Pretty Dish Soap Bottle

Wash Your Dishes With Something Pretty!Not many of us love washing dishes, but it might make it a little more pleasant when your dish soap bottle sitting on your sink counter top is as pretty and cheerful as this one is! Roll up your sleeves and lets get to work!Read more »

Thrift Store Finds!

You never know what you will find! We love thrift store shopping in our favorite local thrift store!You never know what you will find! And when you do find "something" you will be glad you made the trip! Read more »

Keepsake Box

A special box for her special memories!Mother's Day Gift Idea # 6This is the perfect little box for mom to tuck away some of her special keepsakes! This box was fast, cheap and easy to make!                                     Here is what we didRead more »

Old To New Cupcakes!

{photo via ~ realsimple}Clever and Easy Cupcake Ideas!Transporting, frosting and baking cupcakes can be a little tricky, predictable and boring. See how you can change things up, and kick up the look of your cupcakes using common household items!Read more »

Paint Chip Egg Bunting

 Budget savvy decorating idea!You probably  have seen this great idea by now, or even used it. We have seen it , but never bothered to try it out until the day when we were in the paint department and remembered "Get paint chips for Easter decorating".  Shall we get started..... Read more »

Reduce, Reuse,Recycle

Glass jars and bottles have so many new upcycled uses. Save your glass to create beautiful new items. There are thousands of products out there that come in reusable glass jars.* Pasta sauce jars* condiments* pickles* olives* canning jars* wine* beer* water any other jars or bottles we buy from grocery store can be re-used.Recycling glass is wonderful for the environment. We save resources and

Egg Decorating {Day 2}

Remember these little cuties from yesterday's post?Well, we just had to try our hand at them of course!Read more »

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

Three R's of CDs in the digital age: resell, reuse, recycleby Ashley CullinsApril 07, 2011Ashley Cullins/MedillCDs can be used as easy, light-reflecting candleholders.A cathode lamp is one of millions of ideas for projects made with used CDs.Cullins -Etsy"Kusudama is traditionally a Japanese art of paperfolding that results in a beautiful ball of flowers. This particular piece is a modern update

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

The Blue cobalt dish was just completed. I turned a blue cobalt water bottle into a beautiful amazing dish. The dish is cleaned,sanitized,fused,slumped,etched and wire wrapped with beads. I LOVE it! Let me know what you think.

50 Ways to Reuse Receiving Blankets: Travel Bag, Use # 3

The night before we left on our road trip, I was packing clothes for my son. The last time we visited his Grandmare (Grandma Mary) in Orange County I packed my, then, 8 month old son a whole "carry-on" size suitcase. I was determined to find a better way to pack this time, one that might leave room in the car for the rest of us!I got to thinking, got to looking, and got to sewing. I used two

50 Ways to Reuse Receiving Blankets: No Sewing Machine Pillow Cases, Use # 2

This has to be the easiest pillow case, keep in mind, it's not going to come off the pillow easily and may need a little "primping" once in a while. But, it was a quick, easy, and stylish fix right when I needed it.I had been making pillow cases with our receiving blankets, using two, trimming them to fit the pillow and sewing two together. Having to get out the sewing machine, scissors,

50 ways to Reuse Receiving Blankets: Photo Backdrop - Use # 1

Receiving blankets make the perfect photo backdrop for baby pictures. I always seemed to have a blanket to coordinate to what Patrick was wearing. It also fueled the fire to collect more blankets to match more outfits. Cute, colorful, and sure beats the same old background setting of where you'd normally take your babies pictures!

Valentine Bunting

Don't throw away your old sheets and pillow cases!!!!You never know when you might need them for a craft project. Using satin ribbon, free hand cut scrapbook hearts, Cricut machine cut  keys,  free Valentine's printables from B Nutre Blog and yes, a vintage looking sheet from the thrift store, I went to work. I knew the sheet would serve well as a layering piece for the dessert table under the

Quick & Easy - Decoupage Pots

DECOUPAGE POTS! The dollar store is a magical place. Here's how I gave our bathroom a small face lift for around $4.00, and about 30 minutes time.I found these terracotta pots at the dollar store. The big huge plus, other than the price was that they were made in USA! I picked up two and hoped they would survive the drive home, I've broken a few things in my lifetime! Thankfully we made it home.