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Wall Art

6 Free Photo Overlays and How to Use Them

6 Free Hand-lettered Photo Overlays

Adding fun color to black and white photos

3 Fun Photo DIYs

DIY brush lettered canvas

DIY Brush Lettering on Canvas with Acrylic

Floral Watercolor Monogram Tutorial

Floral Watercolor Monogram

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

Dollar Store DIY Line Art Floral Panel

DIY Tree Ring Art Tutorial

DIY Tree Ring Art

Fall DIY Acrylic Sign... love this hand painted look! 'Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall'

Fall DIY Acrylic Sign

How to embroider on wood- love this modern take on a botanical embroidery hoop!

How To Embroider On Wood – Botanical Embroidery Hoop

Painting watercolor on wood signs- DIY foggy trees tutorial!

DIY Foggy Trees Watercolor Painting on Wood

Simple DIY Faux Shibori tutorial

DIY Textile Art – Simple Faux Shibori

Holiday DIY Pennants- two ways to make them

Holiday DIY Pennant- Two Ways

DIY Faux Chalkboard Signs & Cozy Christmas Hand Lettered SVG Bundle!

Cozy Christmas Faux Chalkboard Signs & SVG Bundle!

30 MINUTE DIY Stained Wood Art- with wooden quilt blocks

DIY Geometric Wood Art (in 30 minutes!)

Be Brave Wooden Pennant DIY

Be Brave – DIY Wooden Pennant

Watercolour rabbit with vase of seeded eucalyptus for spring mantel decor

DIY Watercolour Painting- Modern Bunny Silhouette

DIY Abstract painting on canvas- a beginner tutorial... I love this large scale art! Way more affordable to make it yourself

DIY Abstract Painting- Beginner Tutorial

DIY No Sew Pennants- I love these inspirational quotes!

Inspirational DIY Pennants & New Years Fresh Cut SVG Bundle!

DIY Handlettered Autumn Sign in Matte Foils

DIY Autumn Sign and Fall Themed SVG Bundle

DIY plywood cutout hello sign... I LOVE this! And the video makes it look so simple

DIY Hello Cutout Plywood Sign

I love this simple watercolor painting duo! And the video tutorial makes it so easy to make.

2 Watercolor Paintings in 20 Minutes (no skills required!)

DIY Handlettered Canada Art PLUS an Exciting Announcement

Transferring Deco Foil to Wood (& Giveaway!)

DIY Copper photo frame mat- this is such an easy upgrade!

DIY Photo Mat in Copper & Free Printable

DIY Leather Pennant- grateful. I LOVE this! A nice alternative to a wooden sign and so easy to make!

Grateful DIY Leather Pennant

Give yourself credit, you've come so far. SUCH good encouragment and lettering. Plus- free printables and tech wallpapers

Give yourself some credit – Tech Wallpapers

Free Halloween Printable- I love this ghostly hand lettering! Perfect for classy Halloween decorating

A Ghostly Hand Lettered Halloween Printable

Spooktacular Handlettered Halloween Printable

DIY Hand Painted Wallpaper- I love the green brush stroke pattern! Looks so easy too

DIY Graphic Brushstrokes Hand Painted Wallpaper

What's cooking? I love this hand lettered printable! Perfect for the kitchen (and free is awesome!)

What’s Cooking? Hand Lettered Free Printable

DIY Brushstroke painting- I love the look of this! After watching the video of her doing it I feel like it's totally do-able

DIY Brush Strokes Painting Technique

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Who has DIY projects on their mind this year?! @ry Who has DIY projects on their mind this year?! @ryobi_canada and I want to help you start knocking those projects off your list by giving away a new nailer and battery set! #ad 
This tool is what we used for this accent wall and all the trim in our home. It’s the one I used to trim out my built in shelving and add the decorative moulding to my geometric barn door. What I’m saying is this thing is a workhorse and I want you to have one too 😉
To enter:
✨Follow me @colleenpastoor and @ryobi_canada 
✨like and save this photo 
✨ tag some friends who’d love to win in the comments! One tag per comment, each is an entry. 
✨ share to your stories for a bonus 5 entries!

Open to Canadians only this time (sorry US friends!) and not associated with Instagram. Closes Friday Jan 22 at noon PST!
Let’s talk about coffee! This is my coffee ‘st Let’s talk about coffee! This is my coffee ‘station’ and the second photo is my dads! I’m talking aaaall about them over on YT today!
Also... see how nice that fresh silicone looks?! 😉 IYKYK
The hallway is finally finished and I’m so stink The hallway is finally finished and I’m so stinking happy! 

It’s felt like such a long time coming for such a small space. Since we moved in 2.5 years ago, this space has seen new doors and hardware, new trim, new floors... twice😅, we changed the boob light to a pot light and I hated it and now it’s got the most beautiful flush mount fixture I’m in love with (thanks @mymitzi!). It finally got some fresh paint and now frames on walls and last but not least... After this weekend, the new floors look like they were here all along (no door jamb gaps!) which was the last thing really bugging me since our flood last year. 

All this to say that home takes time and sometimes getting it right might take a couple tries. Also- the spaces we don’t really think about (hallways) can totally help a house feel like home with some love (and family photos 🥰)
ps. I partnered with #mymitzi to create a tiktok for This makeover... are you following me over there yet?! I’d love if you popped over and said hi!
It’s done! It works! And I’m calling it a grea It’s done! It works! And I’m calling it a great use of my afternoon the other day. Did you catch the stories? These projects both cost me under $10 by using pieces I already had in my home (yay for scraps!) and one package of drawer slides).
You can find the full video about these two kitchen organization projects over on YouTube in collaboration with my friend @love_create_celebrate and her #scrapsmademodern challenge! But for now... I’m rejoicing this coffee maker is off my counter for good 🎉
How’s your January going? Full speed or are you How’s your January going? Full speed or are you taking it a bit slow too? 

I’m not going to lie, I’m easing into this new year thing pretty slowly. All my decorations are still up (we always leave them up til Ukrainian Christmas which is later this week) and I I’ve yet to respond to my emails since before Christmas 😅
I’m enjoying the slowness of it all.
Happy Christmas Eve from our fam to yours 🥰 Happy Christmas Eve from our fam to yours 🥰
Yes, I made the paper bag snowflakes too. Have you Yes, I made the paper bag snowflakes too. Have you? 😅
This year has been one of a kind and I know so man This year has been one of a kind and I know so many people who are taking this year as the push they’ve been waiting for to start a side hustle, start an new career altogether or to just get creative about how they’re making money. So today I’m excited to partner with @kregjig to share some rad projects to make and sell this year! 
Like this rolling storage system I made for my office, that rad dollhouse and the gorgeous bath toy storage. All of these projects are things that I’d personally love to buy for our family and look like they’d be a great return on your time making them! And yes, all of them use #Kreg tools to make them easy to assemble and quick to make! Plus, they’re having a great sale on right now with deals on their K4 and K5 jigs, Rip-Cut and even a hardware jig bundle! There’s never been a better time to get your workshop set up!  #sponsored
Just a peaceful moment and then a real life moment Just a peaceful moment and then a real life moment for ya 🙃 
My #holidayhometour is on the blog and YouTube (I’ll put links in my stories) as part of the #seasonalsimplicity holiday home tour series. I’ll share those too so you don’t miss any!
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