Thrifty Fun

Bits & Pieces DIY Christmas Ornaments

Today I’m going to show you 8 different kinds of DIY Christmas ornaments made from bits & pieces I found around my craft room.  Depending on what kinds of DIY projects you do, you may have some of these things on hand too.  Maybe you’ve even discarded some of these things.  You might wish you […] Read more…

DIY Selvage Edge Lamp Shade

It’s time for another Monthly Crafty Destash Challenge!  For this month, I grabbed an old wire lamp frame frame & some selvage edges out of my stash.  Now I have an awesome lamp shade that just needs a lamp base to rest on! Disclaimer:  This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive a […] Read more…

Metal Barn Star Christmas Remake

I was thinking about what DIY project to do today & these two metal barn stars hanging over my couch caught my eye.  Of course they weren’t on my list of projects, but they’ve just been hanging up there  collecting dust.  I decided a metal barn star would be perfect to decorate for Christmas!  Now […] Read more…

Fried Green Tomatoes & Chicken Salad

In South Georgia we are finally feeling some fall like weather & things are starting to show some fall colors.  My tomato bushes are still producing tomatoes, but they are very slow to turn.  Then they just split!  I decided I was going to enjoy them one way or the other & the best way […] Read more…

Wire Basket Makeover ~ Painting & Adding Handles

Today’s project was so last minute it almost didn’t happen!  Sometimes I know what I’m going to do for every post of the week & sometimes I actually get it done early.  Most of the time I’m just winging it!  When I went to bed last night I still didn’t know what I was doing […] Read more…

DIY Tree Advent Calendar Made with Recycled Materials

Today’s DIY came about when I was helping my son clean up his room before he left for college.  For some reason he still had the box his desk came in leaning against a wall.  {I can’t imagine where he gets that from!}  There were some long, corner shaped pieces of cardboard in the box […] Read more…

DIY Giant Wonky Wizard Hat

Remember all those tomato cages I bought at the end of summer?  I used one to make a fall porch display & today I’m going to use one to make a giant, wonky wizard hat!  The shape of a tomato cage is kind of hat like when it’s upside down, so maybe y’all can see […] Read more…