Porch Makeover Part 1 -- Chevron Door Hanging {tutorial}

It snowed here yesterday, but that didn’t stop me from trying to Spring-ify my front porch. 

I am so ready for some warm weather!!  

I started off with my front door.

I had a unfinished wood frame in my garage, so I pulled that out. My inspiration for this door hanging is this beautiful chevron fabric I found on Fabric.com – I’m a little obsessed with it right now.

I used the same stencil that I also used for my Spring Chevron Subway Art.

First I painted the frame white and then I stenciled the chevron pattern on the wood. 

Super easy. Then I made a few fabric rosettes – I have a tutorial for those if you want to make some. And then I thought it would be fun to make a part in the middle of the frame where I can spell out different things.

 

So I printed off some words using this beautiful new paper from LifestyleCrafts (they are the people that also make the Epic LetterPress – more on that at the bottom). I love this paper. It has a sheen to it. So pretty!

 (and it's on sale this week)

I also added some pretty Washi Paper to the outside of the frame: 

I printed off a few different sayings that I can switch out.  Hello.

And Welcome.

I attached a piece of ribbon to the inside of the frame with hot glue. And then I used these cute teeny tiny clothespins from Canvas Corp. The last thing I did was added some ribbon at the top to hang it on my door.

I love how my door hanging goes along with the little canvas pennant I made a few weeks ago. I put on a little table by my front door.

And coming up tomorrow afternoon – Part 2 of my porch!!

xoxo



PS -- I am linking up to these fun parties - check them out!

PPS – Here is the winner of the LifeStyle Crafts Letterpress package: 

#35 -- Simply AJ @ Queen of My Nest

And if you didn't win --

**Lifestyle Crafts is also offering YOU  20% off ANYTHING at  lifestylecrafts.com, through the end of April (including the Epic Letterpress)!! Just type in TATERTOTS at checkout to get the discount! 

Yippee!!!

Neighbor Gift Ideas Series!!

Have I ever told you how much I love Kari from Ucreate?? 

She is such a sweet person. I was lucky to meet her and some other fabulous bloggers for lunch a few months ago. I love meeting bloggers IRL - I feel like I know them already!!

 {I grabbed this photo from Meg's blog - thanks Meg! Joanna, Me, Wendy, Kari, Tauni and Meg}

Kari is running a wonderful Neighbor Gift Ideas series right now. There are so many fantasic tutorials so far. I can't wait to see them all!

And today I am sharing my Tiny Bunting Dish Towels tutorial!

Be sure to check out all of the ideas plus the Ucreate Holiday Boutique

 with over 50 fabulous handmade stores! 

xoxo

PS -- Thanks everyone who has linked up to the Weekend Wrap Up Party this weekend!!! Almost 600 projects so far!! I am so amazed by the wonderful ideas!! Another Great Ideas post coming up in just a bit!!!

My Pennant Pantry -- plus a couple cool things!

I had a terrible sinus infection last week, and got all hyped up on Sudafed. On Friday night at eleven-o-clock I thought it would be an awesome idea to rip my pantry apart and paint it. So that's what I did.

I'm not saying it didn't need it. It totally did!!

 

This floral shelf liner had been on the shelves since we moved in 8 years ago, and even then it wasn't my favorite. I told you I was a procrastinator - lol. 

I painted it my favorite color -- this bluish-green. And since it was midnight by the time I was ready to paint, I rummaged around and found this left over paint from my 

Beachy Bathroom Redo.

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Saturday I decided that it just needed something else. And you know there are so many great pantry makeovers out there. I love Shelley's at House of Smiths and Beth from the Stories of A to Z recently did a great pantry makeover too.

I decided to make some pennants on my Silhouette. I started experimenting and discovered that there were a set of three downloadable pennants at the Silhouette Online Store and for .99 cents, that was so much easier than trying to design my own!

So I printed them off and had a fantastic time adding a little whimsy to a part of my house that we use more than anything else!  

And at the top of the pantry I hung a real pennant. 

I just love it!!

{And another great thing about vinyl is you can peel it right off when you are ready to change things up again}  

I had a hard time getting the lighting right since it's a pantry and pretty dark. I almost went a little crazy and wanted to hang a chandelier in there, but ultimately I thought that would be going a little too far for a pantry. But, who knows -- maybe I still will. A very small chandelier!

 I couldn't find any shelf liner that I liked. Then I remembered that I had bought some patterned felt placemats on sale at TJ Maxx last year -- so I used those on the shelves. It's lucky that I bought four sets. I guess it was fate - lol. And, I had some empty silver containers that I had bought for my office and never used. Perfect!

I also printed some vinyl labels off for some canisters I found at Ikea.

 It was great to organize all of our food. I had some wire baskets that I had bought for my Laundry Room Redo and never used, so I brought those out. 

 And then on a trip to Ikea on Saturday, I found some round gift tags. I brought them home and sprayed them with some Chalkboard Spray Paint to make little tags. I'm still loving those Chalkboard pens. If you don't have those -- put them on your Christmas list! You can find them at Michaels.

I added a few pennants to the front of the pantry door too. And I printed off a Thankful list so my kids can think about what makes them thankful every day. {And yes, I used to have a darling knob, but it fell off and broke - so now I am back to the beautiful gold fixture. I need to spray paint that!}

Another thing that I love is the over-the-door organizer that I bought. It is a great place to keep things that get a lot of use, like salt and pepper shakers and big spice containers. It frees up much needed shelf space. 

 I am really excited to have a place to keep extra serving pieces and glass water pitchers. 

And I even found a spot for my Silverware Wreath!! 

So there you have it -- my weekend Sudafed project! 

I have a bunch of tutorials that I am so excited to share. I am going to sneak them in this week, along with the other fun stuff that I will be sharing.

And speaking of sharing, I am guest posting a Burlap Scrabble Thanksgiving Wreath on a super fun blog -- Living Locurto! 

If you aren't familiar with Amy's blog -- come over and check it out! 

Amy has so many great ideas and tons of amazing printables on her blog and in her shop: 

{Damask Party Wheels}

{Christmas Tags}

{Owl Party}

And, I'm having a giveaway over on my Tatertots & Jello Facebook page!! 

Check out TWIG -- an awesome shop I found a couple weeks ago!! 

It's run by the cutest couple -- Michelle and Steve.

 They make really cool, modern gifts. 

Come over and see what they are giving away!

XOXO

I'm linking up to these fabulous parties  - check them out!!

 

  

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