Home Depot DIH Workshop Seasonal Character Door Hanger

Summer — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:59:47 +0000

Hello & Welcome to our Home Depot Virtual Online Party!

I’m so excited that you stopped by today! I can finally reveal what I’ve been making as part of the Home Depot DIH (Do-It-Herself) Workshop. The project assignment was to make this adorable Seasonal Character Door Hanger. Here is one of the pictures Home Depot gave us:

So I gave it some thought….I could do a snowman, Frankenstein, maybe a witch version, a scarecrow, Santa Claus….so many fun ideas! But I sure do LOVE snowmen and thought a Christmas door hanger would be fun. So here is my fancy shmancy snowman I made!

Isn’t he adorable?! With my Christmas colors I use being golds and silvers and champagnes and white….I thought the gold would be super stunning against my grey front door.

I measured twice, cut once (even a beginner can do this simple project!), and glued these wood panels together.

I painted it all white….

Sprayed the top section gold and wood “hat trim” gold glitter….

Here are the exact ones I used and this is my FAVORITE gold spray paint! The others are all either too dull, too bronze or orange looking, or take forever to dry. I use this Rustoleum metallic gold on EVERYTHING in my home. This, and all products used, can be found at The Home Depot.

I brought my project inside to my kitchen counter top because I was being eaten alive by mosquitos eek! I attached the hat trim…

I used white paint to dry brush some faux snow on the brim and top of the hat and stippled some paint as well, for a more 3D effect.

I used this Rustoleum white spray glitter directly on top of the “snow” to give it more glistening effect.

I used a hot glue gun to attach these adorable embellishments. I found the gold poinsettia flower stem at the Home Depot in the Christmas section that arrived just on time for my project. I also found this Martha Stewart Christmas spray there as well. Putting them together made it the perfect fancy embellishment I was looking for!

I attached the eye hooks and rope at the top….

…and then started creating a cute little face, free-hand, and filled it in with a black Sharpee marker and orange acrylic craft paint.

For the cheeks, I used this fun Rustoleum Champagne Pink that is new (I’ve been dying to use it on something).

I cut out a circle from a piece of paper, laid it on top of the cheek area, and sprayed a few quick times for the perfect rosy-cheek effect.

Easy peasy!

You should’ve seen the look on my kids’ faces when they came home from school to see this cute face on our door! They LOVED it!!! And….they think I’m pretty awesome for building it all by myself.

Now, it’s YOUR turn! You can register HERE for this Home Depot DIH Workshop at your local Home Depot store!

The Home Depot #DIHWorkshop

Thursday, October 20, 2016

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The Home Depot provides FREE WORKSHOPS at all their locations for do-it-yourselfers of all ages and levels of experience!

There are three types of Workshops offered:

Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
Do-It-Herself (DIH)
Kids

You can learn how to build decor projects, how to make easy home repairs and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions!

I’m headed to Home Depot to find some potted outdoor Christmas trees to go on either side of my door in front of these windows.

Thanks for joining me today and I so hope you’ll return! I’d love it if you signed up for my emails in your inbox (top of page) to receive a weekly update on my posts and sale alerts for my online shoppe! Follow me on Instagram for your daily dose of inspiration as well! Hope to see you again soon! Now, please hop on over to these 24 other friends of mine who joined me in this fabulous challenge and see what they came up with. Here are all 25 of your talented hosts today:

Domestically Speaking

Lovely Etc

Redhead Can Decorate

Yesterday on Tuesday

Elizabeth Joan Design

The Rustic Life

One Artsy Mama

Tonality Designs

She Leaves A Little Sparkle

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE HOME DEPOT IS PARTNERING WITH ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. AS A PART OF THE PROGRAM, I AM RECEIVING COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE HOME DEPOT. ALL OPINIONS STATED ABOVE ARE MY OWN AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRAND AND ITS PRODUCTS.

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Simply Delicious Coconut Cake

Summer — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:11:41 +0000

When I think of Easter desserts, I think of Coconut Cake at the top of the list. For as long as I can remember we have usually had a coconut cake at our family Easter celebrations, amongst many other sweets! I come from a family that LOVES to cook and bake so food is our forte! I have made many coconut cakes and breads and desserts but this is simple, moist, fluffy, and delicious. And even if you don’t love coconut, this cake is not overwhelming and just naturally flavored.

Ingredients
Cake:
1 box White cake mix
8 oz sour cream
¼ c Vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 8.5 oz can Cream of Coconut

Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese
2 TBSP milk
16 oz. Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 bag Fresh Frozen Coconut

Instructions
Cake:
Heat oven to 350°F
Use (2) 9” pans that have been greased and floured.
Bake approximately 30 minutes at 350°F.
Cool completely. Cut off tops to make flat. Turn them upside down and stack them on parchment or wax paper and freeze for 2 hours. This will make it easier to spread and avoid crumbs to break off and get all into frosting.

Frosting:
Mix all ingredients in a mixer except fresh coconut.
Frost cake in between 2 layers and then all around top and sides.
Immediately press coconut into sides and top of cake. Slide onto cake stand and pull bottom paper out from underneath and your cake will look gorgeous!

This recipe makes (2) 9″ round cakes. If you want the look of a 3-layer cake or just need more servings, you can double the batch. This has been a family-favorite for years! Oh, and it’s easy on the eyes…isn’t it?!!! Such a pretty dessert and I love the way it compliments my Easter tablescape!

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Home Depot DIH Workshop Seasonal Character Door Hanger

Simply Delicious Coconut Cake