Happy Home Shelf Sitter

Teal Checks, a messy bow, some cute butterflies, and some Dollar Tree supplies come together to make this easy and affordable DIY Happy Home Shelf Sitter that will make your home decor look just like it says….HAPPY!

Teal checks, mini butterflies, and a messy bow on a long board that says Happy Home Shelf Sitter made with dollar tree supplies and the words cut out on a cricut for spring summer or everyday DIY home decor.

I have this thing for the color Teal and yellow. It started with my obsession with Sunflowers, then the teal color sprinkled itself in, and next thing I knew my entire dining area was teal and sunflower galore!

This Happy Home Shelf Sitter doesn’t necessarily have any sunflowers in it, but it does have the teal and yellow theme I love so much.

I love this one because its light and colorful enough for Spring, it’s bright and sunny enough for Summer, but it’s down to earth enough to be used year round too. It’s really a classic!

Portrait view of the right side of the long board showing the word HOME and a small yellow wooden butterfly, with the edges covered in Teal check rice paper.

And doesn’t it look just fabulous with the Paint Stick Butterfly we made in my VIP subscription group, The CRafterparty!?

Portrait view of the left side of the long board showing the messy bow and a small yellow wooden butterfly.

Let’s not forget about the decorative touch with the Digital Deco Designs rice paper. See those teal checks? YES! Thats rice paper and if you haven’t crafted with it before, than you are missing out my friend.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Happy Home Shelf Sitter

Long decorative board that says Hugs & Kisses

Aqua Distressed Checks print (Digital Deco Designs rice paper)
Long wood Dollar Tree board
Cricut cut Vinyl Words – HAPPY HOME
Coordinating fabric for bow
Excelsior
Twine
Golden sunset paint
Key West paint
White paint
Antique wax
Small wood butterfly cutouts
Mod Podge
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Happy Home Shelf Sitter

I made this Happy Home Shelf Sitter on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a FB live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

First things first, get that entire board painted all Teal. I used Apple Barrel Key West. Then I took a bit of Antique Wax and brushed it all around the edges to grunge it up a little bit and give it a distressed look.

Next, trace the top and the side edges onto the Teal checks rice paper and cut that out. Then Mod Podge each piece to the top and both sides.

The top of the long board with the edge covered in Teal check rice paper.

I cut the saying “Happy Home” on my Cricut, and then applied that to the board. I decided to use two different fonts to give it more interest, and I love how it turned out. If you don’t have a cricut, you can easily use a stencil and paint the words on, or you could buy wood letters and then paint those and glue them on.

I did the word “Happy” in a script font called “Montana”.

The word Happy cut from cricut black vinyl with a small yellow butterfly on the bottom left and a teal background.

And I did the word “Home” in a non-script font called “Farmhouse”.

I painted a couple of small wood butterfly cutouts with Apple Barrell “Golden Sunset” paint, and then glued one to the top right of the Home.

The word Home cut from cricut black vinyl with a small yellow butterfly on the top right and a teal background.

Now, to make a big beautiful messy fabric bow I used my Bowdabra, but you definitely don’t need one to make a bow. I just coffee stained a bunch of coordinating fabric, and then ripped it into strips to make my bow. I added some excelsior for extra fun and messy decoration, and then glued another yellow butterfly to the center of my bow.

I added one more butterfly to the bottom left of the word “Happy” for good measure.

A big messy fabric bow with a small yellow butterfly in the center.

Here it is all put together, big bow, butterflies, Happy Home, and all!

I am SOOOOOO super happy with how this turned out! It looks just adorbs with the rest of my Sunflower Bee Decor, especially my Tiered Tray!

The long board shelf sitter sitting on a glass table at the foot of a large 3 tiered tray that is decorated to coordinate with the Shelf Sitter.

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