Lemon Thistle
DIY, Hand Lettering + Home Decor
Sharing our FULL extreme house makeover – DIY renovation style! Sharing every inch of this remodel in a before and after style full home tour. We’re wrapping up a few remodels in our current house and knee deep in some others and none of them are at the exciting stage to share… yet. Although this …
Pinterest isn’t just a ‘good idea’ for your blog- you really need to be on it. Here’s 5 Pinterest tips to rock it and make the most of every minute you spend on Pinterest to see your business grow. I’ve been blogging for 8 years now and as much as every year, things change… some …
Sharing our main bathroom design plans- a modern classic design with black and white tile and warm details to soften it up! Linking all pieces we’ve ordered and sharing the before photos. We’ve been itching to makeover this bathroom (and our other one, really) since we moved into this house in 2018, but between time …
Download this free printable double letters practice sheet for brush lettering. Try six different styles of lettering in this fun practice sheet! What better time than now to sit down and immerse yourself in some creativity? If you’re new to brush lettering (woohoo, you!) or if you’ve been practicing for a while, this printable brush …
7 Easy watercolor projects for beginners that I have shared in my last 7 years blogging! They’re perfect watercolor paintings for home decor, gifts, and parties. We’re at that part of a renovation that really drags and it doesn’t feel like it’s moving forward, even if work is happening. We have trim to paint and …
How to make a leather and felt DIY handlettered pennant 2 ways- by hand with paint, or with your Cricut and digitized lettering. Today I’m excited to be checking a DIY off my list that I’ve been thinking about for SO long. I sketched out this idea 2 or 3 years ago- back when I …
Sharing 6 free hand-lettered photo overlays along with a tutorial on how to use them for your photos and home decor. Hand lettering is one of my joys and it makes for such beautiful home decor. If you’ve followed along with me for any amount of time… you’ll know I put it on everything. So …
These 3 photo DIYs are easy to recreate in an afternoon and will instantly upgrade your photos into art- ready to hang in your home! Having photos displayed in our home is a value I have, handed down from my dad. He took more photos than most parents I knew and displaying them in our …
I’m sharing how I stained my deck- turns out yes, yes you can use stain with a paint sprayer and it works amazing! Here’s my tips. This past weekend, after waiting patiently for the rainy weather to end- I pulled out my paint sprayer and finally stained our deck! You may have noticed in my …
This tutorial will take you through everything I do to edit phone photos for print using free software. Years ago, I created a tutorial on how to organize your photos into yearly family photo books and the one question I’ve been emailed about more than any other? How to edit photos from your phone. Today …
I’m excited to share my summer home tour! Sharing my minimal seasonal decorating (garden blooms!) and some changes we’ve had due to a flood since our last home tour (new floors!). It’s that time again! I was thinking I’d skip over a summer home tour this year with everything that’s been going on in our …
Simple DIY wall mounted shelf system out of plywood for small equipment storage in an exercise room. Pilates, bands, yoga mats taking over? This will get them off the floor! A while back, we decided to move our exercise equipment out of the kids’ playroom and into the spare bedroom, putting the mattress in storage …
