HOW TO: Fall Mason Jar Vase

For this HOW TO I am going to teach you how to make these super cute fall Mason Jar Flower Vases. 

If you want to know how to make the Thanksgiving/Christmas Reversible Blocks just click here.

So I saw these somewhere and I decided to make my own version of it! And they were super easy!

The Supply List:

Two Mason Jars

(I got one from Joann and one from Walmart)

Natural Raffia

Krylon Color Master -Pumpkin Orange Gloss

Rest-oleum Painters Touch- Fire Orange Satin

Flowers

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step One:

Take your two mason jars and lightly coat them with Pumpkin Orange.

Allow to try for about 5 minutes.

Step Two:

Once the jars have dried for about 5 minutes lightly and kind of messy spray on the Fire Orange. Make sure that some of the Pumpkin Orange is still showing through. 

Allow to dry for 20+ minutes.

Step Three:

Once completely dry take 3 pieces of the raffia and tied about center of the jars. I wrapped mine around twice and make a bow. Trim the extra.

Step Four:

Arrange the flowers and place them in the jars.

And you are done! 

I thought these looked so cute beside the blocks. I am totally into the country/rustic feel!

If you have any questions please ask! I love to help! 

Also if you make these please send me pictures! I love to see everyone else's creations. 

I think that is all for today. Don't forget to check out the Thanksgiving/Christmas Reversible Blocks! 

Much Love,

Hannah- Southern Diva

HOW TO: Thanksgiving/ Christmas Reversible Blocks

I want to start by saying this is not my typical DIY. I actually wasn't planning on making a HOW TO on this. I posted it on my instagram and had many people ask so here we are.

With that being said, I do not have picture step by steps right now. I will give an extremely detailed how to. I plan on making another set so I will try to get pictures when I do that. 

So I saw these super cute reversible blocks on Pinterest! I just knew I had to make them...So I did! :) And now I am going to teach you how to make them as well!

The Supply List:

2x4x8 Treated Lumber

2x2x4 Treated Lumber

Sand Paper

Acrylic Paint 

(see below for list of what I used)

Medium Paint Brush

Large Paint Brush

Optional:

Scrap Book Paper

Mod Podge

Cricut

Sticker Letters

Acrylic Paint:

I used all Americana brand paint. I got them from Joann and used coupons on them. They were less than a dollar each.

For the Thanksgiving side I used:

Mississippi Mud (DA094) -this was used on the sides of the blocks

Dark Chocolate (DA065)

Primary Yellow (DA201)

Spiced Pumpkin (DA310)

Warm White (DA239)

For the Christmas side I used:

Mississippi Mud (DA094) -Once again for the sides

Hauser Medium Green (DA132)

Santa Red (DA170)

Celery Green (DA208)

Warm White (DA239)

*I included the ID codes because when you are looking at them in the store they have the ID codes not the names.

INSTRUCTIONS:

STEP ONE:

So to start you have to cut your wood. I got mine from Lowes. The 2x4 was only $3.08 I believe and the 2x2 was 98 cents.

 Of the 2x4 you will need:

2- 7 inch long pieces

2- 6 inch long pieces

2-5 inch long pieces

Of the 2x2 you will need: 

1- 7 inch long piece

I went ahead and had the guy at Lowes cut it for me. I figured that was a safer bet than me trying to work a table saw myself! The first 2 cuts are free and it is 25 cents for each cut after. 

STEP TWO:

Get your sand paper and start sanding the edges of the blocks. I like the more curved look over the straight edges. I sanded until I thought they looked good. Not super curved but not straight and pointed either. I also sanded the top so that the paint went on more smooth. 

STEP THREE:

Get your medium paint brush and Mississippi Mud. Paint the sides and top of your blocks. Don't worry about being super clean, you are going to sand the sides of them later.

STEP FOUR: 

Once the sides are dry enough to work with start by painting the Thanksgiving side with the large paint brush. 

Dark Chocolate- T & N

Primary Yellow- H & K

Spiced Pumpkin- A & S

You may have to do more than one coat of paint. I had to do two of the yellow.

STEP FIVE: 

Allow the thanksgiving side to dry for about ten minutes. Once dry start painting the Christmas side.

Hauser Medium Green: J & G

Santa Red: I & L

Celery Green: N & E

STEP SIX: 

Now take your Warm White and paint both sides of the smaller block.

STEP SEVEN:

While all the blocks are drying I started to work on the letters. 

I cut out all the letters with my Cricut. I used a total of 3 different fonts. I will have to look them up and update y'all later. 

If you don't have a Cricut you could hand cut them out or even just use sticker letters! 

STEP EIGHT:

Once you are done making the letters and the blocks are dry start applying the letters. Take mod lodge and lightly coat the back of the letters. Press against wood and allow to dry for 10-15 minutes. 

STEP NINE:

Once the letters are dried onto the blocks take your sand paper and lightly sand the edges of the blocks. I just sanded until I got the look I wanted. 

And you are done!! Now enjoy these beautiful blocks! I love that they last from September-Decemeber! I just think they are so stinkin' cute!

If you make these please send me pictures so I can see! :) 

If you would like to know how I made the Mason Jar Flower Vase just click here!

As always if you have any questions please ask! I am here to help!

Until next time Divas!

Much Love,

Hannah-Southern Diva

HOW TO: Clean Out Old Candles

Hey Divas, I am back with another How To today! This is one of my favorites! 

I have done this MANY times! 

Today I am going to teach y'all how to clean out those old candle jars! I will also show y'all a few ideas on what to use the jars for!
I have currently only done this with Bath and Body Works Candles. I'm sure it would work the same with the 3 Wick Better Homes and Gardens candles you can get from Walmart. (They look very similar to the B&BW) I have a few of these candles so I will update y'all on how the cleaning out process of those goes when they burn out!

Lets get this show on the road!

The Supply List:

Old Candle

(Mine is a SUPER old candle from Bath and Body works in the scent Cranberry Pear 

Bellini)

Butter Knife

Steel Wool Soup Pad

Sponge

(Mine is this super awesome sponge called a Scrub Daddy)

Glass Cleaner

Paper Towels

NOT PICTURED:

Freezer

Sink

Now that we have all that gathered lets jump on in!

The first thing you want to do is let your candle burn until the wick has completely burnt out. Once that is done let the wax harden. 

Now that the wax is hard again, we are going to put the candle in the freezer. 

I left mine in overnight. I found that it works best this way. I have left it in the freezer for a little as two hours. It will still work...you will just have to work harder to get it clean! 

Now fast forward to the next day. Remove the candle from the freezer and set it on the counter. 

You can see where the wax has cracked...Thats really good because it makes this next step easier!

Now you want to take your butter knife and simple wedge it between the crack. This will loosen up the rest of the wax and help it come out. 

(If your wax did not crack don't worry. Simply push down with your butter knife and it will crack like that)

Once you have done that flip your candle upside down and let the wax fall out.

Now I will say this was the easiest wax removal out of all the candle I have ever cleaned out. So if you find that there is still wax left work with your butter knife until the wax loosens more. Also, most the time not all of the wick tabs will come up. Just run hot water over them for about 30 seconds and they should come up with little effort.

Now that we have removed all the wax and wick tabs, you will want to remove the label!

Simply pull the label off

Easy right? 

Now we move to the sink...Flip the candle jar upside down and turn your water on as hot as you can handle... *PLEASE BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOURSELF!*

Let the water run on the bottom label for about 30 seconds. Now take your sponge and rub until the label is completely gone.

Now that the bottom label has been removed lets move on to the wax residue that is left in the jar. Flip the jar over and run hot water into the jar. Let that sit for about a minute. Once that is done take your Steel Wool Soup Pad and start scrubbing the inside and sides until all the residue is gone! You will also want to scrub the outside as well! 

Now rinse that out and clean it with glass cleaner!

And you are DONE!

Pretty cool right? I love all the possibilities of what you can do with these! Here are a few things I have done! 

Cotton Swabs and Cotton ball holder!

Make-up Brush and Lippies Holder!

I even used it to make a Mini Manicure Set one time as a gift! I gave her one of my decorative lids and told her about all the uses! She LOVED it!

So what do y'all think? Will you be trying it out? 

ALSO: If you remove the wax tabs from the excess wax...I'm sure you could use the wax in a wax burner! If anyone tries this out let me know how it goes! 

If you have ANY questions at all please let me know! I will try to help out the best I can! 

Let me know how this works out for y'all! Send me pictures so I can see! :) 

Also if y'all have any more ideas on what to use these for, let me know! I would love to hear/see them!

Thank you so much for checking out my How To! Check back for more How To's in the future!

Until next time Divas!

Much love,

Hannah, Southern Diva

HOW TO: Glitter Light Switch Cover

Heyy Divas! I know it has been a while and I am so sorry for that! I kinda took a small break from my DIY lifestyle but have no fear...I'm back at it! 

Here lately I have been in total room makeover mode...DIY style! I am all about saving a little by doing it yourself! I was looking at my light switch over the other day and was thinking...Man I really need to vamp that up a little! Sooo...Here it goes! 

The Supply List:

Plastic Light Switch Cover

(I got mine from Walmart for about 75 cents)

Mod Podge

Extra Fine Glitter

(This is important because the bigger the glitter the more likely you are to have gaps)

Rust-Oleum Gloss Clear

(Any clear gloss will work, this is just what I had on hand)

Flat Head Screw Driver

Paint Brush

Paper Plate

Craft Tray (optional) 

(I found this in my craft bucket and had no idea I had it before now. You can use a paper plate for this part)

Lets get started! 

Start by painting on an even layer of Mod Podge all over the Light Switch Cover. Make sure you get the sides as well

Once that is complete lay the light switch cover down on your craft tray/paper plate. 

Now add your glitter! (Don't be afraid to go a little over board)

(NOT PICTURED)

I failed to take a picture of me doing the screws (you can see them sitting on the side of the craft tray) What I did for this part is painted on a little Mod Podge and just suck them in some of the extra glitter on the side. 

I let that sit for about 20-30 minutes. Once I felt it was dry enough for me to pick up I transferred the cover and screws to the paper plate. 

THE PART IS IMPORTANT!!!

If you skip this part you will have glitter everywhere! 

I took it outside and sprayed both with a layer of the Clear Gloss. 

I let it dry for about an hour and sprayed another layer. 

While I waited I transferred the excess glitter back into the glitter container. Super easy with this nifty craft tray! Totally in love with this thing!

Once everything was dry I brought it in and put it on! I love the way this looks! 

I think this is a great and easy way to dress up any old light switch cover! This one is actually blue but for some reason all my pictures make it look different...except for the one outside. The outside picture is the actually color! I think it turned out super cute! 

The total cost really isn't that much. I spent about $4 on the Mod Podge and about $3 on the glitter... Both of which I will be reusing many times! If I had to guess I would say totally cost is between $3-$4!

Well I really hope y'all enjoyed this! There will be many more post to come! I am in the process of slowly but surely redoing my bathroom...DIY style! 

Check back soon for new HOW TO's! 

Until next time Divas!

Much Love,

Hannah, Southern Diva

Picture Day!

Today I decided to do a little photo shoot with my beautiful nephew! I got a really nice camera from my amazing aunt two christmases ago and I have just recently been really playing around with it! More than the occasionally picture here and there. I did my sister maternity pictures for her and now I got to play around and take some newish born pictures of Saywer! I spent hours researching ideas and tips for photographing new borns. Today, I put it to the test. 

Little man wasn't feeling it at all at first. But once he fell asleep we were all good! Here are a few of the pictures I took. 

I made the "From: God" tag with my Cricut, which I am sure we will be seeing a lot of!

My grandma made him that amazing quilt. It match his nursery perfectly.

I still have A LOT of work to do when it comes to my photography. I really enjoy it so I look forward to taking classes and learning all that my camera is capably of! 

I hope y'all enjoy my adorable little sweet heart as much as I do!

Until next time divas!

Much Love,

Aunt Hannie (My favorite title so far), Southern Diva

Welcome to a little bit of Everything!

This is all about my daily life! I want to try to blog often...Not just about crafts but about life as well!

I have a feeling my nephew will be making an appearance often! :)

Picture Day with Sawyer!

HOW TO: Make a Korker Bow!

I have been slightly obsessed with bows lately! The Korker bow is by far one of my favorites. I feel as if it can add that extra something to any outfit...and the best part is they are pretty easy to make! This was my first one I ever made so we will be doing this together!  So let's get started!

The Supply List:

3/8" Ribbon 

(As you can see in the above picture I got 8 different mini ribbons. I am all about a good deal so when I saw that these were on sale for 50 cents a piece I couldn't turn them down...Plus you can make wrap two dowel with one of them!)

1/4" Wooden Dowels

(I got a pack of 12 for $2.48 at Hobby Lobby)

Clothes Pins

(Check at the dollar store for these)

Heavy Tread

Needle

Medium Size Hair Barrette

(I got a pack of 25 for $2.08 at Hobby Lobby making them about 8 cents a piece)

Hot Glue Gun

Scissors

(I had fabric scissors on hand but any scissors will do)

Lighter

Cookie Sheet

Oven

Now that we have all our supplies together...Lets get going!

Start by setting your oven to 275 Degrees.

Now take which ever ribbon you want to start with, take one end of it and "pin" it to one end of a wooden dowel like so.

Now start wrapping it down.

Keep going until you have it finished! Once you have wrapped it all the way down the dowel, "pin" the other end and set to the side. 

Repeat this with as many dowels and ribbons as you would like. I did eight different ribbons. When you are done with all of them set them on a cookie sheet. I read that sometimes they will bleed onto each other while they are in the oven...This didn't happen to me but I would keep them separate just in case!

Bake them for 25 minutes. 

If it starts to smell a little weird don't be alarmed, mine did the same thing!

 Take them out and let them cool for about 20 minutes. You want them to be completely cooled off before you take them off the dowels.

Once they are cool start slowly unwinding the ribbons off the dowel like this!

Make sure you are going slow so you don't mess up the lovely curl we just created.

Repeat this until they are all off!

Now that we have all the ribbons off it is time to start cutting! I cut mine into 3 4" piece per ribbon!

Cut all of them into 4" pieces. They don't all have to be perfect, it won't really show on the final masterpiece!

Now it's time to play with fire!! Being a slight Pyro I love this part! ;) We want to seal both ends of each piece we have cut. This prevents the ribbon from fraying on the end over time. Be careful though, you can catch this sucker on fire...I learned that the hard way.

Once you are done playing with fire (Just kidding kids, don't play with fire...it's bad!) align the ribbon in the order you want to put them on the bow! 

Now would be a good time to plug in our handy dandy hot glue gun.

Now it's time for some sewing...well kinda. Tread your needle. I like to loop it. Take the first piece of ribbon you want to use. Start sewing from underneath. 

Add one piece at a time

Once you have sewed all of your ribbon together...

We are going to go back over with the tread and needle taking it back through what we just did! 

Tie the end up!

Take the hot glue gun and add a line of glue about the size of the burette. 

Place the burette where you want it and sew the ends down to the ribbon. 

Flip it over and "fluffy" to your little hearts desire. Now we are DONE! I didn't have my lovely model (my 4 year old cousin) so one of my mannequins will just have to do. 

One of the best parts of this bow is how different you can make it! You can make it smaller or bigger! The possibilities are endless! (Well maybe not endless but close)

Wanna know the best part? Total cost was somewhere around 4 dollars! You can't beat that! 

I am all about a good deal! 

I have had a great time sharing my first How To with y'all and I hope y'all enjoyed it as well! If you have an questions let me know! I would love to hear from y'all!

Well until next time Divas!

Much love,

Hannah: Southern Diva