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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!

Tips to pick the perfect sofa or sectional for your home

Choosing a Perfect Sofa or Sectional | Article Mello Sectional Review

Choosing a sofa or sectional is HARD! Leather or fabric? Cushions or built in? I’m sharing all my tops for choosing and walking through why we chose the one we did! Earlier this week, I shared the plans for our living room update. And it’s underway! We have a long way to go but just …

Read moreChoosing a Perfect Sofa or Sectional | Article Mello Sectional Review
Modern Rancher Living Room Plans with article leather sofa and tree ring prints

Modern Rancher Living Room Plans!

I know that I haven’t finished two of the rooms I’ve shared design boards for… but that’s because the design boards are the easy part… then there’s sourcing and painting and ohmygoodness so much painting and then cleaning up from kids so I can start styling and then cleaning up from kids before I can …

Read moreModern Rancher Living Room Plans!
how to design and make your own planner stickers!

DIY Planner Stickers with Cricut

These planner stickers are modern and fun for your day timer or calendar and thanks to the Cricut- they’re simple to make as many as you like! Use my exact designs or follow the tutorial to make your own using Cricut Design Space and Cricut’s Print then Cut feature!  These planner stickers are modern and …

Read moreDIY Planner Stickers with Cricut
Modern DIY Easter Wreath... love this easter bunny hoop wreath!

Simple DIY Easter Bunny Hoop Wreath

Spring is finally, actually, really in the air and today I’m excited to be joining up with The DIY Mommy’s Youtube Spring DIY & Decor Challenge to share this fun Easter Hoop Wreath! This is such a playful Easter wreath compared to my normal decor but the modern hoop and wild faux florals help keep …

Read moreSimple DIY Easter Bunny Hoop Wreath
How to use the print then cut feature in cricut design space

How to Use Cricut Print Then Cut

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.   When I first heard about Cricut’s Print then Cut feature, I’m not going to lie- I thought I’d never use it. All I could imagine was colourful printables cut out and put on cards or …

Read moreHow to Use Cricut Print Then Cut
Modern + Functional Small Entry Design Board

Modern Entry Plans Full of Storage

Slow but sure, the main floor of our new house is coming together as we’re wrapping up the ‘big things’ in this remodel. The floors are done (woohoo!) and all of the interior doors are done (heck yes!) and now we’re working on replacing windows and exterior doors. That means it’s time to get planning …

Read moreModern Entry Plans Full of Storage
The 4 basic macrame knots you need for almost any wall hanging

4 Basic Macrame Knots

Before you watch a tutorial for a DIY Macrame wall hanging- watch this! I’m sharing the basics you need to make pretty much any macrame piece slowly with tips to get a great knot. I show how to tie the square knot (plus how to alternate them), spiral knot (or half square knot), double half …

Read more4 Basic Macrame Knots
Painting watercolor on wood signs- DIY foggy trees tutorial!

DIY Foggy Trees Watercolor Painting on Wood

This post is sponsored by the fabulous Walnut Hollow. I truly love to craft with their products. You can see all my policies right here. I’m such a sucker for foggy photos and foggy looking art. I mean, one look at the photos I have used the past few months for my tech wallpapers and …

Read moreDIY Foggy Trees Watercolor Painting on Wood
Spring home tour full of plants, white walls and warm wood tones

Fresh Spring Home Tour

Today I’m so excited to be joining with some incredibly talented bloggers in the Seasonal Simplicity Spring Home Tour series! If you’re here from Inspiration for Moms- Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here! If you’re looking all the homes in the tour, you can find those down at the bottom of this post. You can …

Read moreFresh Spring Home Tour
How to use advanced text features in Cricut Design Space

How to use text and fonts in Cricut Design Space

Today I’m chatting all about how to use text and fonts in Cricut Design Space and the new advanced editing options available. These tips have me designing my text based designs exclusively in Cricut Design Space now- without the need for Photoshop. From how to curve text, use connected script fonts, find the fonts you …

Read moreHow to use text and fonts in Cricut Design Space
white brick fireplace decorated with black vases and white details, hand lettered art and letterboard reads 'spring is nature's way of saying let's party' - robin williams quote

Minimal Spring Mantel

One peek outside and the snow will tell you that spring is still a little ways off, but the weather guy says it’s coming and now my mantel does too. Today I’m excited to partner with some amazing bloggers to share our spring mantels with you guys. BIG thank you to my friend Krista from …

Read moreMinimal Spring Mantel
cutting leather

Oh- You’re Crafty

Me too! I’ve made note that you like DIY + Crafts… just like me ;) If you want to dig in right now and check out some of my projects… CHECK THESE OUT!

Read moreOh- You’re Crafty
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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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