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  • DIY Weekend chalkboard mirror. So fun! | Gypsy Magpie

    DIY Farmhouse Chalkboard from Old Mirror
    • Missy
    • Before & After Cheap or Free Create DIY Repurpose
    • 19 June 2018

    I picked up this old mirror off a yard sale site several years ago with the plan to use it one day in our half bath remodel. It’s been sitting behind the chair in my bedroom, gathering dust, since. This past month as I have gotten serious about redoing that half bath, I realized the […]

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  • From forgotten in a flowerbed to the cutest barnwood chalkboard! | Gypsy Magpie

    DIY Western Barn-wood Chalkboard
    • Missy
    • Arts & Crafts Before & After Cheap or Free Repurpose
    • 3 November 2017

    When my brother and sister-in-law moved into their new house, they found a bunch of discarded treasures left in the backyard. The former owners must have loved western decor because there were whiskey barrel planters, barn-wood, a cowboy boot fountain, and a broken windmill, among other things. Wanting their backyard clean and knowing I have […]

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  • Create a glittered spider wreath for Halloween that isn't too scary {Gypsy Magpie}

    DIY Halloween Wreath
    • Missy
    • Arts & Crafts Create DIY Holidays Kids Repurpose Wings
    • 13 October 2015

    *This post may contain affiliate links which helps me keep this creative little happy place going* See my Disclosure page HERE. Now back to the post… Here’s a little holiday secret, I hate Halloween. I know, it’s completely un-American but I just really, really don’t like gore, death, darkness, and horror. My kind of Halloween […]

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  • DIY Spice Jars with Chalkboard Labels {Gypsy Magpie}

    DIY Spice Jars
    • Missy
    • Before & After Cheap or Free Create DIY Printables Repurpose
    • 8 September 2015

    A couple weeks ago, I was trying to keep my mind off my youngest starting school so I did a few little projects to help me keep my sanity. One of them was LONG overdue. We moved into our home 5 years ago. Doing what a lot of people do, as we unpacked boxes, we […]

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  • Custom Headboard from a Vintage Courthouse Wall Panel {Gypsy Magpie}

    Headboard from Vintage Wall Panel
    • Missy
    • Create DIY Furniture Rehab Repurpose Tutorials Wings
    • 23 June 2015

    Last summer, I found a vintage wall panel at a yard sale and couldn’t walk away from it. The man selling it was involved in the remodel of a courthouse out in the Uintah Basin. The paneling had been handmade by a little old man decades ago and the contractor recognized the craftsmanship and couldn’t […]

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  • The Happy Pantry Door Project {Gypsy Magpie}

    The Happy Pantry Door Project
    • Missy
    • Before & After Create DIY Repurpose Tips & Tricks Wings
    • 14 April 2015

    Sorry it’s been so quiet around here, I took some much needed time off to spend with my family. I can’t wait to tell you about our trip to Sand Hollow! That post will be coming Thursday, but for now I wanted to share a little something special from a few months back… If you […]

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  • Green & Gold Stool Makeover {Gypsy Magpie}

    Green & Gold Stool
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    • Before & After Cheap or Free Create DIY Furniture Rehab Holidays Repurpose Roots Tutorials
    • 17 March 2015

    Since it’s St. Patty’s Day, I figured it would be a fun time to share a little stool makeover I did for my oldest daughter’s room a while back. If you follow on Instagram you’ve already seen this, but I totally forgot to share it here. I have a camera full of projects that I […]

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    • Welcome to Gypsy Magpie, my little creative happy place. Here you’ll find an eclectic mix of things that bring me joy. From family, DIY, food, and crafts, to nature loving, repurposing, spirituality, gardening, vintage fun, and all things home, with a sprinkling of hippie-ness and a hefty dose of heart. Come along for the ride as I grow some roots to balance my wings.

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    My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horri My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horrible braider (why God gave me 3 girls is anyone’s guess 🤷🏼‍♀️) and have never been able to get them to stay together. The technic is probably all sorts of wrong but I don’t even care. I feel like Ma Ingalls. 🧅
    I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes th I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes that have been sitting in the corner since Mother’s Day. And yes, I do realize they don’t match the nightstands. Give me a couple weeks and I’ll get things repainted, just you wait! Ok, don’t do that. 🤗 At this point of 2020, we all know it’ll sit like this for months.⁣ ⁣ P.S. Somebody should walk that pouty eyed dog. And when I say somebody its me. Yay. So lucky.
    You didn’t really think I was done posting pics You didn’t really think I was done posting pics of sunflowers, did you? Oh... you did. Oopsies. Sorry y’all. ⁣ ⁣ If it helps, the weather man says 20s on Tuesday so I’ll be filling my feed with autumn leaves, baked goods, and inside projects all too soon. Just let me enjoy the last few days of flowers & garden veggies.
    Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and cover Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and covering the garden with every extra sheet I own. ⁣ ⁣ Welcome to fall 🍂
    I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflow I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflower photos before the freezes come crash the party in a few days. ⁣ ⁣ These smokey skies are pretty wild.
    There were several times over the years that I pra There were several times over the years that I prayed about homeschooling my kids. Back when they were littles and still thought I was magic. It would have been the perfect season. But every time I asked God said no. Eventually, I closed that door and moved on. ⁣ ⁣ 2020 was going to be my year. I finally found my groove! I had big plans for remodeling projects, taking classes & strengthening talents, and even bringing in a real income to finally buy new furniture & a much needed vacation. Then kidneys happened and bam! Here I am, at the most inconvenient moment in my motherhood, helping my sweet girl heal & learn from home. I won’t lie, I have questioned His timing. Judge me if you must. But when it comes down to it, I realize that I can’t see what He can. So each morning I’ll pray over this room, and ask the spirit to be here that she and I might bloom where we’re planted. Even here. Even now.🌻
    My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 yea My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 years living in the family home, they sold their house to my brother and are moving. The whole family is helping Dad gut the new place and make it into my mama’s dream. Yesterday as I worked, I looked around and realized just how much the current state of the demo mirrored my own life this year. I couldn’t help thinking of this quote by C.S. Lewis...⁣ ⁣ “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”⁣ ⁣ 2020 is the year of demolition and rebuilding. For my parents, our family, my daughter, and for me.
    Monday got me like... Monday got me like...
    Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go thro Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there. -J.R. Rim⁣ ⁣ 2020 got me feeling like I’m trying to grow up through a whole bunch of dirt. Maybe you too. If not now, you have or will be soon. Life, right? Just a little Friday morning reminder to keep looking for light. It’s there and it’ll find you, sometimes in the sweetest and simplest of ways. ⁣ ⁣ P.S. That surprise sunbeam photobomb made my day.
    I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudrea I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudreaux all week. If you get that reference, you know. I feel like I need a serious time out but since my youngest is still quarantined, so am I.⁣ ⁣ I wonder if my teenage daughter would notice if I hid away from life and hermited myself in her swing with some chocolate and a big stack of books for a few days? Sure tempting.
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