Clover House's Top 15 Posts of 2013 - A Year in Review

WOW! What a year 2013 has been! We've done so much but still have so much to do! It took a bit of gathering of information, but here's our top 15 project posts of 2013.  Just click on the link below each picture to be taken to the original post and all the good information!  Enjoy! :)

#1 HOW TO CLEAN AN HE WASHER

#2 A CLEAN SINK'S FRIEND

#3 RV FLOOR UPDATE

#4 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 2

#5 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 3

#6 RAISED BED GARDEN PART 1

#7 LAUNDRY ROOM REVEAL

#8 RV CABINET UPDATE

#9 CROCKPOT CREAM CHEESE CHICKEN CHILI

#10 FENCE PICKET A/C UNIT COVER

#11 TILING THE KITCHEN FLOOR

#12 DIY TACO SEASONING

#13 ORGANIZE AND BEAUTIFY YOUR CABINETS

#14 KITCHEN CABINET PART 3

#15 EASTER EGG WREATH

I hope you've enjoyed browsing our past year of the top 15 posts!  Did you get some good ideas?  I hope you pinned them! Thanks to all of our readers for making it such an awesome year!  Keep watching in 2014 for more great ideas, recipes, tips and tricks!  :)

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:
Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn
The Self Sufficient Home Acre 
The Chicken Chick,  Sew Can Do
Monday
Craft-O-Maniac, 
Between Naps on the Porch
DIY Home Sweet Home
Keeping it  Simple 
The Dedicated House
Skip to my Lou
Home Coming
Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Sugar Bee Crafts 
New Nostalgia 
It's your Life
BeBetsy
Fluster Buster   
Confessions of a Plate Addict
A Stroll Thru Life
Wednesday
Clean and Scentsible
Lady Behind the Curtain
Family Home and Life
Ducks n a Row
VMG206
Herrban Momma 
Family Home & Life
Oh My! Creative
Thursday  
Bloom
The Taylor House
52 Mantels
Domesblissity
4 You With Love
Sweet Haute
Artsy Fartsy Mama
From My Front Porch To Yours
Friday 
Lil’ Luna
Tatertots and Jello
Five Simple Things
Craftionary
Diana Rambles
I Heart Nap Time
Crafts a la mode
Saturday 
Angels Homestead
Positively Splendid,
Or So She Says
Your Homebased Mom
What's Cooking with Ruthie
Made From Pinterest

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Chalkboard Art for Easter

In the past we've shown you a few other versions of our chalkboard art. There's the 4th of July art HERE that my honey created (I love it so much) and the Valentine's Day art HERE that I created.  How about some art for Easter from both of us? We created this art together. I did the words and my honey drew the eggs! Love it!

For the letters, I first drew the outline of each letter and filled the entire word in with white chalk.  I didn't really think it looked very interesting being all white.  My honey suggested I add color.  I left the white outline but colored each letter with a different color of chalk.

He created the eggs in the same manner. Outlined in white chalk and then colored in with colored chalk.  After all the coloring was finished, I went back with white chalk and outlined it all again just to make the colors pop.

I love making these chalk art creations, but its always hard to erase all of our hard work when its time for a new one.  At least I take lots of pictures to remember them with.

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:

Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn
The Self Sufficient Home Acre 
The Chicken Chick
 
Monday
Craft-O-Maniac
Between Naps on the Porch
DIY Home Sweet Home 
Keeping it  Simple
The Dedicated House
Skip to my Lou 

Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Wednesday
Lil’ Luna
Clean and Scentsible
Lady Behind the Curtain

Thursday
Bloom
Two Yellow Birds Decor
The Busy B's

Friday 
Tatertots and Jello
Joyful Stamper
Craftionary

Saturday
Positively Splendid
I Heart Nap Time
Or So She Says 
Your Homebased Mom 
What's Cooking with Ruthie 

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Easter Egg Wreath

Last summer while we were out yard sale-ing  I came across a real bargain!  A box full of plastic Easter eggs with grass! All for .25 cents! So what I'm about to show you cost me a total of $2.25 because I also found a straw wreath at Goodwill for $2!

This little project was so simple and fun to put together, I was wishing I had another wreath and more eggs!

I saw this sign wrote on the box and got all excited and here it was summer time and we were sweating in the heat with no sign of Easter in sight!  Oh well, that's what crafters do!

Easter Egg Wreath

For this project you will need:

• 12" straw wreath
• Lots of plastic Easter eggs (I used about 80)
• Two bags of paper basket filler (I used the natural brown color because it was in the box)
• Glue gun with glue sticks
• flat head screwdriver

If you want your wreath sectioned out into colors then sort your eggs and start gluing!  I used the low heat setting on my glue gun so the glue would cool faster and I wouldn't have to hold each egg in place for so long.  Since my eggs were of the cheap version, some didn't want to stay closed so I just added a tiny amount of hot glue to keep them closed.

After you get all the eggs glued to your wreath, use the flat head screwdriver to push the shredded paper into the open spaces between the eggs. Continue until all the open spaces are filled.  I didn't use any glue to hold the paper, it just stays put for the most part.

This is what your wreath should look like when you're finished.  You could also mix the colors while gluing the eggs onto the wreath and use the traditional green color of shredded paper for a very different look.  Will you be looking for plastic Easter Eggs next time you go yard sale-ing or thrifting?

It doesn't have to be done all at once.  It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!

I'm Linking to:

Sunday
Under the Table and Dreaming by Stephanie Lynn
The Self Sufficient Home Acre 
The Chicken Chick
 
Monday
Craft-O-Maniac
Between Naps on the Porch
DIY Home Sweet Home
Keeping it Simple
The Dedicated House 
Skip to my Lou

Tuesday
Not Just a Housewife
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Wednesday
Lil’ Luna
Clean and Scentsible
Lady Behind the Curtain

Thursday
Bloom
Two Yellow Birds Decor
The Busy B's

Friday 
Tatertots and Jello
Joyful Stamper
Craftionary

Saturday
Positively Splendid
I Heart Nap Time
Or So She Says 
Your Homebased Mom 
What's Cooking with Ruthie 

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