DIY FALL HOME DECOR THRIFT STORE FLIP -FALL DECORATING-TRASH TO TREASURE MAKEOVERS

In this episode, we'll be making some Fall home decor from DIY thrift store flips!!! First, we'll take old books that I bought from the thrift store for a dollar each and we'll make them over into a beautiful Fall display of home decor. Next, we'll take some styrofoam balls that I got at the thrift shop and we'll make them into little pumpkins. I'll show you a very easy way of doing it! After that, we'll take some corn silks from the project we did last week and make them into awesome florals that we can use in an arrangement. Lastly, we're going to take a little bench that I bought at the flea market and make it over so that we can display all our stuff! So, if you're ready then let's do this!
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Paints I used in the video:
Rust Oleum Flat White Spray Paint
Craftsmart Acrylic Paint: Gold Orchre, Corn Silk, Spanish Tile
Americana Acrylic Paint: Mississippi Mud
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[@dorothylehman4164]

I like how your mom and you bounce ideas off of each other that's great that's great to have a mom to do that with I didn't have a mom to do that with I like watching you guys keep up the good work

[@micheledickey4066]

Living in Iowa sure does have its bonuses! Making things out of corn stalks, silk and dried corn is going to be so fun.

[@denisepope8599]

All the many corn silks I have thrown away over the years. Who would have known they could have been used for a Thanksgiving decor item or everyday decor farmhouse item. As a preteen many years ago, I took Sweetgum Ball and spray painted some gold and some red and put them on our Christmas tree. This was was before the DIY movement began. I am 55 now. At 18, our you youth group was going to have a fond raiser with the theme a luau. I made about 10 bamboo huts from bamboo from the bamboo from our property. My friend and I went to the creek and got several buckets of sand, lined the floor with plastic and made a beach scene with some of the huts and umbrellas made out of bamboo leaves, little balls. The other huts were spread out on the counters and window seals. Using the sand was approved by the pastor after we had told him how we were protecting the floor and it would not be tracked everywhere. My best friend was the pastor daughter. She was the best friend that I had ever had.

[@carolyost6733]

I love your yarn pumpkins. They r so cute. I bet your brain is always thinking!

[@judyeldridge5786]

Beautiful colors on books

[@debrabell2604]

The corn silk was a great idea. As I watched I was thinking the same as your mom😊 the branch is perfect, I like the looks of the natural look of the silk even better. Nice job

[@nonisnest9718]

All great projects but the corn silk balls were amazing!

[@martharamos5625]

I don’t know how you don’t get messy. I’ve had to put on an apron when I paint. Plus I need to spread out my craft area. Love your videos.

[@carolroeske9654]

The corn silk balls came out beautiful! You must be very patient, those would have been in my garbage the first time they fell off the wire😃

[@mamaneedsatimeout1325]

When I see a new video come up from you I get a little shiver of excitement! The corn silk florals were so unique. I think they would have even been pretty as the original color. People pay big money for those types of florals - would it look strange for me to rummage through the trash can at the grocery store where customers can shuck their corn before purchasing it? I’d love to have all those silks. It wouldn’t be the first time I rummaged through the garbage!🤭 Have a great weekend. ~ Linda

[@rosiemorales7783]

Oh Kelly the pumpkins are so adorable. The colors are just beautiful😍🌻🌻🌻🦋🦋🦋

[@ginacable5376]

Absolutely gorgeous loved everything.

[@jiggy201391]

Kelly thankyou so much for your fabulous Ideas they are stunning Instead of using spray paint you could try flour and water yep self raising flour mix together with a little warm water to make a glue consistency add a little paint to that and remember that's the old fashioned way to hang wallpaper or news paper if you didn't have a lot of money yes to the walls so thanks again take care of your self and family from the UK 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 😍

[@user-kh5jx2jb8v]

Those balls remind me of Horton hears a who! LOL😊

[@LeeF945]

So dam cute! I'm obsessed with your channel! You inspire me! Im going through a really tough time in my life right now and bring creative is literally keeping me from loosing it!

[@lesmeyer318]

Better yet with the foam pumpkins, use a large needle with yarn attached and go in and out pumpkin.

[@lorygriffin3167]

love all of them but the corn silk was brilliant

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Awhhh, thank you, Lory! Yes...as I was gathering the corn husk together for the wreath....I looked at the silks and thought....wow...this could work! It had the same texture and everything and best yet....it was FREE! Yay! Anyway, thanks so much for watching and for the taking the time to leave such a nice comment!!! XOXO

[@flippinretired]

Everything turned out great and did work well together.

[@bettyloar2238]

Love those little pumpkins

[@charlotted6247]

I received my leaves and crows today!!! I am so excited to use them. They are so so nice!!!! I love the color you used on the stool so its wonderful. The bowl of pumpkins is just too cute. The colors you chose all look great together!!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

[@meml7762]

Great job I love it 🍂🍁🧡

[@averysnest2745]

These fall projects are amazing! Great job Kelly! Love your creativity!

[@judyeldridge5786]

Great job, Kelly!

[@lindamyhal2743]

I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND I LOVE IT.

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Hi Linda! OH, that's AWESOME! Welcome!!! I'm so glad you found your way here! Yay! I post new videos every Thursday morning...so, stay tuned...I have much more to come!!! XOXO

[@shellydehart8217]

Sorry to be late in checking out this week video. Been sick my friend . As you know I like to watch as soon as it’s up. Love that idea making pumpkins out of yarn n you picked some great colors too. They looked so good in that wooden bowl. Your idea of making those dried up flowers out of the stuff from the corn husks definitely gave you a work out. I was getting a little skeptical but they actually turned out really cute. Looked good with the bitter sweet n that cool can. Awww the bench. I love benches. That was a good size to work with. Loved how you decorated it with all the goodies you made. Definitely a great vignette to use for all seasons. Wanted to let you know I emailed you. Check to see if it came through. I think once again I wrote it down wrong. I’m such a dummy. Wanted to let you know how much I love my pig bag. He’ll be used I guarantee it. Already have my Flea Market Rescue key chain on my car key. Love it! ♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍

[@heathermacleod7068]

Very cute projects Kelly!!! Love them all!!!

[@KandyKoatedKrafts]

You’re a great teacher! 💕💕

[@candacedandrea5677]

Great as always, never disappoints

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

AwHhh....thank you so much, Candace!!! That was so sweet of you to say!!! You made my day!!! XOXO

[@lorrainekempton2151]

Youre so smart making pumpkin s

[@zullo3529]

Your corn husk balls look great. Just like the ones you purchased. When I saw the purchased ones I thought of horse hair. I like yours better and fraying the twine looked perfect. Thanks

[@susanmaxham8397]

Great video! I loved all your projects. Thank you for sharing.

[@judithfew5627]

Oooo I couldn't deface a book!!! It would hurt me. Lol

[@KandyKoatedKrafts]

😂😂

[@delilahklenk6658]

I guess I should of finished watching the video, before my last comment..lol. love all your projects you do❤

[@justjen3216]

Beautiful decor..n crafts

[@scarlethenderson6510]

Awesome flips🤎🍁💛🍂🧡🌻

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thank you so much, Scarlet!!! I appreciate that!!! XOXO

[@foreverandalways3305]

How cute. 🐿🍁

[@debratyler6849]

I was looking at the corn husks and if you painted them pink and blue they would be great for a whoville tree Christmas project. Everything is very pretty. Your pumpkins are really cute

[@barbiedoll6530]

I love how you just whip out a piece of parchment paper on your kitchen counter and whip out some gorgeous project!!! LOL Those "who-ville" corn silk pom poms are stunning!!!!!

[@bluebelle9572]

Who-ville Pom poms! First thing I thought was messy bun on a stick.

[@Kiki-wi7px]

Would've Kept the Greenery 🌱 in the Tin and then Added the Corn-Silk Ball's throughout. They Really. Turned-Out PERFECT.👍

[@ritajones8469]

Love these projects 😊so beautiful all of them. Will try the books and pumpkins

[@shannonsmith8585]

Kelly your awesome I can’t believe how good the corn balls turned out! Thank you for all your awesome flips!

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thank you so much, Sharon! You're too sweet!!! Thank you for the AWESOME comment and for watching!!! XOXO I'm so glad you're enjoying the flips!!!

[@pamdennis1007]

Love your ideas.

[@odalysgonzalez2847]

Liked everything 😊

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

Clever ideas!

[@lorrirauscher2500]

Love all these lovely creations🥰

[@theoldsonso]

You always have the best projects!!!! Thank for sharing!!!!! 😊

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

OHhh, how nice of you to say that!!! Thank you for the AWESOME compliment! I really appreciate it!!! XOXO

[@leochavez7184]

Great stuff loved it

[@caroldavis1977]

You always make the best stuff. Wish I could do them all❣️😁

[@maryellenkrause7126]

Big show at Springfield in Davisburg Mi this weekend. Wish I could go. Love what you do keep up the good work

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

I know...my mom and I are actually going to that this weekend! I can't wait!!! Yay!!! I'm sorry to hear that you won't be there, though! Anyway, thank you for watching, Mary Ellen and for the sweet comment!!! XOXO

[@delilahklenk6658]

I love those fluff balls, but I think affixing them with a spray adhesive first, might help, when applying the paint, I think spray painting them in Chalk paint, would work too, just in small amounts

[@debk6598]

🤔🤔🤔 Wonder if I could use the dog hair dust bunnies under my couch to make the decorative branches? Lol 🤣

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

LOL Well, I sure have a lot of that around here, too, especially the dog hair!!!! HEE HEE Heck, I'd have enough for a few bouquets!!!! HEE HEE

[@lorenemeyer4665]

That reminds me of a lady I saw on TV show and she uses her cat or dog hair ..can't remember now but it was one or the other..and spins yarn frim it!.(yep not for me ..hard pass)..believe it or not she has people that order from her for her yarn! They even showed the sweaters she has made from it..

[@lindafaierson6030]

Great ideas,Kelly. I tried the pumpkin s from old Bundt pans. I found a smaller one and it came out great. Told everyone I follow you.

[@conniecrawford1403]

Kelly the yarn pumpkins are soo cute!!

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thank you, Connie! I appreciate that!!! XOXO

[@cindyplutnicki8930]

Great projects! Love how u style them!

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thank you, Cindy!!! I'm so glad to hear that you like how I style my projects!!! XOXO

[@user-nr4xg6jg7p]

Messy but worth it!

[@lindasnyder5048]

You can always paint your Styrofoam balls first to match your yarn so the white won't be sticking out I would probably buy the same colors you paint your books so you don't have to buy so much paint...love the books and pumpkins...

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

I think I tried painting Styrofoam before in a previous project and found that it doesn't cover that well. It's a great suggestion, though! Thanks for sharing, Linda and for watching!!! XOXO

[@elainereynolds9532]

GREAT VIDEO...

[@debo398]

try watering the glue/paint mixture used on the corn silk balls down to be used in a spray bottle...that should give better application...spray the corn silk before forming into balls.

[@debbiehamilton1083]

Loved this video and intend on doing a couple of videos

[@kawthertaha8168]

Lovely

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thank you, Kawther!!! XOXO

[@gwensmith5299]

Very nicely done ! Enjoyed watching and I think your decorative balls were much nicer !

[@kellihull7600]

These are all fabulous! I like your corn silk balls much better, I apologize in advance, you know I absolutely ADORE you, I saw the $11 originals and was immediately reminded of water hubby pulls out of the shower drain 😆 hmmm would that be recycling?? 😂 thank you for another absolutely stunning display!!!!! ❤

[@margeburke5599]

I love your craft ideas....maybe bleaching the corn silk would work? Then you could stiffen them with Mod Podge.

[@candacedandrea5677]

Forgot to mention but I made six Bundt pan pumpkins and gave them all away to my friends for Thanksgiving. But of course I kept one for my Farm Thanksgiving table.

[@pamelahinatsu7195]

You are so lucky to have found so many bundt pans! I have only found 1.

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

OH, I love it!!! Yes, I would have kept one, too!!! I put mine in the booth and my mom went there and took one! LOL She said she had to have one!!! HEE HEE They are really cool, though, aren't they?!?!?

[@glojk4315]

I made 2 ! I finally found 2 Bundt pans on my 3rd pass through the resale shop shelves! The corn silk balls, couldn’t you use a small foam ball and spray them a darker color then glue the silk to it? And use a stick to attach it to? Love all of these great ideas!

[@lindafaierson6030]

I made a small Bundt pan pumpkin and everyone loved it.

[@libertygiveme1987]

When you were putting the Bittersweet and all the other things in the Can, it might have served you better if you would have used the Green Stuff (FORGOT WHAT IT'S CALLED) that Florists use, it probably would have worked better. That way everything would have STUCK OUT!!!! But EXCEPTIONAL JOB OVERALL!!!!

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Yea, I probably should have just ran to the Dollar Store. They have that there but it was late and paper was all I had at hand. But. yea...you're absolutely right, Liberty GiveMe...the green stuff would have worked out just perfectly! Thanks for sharing!!! XOXO

[@artladybluntzer4112]

The top of corn are called silks, the husk are the dried leaves surrounding the corn itself

[@lanielouwraps]

Great projects Kelly. I cannot believe you don’t get paint all over you like I do! 😂

[@pamelahinatsu7195]

Girl I just love the corn husk/silk balls. So natural looking 😍. The colors you used for the books are perfect. Now I need to run to Michael's for yarn! I'm trying to downsize my decorations 😩 but I keep seeing new neat things!!! But I do look forward to seeing your videos on Thursday mornings.

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Oh, I love that you look forward to Thursday morning, Pamela!!! PS> Sorry for being a bad influence! HEE HEE Anyway, I just want to say...those pumpkins with the yarn are sooooo incredibly easy! Just pick out some colors of yarn you like and before you know it.....you'll have a whole set of pumpkins that you can display for Fall!!! I know you said you're trying to downsize decorations, so maybe you can just swap old decorations out for new ones. That's what Debbie (the one I showed her house) does. If she hasn't used them in a year...she donates them. That's how she's able to keep changing things out without all the clutter. Well, thank you for watching, Pamela and for the sweet comment!!! XOXO

[@pamelahinatsu7195]

@@FLEAMARKETRESCUE great idea!!! The yarn isn't on sale this week. My friend works there a couple of nights a week. I will get her to grab some for me! My garage is so full of totes that it's sinful. Ken keeps wandering into my craft room. I keep telling him to back out!

[@pamelahinatsu7195]

Oh...girl you know you are a bad influence on me and a whole pack of others. Be proud of it!!!

[@MerryBee707]

I wonder if spritzing the corn silk balls with a little watered down bleach would have lightened them to the color you wanted? Also, great hack for uncurling parchment paper is to crumple it and then flatten it out. I do that when lining my baking sheets, prevents the edges from curling

[@judithaldridge4127]

Marvellous video sherry I wish I lived near you.xxx I would visit your stall in Springfield. .sorry

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Hi Judith! There is always next year....we'll be there again in the Fall! Where do you live, Judith?

[@deborahdavis3639]

If you need stems you could use one's left over from faux flowers that you used. Just a thought

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Hi Deborah! Are you taking about the stems on the bittersweet or Eucalyptus leaves that I got with the bucket? Anyway.... yes, the left over stems from something previously used would definitely work, as well. Thanks for the suggestion! XOXO

[@dorothylehman4164]

How about thankful grateful and blessed is that how you're going to do them

[@ritadavis4526]

Cutest ideas Kelly! ❤ What did you use to glue the 3 books with?

[@garymartin5898]

That stuff on the corn silk project looks like they use tow flax..what reenactors use to start fires. Rebecca M🍁🐿

[@tootsie2]

Love all you do. The balls from the corn silks we're such a great idea. I'm now headed out to our garden to see if we have stalks left with the silk. But I should have saved them when we harvested our corn. Well, there is always next year. Thank you for all you do.

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

OHhhhh, thank you so much, Barbara! What a sweet comment!!! And, yes...I would check if you can find some left because as you saw....you can make some neat things with it! If it's already gone...then you're absolutely right...there is alway next year and you'll know exactly what to do with them! Well, thank you again for making my day with such a wonderful comment! XOXO

[@rosebennick1555]

I think you could have made those balls with a small foam ball and then covered it, that husk would have stuck to the foam ball

[@SueHoogeveen]

I wonder what would have happened if you tried bleaching those corn husk.

[@kathyroberts5870]

Theirs looks like they used Seagrass string. String they use to put on bailed hay.

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Oh, so you think it might be the string they use on hay bails? Hhhhmmm? I'm going to have to check that out! Thank you for sharing what you think it could be! Whatever it is...I love it!!! Thank you again for sharing, Kathy!!! XOXO

[@joniallen6880]

Masking tape is smart!

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Thanks, Joni!!! It's so much easier to use than trying to fill in the depressions. I will say, in hindsight....I probably would use two pieces next time for extra cushion, though. Anyway, thanks for watching and for the sweet comment!!! XOXO

[@debk6598]

Masking tape is such a good idea! I would have gone the hard was of using wood filler on the books. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Yes...it's so much easier!! I hindsight though...I probably would use two pieces of masking tape just for some extra cushion. Anyway, thanks for watching, Deb!!! XOXO

[@susanbenavidez2391]

I have a question. The mixture you made up of the glue, paint and water, you brushed it on, I wonder if you could put the mixture in a spray bottle and spray it on instead with a brush? Would that work?

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Well, if you sprayed it on....then you'd have to really water down the mixture so that it could go through the spray bottle's nozzle, so I don't know if that would be strong enough to make these all bond together and stiffen, but that sure would be easier and less messy if you could! It's worth trying.

[@natvtxn1213]

Love all the crafts! Couldn't you hot glue between the books to keep them from slipping out of the arrangement?

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Yes...you most definitely could do that, Norma!!! PS>Thank you so much for the compliment on my crafts!!! I'm so glad you love them!!! XOXO

[@lorenemeyer4665]

On another channel she hot glues a piece of cloth inside cover to 1st page and bring it to the back last page to the cover *one piece front to back (hope that makes sense)

[@junerobbins6871]

I love the corn silk balls. As I watched I thought that you could have glued the silk onto a smaller stryrfome ball. Love your moms suggestion of using a branch for stability. I thought of that just before she came over.

[@gailwashington8733]

Did you glue the books together after painting them.?

[@FLEAMARKETRESCUE]

Hi Gail! I did not, however, you most certainly could… if you wanted to!

[@hazel1960]

If I may say as a florist if tied your stems then wrapped the paper twisted around them and put them in five would of been better

[@nickituschmann46]

OK so I was thinking for a while while you are making that last project I believe there's little like cornhuskballs and I was thinking they kind of look like something a cat might throw up throw up to me it's not a good luck.. just my opinion hairball

[@joannethomas3229]

Thank goodness for moms huh?