Silhouette Portrait Giveaway

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Roeshel

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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

The winner is: Rebecca!

One of you will get an early Christmas!

Big things comes in small packages! There’s a lot of power and creative assistance packed into this little machine! I’m hosting a Silhouette Portrait giveaway this week! So fun!!! One lucky DIY Show Off winner will receive:

What is a Silhouette Portrait?

It’s an electronic cutting tool for personal use, similar to the Cameo but on a smaller scale. It’s like a home printer and it plugs into your computer with a simple USB cable. However, instead of printing it uses a small blade to cut paper, cardstock, vinyl, fabric and more up to 8 inches wide and 10 feet long. The machine also has the ability to register and cut printed materials.

See more details at Silhouette America. I seriously love my Silhouette. I use it all of the time, my favorite being vinyl stencils for DIY signs but for lots of other projects too {my Silhouette projects}.

I’ll be sharing a project and and if you don’t win {winner to be announced first thing Friday} – there will be a special promotional using the code ‘SHOWOFF’ on Black Friday!

Want to know how to enter, already? Cut to the chase, you say? Here you go:

Leave a comment on this post about why you’d want a Silhouette Portrait. What types of DIY projects do you have in mind?

Additional entries: {Leave a comment for each entry}

Thank Silhouette America by following them on Pinterest {awesome project inspiration!}
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*This giveaway is sponsored by Silhouette America. The views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal experiences.Giveaway starts today 11/19 and ends Thursday, 11/23 at midnight EST. Winner will be chosen randomly and announced Friday, 11/24/12 and must respond to being notified within one week or another winner will be chosen. Product will ship from Silhouette America and is open to USA residents only. GOOD LUCK! **FOR EVEN MORE CHANCES TO WIN, visit these blog friends hosting giveaways too!

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*I was not compensated for hosting this giveaway, although I am a Silhouette affiliate. Opinion and experience are my own. See full disclosure here.

Thanksgiving decorating {thrift store art print becomes Thanksgiving reminder}…

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Roeshel

We don’t host Thanksgiving dinner. We’re lucky to be guests. So, Thanksgiving decor is minimal at the DIY Show Off home but I did want to share how I turned a $4 print called “Nostalgic Autumn” by Eric Sloane into something I love hanging in our home this time of the year. Our thrift stores have huge framed outdated prints in “fair” condition on occasion. It’s not something I’d normally choose, but the the colors and autumn farm theme is perfect for our dining room. I decided that adding the words “Give Thanks” ensures that once a year, I will hang this print. And every time I look at the words “give thanks”, I take a moment to thank God for our many blessings.

What I did:

Old framed print {thrift store}. Mine wasn’t in the best of shape. There were scratches on the print, etc. but we embrace imperfection around here, therefore it’s “perfect”. {You may want to check to see if your print has value before altering it.}
Decide where lettering will be placed using a level or ruler.
Apply a piece of FrogTape Delicate Surface. It works on freshly painted surfaces (24 hours) so it’s a good option for sticking lightly to an old art print. I did not rub the tape to adhere since I’m not painting. I’m using it as a guide/straight line.
Write quote or words with chalk or use a stencil.
Go over chalk words with a Sharpie/permanent marker. Be care of smudging with your hand, work from left to right {or I guess if you’re left handed, it might make sense to work from right to left…which ever way your hand won’t smudge the area you’re working on}.
Carefully peel away FrogTape. Continue drawing letters that fall below the level line, wipe away chalk.

I love the every day reminder to “give Thanks”, especially this time of year. What do you think? Have you seen large art prints at the thrift store or yard sales that with a little DIY touch or accent would work for your seasonal decor?

This is a sponsored post brought to you by FrogTape. The opinions are completely my own based on my own experience.

DIY Fall Festival Linky Party ~ Autumn/Thanksgiving Highlights

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Roeshel

The past week sure has flown by! Sorry for the late start today to the DIY Fall Festival, a little chaos on the technical end. Last week’s Fall party was filled with so much inspiration! WOW! You all are so awesome! Here are some Thanksgiving/fall highlights…

I love the fall living room changes from Marty at a Stroll Thru Life…perfect for fall and so cozy!

There’s still time to whip together this beautiful harvest circle felt leaf pillow, something you’ll cherish every year. Great tutorial at The Sweet Survival.

Tricia from Simplicity in the south shares her sweet fall decorating and a free printable Thanksgiving banner – great way to dress up your existing Thanksgiving decor. Thanks, Tricia!

Got something AUTUMN/FALL/THANKSGIVING related to share? Time to show off!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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Link YOUR NEW FALL DO-IT-YOURSELF projects only please! If linking an old project, please reintroduce in a Fall 2012 post to share.
Please link back to this party in some way.
By linking up you give permission to be a favorite fall DIY feature {with a link back your site}.
I will share links to your post on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest. Feel free to do the same! Thanks!

This week will be the last DIY Fall Festival of the season. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your autumn DIY projects. Your projects are such an inspiration to many! Next week is the week before Thanksgiving and the DIY Holiday Highlights party starts…I can’t believe the countdown to Christmas is on! Don’t worry…Thanksgiving DIY posts can be linked up too and highlights for the next two weeks will be Thanksgiving related so bring it on!

* Thank you SO much to Heather from Larissa Hill Designs for the sweet feature today!

Happy Halloween ~ DIY Fall Festival linky party and Halloween Highlights

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Roeshel

Happy Halloween, DIY friends! It’s a day when I miss when my girls were little and I was sewing Halloween costumes and getting the two of them set to head out to trick-or-treating. Now they’re grown up and we live in a location with ZERO trick-or-treat’ers coming to the door…so just another Wed. evening around here {and actually it’s been postponed until Saturday due to rain and heavy winds} but it doesn’t stop me from taking time out to appreciate your Halloween craftiness!

I LOVE the entire Halloween mantel over at Days of Chalk and Chocolate but especially her Halloween glam wreath:

Lynda from Focal Point Styling always does an amazing job at well, “styling’ and seasonal is no exception. Her harvest entry is so warm and welcoming…

and the spooky Halloween entryway inside is enough to chase me right back out…

She has some more awesome Halloween decorating ideas you’ll want to check out too and I LOVE her steampunk Halloween collection.

Courtney from A Diamond in the Stuff has a GREAT idea for all of that left over Halloween candy (or in my case since we don’t get trick-or-treaters…clearanced Halloween candy!)…Halloween Candy Bark. YUM!

Got something AUTUMN/FALL/HALLOWEEN related to share? Time to show off!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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Next week will be the last DIY Fall Festival of the season. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your autumn DIY projects. The week before Thanksgiving, the DIY Holiday Highlights party starts…I can’t believe the countdown to Christmas is on!

Reminder: Today’s the last day for the Silhouette America Halloween deals! Use promotional code “SHOWOFF” to take advantage of the specials!

DIY Fall Festival and Fall Highlights

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Roeshel

Last week’s DIY Fall Festival was filled with so many cute fall and Halloween ideas. You’ll want to visit these few favorites…

I love this whimsical tulle Halloween wreath by Little White House on the Seaside…

Angela from Number Fifty-Three shares her mom’s warm and welcoming rustic autumn home tour…

Speaking of mom’s home tours, did you also see the inspiration over at Dear Emmeline? It’s her mom’s beautiful fall home tour…

Got something AUTUMN/FALL/HALLOWEEN related to share? Time to show off!

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DIY Fall Festival – 12 Natural Fall Decor Craft Highlights & Linky Party

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Roeshel

I’ve done absolutely nothing DIY fall related this past week. Life happens. But last every week there have been some awesome (you all are SO creative and crafty) fall projects shared. Here is a collection of neutral, natural, burlap fall and Halloween craft projects:

Karah created a pumpkin using palm frond leaves. SO cool! Of course you can use a similar material or … you know where Karah lives {a tropical vacation destination}, visiting her to collect supplies sounds like a better idea. See her leaf pumpkin tutorial at The Space Between.

I don’t sympathize with Karah’s lack of craft supplies in the Caribbean. I love that she comes up with creative solutions using what she has on hand (and free), like the pumpkin above and her fun fall leaf wreath…

Wait! There’s more. Karah’s fall centerpiece ideas are so inspiring…

Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict shared her super cute, super easy DIY Indian corn candle. This is a great last minute project to add in to existing fall decor…

These girls are so good! Just when I got done visiting one of their links, I move on to the next and it’s them again with another natural fall decorating project! Debbie also shares a tutorial for making this gorgeous dried corn garland – how clever and so fall-festive!

One thing I’m missing in my decor this year is a fall wreath. I’m so inspired by the neutral natural wreath made with canvas, burlap, dried roses and dried hydrangeas at Craftberry Bush…

Fall means being cozy and all snuggled up. How about some candlelight for added warmth? Love this idea from Doreen at Hymns and Verses: floating candlelit apples…and hey, if you’re hungry but too warm all wrapped up in your cable-knit throw blankie and pj’s, there’s an apple within easy reach.

Amanda from Small Home Big Start has some awesome & NECESSARY tips for drying acorns for fall decorating and fall crafts (and some acorn projects). Our yard gets filled {you could surf and will down the little downhill slope if you’re not careful. I imagine the squirrels up there snorting with laughter when it happens}. Tips for drying…

All of those dried acorns are perfect for the natural DIY fall project that Laura from Finding Home shares…gold leaf pine cones and acorns (which I think is perfect for fall and Christmas):

Gail from My Repurposed Life dried and dyed her hydrangeas and shares the tutorial on how you can do it too. So pretty!

Dry and Dye Hydrangeas

And since my DIY yarn pumpkins are 50% (materials: yarn + real pinecone stems) I’m including them in the round up too.

decorating for fall

I love fall colors and fall decor but fall also consists of my favorite scents of the year. Lovely Charley shares her recipe for natural fall scents for the home…

Got something AUTUMN related to share? Time to show off!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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Decoupaged Pumpkins

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Roeshel

This isn’t a unique idea but there are so many variations, it’s easy, fun and so pretty. I did decoupage pumpkins a few years ago but after seeing the cutest scrapbook paper at Canvas Corp…

I couldn’t resist doing another. There’s no such thing as too many pumpkins, right?

Supplies: Faux pumpkin, scrapbook paper (Canvas Corp. has a beautiful selection), sheet music, book pages or newspaper and Deco Art Decoupage.

Apply Decoupage to pumpkin using a paint brush or foam brush.

Apply decorative ripped or cut up paper and coat with Decoupage again.

It goes on white and dries clear.

Embellish.

Pretty! Festive for my craft room…

Have you decoupaged anything lately?

Fall Home Tour

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Roeshel

Wow! It’s been a week of fall here at DIY Show Off. Today, the October’fest of fun starts as a grand finale of home tours hosted by Debbie-doos!

If you’re a frequent DIY Show Off reader, I know you’ve seen these as I’ve posted them, but here is my fall recap to-date all in one place…

Autumn warmth – fall mantel

red and teal fall mantle

Fall vignette with DIY yarn pumpkins

yarn pumpkins

Dining Room

Halloween vignette – DIY nevermore tree and black lace candle holders

DIY Halloween Nevermore Tree

And I recently updated our regular home tour page too! You’re welcome to stop by anytime. Speaking of home tours!

TIME TO GET EXCITED! We’ve been renovating an apartment since July and next week is the BIG HUGE AMAZING reveal! I can’t believe it’s the same little place. Neither will you!

Pop over to see MORE fall home tours, Debbie’s beautiful home and to link up yours…

4 years of fall tablescapes

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Roeshel

Let’s take a trip back in time – the last 4 years of fall tablescapes in the DIY Show Off home….

Fall 2009

Fall 2010 (the year of bad photography)

2011

{oops…no placesettings last year.}

2012 – we’ve been too busy this year to host dinner parties,so again, no place settings. But fall isn’t over yet!!!

I will be working on a centerpiece, real tablescape maybe someday next week.

Joining the October’fest of Fun – Fall Tablescapes with Kristin at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia.

October’fest of Fun – craft highlights

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Roeshel

Yesterday’s theme was “fall/Halloween” crafts (party is open for a week!). Did you link up? Here are some fun crafts from my fellow October’fest of Fun hostesses:

Kristin from My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia shared her bath salt pumpkins…

and bling pumpkin…

Debbie from DebbieDoo’s shared her adorable DIY fall sign…

Shannon from Fox Hollow Cottage has a great tutorial for painted distressed glass vases…

The fun continues today!

Shannon from Fox Hollow Cottage is hosting the “fall/Halloween” mantel event. I love her spooky Gothic haunted Halloween mantel. Need some mantel decorating ideas? Check out the festive links!

October’fest of Fun! {Theme: Fall Crafts}

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Roeshel

Welcome, DIY friends! In lieu of the regularly scheduled DIY Fall Festival this week, I’m super excited to be kicking off and hosting the October’fest of Fun with some of my blog friends! Today’s theme is “crafts”. All fall crafts, including spooky!

I decorate one area for Halloween every year, one small fun Halloween vignette. This year, I’m bringing back my “nevermore” tree that I made a few years ago. I swapped out the container, added a few more crows. Here are some tips on how I made mine for making your own:

Materials:

Vase, container, urn. I used glass this time but any container for holding small branches works. A few years ago, I used an old thrift store vase and spray painted it black…

Small branch (desired size that fits your container). Choose one that has several branch-offs to look more like a tree.
Black spray paint
Styrofoam cone
Handful of dry moss. Other options: shredded newspaper, crinkled paper
Dollar Store accessories: faux crows, plastic spiders, cotton spider webbing, ribbon
Optional: low temp hot glue

Tutorial:

1. I started by spraying my branch black and adding a touch of black to my dried moss and let them dry.
2. Because I used a glass container, I lined it with a scrap piece of dropcloth.

3. Paper, newspaper, moss would also work.
4. Using the bottom of my tree branch, I poked a hole into the circular side of my cone. Insert the Styrofoam cone into container with the circular side/hole facing up. You can secure your foam to the container. I didn’t.
5. Insert the branch into the Styrofoam hole. Secure with hot glue if needed.
6. Cover styrofoam with dried moss, crinkled paper or shredded paper. Glue into place if desired.
7. 8. 9. ACCESSORIZE: I strung more dried moss and spider webs to my branches (drag the spider webbing). Attach crows. I used black twist ties to attach some of my crows, others are just propped on branches. I did use hot glue to attach a few plastic spiders and added a couple of snips of sheer ribbon here and there for a little added whimsy.

Stand back and admire!

Do you decorate for Halloween? Any fun fall crafts to share?

Note: Today’s theme is “crafts” – Fall or Halloween crafts only please {ALL FALL DIY FALL FESTIVAL resumes next Wed.}
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Don’t forget to visit these blog friends this week:
Thursday: Link up your fall mantels with Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage

Friday: Share your fall tablescapes with Kristin @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Saturday: Debbie @ Debbiedoo’s - share your fall home tour!

Countdown to Fall Party!!!

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Roeshel

There’s no way to deny that summer is officially over any longer. With shorter days, crisp mornings and cooler evenings, I’ve been wearing sweaters, boots and snuggling under fuzzy throws. We’re still trying to hold off on setting the thermostat to “heat”…it feels too early! But, I’m warming up to the idea of lighting spiced candles and making home more cozy. Once I unburied the dining room this week, I started a little autumn decorating {it’s the only room I really decorate for fall}…

I am so excited to be hosting the Countdown to Fall linky party today! It’s my turn! I’m having so much fun joining my friends from Domestically Speaking, Sand & Sisal and It’s So Very Cheri as we celebrate all things fall! {See their projects at the bottom of this post.} And I took a little break from apartment renovating and decorating. I even cleaned up my dining room for your visit today. Welcome! Well, at least what shows in the pictures. Shhh – Don’t tell.

Countdown to Fall linky party

I was ready to add some rich color to our dining room for the autumn season. So I started with painting a fall leaf onto an old cork board. It still has the pin marks and scars from previous hanging. Anyone else find imperfection charming? Now it’s dark teal, rich red with coppers and golds…”warmth”.

Obviously I’m not an artist. DIY skills and creativity do not = artistic talent for me. Mr. DIY loves the “lion fish” I painted. What?! Okay, I have to agree that as a leaf, it’s a little sad and after a Google image inquiry, it does sort of resemble a lion fish.

my leaf painting…

lion fish…

But, you know what? We embrace imperfection around here and I love the colors. Besides…it’s art. Unique. One of a kind. It’s precious, right? {you can lie if you feel you need to answer that. lol!} I guarantee no one else has a painting of a leaf from a lion fish tree…I like being different.

I’m still playing with it all and next week, you can bet it will all look different but the colors, the theme and that lion fish leaf painting are staying. I do love to rearrange though.

Don’t these colors look amazing together?

Materials: “etc.” was a clearance Target find earlier this year, the red and aqua vases are from JoAnns, the orange silk Chinese lanterns in the aqua vase were from Michael’s a few years ago, the silver dollar branches in the red vase are from our yard, the old turquoise insulator turned votive holder is a thrifted treasure, the mini chalkboard is a Shaw Floors/HGTV Home design challenge souvenir, the metallic faux pumpkins are from my long time fall collection.

Still loving my pallet insert for our faux fireplace too…

If you’d like to see more, I shared some more of my fall decorating earlier this week at the DIY Fall Festival…

decorating for fall

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We all would love for you to join the fun, if you haven’t already. We want to see your fall décor, fall crafts, delish fall recipes, fall traditions… anything that is fall related ! There are currently over 200 fall goodies to inspire you!

Please place the Countdown to Fall button in your post with a link back to this page so your readers can find the party too!

MaryAnn from Domestically Speaking follow shared her fun fall craft when she kicked off the Countdown to Fall party a few weeks ago.

A special thanks to MaryAnn who organized this fun fall event and for inviting me to participate! The second week, hosted by Kim from Sand & Sisal welcomed us with a festive fall front door…

And last week, Cheri from It’s So Very Cheri baked a delicious autumn recipe for the Countdown to Fall get-together. Delicious!

DIY Fall Festival – sharing festival fall ideas

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Roeshel

Welcome back to the week DIY Fall Festival! You’re invited to share your fall craftiness and autumn decorating or browse the links to visit our festive blog friends already all decked out for fall! There were so many great links in last week’s Fall Festival! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful inspiring fall decorating!

This week, I took a little break from apartment renovation part 1249 to start to decorate for fall. I only decorate the dining room for fall. My DIY yarn pumpkins look so pretty on these candle pedestals. I love mixing a little aqua/teal with traditional autumn colors of golds, oranges, reds, browns…

I’m still working on a fall centerpiece, but these accents I already had on hand {vintage tin, dried flowers, candles, oval wooden tray} do the trick for now…

I’m not a fan of our current dining room light fixture, so you’ll often find me disguising it with wreaths, garland and candles. So festive and so pretty…

up close:

from a distance:

Come back Friday when I share my fall mantel. Here’s a sneak peek:

Sharing my fall decorating/vignette with Kate this week:

I’ll be hosting the Countdown to fall party on Friday! Woo hoo! Hope to see you there….um, “here”!

Got something AUTUMN related to share? Time to show off!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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Please link back to this party in some way.
By linking up you give permission to be a favorite fall DIY feature {with a link back your site}.
I will share links to your post on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest. Feel free to do the same! Thanks!

Next week the DIY Fall Festival will be replaced with a special October party you won’t want to miss. I’m excited to be kicking off the event and joining these sweet blog friends…

Get ready to celebrate everything fall!

Friday: Countdown to Fall

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Roeshel

Happy Friday, friends!

A reminder that today is the Countdown to Fall series. This week, Cheri from It’s So Very Cheri has baked a delicious autumn recipe for the Countdown to Fall get-together. Yummmmy! Do you have something fun and festive and FALL related? Make sure you visit It’s So Very Cheri this week to join the party!

Last week, Kim from Sand & Sisal kicked off the party by sharing her festive fall front door…

Before that, MaryAnn from Domestically Speaking shared her fun fall craft…

Next week is my turn to host! I’ll be sharing my fall mantel. Yippee!

DIY Fall Festival and Autumn Highlights

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Roeshel

5 Minute Fall Crafts

Super cute canning lid pumpkin tutorial at Simply Klassic Home.

canning lid pumpkin tutorial

Looking for an easy autumn decorating or fall gift idea? Check out the cute vintage Halloween (or any season) candle tutorial over at Confessions of a Plate Addict.

Fall plates craft by Dear Emmeline.

Last week I shared my DIY yarn pumpkins, a super easy and quick fall project:

how to make yarn pumpkins

Fall Mantels

The fabulous fall mantel at Mom4Real has the perfect combination of texture, fall colors and a fun pop of whimsy in that polka dotted pitcher.

Remodelando la Casa has a fall mantel full of DIY goodies. Love the burlap fall blocks and her awesome painted tree with falling flying leaves is perfect for the autumn season!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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By linking up you give permission to be a favorite fall DIY feature {with a link back your site}.
I will share links to your post on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest. Feel free to do the same! Thanks!

This week, I’ll be working on some fall decorating {finally!}. In the meantime, here is our fall decorated dining room last year…

Countdown to Fall

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Roeshel

Happy Friday, friends! Just a reminder that today is the Countdown to Fall series. This week, the super sweet and talented Kim from Sand & Sisal kicks off the party by sharing her festive fall front door…

Last week, MaryAnn from Domestically Speaking shared her fun fall craft…

Cheri from It’s So Very Cheriis going to whip up a delicious autumn recipe for next week’s Countdown to Fall get-together. And I’ll end the party by sharing my fall mantel…I better get busy! Do you have something fun and festive and FALL related? Make sure you visit Sand & Sisal to join the party!

I’m going to pop over and enter my DIY yarn pumpkins. TGIF! Tomorrow we’ll be taking the day off to attend a wedding. I hope I can get the stain off of my hands and the paint out of my hair! I’ll see you Sunday at the DIY Project Parade. Have an AWESOME weekend! ps. Apartment renovation update: I’m staining floors! That’s the last of the “big” apartment projects. I’ve been working on some fun DIY decorating and storage solution projects too and can’t wait to start decorating. Saving tutorials for after the big reveal and it’s killing me! haha! {However I have been sharing sneak peeks on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Follow along to get a first look!}

DIY Fall Festival and an Autumn craft so easy your cat can do it!

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Roeshel

Looking for some fall inspiration? Share your autumn related do-it-yourself projects in the DIY Fall Festival.

If you’re looking for a quick, easy and cute fall decorating idea, these easy DIY yarn pumpkins are the perfect project…

I’m still in apartment reno mode (although making progress and getting to the fun stuff!) but I do have a SUPER EASY DIY pumpkin tutorial to share. Takes just minutes and the result is cute, don’t you think?

Materials:

Yarn
Pinecones
Optional: hot glue

My yarn is a thrift store find, already wound into a ball. But if yours isn’t, you can use this technique with a dowel rod or other similar sized rod (how to use a nostepinne). And yea, I just had to Google that – new word of the day “nostepinne”.

I found some squirrel nibbled pinecones in the driveaway that will work for me. Aren’t they funny?! Pretty though too! But since you may not have squirrels who love to DIY on hand, mini pinecones work too.

Tutorial

Stuff a pinecone into the top of a yarn ball. You could hot glue it in place, but since my nibbled pinecones push down into the center, I didn’t glue mine.

Isn’t that about the easiest DIY project ever? Winding a ball of yarn and adding a pinecone. I love them!

So easy and so fun, even your cat can do it. Balls of yarn + squirrel scented pinecones = irresistible! It’s definitely Lalka’s favorite DIY project. Although rather than helping put them together, she’s more interested in taking them apart. Cats are so helpful.

Disclaimer: These are not recommended for cat toys.

There is some beautiful fall inspiration from last week.

More creative pumpkins:

Taryn from Design, Dining + Diapers created these super cute industrial decorative pumpkins and shares the easy tutorial. A great project for using up those wood scraps and lots of options for the letters.

Who doesn’t love a fun monogrammed project? Pumpkins are the perfect canvas! I love the pretty monogrammed pumpkin topped with a bow by Jessica at Mom4Real created, don’t you?

WOW! Did you see the knock off Country Living pumpkins at Confessions of a Plate Addict? Debbie shares her decoupaged pumpkin tutorial. Beautiful!

DIY Show Off Fall Festival Party

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Link YOUR NEW FALL DO-IT-YOURSELF projects only please! If linking an old project, please reintroduce in a Fall 2012 post to share.
Please link back to this party in some way.
By linking up you give permission to be a favorite fall DIY feature {with a link back your site}.
I will share links to your post on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest. Feel free to do the same! Thanks!

Countdown to Fall linky party

You’re invited to these fun fall parties!

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Roeshel

Hi DIY Friends! Mark your calenders for these upcoming autumn related blog linky parties you won’t want to miss:

COUNTDOWN TO FALL

Starting today, MaryAnn from Domestically Speaking {LINK UP TODAY!} kicks off the Countdown to Fall series with this adorable project…a baker’s twine apple! So sweet!

Over the next few weeks, I’ll remind you when to visit Kim from Sand & Sisal who will share her festival fall front door and Cheri from It’s So Very Cheri who will share a yummy fall recipe and on September 28th, I’ll be sharing my fall mantel.

OCTOBER FEST OF FUN

Then! Coming up in October ~ MORE fun! I’ll kick off sharing an easy DIY fall craft. Shannon from Fox Hollow Cottage will share her inspiring autumn mantel, Kristin from My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia will be inviting you to a beautifully decorated fall table with the grand finale of Debbie from Debbiedoo’s fall home tour!

and as always, the DIY Fall Festival runs every week Wed-Fri for sharing your fall related DIY… show off, be inspired and get pinned!

Lots of fall fun going on and would love for you to join us in celebrating all things fall!

DIY Fall Festival linky party

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Roeshel

DIY FALL FESTIVAL

It’s that time of year {already?!}. Wait! Where did summer go so fast? I can’t believe it, but it’s time for the 3rd annual weekly FALL linky party open Wednesdays through Fridays starting today and ending…well, somewhere around Thanksgiving.

I thought I’d kick off this year by sharing a few of my favorite of my own past fall projects…and maybe a review because I’m day and night up to my eyeballs in an apartment renovation so about the only fall project I’ve completed is falling into bed each night. But, previous years, here is what I did and this year. I have some fun ideas that I can’t wait to get to. Might even take a few hours off from apartment decorating to get to an autumn inspired DIY. Ahem…in the meantime, I present to you, Fall….

Fall fabric wreath tutorial

Last year’s autumn with a touch of blue…

Dress up a candle with twine and faux leaf…

Decoupaged Pumpkins

and letters…

Baby girl’s first day of college is today. I swear she just started kindergarten not too long ago. So while the summer flew by for me, so did the past YEARS! She celebrates with an end of fall birthday and last year, I put together a small

fall themed dinner party…

I’m not sure where summer went but I’m still holding on for a few more weeks of summer myself even though I notice chilly mornings and shorter days. I just wasn’t in mom’s pool nearly enough {apartment renovation take #1078}. Are you getting ready? Are you ready?! My favorite things about fall? Spicy fall scents like cinnamon and pumpkin. Wearing sweaters and boots. Warm and cozy throws. I just need another few weeks to work up to it.

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Link YOUR NEW FALL DO-IT-YOURSELF projects only please! If linking an old project, please reintroduce in a Fall 2012 post to share.
Please link back to the party in your post using the coded button above or the link to this post.
By linking up you give permission to be a favorite fall DIY feature {with a link back your site}.
I will share links to your post on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and Pinterest. Feel free to do the same!

DIY Project Parade ~ Dinner Party Details and Silhouette Cameo Review

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Roeshel

It’s party time! My baby girl’s birthday is tomorrow.

I don’t know how this little girl…

became this young lady so fast…

{Happy Birthday, honey…love you!}

All I did was blink.

Can I get a
(x) A hug
(x) A tissue

My family gets together for birthdays and she’s requested that I cook. If you know me, you know that Mr. DIY is the chef around here (but I do know how to cook, I just resign because he enjoys it so much – who am I to argue?) and since she’s moved out, home cooked meals are few and far between. At her pleading, I’m making a salsa chicken soup. I tweak this recipe a little. I set the table with fresh bread, shredded cheese, avocado strips, sour cream and Goldfish crackers. And since we’re not hosting Thanksgiving dinner (a tradition my brother and his wife generously invite us to)…and because it’s her birthday, I’m in the mood to add a little festivity to the dinner table. (A special thanks to Butch and my Mr. DIY for fixing the dishwasher…otherwise plan B was pizza and paper plates!)

I saw these on Pinterest…

Aren’t they cute? Chocolate and peanut butter yummies!

Perfect! I’ll be making them later today.

I am lucky enough to review the new Cameo for Silhouette America who will be running an awesome discount on Black Friday (through November 28th) for DIY Show Off readers and the Silhouette online store will already be having a huge discount during those days so you’re going to want to stop back on Black Friday and add the Silhouette Cameo to your holiday wish list!

The Silhouette CAMEO™ is an electronic cutting tool for personal use. Like a home printer, it plugs into your PC or Mac®
with a simple USB cable. However, instead of printing it uses a small blade to cut paper, cardstock, vinyl, fabric and more.

Use Code SHOWOFF at Silhouette America.

Silhouette CAMEO™

$299.99

Now, I need boxes to hold the acorn treats and place cards. This is where the Cameo saves the day. No need to get dressed to run to the party store. Using some scrapbook paper I have on hand and purchasing three shapes from the Silhouette online store, I used the Cameo to cut out two deer for place cards and a fun favor box.

The Cameo cuts up to 12 inches wide.

There’s only one blade (instead of Silhouette’s 3) but it’s adjustable.

It’s quieter and cuts nice and quick. Ever try cutting in bulk using scissors? Not fun. Cramped hands and not perfect results either. You’re going to want to add the Cameo to your holiday wish list.

I chose a pretty box pattern for holding yummy acorn treats…

And these cute little deer for place cards…

Colorful and pretty. Perfect for a birthday dinner party?

Now…time to go clean for company and run to the grocery store for ingredients. You know I love to host a fun party! Right? You’re invited to this one:

Let’s see what you’ve been up to lately! Do you have an amazing decorating, home improvement or room transformation to share? Consider doing a guest post instead of linking (send an email to thediyshowoff@gmail.com).

1. You must use the button above (ADD BUTTON HTML CODE FROM SIDE BAR TO YOUR POST) and link to this post to share the linky love.

2.Include your name or blog name and project title. Add your permalink (not your blog url, but your DIY project post url). Feel free to link a Past Post, just invite your readers in a current post with a quick note.

3.Or email your link to thediyshowoff@gmail.com and I will add it for you.

4.If you notice your link has disappeared -please add the link back to The DIY Show Off to your post today, a button or a quick note to your readers about the party and try again! I love when everyone participates and readers check out everyone’s links, but I think the return favor of linking back is the nice thing to do so everyone plays fair and enjoys all of the projects and links. Also – this blog party is for DIY projects only. Links not related to DIY will be deleted. Please share your link one week only.

5. If reading this in an email, pop over to http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com to see the inspiring DIY projects linked up!

6. If you have a Fall or Holiday link to share, feel free to link up to those parties going on too! See side bar for the button and link.

7. NOW you can “like” the links! What a fun idea! Most liked links may be included in a post of DIY Project Parade highlights later in the week.

8. Visit a few other links to make some new friends,
get some creative ideas and feel free to leave me a comment. I’m likely sitting here on the computer and could use a happy distraction!

*The Cameo was provided by Silhouette America to share tutorials, projects and promotions with DIY Show Off readers. Projects, tutorials, some supplies and opinions are my own. As a Silhouette America affiliate, using the code SHOWOFF will earn me a small commission ~ thank you!

I’m sharing a quick and easy burlap art over at the DIY Club today using stretched burlap from Canvas Corp and a Sharpie. Check it out!

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DIY Fall Festival

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Roeshel

I‘m still loving the beautiful fall inspired DIY projects linked up every week. Thank you so much for sharing! Here are some highlights from last week’s party with some beautiful DIY ideas:

Whimsical Autumn Nature Tablescape

It’s Overflowing!

Gorgeous!

Fun Fall Table Runner

The Autocrat

Beautiful fall colors…

MORE fabulously festive printables at

Balancing Home…

Natural, vintage mantel

at A Diamond in the Stuff…

{my style – neutral and so pretty}

Warm and welcoming fall decor

at Moore Minutes

This new to me site that I’m loving…
Tablescapes by Diane
Click above to see oodles of tablescape inspiration!

And lastly, visit Leasa at

to see a beautiful chair transformation and a sweet pillow reminder, perfect for this time of year…

Let’s see what you’ve got for FALL!

Rules: FALL ONLY (Autumn, Halloween and Thanksgiving)! Regular DIY Project Parade HERE and Christmas HERE.

•Create a blog post about an Autumn/Fall project that YOU HAVE CREATED. Feel free to include a past link, however please make a note on a recent post about the DIY Fall Festival to invite everyone over to join in or to search the collection of fall inspired ideas.

•Add your project title to Linky party below. (example: House # Pumpkins)

•Type in the permalink address, not your basic blog address. A permalink is the address that links directly to your specific post. (example: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/house-number-pumpkins)

•Please add the DIY button or link to the party in your post to share the party with your readers.

•Although a tutorial is helpful, it’s not required. It just must be your project. Please only link up same project once to one party.

•If you notice that you’re link disappeared, please make the correction according to the rules above and re-link!
• By adding your link, you give the DIY Show Off permission to highlight your project in a future post. Enjoy and be inspired!

HAPPY FALL! (oops! sorry for the delay in opening the party!)

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