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Aug 17

Navy Front Door Update

Aug 17

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Painter’s Mate Green® painter’s tape for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Today I’m excited to share our front door update! There’s still lots more work to do on the exterior of our home (did you catch our exterior update a couple weeks back?), even around the front door (lights, house numbers etc!)… BUT painting and trimming the door has made a world of difference in how chaotic it feels walking into our home. For this post I wanted to share not only how the update is looking but some tips around using painters tape and painting an exterior door! Before I get to that… want to see the before photos? Who doesn’t love before photos ;)

Here’s the waaaay before. This is what it looked like when we moved in and what pretty much what it stayed like for the past three and a half years of us living here. Below is what it looked like at our last update- we’d replaced the window/door combo, ripped off the stucco and started on siding.Continue Reading…

Aug 16

Secret Morse Code Party Garland

Aug 16

This post contains affiliate links and product provided by Oriental Trading. As always, I’d never promote a product I don’t already totally love! Check out my full disclosure and policies here.

Today’s post is SUCH an exciting one for me! Not only is it a party DIY which, you know I love, but it’s an announcement for our family! Let me explain what the DIY is all about before I share our news, okay?

This DIY is a morse code party garland plus you bet I have a hand lettered printable decoder for you. Yep, you heard me right! MORSE CODE! Haha, that means that you can hide any secret message you like in your party decorations. How rad is that?! A few years ago I made a similar (although much smaller!) garland for my kids room that says ‘Love You’ and have always wanted to use the idea for something else.

Want to know what we hid in our garland? If you caught our announcement a while back… we’re expecting our fourth babe (woohoo!) and for the first time we decided to find out if we’re having a boy or a girl! So now I’m not going to tell you the answer… you can figure it out yourself ;) HOW? Well, here’s the instructions I gave our family (we invited them over for a BBQ to share the news): Take your decoder and start looking for patterns. One color is the dots, one color is the dashes, and one color is to distinctly separate the letters.

I’ll wait…Continue Reading…

Aug 10

Think outside the cabinets! 3 Simple hardware DIYs

Aug 10

This summer is flying by, you guys! So much though that I totally forgot to share this post with you! It’s only been a week… or two? I don’t even know, the summer all blends together! But it’s totally worth checking out. I am over at Remodelaholic again, this time not sharing only one… BUT THREE! hardware DIY projects. These are simple project ideas that you can make using cabinet hardware. And all of these are lovely enough to want in your home- pinky swear.

In fact, the necklace holder board is probably never going to leave my room. Anytime anyone comes into my room, that baby gets a compliment. And I’m realizing now that it’s probably weird to be a married adult and have friends come over to sit on your bed while you fold laundry… but I have no shame, you guys ;) Continue Reading…

Aug 08

When you stop and look around… August Tech Wallpapers

Aug 08

I feel like you guys are becoming accustomed to me being late with these tech wallpapers and that’s SO not what I want! I’m making it my goal to get back on track before this baby shows up in November. What do you think… can I do it? Ha! My biggest challenge in these wallpapers isn’t the getting them done… or the lettering… it’s actually the photos! I used to LOVE going out to take photos just for fun. I had so many to choose from. Since kids and renovations and blogging… I don’t make much time for that anymore and I am OUT of photos I’m excited to share with you. That’s why partnering with Laurie from Vin’yet Etc. last month was so rad. But I really do enjoy getting out and adventuring with a camera… so maybe I just need to find a photography buddy that doesn’t mind three kids jumping in every shot ;)

Let’s talk about this month’s photo though. Because of all the smoke we have here- I haven’t wanted to be outside taking pictures. But when we were out the other day, I went for a walk up a ridge by my inlaws place and snapped this one. Because even though the smoke is gross and makes it hard to breathe- it makes for lovely photos. I snapped one of my niece while we were out there as well and I’m beyond in love with it. This photo is just taken with my phone and I didn’t go and edit it and filter it a whole bunch. That’s all the smoke!

And the quote? You might recognize it from this wall hanging but I’m totally in love with it so wanted to use it again. Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to take that time to look around and see how totally amazing life is.

If you’re new to Lemon Thistle, every month, I create free handlettered backgrounds for you to download. I make each a quote version, a calendar version, and a monthly script version in each desktop, phone, and tablet sizes. You can take your pick! I also create a free printable 8×10 version of the quote for my e-mail friends. If you’re not yet signed up for my list, you can get in on the updates and freebies right here!

Enough with the chatter, am I right? JUST GIVE ME THE GOODS! Just click the linked words below to download them!Continue Reading…

Aug 01

Printable Brush Lettering Practice Sheet- Back To School

Aug 01

Today I’m excited to bring you another free printable brush lettering practice sheet! Plus, I’ve partnered with 7 other rad hand lettering bloggers that are also sharing free printables, tutorials, or practice sheets for the back to school theme. Fun, right? Every time that we’ve partnered on these, I’ve put together a brush lettering practice sheet with one word or phrase in a few different styles I’m playing around with and you guys have been snapping them up SO I thought, why not do another one! It was so much fun to play with a longer phrase- there was definitely more opportunity for variations!

For this printable, you just need to download the PDF printable (below), print it out… then get lettering! You can either letter directly on top of it or grab a piece of tracing paper and go over it as many times as you like. The best brush pen for this would probably be a Tombow Fude or light pressure with a Tombow Dual Brush.

Aug 01

DIY Ladder Ball (with Chalkboard Score Keeper)

Aug 01

A couple years back I shared 5 rad lawn games that you could make for your outdoor BBQs in partnership with Home Depot Canada and those are still some of my most searched tutorials of ALL TIME. Like, every single month. Even in the winter. And I don’t blame you guys- who doesn’t love a good yard game? Ever since we made those, Shane has told me that he wants ladder ball next. We played it every year camping with his family and it’s one we’d totally pull out in evenings and play 1 on 1.

So today I’m excited to be partnering with Home Depot Canada again to share how we made it! I really wanted to make a version that stood up to regular use and as much as it’s practical, I didn’t love the PVC versions because they’re just not that pretty. So I decided on a black/white/wood colour scheme (which you know is my jam) and I’m so happy with how it looks! Plus… it’s chalkboard so you can keep score right on the game.

To make this game, you’ll need:

Our Deck Reveal!

DIY Hello Cutout Plywood Sign

DIY Handlettered Foiled Pouches

Navy Front Door Update

Secret Morse Code Party Garland

Think outside the cabinets! 3 Simple hardware DIYs

When you stop and look around… August Tech Wallpapers

Printable Brush Lettering Practice Sheet- Back To School

DIY Ladder Ball (with Chalkboard Score Keeper)

To make this game, you’ll need:

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