vintage style, cottage living, home cooking
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Happy Thursday!! The holidays are coming upon us and we better start get ready soon!! Is it cold where you live? It is cooler here, but not COLD yet. I sure miss our wood stove we had in the hills of California. And, I also wish I had been able to use a DIY Herb and Pine Cone Filled Fire Starter for those cold Winter months.
These are a great Holiday gift and fun for your own home. Besides that-they are EASY PEASY to make…
newspaper
strips of cardboard
sprigs of fresh thyme
pine cones
paper doilies
twine and/or string
small tags (optional)
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I love your comments and ideas.
Make it a terrific day.
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Happy Valentines Day everyone!! This past week has been full, fun and exciting! I made another Pinterest Party craft and I am excited to share it with you. My DIY Chalkboard Labeled Bathroom Bottles are SO EASY. They look fabulous in your bathroom or even a guest bath for visitors. I think they would even be a great gift for a guest to take home with them.
You will love how easy and simple this craft is. I will be sharing it at the Michaels Hometalk Party on Sunday.
I bought 3 different sizes of bottles. I liked the various shapes, as well. You can get all the same color and shape if you wish. There were lots of colors to choose from: yellow, hot pink, green and aqua.
To fill each bottle, I carefully poured the shampoo and body wash into the smaller bottles. But when it came to the bath salts. That was a little more tricky. Using a piece of computer paper, I twisted it into a cone and placed it in the bottle.
Using a measuring cup, I carefully poured the bath salts into the paper cone. I was careful not to spill or over pour the salts. Patience was the key to not making a huge mess.
Once my jars were full, I placed a chalkboard label on each bottle. Using the chalk that came with the labels, I wrote the name of each ingredient in the bottles. I tried adding a little flair for fun.
I like to use jute anywhere I can. It’s a creativite way to add some personality to a gift, jar or even my DIY Chalkboard Labeled Bathroom Bottles. I wrapped the jute around the top of the bottle and tied a simple knot at the top to hold it together.
Since chalkboards are all the rage right now, these will look just fab in the bathroom sitting on a vintage china tray. Adding a wash cloth tied with jute, also adds the perfect touch, don’t you think???
If you are following me on any social media, you will see that I have been talking, instagraming, and tweeting all about theMichaels Hometalk Pinterest Craft I have been working on! It is so exciting to be paired up with Michaels and Hometalk.
If YOU want to attend a Pinterest Party, Michaels is having one at EACH and EVERY one of their stores in the US and Canada! Yep, isn’t that awesome??? The exciting part about it, is that Michaels and Hometalk asked 100 bloggers to help them host the party. So, YOU might get to meet a blogger when you attend your Michaels Hometalk Pinterest Party this Sunday! For more information and all the details look here.
I hope you will visit your local Michaels this Sunday and make a craft that you have pinned. Now, you have a set time to make it your own, instead of just looking at it on your Pinterest Board. Sounds fun to me!!
I can’t wait to meet and craft with some of you and/or your friends!!
Make it a Happy Valentines Day!
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Hey everyone! Happy Wednesday! I flew home from Oregon last night. I have been gone from Hubby for 20 days! Whew! That’s such a long time, isn’t it? It has been the trip of a lifetime across the country and back then up to Oregon. I am truly blessed. Lots of pictures to come in the days ahead of all the sights and adventures from my trip.
But today, I am thrilled to share a simple, yet impacting change for Spring. My DIY Spring Refreshed Urn. Easy peasy and the cost??? Very little. Awesome! Let’s get started…
I found this lovely urn filled with flowers and grass for $5 on clearance at Wal-Mart years ago. SCORE! At the time I purchased it, it fit my style and taste. Now, I have tried fitting in every room in the house, only because I really haven’t found a home for it.
I finally decided to pull it apart and use the urn. I mean it’s a great urn, right? SO, I NEEDED to use it somehow. I think it already looks better.
Using a grapevine orb that I found thrifting for a dollar. I am able to change the whole look of my urn.
What a difference! Placing my “new” orb and urn with other thrifted and vintage components, I created a new, fresh look for spring.
Combining the candlesticks, wheat grass, vintage books tied with twine all sitting in a large wood tray is the exact look I was hoping for.
To finish things off I filled a wire basket with pine cones and the grass from the urn. So cool and great for a Spring look!
It’s funny how I can have something so long, tried using it in every room and FINALLY pulled it apart and found a home for it! I REALLY like when that happens. I was able to change the urn to fit my style, as my style as changed, too. Do YOU have something that you can do the same thing with??
Thanks for joining me today as I shared my Spring Refreshed Urn. It is always a joy for me to share things and I ideas that make me smile.
Make it a wonderful Wednesday!
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