That DIY Party Highlights – Helpful Tips & Tricks

Don’t you just love those little helpful tips that make life easier? Me too! Here are some awesome helpful tips and tricks from That DIY Party…

Helpful Tips & Tricks

Picking up thread at Seasoned Homemaker

picking-up-thread at Seasoned Homemaker

DIY frame repair at Forever Decorating

FrameRepair at Forever Decorating 

Beginner’s Guide to Hemming Pants at Vintage Zest

Hemming Pants at Vintage Zest

Removing wax from candles at Decorating Cents

removing wax from candles at Decorating Cents

Gift wrapping tips from A Brand Made of Glitter

perfect gift wrapping at A Brand Made of Glitter

DIY fruit fly trap at Saving 4 Six

Fruit-Fly-Trap-Supplies at Saving 4 Six 

How to cut fabric/Temporary cutting table at Oy Vey a Day

Homemade-Fabric-Cutting-Table-Taping_Oyveyaday

7 ways to remove sticky jar labels at Lazy Budget Chef

7waystoremovestickyjarlabels at Lazy Budget Chef

Decorating tip from Setting for Four

Design Tip 60-30-10 Color Rule from Setting for Four

How to Unify Painted Furniture at Resposhture

how to unify painted furniture at Reposhture

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Thanks to these talented ladies for linking up their inspiring creativity and hard work! 

That DIY Party Highlights – Creative Repurposing

Finding a new purpose for something old is so much fun, isn’t it? I looooove being creative. And that’s one of the things I love about the weekly That DIY Party – seeing your creative ideas. Check out these awesome repurposed projects from the past five week’s of That DIY Party:

creative repurposing ideas

Vintage spool window treatment at Plum Doodles

Tie-burlap-to-vintage-spools-for-unique-window-treatments at Plum Doodles

Toothbrush holder at Zefi’s Blog

toothbrush holder at Zefis Blog

Repurposed baking tins at Shabby Gals

repurposed baking pans at Shabby Gals

Vintage ironing board chalkboard table at Sypsie

vintage ironing board table at Sypsie

Upcycled bait basket pendant light at Lisa’s Creative Designs

upcycled-bait-cage-pendant-light at Lisa's Creative Designs 

Vintage jelly mold light at Vintage Prairie Style

vintage jelly mold light at Vintage Prairie Style

Funnel lights at Shabby Love

funnel lights at Shabby Love 

Wood scrap DIY at Painted Therapy

wood scrap DIY at Painted Therapy

Blanket ladder at Day 2 Day Super Mom

blanket ladder at Day 2 Day Supermom

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It’s been so hectic around here and with visiting five week’s worth of projects, I did a lot of pinning and gathered some collections of features along with been pinning your inspiring projects to the above board. It didn’t leave much time for commenting so I want to say thanks to these talented ladies for linking up their inspiring creativity and hard work! 

DIYShowOff Gift Recommendations

Who could use some cold hard cash to get a head start on holiday shopping? Or how about something for yourself just this once? (Hey, I know you and I’d say you deserve a reward!) I’m joining a talented group of awesome blog friends in sharing some gift recommendations AND we’ve gathered together to offer a fun giveaway too!

*** UPDATE 11/12/13: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Lisa F!

Earlybird Xmas giveaway

I LOVE LOVE LOVE giving! I spend a lot of time choosing just the right gift for each member of my family, so as I sat down to research my gift recommendations, I struggled with how to recommend something for someone I don’t know/something more generic. And after nearly 12 hours of browsing and editing a draft post 35902 times…I realized it just wasn’t going to happen or feel inspiring.

However! My family has already asked me for my Christmas wish list…so, here are some things I love and recommend (for me) but perhaps you’ll spy some great ideas for your holiday gift-buying (or your own wish list).

All year long our extra cash goes towards DIY home improvement and decorating and that wish list is loooooong, believe me! So for fun, I made a detour from the usual DIY theme. Each item listed is way below $250. Gotta love more bang for your buck! 

Winter Woodland Warmth

 
Roeshel's Wish List 1

H M pink sweater
$24 – hm.com

Boots
lucky21.com

Kate Spade earrings
lordandtaylor.com

Tube scarf
jcpenney.com

Wall art
urbanoutfitters.com

H M candles candleholder
$6.37 – hm.com

H M holiday decoration
$4.77 – hm.com
 
Or something a little more relaxing…
Comfort & Joy
Roeshel's Wish List 2

 

What’s on your wish list? How can you enter to win, you ask? 

earlybird xmas $250 giveaway

  • Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.
  • Giveaway is open to all readers 18+. 
  • Giveaway starts Tuesday, Nov. 5 th at 7 a.m. EST and ends 12 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12th.
  • Winner will be chosen randomly and announced shortly after. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

There’s a $100 Overstock gift card being given away to two lucky DIYShowOff readers too! 

Visit these sweet blog friends to see what’s on their wish list…

Xmas Giveaway

Jen at City Farmhouse
Roeshel at DIY Showoff (you’re already here!)
Krista at The Happy Housie
Liz at Love Grows Wild
Rachel at Maison de Pax
Jenna at Rain on a Tin Roof
Jamie at So Much Better With Age
Corey at Tiny Sidekick
Laura at The Turquoise Home
Katie at Upcycled Treasures