About a week ago, I started taking down the winter “stuff” and replacing it with some spring things.
I wanted to only use what I had around the house, and I ended up with the vignette you see below.
I think I will still make a little banner for this area, but I wanted to show you how I found some “spring things” in my house without spending any money.
I started by taking placemats and making them into a table runner. You can find the directions for my tutorial here.
After that I made some framed art.
I had a frame with no glass, some scrap book paper that was a corresponding color and some white cardstock.
Then I searched for a Spring-ish printable on Pinterest. There are hundreds of printables too choose from. I decided on this bird. You can find it here.
The white cardstock with the cream colored matting bothered me, so I tea-stained the perimeter of the cardstock.
To do this, just wet the tea bag with hot water, break the tea bag open and rub the leaves around the edges.
Then you have to press the picture over night in a book, so it will lay flat.
Then I used double-sided tape to take the picture on, and that was it!
Pretty easy and inexpensive.
Hope you’re all having a good week!
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I'm a wife, a sister, a daughter, a mother of 5, a Jesus lover, a coffee abuser, an obsesser of all things DIY, design and decor related.
Most of what you'll see here are ways to live inexpensively, and how I put those into practice with my constant need to renovate houses.
We are a military family of 7, so houses must come big and inexpensive, and made beautiful as we go, turning what most would see as trash, into treasure.
Thanks for stopping by, stay awhile and make yourself at home. I hope you enjoy my ideas. 
That looks so pretty! The tea-staining really added a lot. Great vignette!
Love this! And who know that tea staining was so darn easy? Tempted to try it today.
Thanks Sarah!
This is just so lovely! So nice for spring. I love the bird print.
Thank you Maryann!
Love it!
Thank you Debbie!
Elegant and lovely!
This is probably the prettiest Spring vignette I’ve seen this year! Happy Spring!
Oh this is just perfect for spring! Your tea staining method is very clever – just a subtle effect but what a difference! Love your vignette!
Super pretty Katie!!
Very pretty Spring vignette, Katie! As always great tips!
love what you did with the bird art! looks great