Beautiful Burlap Cross

I am always looking for cute country decor that adds a little something to every room. When I came upon burlap crosses on Pinterest, I decided to give it a try and I put my own little spin on it. This is a very easy and fun project that does not require that many supplies.

Supplies:

• Board or piece (of any size)
• Burlap (I used 4 inch wide, but you can use whatever width you like)
• Twine
• Staple Gun
• Torch

Step One:

• Torch your wood.
• To torch the wood just run the torch slowly across the board until it starts to burn. Then move onto the next section of wood until the whole board reaches desired darkness.
• It is really up to you how much you want your wood torched. You can make it really dark or just give it nice crisp edges.
• This process takes a little bit of time so be patient and don’t give up the end result is super cool.
• Make sure you don’t forget to torch the sides of the board.

• This is how my boards turned out. Yours may be different depending on how long you torch them for.

*You may need to let the boards cool down a little before you assemble the project.

Step Two:

• After the board is cooled take you burlap and measure a piece that goes from one side of the board to the other. Make sure it goes on the bottom of the board on each side. (it does not have to be perfect, you just do not want the ends of the burlap to be showing)
• Cut the piece of burlap to a length that you like.
• Repeat this same process, but this time do the opposite length.

Step Three:

• Once both pieces of burlap are cut lay the long piece across the board.
• Take a piece of twine and put it on the back side of the burlap a little off center (more toward the top of the board).
• Tie the twine in a knot.

• Repeat this process with the other piece of burlap and twine and you should end up with something like this…

* At this point nothing should be connected together.

Step Four:

• Take the smaller piece of burlap off of the board so all you have is the big piece.
• Make sure that this piece is as tight as you want it to the board and flip it over to the back side.
• Hold the burlap tight to the wood and put three staples into each side of each piece.

• Once you have the long piece stapled on turn it over and cut off the long ends of the twine to make sure they are hidden.
• Repeat the stapling process with the other piece of burlap and cut the ends of twine off as well.

And that is how you make a beautiful burlap cross!

Table Decorations: Fall Candle

Are you looking to spice up your fall decorations? These candles are a quick and easy to make and they add that “fall touch” to your home or office! Not only does it look nice, it smells amazing! You can select any type of scent you desire.

Materials:

-Pillar candle, at least 3-inches in diameter

-Mini Pumpkins

-Hot-glue gun

Step 1:

Plug in hot glue gun.

Step 2:

Glue mini pumpkins on the candle, one at a time.

Step 3:

Continue all the way around the candle or to your liking!

Step 4: Display

Homemade Granola Bars

On the first day of school I have always been made a big elaborate breakfast, with no expense spared. There is everything anyone could want in a breakfast meal; orange juice, fruit, pancakes or french toast, and we can't forget about dessert. However now that we are well into the school year, at least for me I like to sleep in, so I don't always have time for a big elaborate breakfast. This granola bar recipe is very easy to make, for the most part very healthy, not to mention delicious.

What you will need for the bar:

1/4 c brown sugar

3/4 c honey

1/6 c coconut oil

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 c peanut butter

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp almond

2 c rice crispy cereal

1 1/3 c rolled oats

3 tbs chia seeds

1/4 c chopped almonds

What you will need for the topping:

1/4 c chopped chocolate chips

1/8 c chopped almonds

1/2 tbs chia seeds

Steps:

• Measure out sugar honey coconut oil and salt and place in a medium saucepan over medium heat, just until sugar is dissolved.
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• Place oats crispy cereal and chia seeds in a large bowl, mix to combine.

• Take sugar honey mixture off heat and add in vanilla and almond extract, then stir in peanut butter, let slightly cool.

• After slightly cooled, pour sugar mixture over oats and rice cereal. Stir until everything is combined.

• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Pour the oat and sugar mixture onto the pan and use a large flat object wrapped in parchment paper to press it flat. (I used a glass tupperware container)

• Place all of the ingredients for the topping in a small bowl and mix.

• Sprinkle topping mixture over the top of the pressed out bars and press again with large flat object so the topping sticks.

• Cover the bars with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight.
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• Cut into skinny rectangles and enjoy!

Now you have a quick easy breakfast idea for you and your kiddos, that can be made in advance and saved for up to 2 weeks. That is if they last that long.

Thanksgiving Leaf Napkin Rings

As Thanksgiving is coming up it’s nice to think about all the things we have to be grateful for. Maybe it’s a house, food to eat, or even just celebrating Thanksgiving with your family. But sometimes though we forget what Thanksgiving is about. We get too occupied with football games, preparing the perfect meal, and even focusing too much on that pumpkin pie that we forget all about being thankful. As silly as it sounds there is one little thing on your plate at Thanksgiving that you can be thankful for. And that thing is a napkin. Without that napkin your your face would be messy and little ones hands would be caked with food. So today I’m going to show you a way to make your napkins look more thanksgiving themed and give everyone around the table the subtle reminder to remember to be grateful for what they have. Let’s get right into making our thanksgiving napkin rings!

Supplies:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Twine
• A black button
• Felt ( Yellow, Red, & Orange )
• Scissors
• Hot glue
• Little piece of paper
• Bread bag twisty tie

Steps:

• First take your toilet paper roll and cut it to be about 1 1/2 inches.

• Next heat up your hot glue gun and grab your twine and scissors. Once your hot glue gun is heated, begin gluing the twine around your toilet paper roll.

• Now we’re going to make our three leaves. With your orange felt draw an oak leaf, on your red felt draw a maple leaf, and on the orange draw a elm leaf.

• Once all your leaves are drawn, cut them out. Then take a black sharpie and draw stitch like lines on all the leaves.
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• Now position your leaves so they are overlapping on the toilet paper roll like the picture below shows. Then take your hot glue gun and glue down the leaves.

• Then take your button and hot glue it right where all the leaves stems meet.

• Next take a little rectangle piece of paper and write thankful or grateful on it. Then put a little hole on the end of it for the twisty tie to go through.

• Now take your twisty tie and make it curly. I just took a pencil and wrapped the twisty tie around it. After that put the paper on the twisty tie.

• Then hot glue part of your twisty tie around the button, and let the rest of it hang off the ring. Also hot glue a little corner of your paper to the ring.

There you go, you have now made your own unique and simple napkin ring. I hope you are thankful that you chose to make this little craft and enjoy using it to spruce up your dinner table. Have a great Thanksgiving with friends and family!