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Colleen's Tutorials + Blog Posts

Colleen is the DIY blogger and author behind Lemon Thistle blog where she shares hands on DIY tutorials, home renovations, hand lettered designs, and projects to simplify your life… beautifully.

With a ‘you can make anything’ attitude, Colleen shares approachable projects and basic skills tutorials to help you do just that in her first book and weekly on her blog.

If you enjoy modern home decor (that’s totally cozy for your family!), saving money through DIY and simplified lifestyle- you’ll love the tutorials Colleen shares on LemonThistle.com. Find her @colleenpastoor everywhere else!

DIY Dollar Store Wreath for Spring- Boho Style

Modern Dollar Store DIY Wreath for Spring

This modern dollar store DIY wreath for spring is so simple to make using just a few supplies from the dollar store and brings a fresh boho vibe without the traditional wreath form. I’m so freaking happy with how this little DIY came out you guys! It’s modern but boho and super affordable to pull …

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Modern Neutrals Dining Room Design Plans

Modern Neutrals Dining Room Design Plans

We’re giving our dining room a refresh in one weekend- today we’re sharing the modern neutrals dining room design plans we’re running with. From warm wood elements and soft whites and creams, to pops of black. When we made over our kitchen a year and a half ago, we technically renovated this dining room. It’s …

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modern rustic diy brick fireplace makeover... love the painted brick, tile hearth and the chunky wood mantel

DIY Brick Fireplace Makeover

Sharing my DIY brick fireplace makeover with you guys! This weekend renovation before and after includes painting brick fireplace with a paint sprayer, adding a new chunky wood mantel, spray painting our gas fireplace insert, and tiling the hearth with a custom tile edge. I’m so excited to share our brick fireplace makeover with you …

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Simple spring decor from the dollar store- modern line art florals

Dollar Store DIY Line Art Floral Panel

This modern dollar store DIY costs only a few dollars and 10-20 minutes to make using a dollar store wood canvas and a paint marker. Today I’m sharing such a simple DIY with you guys as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Spring DIY Tour (find them all at the bottom of this post)! This project …

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Modern LEGO themed birthday party for twins

Modern LEGO Party

This modern LEGO Party looks amazing while still being affordable thanks to DIY party decorations and dollar store hacks for this twin birthday party. When my boy/girl twins turned 6 this year, all they wanted was a LEGO birthday party. And LEGO sets. But back to the party, when I first looked at LEGO birthday …

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Renovation plans for a modern rancher

Behind the Scenes Renovation Home Tour

Sharing our FULL renovation home tour- come see behind the scenes of living through renovations the DIY way. From the freshly remodelled spaces to the in progress renovations and the spaces we NEVER show that are yet to be touched. Also sharing our DIY renovation plans for this house and the next few years. I …

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how to upgrade your own switches and plugs and why bother

Simple Home Upgrade: Plug + Lightswitch Replacement

Why and how to upgrade plugs and light switches, here’s 5 changes we made from tamper resistant to USB to screwless faceplates to nightlights and more. This is our second major remodel that we’ve lived through and while the big stuff is exciting, small things like plug and light switch replacement can be pretty rad …

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DIY Tree Ring Art Tutorial

DIY Tree Ring Art

Wood round prints have been so popular in home decor lately, I loved the idea but wanted to try my hand at making my own… It’s easier than I expected! Sharing exactly how to DIY Tree Ring Art for big impact prints and a small budget! Last year when we switched sofas, I realized in …

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How to use the Cricut Draw Tool

How to use Draw with Cricut Design Space

Tackling how to use draw in cricut design space along with what the heck you can do with it. From using writing fonts in cricut design space to separating a file into multiple colours and addressing envelopes with cricut pens. Alexis and I are back with another Silhouette VS Cricut video (and blog post!) and …

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Punny Valentines Day Cards with Cricut

Valentines Day Jokes Cards (made with Cricut!)

These valentines day jokes cards are simple to make using your Cricut Maker- hiding the answer to the punny joke behind a tear-away strip of cardstock! This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.   I’m sneaking one Valentines Day post in before February …

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Kids Artwork Organization

Sharing how we manage kids artwork organization and make ALL that paper clutter into beautiful kids art books… without any hard work thanks to apps on your phone! Today I’m sharing our solution to kids artwork storage! What to do with kids art has been a struggle as we love to enjoy their art… but …

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6 Free Accessibility SVGs

6 Free Accessibility SVG Files

Free downloadable accessibility SVG files for cut with Cricut or Silhouette- from wheelchair parking stickers to disability doorbell notes. Today I’m excited to join up with a few of my blogging friends to share some free accessibility SVG files! These ladies are all seriously amazing online and in person so when Alicia asked if we …

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I’m Colleen: wife; mom to 4 wild ones; and DIY blogger behind Lemon Thistle. You can expect to see affordable DIY, cozy modern home decor, renovations, free printables, hand lettering and the occasional party on Lemon Thistle. Read More…

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