HIGH END CHRISTMAS DECOR/ DOLLAR TREE DIY/ BOTTLE BRUSH TREES/ FARMHOUSE WINTER DECOR 2024

Hi everybody, welcome back to my channel. If this is your first time stopping by I'm Karen You're at the loft and that makes you Wicked Smart So if you've been following me for a bit You know that I set up shop in the barn at our local Christmas tree farm And we open for the season tomorrow and this time of year I am cranking out the DIYs and I wish that I could stop and film every single one Edit them all and share them all with you, but I just don't have the time to do that But today's video I do have a couple of my favorites in the first DIY. I have gotten lots of questions About so we're gonna deal with that one first. So let's get right into it. And here comes DIY number one So for DIY number one, we're making a faux cloche And you're gonna need one of these bell garden cloches They can get Dollar Tree in the garden center usually in the spring And be very careful when you try and get the label off of this thing The first time I ever did it I tried to use my heat gun and obviously that wasn't a good choice You're also gonna need one of the DT pie pans. Not the cake pan. There's a difference. Okay, you want a pie pan You're gonna need some Mod Podge some antiquing wax and some cinnamon So you missed it. We're gonna do our rusty crusty Finish on this We're gonna age it up a little bit and make it look a little bit old and take the shine down on this pan So the first thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take the antique wax and I'm gonna go over the entire thing on the outside You're not really gonna end up seeing the inside or the bottom. You may see like a little bit of the edge So I'm just really concentrating on the outside. I'm gonna run that all around let that dry a little bit and then I'm gonna go over that with some of the Mod Podge in certain areas and Shake on the cinnamon where I want it to look like the rust is all Shaw that loose cinnamon off get that off and set that aside and let that dry So now I'm taking some scrap pieces of some post the not the poster board the foam core board and I've traced the bottom of the pan and I've cut out two circles because I need a little height and I'm gonna glue them together and I'm gonna put some Jenga blocks on the back on the bottom on the back on the bottom Pile up two and if you glue two Jenga blocks together and I'm gonna make four little feet to raise this little piece of foam core board up on the bottom of this pizza pan and then I'm gonna cover it with I Think the first time I made this DIY I covered it with the microfiber cloth, but I haven't been able to find those Lately, so I used this Cotton batting and I'm just gonna cover up that poster board and here I'm gonna spray it with some spray foam not spray foam spray adhesive and I'm going to glitter it up with some of the Dollar Tree glitter snow. I love this stuff I put it everywhere on my DIYs and at the shop. I sprinkle it all over my tables. I love it It's so pretty. So once I get that all set up I'm gonna let that dry put that aside and this little tag I got from the Dollar Tree But it came with a red enamel edge and red lettering and I wanted to neutralize it a little bit So I went over the whole thing kind of dry brushed it with some white and then rub some antique wax On the edge to make it look like a wood frame. I went over the wording with a black Paint marker and then you see how I took that little dowel. I put a little wood bead on the top We're gonna make a little sign I'm gonna glue that and use some masking tape to secure that to the back of this little sign And this is gonna get stuck right into that foam board underneath the cotton batting and then that little truck was a truck ornament that I got from I Think I got it from Dollar General and it was gold So I painted over the it with a white distress coat of white chalk paint So here you see me adding the masking tape. There's something magic about Hot glue and masking tape when you put the two together it really Makes a good hold on whatever your project is So this little DIY was inspired by my girl Wendy at White Sparrow Living room 12-6 she did a fake cake and made like a little bakery cloche and I thought I had Recorded this DIY last year But I did not have my youtube channel then and I've gotten a lot of questions and interest in it So I thought that I would go ahead and make another one for the shop this year So you can see I'm taking some bottle brush trees and I'm filling up the little Back of this truck and I'm gonna fill it with some glue and fill it up with some of this snow Like he just came from the farm After cutting down a couple of trees And then I'm just gonna kind of go through my collection of bottle brush trees and kind of add them here and there until my eyes Got our little Christmas tree farm all set up and now I'm gonna show you how I made this Topper for the top of this cloche. I took a mason jar lid and I glued the ring inside The top the lid and then I with a big nail I just kind of punched a hole through the top and stuck in those little wooden dowels that I get from Hobby Lobby They have like a little peg on the bottom So they fit right inside there So when I try when I glue these things to these cloches I Build up the hot glue on the inside of the lid So that when I flip it down on top of the cloche the hot glue kind of drips down inside Rather than trying to get the hot glue Along the edge of the mason jar lid if that's making any sense So you got to be careful with these They're a little flimsy as you can see the top you can put a little pressure on but the sides are really Kind of flimsy and I just made this one just on its own But you could use a little riser like I'm showing you here with one of the Dollar Tree metal mini tree skirts or You can make another riser I have this one that I used one of the metal tree skirts and I painted it white and Then I use some of the Dollar Tree rounds wood rounds and made like a tray for the top And you can use that to put your cloche on either way It looks great on a riser not on a mason jar What do you think of this one guys I think it probably goes down as one of my all-time favorites Let me know what you think and let's get on to DIY number two Okay, so in this DIY You're gonna need one of these Dollar Tree crates with the little holes on the side And this is the smallest hoop of their little set of three brass hoops that they have and I got these white Bottle brush trees. I believe at the target dollar spot And I need I'm gonna use a package of these pointy stars from the Dollar Tree and I had a little metal house From my stash that I had painted white, so I've already gone ahead and Stained the crate with the antiquing wax and filled it with some floral foam And I made a little decal on my Cricut that says Oh Holy Night So we're gonna build up this Arrangement with just scraps honestly, I just used a bunch of scraps, but first I'm going to use this garland that I got from Walmart Then I'm gonna take some Sprigs off to like it for our base to go at the bottom of our ring So if you saw one of my very first videos Which actually I hope you didn't see it because they were really sad This is one of my favorite hacks for painting little objects. So your hands don't get all painty and Gucky I lay down a piece of contact paper and stick my little things down Move around and I go ahead and I paint Paint them pick the whole sheet up put it aside to dry But in this case, I'm not really Painting. I'm just going over the natural wood of these stars with my Mod Podge and I'm going to Glitter them with the Dollar Tree glitter snow and the other good thing about putting them on the Contact paper is the glitter doesn't go everywhere. And while I have my contact paper out I'm also gonna go in and I'm gonna glitter and we're gonna Start building our arrangement in this little box and I'm gonna cut this hoop Put a little slit in it and I'm gonna slide each end Into in through the handle. It's gonna go through the handle on the outside Into the foam on the inside and then I'm gonna take that Garland that I got from Walmart and boy, it is so messy that thing was shedding like crazy I don't really recommend it, but it was what I had on hand and I needed to make a base for this Arrangement, so I'm adding some glue To the holes and the side just to kind of firm up, but it really won't go anywhere Once you get all the greenery all in the box and all kind of around it that ring isn't going anywhere So here I am. I'm gonna start assembling. I'm gonna start taking this apart and oh my goodness I have to stop a couple of times to kind of clean up my work surface You'll see me take out my little Desk vacuum little hand vacuum if you guys don't have one you should get one. They're really fun and they work great So I get kind of lost when I start working with Floral arrangements and I and I don't want to bore you guys with watching the whole thing And I can't really explain what the process that goes on in my head Like why I place things where I place them. I just Like things that are pleasing to my eye. I will tell you that I'm not a very symmetrical girl. I don't Really do a lot of things with balance. I like kind of ace asymmetry Asymmetrical kind of things. I will work in groups of three a lot And odd numbers. I just find that just makes my eyes happy So I'm just gonna let the music play out and let you enjoy And you may have noticed that there was a little round Those little wood pieces that you can get from the Dollar Tree. I needed to make sure that I had a really flat Surface to glue that house down to and here. I'm going to add my last little tree Let's see. There's three trees. I like to work in groups of three three three different heights if I can Okay, so now I'm gonna go in and I'm gonna add all of these little there I think my eyes are pretty happy and That's gonna do it for the second team This is the easiest one of all Alright, so if you saw my Timu haul my Halloween haul you saw that I got some of these wooden spindles from them and I wrapped them with some twine after I stained them with my antique wax and I'm gonna use these for little bases For my bottle brush trees, I'm sure you've seen a lot of creators do this with old spindles old spools of you know thread spools yarn spools I've even seen them do the put the bottle brush trees in old crystal Doorknobs, you can find some antique doorknobs. Those are so pretty too as a base So I'm just gonna you know show you how I did them I just wrapped them with some twine and here I'm gonna hit it with my lighter to kind of get all the fuzzies off and it actually kind of distresses this light twine a little bit and Darkens it up a little bit simple as that. So here I am I took the bases off of my bottle brush trees, and I'm just gonna glue them in Simple as that easy peasy Now for this next one that we're gonna do I get the Dollar Tree Dice blocks the ones that come in a package of three and I also buy These beautiful sparkly bottle brush trees on a long wired Stem from Hobby Lobby. They're absolutely beautiful and I love them I buy them every year and I think they're normally $4.99 I got them half price. So 250 each and they match up perfectly with these little Wood cubes from the Dollar Tree. They make the cutest little pair and all I'm gonna do is just Stain them with my antique wax and drill a tiny little hole in the top of them I'm gonna add you'll see me add a little Dollar Tree star To the front. I'm gonna glitter it up and Finish it off with a little metal Brad that I have in my stash and I add a little joy tag With those do you see up top? The clickable stamps if you guys don't have those in your stash you need to get them. They're really fun to use especially for doing Wording it gets your word nice and straight and Comes out perfect every time. So again, I'm just gonna let the music play out while you watch me finish these These in these little blocks and I did cut the stems at three different heights That's what makes my eyes happy But if you wanted to leave them all the same height you do you and you will see how cute Please leave me a comment. Let me know what you think Tell me which one was your favorite If you have a favorite and as always, thank you so much for watching If you found value in any of these videos, please give me a thumbs up like subscribe and share with your friends I appreciate you all being here. It really means a lot. So until next time. Bye for now