those last little pieces into place on the roof. I t So I'm just using these popsicle sticks to create a really pretty rooftop on t Once I've got those on the rooftop, I'm then going to go ahead and move on to the domer or that's a little more tricky. And then again, just keep cutting them out once I've traced them with my pattern and using a lot of hot glue because you don't want them to pop off over time. I'm just gluing them all down really nice and tight. And you can see there that I'm going over the roof line just a little bit to have an overhang. So you don't notice the original roof line. You're going to see the popsicle sticks more. Now on the very tops of the roof, I wanted to I'm just going to take a couple more popsicle sticks at the very tops and create a nice finished look. Once everyt Now when I first started painting t So there are lots of different possibilities, but after I just kept following, So I painted all the trim black and then I made a wood stain to go on top of that popsicle sticks, just using some brown, tiny bit of black paint with some water. And I'm just going over those popsicle sticks to create more of a darker wood look. And then as you can see here, I'm holding a napkin underneath it so any drip off or runnage is going to go right into the napkin versus getting on the w Then on the front of the house to make it even cuter, I added a door. Followed the same steps where I cut them down to size. I did four vertical and then two horizontal. And I just love the way it looks. I also wanted to add some little flower boxes to the fronts of the houses. So I again cut down the popsicle sticks. I'm going to take some of t I'm going to glue it on to the little flower box. And then I'm going to add in some little plants to make it look I t I was still really nervous with the black trim, but as I kept playing with it more and more, I fell in love with t I t And you can just see. You can imagine where you can put it in your home. I know exactly where I want to put t I t Now once I got all of the flower boxes done, I went ahead and created a wreath. I just was going around in a curved motion to create a circle with hot glue. I took it a little bit at a time because you don't want the hot glue to dry. And then I just kept adding moss onto those curved strips of the hot glue that I'm putting down. And then I'm taking some of t And I'm just adding that on as well as some little dainty w And once I have them all on here, it looks Now I could leave it But I wanted to embellish the top just a little bit more. So I'm going to take some more of that boxwood from that vine that I had that I picked up from Hobby Lobby a w And I'm just going to take some of the sprigs, cut them off, and then hot glue them onto the top. I'm doing two on each side. There's two that are longer, two that are shorter. And then I'm adding a bow to the top to complete the finished look of t In the month of March, I'm hosting two new challenges. I will link that video with the invites down below. They'really fun challenges. Make sure you check it out. And today I'm participating in KC from Coffee with My Suns Over the weekend, they had a playlist go live, w I'm a little late to the party, but I wanted to make sure that I played along. They're linked down below, as well as the playlist with all the other women playing along. So make sure you go check them both out and the playlist. All right, we're going to be moving on to then I put down some painter's tape in a little plus sign. And then I spray painted the whole t We're going to be making a first aid kit box. These boxes are all over the thrift stores. I find them all the time. And I thought it would just be so cute. And again, these boxes, you can find them all over the place online but they charge so much for them. It's crazy. I t And I just t I ended up picking up t So I'm just going to take some of my stickers from the Dollar Tree. I always I'm just putting down first aid kit. And then I'm taking some Mod Podge to make sure that my stickers don't ever come up. I'm going to just go ahead and seal them in. And then to make sure that there's not just a weird, If you're new and you're popping over from that playlist, welcome. My name is Heidi with Happily Thriving Heidi and I post three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Don't forget to come over and say I love to connect with people over there. It's a more personal setting and it's the easiest way to get a hold of me if you have any questions. For my last DIY, I'm going to take t I've seen it a ton of times at the thrift store. I knew that t And I thought, And so I'm taking some of the curved edges were a little bit trickier and I knew there was probably going to be some bleed. So I was trying to make sure I got in there nice and tight in those crevices. And once I had that, what I thought was going to be pretty good, I went ahead and figured out the spacing of my stripes and where I wanted them to be. And I went ahead and laid down nice long strips of the painter's tape. T I So go ahead and figure out the measurements, lay down those nice straight lines, and then go ahead and cover off the rest of the w I went ahead and spray painted with a dark gray, as you can see here. And then when I pulled back the painter's tape, sure enough, there was some bleed through. And t I decided to go back in and touch up a couple little spots because I wanted to have a nice finished look. Once I touched up everyt I love t I went ahead and dry brushed on some brown paint to distress it a little bit more. And then I'm going to take some of t I also forgot to mention I did rough it up with a little bit of sandpaper to give it a nice weathered look. Thanks so much for watc Don't forget to give this video that th And until the next episode, bye friends!