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Where There is Love There is Life – Block Print

December 11, 2016 by Ashley Hackshaw

I love how this block print turned out. It’s Foshizzle as a baby chick, back when she had the heart of black feathers on her head. The quote “Where There is Love There is Life” is by Ghandi.

Remember when she looked like this?! She has changed a lot but her personality remains exactly the same!

Here’s the block during the carving process:

A close up of one of the prints:

The prints are in my Etsy shop if you are interested! Each one is printed to order and is framed as shown below:

Working on a few more! (You know…to fund my animal nursing home dream)

Also, I have my annual sale in the shop right now on Choose Joy necklaces…just in time for the holidays. Every purchase comes with a set of Lil Journal Project travel prompts! I also have a new leather option for the necklaces instead of the silver chain.

Thank you for supporting handmade!

Vintage Inspired Farm Sign Ornaments

November 8, 2016 by Ashley Hackshaw

Another ornament reveal! I love these vintage inspired farm sign ornaments using Michaels pre-distressed painted wood ornaments:

These were so easy to make using a simple template that I’ve included at the bottom of the post as a free download:

Vintage signs and farm animals. I’m so predictable….you know I included chickens!

Vintage-inspired farm sign ornaments would make great gifts too:

I used these pre-painted distressed wood ornaments from Michaels for my project:

I printed off my template and traced each image onto a wood ornament using transfer paper:

Next I used a small brush to fill in my images:

I replaced the brown strain with red raffia for a different look:

All the finished ornaments ready for hanging on the tree!

These would make great year-round decor too don’t you think?

I love all things vintage, especially if they are farm related:

Can’t find the same ornaments? Just find anything similar in size!

You can download the template I used by clicking right here or clicking the image below! A big thanks to my friend Stephanie Corfee who made these printable! Happy painting!

I love to make all my ornaments every year! It’s such a fun challenge to start from scratch, it’s my favorite part of the creative process. You can find everything I’ve made so far here at this link and the big reveal will be on the 14th!

Popsicle Stick Tombstones and Cemetery

September 23, 2016 by Ashley Hackshaw

These popsicle stick tombstones and cemetery are part of a larger Halloween project I’m working on. (I shared the miniature pumpkins yesterday, also part of the same project.)

$How to M\make these miniature popsicle stick tombstones and cemetery for a fun Halloween tablescape or fairy village addition$

These were really fun to make and Boo got a big kick out of the funny sayings on them. It’s the perfect way to add a spooky element to a fairy village!

I love any project that can just be made from popsicle sticks because you can purchase them in large bundles and pretty much have an endless supply. The little wood picket fence I got from Michaels too:

I used wire cutters to cut the popsicle sticks into different lengths. For each tombstone you’ll need two pieces: a base and vertical monument piece. I used the curve of the popsicle sticks for an instant classic tombstone shape and cut the corners off of some of the rectangular pieces for another shape:

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