Organizing – Apothecary Medicine Storage

I had an idea … I knew exactly what I wanted. I REALLY didn’t want to go to the BIG store (Ikea) to get one…I knew I could find one at goodwill… Figured I would keep my eye out… Went out today and could not believe my eyes when I found it:

Oh yeah .. not beautiful but not too bad right? hehehe Check out the top… oh yeah and this was after I removed some various halloween stickers… hehehe….

But guess what? it was marked only $3.99!!!! Oh but it got better it was RED tag. What does that mean? Well it just so happened that red tags were 50% off today… OH YEAH!!!!! SCORE! $2 and I was running out the door! These are almost $20 at least at Ikea… and I’m not sure they sell them anymore because I couldn’t find them on the sight.

Ok sorry I’m rambling… You want to see what I did right?

Not bad right? Just some spray paint… but I had BIGGER aspirations… oh yeah… LABELS!

I found these FREE printables from Just Something I Made, HERE.

I used photo editing software to trim to the labels I wanted and added the words I wanted.

Here it is!

 

I printed the labels on mailing labels I use for my ebay business. Then cut them the the size… crumpled and tore a bit and stuck on. Then I used a little distress ink to make them look old.

 

The Close Ups:

 

The Insides

I LOVE LOVE LOVE How it turned out!

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A spring wreath

When I saw THIS wreath

 

Over @ MaryJanes and Galoshes – I knew I HAD to make one too!

I already had a similar punch. Mine was oval with scallops instead of a circle like she used. But it still turned out pretty well!

I also just wanted one butterfly. It’s hard to tell in the picture but I made a little “flower” of sorts in the same way the paper bags were attached and that’s where the butterfly sits. I used sheet music to make the flower.

Here is a picture of the process – I had everything I needed but the wreath base which is from the Dollar Tree so whole project only cost $1

And a final view of how it looks on my laundry room door

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Safe Travels – Postcard Display

I haven’t traveled much in my life. But I have lots of friends that travel. Many people want to bring something back. I request postcards. My grandma has been sending me postcards from her travels for years. So I needed to find a way to display them.

A year or 2 a go I found a doll crib at my local goodwill. It was the PERFECT color… I have pieced it apart using the pieces for various things like the side rails as a trellis in my garden you saw in THIS post. So I decided to take the bottom part that the mattress would lay on to display my postcards. I stuck them in the metal where it would hold and used small clothespins from Walmart to hold where the metal wouldn’t. Here is how it turned out:

It is in the entry way so every time I leave the house I see all the safe travels people have had and it makes me remember to travel safely :)

Here is a close up of the piece of the bed:

It’s a soft blue color. The wall is not even though it looks like it in the picture. It looks like a blue speckled egg. Too pretty!

One more for good measure. :)

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Gratitude Burlap Banner and Ragamuffin Wreath

Remember I said I was going to do a burlap banner? I finished it last week but am just getting around to posting.

See that cute ragamuffin wreath too? Yeah made that a few weeks ago and am just getting around to showing it off too! Here’s a close up. Ignore the cast off parts from other projects sitting on the porch! hehe

I followed the ragamuffin garland tutorial here but did it around an embroidery hoop!!! :)

Have you noticed everyone puts wreaths on the front door but we don’t often see them on the sliding glass door! All I did was use a suction cup to hang it from! :)

Here’s a close up of the banner too :)

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Dollar Store Frame Makeover

I have a very large wall in my living room that just didn’t seem “right” it was ok… but it needed a redo. You see This is the high point of the room too – we have vaulted ceilings. What was there didn’t accent them as all.

So here is what it looked like before:

See… I think it’s that the bird pictures and the monogrammed print just weren’t working together.

I thought for sure that some L. Herbert prints would look great with them.

So I went to the dollar store and bought 4 frames that I like the details of.

This is what they looked like when I bought them:

Here is a close up of the frames after:

Awwww yes very nice!

I was at Joann’s and found a perfect sign to top it off too.

Here is the whole wall after!

I love it! So much better! Don’t worry I am going to put the monogram up somewhere else. On a wall by my front door :)

I have more projects I didn’t get around to posting yet that I will be posting too. If I don’t do it now I won’t get to it for awhile because I just started a HUGE small project :) Oh yes. COMPLETE bathroom redo! in my SUPER small bathroom! I can’t wait to finish and show you!

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A Window Mistreatment Project

I have a small window in my kitchen over my sink. I have done many window treatments on it. The one that was there was driving me crazy. It was not meshing well with everything else in my house. Want to see?

Ugly and BORING! It was definitely time for an update!

Here is the window now!

I LOVE IT!!! It pulls everything together!

Want to know how I did it?

I started with a piece of burlap. Cut it to the size I wanted

Then I sewed on some muslin ruffle I had gotten at the goodwill!

Then I hot glued on some black ball fringe

Then I used some of the left over muslin ruffle to make “hooks” I just cut out strips and they already had a hole! :)

Then just hot glued those on and hung!

So do you love it as much as I do???

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