With Christmas just days away, we thought many of you would be wrapping presents like crazy – so we wanted to share this super easy tutorial on how to make the perfect Christmas bow! This bow technique can be used on any occasion, just swap out the ribbon.

Supplies:

• Wired Ribbon – this is super important to make sure the ribbon is wired, otherwise the bow won’t hold it’s shape.
• Add an ornament for extra flare!
• Scissors

Tip: Really all you do to make the bow, is make 3 loops on each side. If your ribbon has a pattern on one side, you will notice in the video that I twist it to make sure the pattern is not hidden before I make a loop.

This was our first video and we have already learned so much for next time haha! Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for the next one Happy Wrapping & Merry Christmas!

TwineOrnament Garland

All you need for this is twine and mini ornaments. I loved the pink and gold color combo, but choose any colors you want! I bought the ornaments for 50% off at Michael’s in a tube. The amount of ornaments you need will depend on how long you want your garland.

I lined up all of the ornaments in the order I wanted them on the garland. Then tied a loop on one end of the garland and strung them on. I didn’t mind that the ornaments moved around a bit, but if you want them to stay in place you can tie a little knot before and after each ornament to keep them from sliding.

Ta-da! You are finished! This twine ornament garlandwouldbe so cute on your tree, on the mantle, even to dress up a Christmas barcart for a holiday party.

Hope you all are having a great holiday season! Can’t believe Christmas is so close – we still have a couple more Christmas DIY’s coming your way!

DIY Photo Booth Backdrop

Supplies:

• Birchwood stick ( I found this at Michael’s and used a 50% off coupon!)
• Nails
• Hammer
• White Sheet or curtain
• Ribbon
• Fake flowers ( Check the clearance section – we got all of these flowers for 80% off!)
• Props ( The piñata’s were found at Target.)

This year Polaroid has helped us to take the Friendsgiving photo booth to the next level! We used their polaroid zip instant mobile printer to quickly print out the pictures and put them into a thank you envelopefor our guests to take home that night!

The zip syncsvia bluetoothto your phone, so whatever pictures you have on your phone can instantly be printed.

We would love to see what photo booth backdrops you make! Tag us on instagram @ourmessytable, so we can follow along! We also made a DIY Flower Crown that we used as a prop.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Thank you to Polaroid for collaborating with us on this post! As always, opinions are 100% our own.

DIY Flower Crown

Supplies Needed:

• Floral Tape
• Grapevine wire ( This can be found at most craft stores, I got it from Michael’s)
• Flowers ( I used fake flowers, but this can also be done with fresh flowers)
• Wire Cutters

Directions:

1. Measure your head with the wire ( I added an extra 1 1/2 inches, since it is a prop and I wanted to make sure it would fit other people as well) andtwist or tiethe ends of the wire togetherto make a circle.
2. Onceyou have thewire circle, then take another piece the same length and wrap it around the first piece to give it a vine look.
3. Decide how you want your flowers to be arranged. I decided on my crown that I wanted flowers on only one side. I cut the flowers and wrapped the ends with floral tape. (You technically don’t have to do this step, I just wanted to cover up the ends of the stems and it also allowed me to mix the flowers and make a stem with several different flowers on one stem.)
4. Use the floral tape to secure your flower stems to the crown by wrappingthe floral tapeseveral times around the wire crown.
5. If there are some spots that need to be filled, go back in with a hot glue gun and add in some extra greenery to fill inany emptyspace between the flowers.

I hope your DIY flower crowns are a huge hit at your next event! If you have any questions or if you have made these before, let me know in the comments

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Fall Bucket List

Supplies:

• Small tin bucket
• Large popsicle sticks
• Ashland decorative fall filler (little marble pumpkins, leaves and acorns: found at Michaels)
• Paint and paintbrush
• Sharpie
• Clip-on Chalk board sign
• Chalk

Directions:

1. Paint as many sticks as you have fall activities. Let Dry.
2. Use the Sharpie to write fall activities on each stick.
3. Fill bucket with decorative filler.
4. Place sticks into the filler
5. Write on the Clip-on Chalk sign and attach it to the bucket.
6. Enjoy a fun Fall with your family.

Snacks and crafts go together perfectly so if you need a fun fall snack to munch on while you are working on this project check out our Halloween Movie Mix. Thank you so much for stopping by and as we like to say here in Texas… Happy Fall, Y’all!

DIY Door Hangers

Supplies:

• Wood – 1in x 4in x 8ft Common Board
• Twine
• Circular Saw
• Measuring Tape
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint Brush
• Screw Driver
• 1/2 Inch Screws

Directions:

Step 1: Your going to need wood so get a 1in. x 4in. x 8ft. This will allow you to cut multiple pieces to have as extras.

Step 2: Make a mark every 6 1/2 inches along your board.

Step 3: Using a circular saw, cut each piece along your lines.

Step 4: Sand all of your wood pieces.

Step 5: Paint each block and let dry.

Step 6: Add whatever design you would like or you could use some classics like “Do Not Disturb” or “Room Service Please.” The world is your oyster here, so have fun with it!

Step 7: Add two screws to the back of each block making sure not to screw them all the way in and also make sure it doesn’t go all the way thru.

Step 8: Tie twine around each screw and cut the excess off the ends.

We thought these were a really fun weekend craft. We have even made a few more and added them to our guest welcome cart , so that our guests can pick their favorites when they stay. We would love to see what you come up with, so if you make your own please tag us on Instagram with #OMTcrafts!

Thanks for stopping by!

Donut Poker Chips

Supplies:

• Adorox Wooden Circles Round Disc Unfinished Wood Cutouts Ornament Craft Project Coins Dreidel Game Decor
• Paint
• Paint brush
• Optional – Donut Cards

Directions:

1. Paint the wooden circles with your base color and let dry.
2. Paint on the icing. No set design just make sure to leave an outer edge and a hole in the middle of your donut. Let dry.
3. Paint on the sprinkles. Let dry. **Tip – I tried painting smaller, thinner sprinkles first and it looked to busy. The larger sprinkles looked much better.
4. Play Poker.

Poker and Donuts!! Trust me friends you will love it and if anything else you get to have friends over to eat donuts….for dinner, that alone should have you ALL-IN lol. (See what I did there, poker puns, it’s what keeps you coming back.) Oh and look below for your Poker Hand Cheat Sheet and be sure to leave your thoughts and questions in the comments!

Poker Hand Cheat Sheet:

Listed in order of best hand to worst hand. (image courtesy of www.wsop.com)

Of course we know you have many blogchoicesto read, so we thank you for choosing us. (Southwest always says that, so I stole it.) See you next time friends!

Lemonade Themed Summer Wreath

Supplies:

• Grapevine wreath
• 1-2 focal pieces: for this wreath, I chose the “Fresh squeezed lemonade sign” and the large burlap ribbon. I found both of these from Hobby Lobby.
• Wired Ribbon: I chose a pink, yellow striped, and a textured white ribbon. You can chose any patterns you want, just make sure you are buying wired ribbon. (otherwise, the bow won’t form correctly.)
• Artificial Flowers: I chose yellow, white, and pink flowers.
• Wire
• Hot Glue Gun

Step One:

You want to attach the large focal point pieces first. So, I attached the large burlap lemon to the center of the grapevine wreath. I wanted it to be a little at an angle.

Step Two:

I then wired the Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Sign to the wreath, allowing it to overlap on the burlap lemon.

Step Three:

The next step is to create what will be the “tails” of your bow. You can make these however long you desire. I took all three ribbon colors and layered them on top of each other. Before you cut the ribbon, hold the middle up to the center of the wreath and let the ends fall down on either side to determine if you need the ribbon to be shorter or longer on either side. I let the ribbon fall about half way down the wreath (you can always go back and make them shorter if you need too.)

Once you have the ribbon the length you want it, then use the same piece of wire and attach it to the sign in the center of the wreath.

Step Four:

Leaving a little ribbon left a the bottom, I bunch the ribbon and hot glued it in place. Then I added a flower.

Step Five:

It is time to add the top of the bow! Here is a video I shared last year on how to make a Christmas bow, but it is the same concept. You will make “loops” with the ribbon, the only difference is you will be using all three ribbon, instead of the one in the video. Don’t get discouraged if you have to do this several times! It may take a few tries, but that is the great thing about wired ribbon – it allows for you to make mistakes and just flatten it out and start over. Once you have your bow ready, then you will tie it onto the left over wire from earlier.

When you are tying the ribbon to the wire, the loops may get a little smushed. Don’t worry! Just go back through and fluff out the ribbon, when you are done.

Step Six:

Now that the bow is in place, you can go back and add in the flowers! I chose a long stem of yellow flowers. I placed it very close to the top of bow and let it come down along the right side of the wreath. To secure the flowers in place, I first wedge the stems into the grapevine wreath and then hot glue the ends in place.

Top view of the bow and flowers

That was the final step! You can just back through and fill in spots that look bare by hot gluing the flowers in and around the bow.

I purposely made my bow a little off centered and lean towards the left side. In order to balance the wreath out, I had the flowers come down farther on the right side.

I hope you enjoyed this DIY Lemonade Summer Wreath as much as I did making it! If you have any questions or need any help when making it yourself, just let me know! I am happy to answer any questions you have.

Thanks for stopping by!

DIY Giant Ombre Jenga

Supplies:

• 2×3 common boards
• circular saw
• measuring tape
• electric sander or sanding block
• paints
• paint brushes

Directions:

Step 1: Make marks on your 2×3 every 7 1/2 inches.

Step 2: Using the circular saw cut all of the blocks. You will need 45 of these blocks.

Step 3: Sand all of your blocks and prepare them for paint.

Step 4: Section all the blocks into 5 groups with 9 blocks each. Paint each group a different color of the ombre them of your choice and let dry.

TIP: I found that if you just choose 3 colors (bottom, middle, and top), then the “in-between” colors can just be a blend of the two around it. It will help you get the perfect fade color.

Example:

Section 1 – a “White”

Section 2 – ab mix

Section 3 – b “Teal”

Section 4 – bc mix

Section 5 – c “Dark Blue”

Man I hope that makes sense haha.

And that’s it, a very simple project that will be a great outdoor game this summer with friends and family and also be a colorful backyard decoration piece. Our backyard is under construction with a few projects that we will hopefully get to showcase soon but until then we took the giant jenga to the color wall in Houston for a little photoshoot. Any giant backyard games that are your favorites? Let us know in the comments below.

I know your dying to ask but a gentleman never beats his wife in a game and then tells all his friends on the internet. So until next time and as always, thanks for stopping by! Show us your projects by using #omtcrafts!

***Small disclaimer***

***All claims of victory may or may not be fictional depending on who you ask or how upset said people or persons may be at the retelling of said story.

Rustic Wooden Calendar

I will say the hardest part was figuring out how I was going to make those metal sliders and then out of sheer blind luck I was at Walmart and happen to look down to see a photo album that had a metal label holder on the side. Genius! But of course Walmart doesn’t sell those pieces individually, but lucky for me I live near a Hobby Lobby. Sorry that was a proud moment for me so I thought I’d share, haha. Lets get started my friends.

Materials:

• Drill
• Circular Saw
• Jigsaw
• Needle nose pliers
• Hot glue gun
• Glue sticks
• Brass flat bars
• Label Holders
• (1) 1 x 4 common board at least 2ft long
• (3) 1/2 in. x 2 x 2 poplar board (cut each board down from 2 ft to 1ft 8 in.)
• (1) 1/2 in. x 3 x 2 poplar board (cut into 2 pieces of 11 1/2 in. each)
• Wood screws
• Wood glue
• Sand paper
• Wood stain
• Letter stamps
• Number stamps
• Ink pad

Instructions:

Step 1: Cut all of the wood to the measurements given above.

Step 2: Lay the two side pieces flat and then line up all of the horizontal pieces to get the spacing right. Then measure 2 in. from the bottom and 2 in. in between each board, leaving 1 in. remaining on the top. I then labeled the board for my cuts.

Using the drill make holes in each corner as shown,this will help with the corner cuts for the jigsaw. Then cut out each marked section with the jigsaw.

Step 4: Assemble all of the pieces. Use wood glue to hold the horizontal bars in place and then screw each one to the side boards.

Step 5: Screw the side boards to the base by first drill a hole from the bottom into the side boards, then screwing them in place.

Step 6: Using the needle nose pliers form the brass flat bars around the horizontal pieces, but not all the way yet. You want them to look like “C”s for the time being.

Step 7: Stain the wood

Step 8: Once the wood stain is dry, stamp the numbers on the lowest bar, then the Months on the middle bar and the days of the week on the top bar. For spacing I lined up all of the numbers then just stamped as I went.

TIP: If you use a paper towel to wipe the edges of the stamp, you will keep yourself from get the square edges stamped on the wood as well.

Step 9: Using the hot glue gun, glue the label holders to the back of the flat brass “C”s that we created. Then assemble them onto the horizontal boards and using the needle nose pliers again, form the flat brass all the way around the boards.

The finished wooden sliding calendar will make a great accent to any desk or study. I know that my brain works different at times so if you have any questions at all about any of the steps, please let me know in the comments and I’ll do the best I can to help you out. Good luck and we’d love to see some of the finished products so be sure to tag those pics with #omtcrafts.