DIY Lemon-Themed Decor using a Calendar Page

Hello Sweet Friends,

Today’s DIY craft project is a lemon-themed decor piece using the June calendar page from Jennifer Pugh’s 2023 Seasons of Joy calendar. I have been working through this calendar, creating a craft project for each month, and I’m currently at June which has a very SWEET lemon image. To be honest, I haven’t really decorated with lemons in the past, but I had to give it a shot. And.. I just LOVE the result. It’s very easy and budget-friendly and I hope you like it as much as I do. Follow along to see the steps I took to create this decor piece.

Supply list

June calendar image from 2023 Seasons of Joy calendar
Dollar Tree burner cover
cording, jute, or twine
faux lemon and foliage stems, ribbon, other embellishment
scissors and pencil
Mod Podge and brush
glue gun
parchment paper
small iron
sandpaper
wirecutters

To begin this project I traced the burner cover (I used the larger burner cover of a two pack) onto the calendar page, centering the image as best as I could. Then I cut along the trace line. Unfortunately I had to remove the bottom line of the image – our favorite place to be – because it would not fit within the circle.

Next up, I applied a liberal coat of Mod Podge to the burner cover and pressed the lemon calendar image onto it, smoothing out any air bubbles.

Then I trimmed any excess around the burner cover and applied a topcoat of Mod Podge. I let the whole thing dry overnight.

There were still a few air bubbles to smooth out. I did this by using parchment paper and a small crafting iron. This technique really helps smooth the surface of the image.

Using sandpaper, I smoothed the edges, removing any remaining paper from the outer edge.

For the next step, I glued brown and white cording around the edge of the burner cover. The cording was a leftover Christmas item, but I think twine or jute would work just as well. I began glueing at the top of the image and worked around the burner cover, adding glue as I went, and kept going until the edge was completely covered.

At this point, I was nearly finished. All that this sign needed was some embellishing. I chose to add a ribbon and faux lemons and foliage. Walmart had the perfect lemon/foliage stems to add to this project and they were only 99¢ each. Yay! I bought four but really only needed two of them. But I did put the extra stems to good use.

After separating all of the stems individually with wire cutters, I began glueing the stems to the outer edge of the burner cover sign. The stems adhered very well to the cording. I started with the outer stems and worked my way towards the center. In addition to the faux lemon stems, I used some faux lamb’s ear.

And BAM! I had myself a super CUTE piece of lemon decor. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)

So what did I do with those leftover faux lemon stems? Well, I decided to make a companion piece to go with the Home Sweet Home lemon sign.

The same calendar has some mini images from each month, so I Mod Podged the June image to a small jar. Then painted the remaining part of the jar with white paint. I finished it by gluing the cording around the top of the jar. A small piece of floral foam and a few faux lemon stems later, I had myself a cute little lemon arrangement to match my new lemon-themed sign.