Easy Peasy Boot socks.

Could this be any easier?    #1 cut the sleeves off a sweater, (a larger one)
                                           #2 hem it using some elastic and stretching it as you sew.

~voila, you can be done or you can add more to it if you want.  I had plenty of lace and some little yellow flower appliques, I just love them,  The set I plan to dye gray.

Monday at My House - Kitchen Wall

 There it is.  New coat of paint, some new artwork,  well new is not the right word  all of them old looking..... Does it look like I went to the Thrift Store and picked up a bunch of stuff?     Wait, don't tell me, I like it, I think its prettier in person. 

now I am thinking too much.  One of the pieces has some antique silverware and the other in the matching frame has my husbands grandmothers measuring spoons,  which we picked out when she passed away several years ago. 

I also love having the salt and pepperon that little shelf right next to the table.  Do you always realize you forgot it after everyone is sitting down?   WELL I DO. 
Click here to find out more about the silver ware art, or here to see where I got the printables.

Okay One wall down, and .................... well all the rest to go.  Love having painted walls after waiting a year!

Fabulous Friday - Kitchen Art

Here is another piece I put together for my "freshly" painted kitchen wall.   Monday I will show you the whole wall after its all put together.

 

I started with a cute piece of framed art from Family Dollar. It was on sale for 3.50 and is about 10x14.

Next I took the whole thing apart, use a flat screw driver to pry those wierd "cheap" staples out, Carefully. You won't need the glass for this project  

all it took was some E-600, (already had) some old old silver ware I rescued from my mother-in laws trash (free) and a piece of scrapbook paper I already had.  (.50)

I really like it, and I have had that silverware laying around for about 6 years now.....  I used some as hooks on a sign I gave to my sister which turned out very cute, but now I have some in my own kitchen. YAY.  I am so relieved to finally get the wall put back together!!! Well there you go, Easily done for under 10 bucks, and I finished the whole thing during one episode of The Office,

Thrifty Thursday - printables

Can you get more thrifty than Free? How about just a little ink, and an old frame-- repainted of course.

I just painted the kitchen and I am about ready to hang all the pictures, I am just looking for a few last things.  Here is a thrifty tip.  THere are some CUte Cute CuTE printables out there,  I finally found an adorable Kitchen one on this cute blog, Life with the Ellwoods.

I am also using some from I am Momma Hear me Roar, as I redo my entry, I am making a gallery wall, kinda of like the one I linked to.  She has a great gallery wall.  THey are also all over in the pottery barn magazines.

Here are her printables she created.

It is so thoughtful of these cute girls to share their artwork with us.  So if you use it please let them know, and tell them where you heard about it.

Tuesday Tips, make a short necklace LONG

Here is a little tip I use a lot,

You can have a lovely necklace, but if its not the perfect length, it just doesn't work right with whatever outfit, and   I really don't like feeling like I am being choked. 

Well you can easily extend those short necklaces and make them longer

With these few supplies.



attach the clasp to one end of a piece of chain, the jump ring on the other end,  the length of chain will determine how long your necklace will be.

not long enough for this shirt.

only slightly longer but much better,  I might make a longer extender for this one, but then you would have a picture of my gut.... I didn't think you deserved that.

Now here is my favorite bracelet,  I fell in love with it when buying some shoes for my daughter, and in the bag it went... only when I gave my little darling the bag, she thought WOW, thanks for the bracelet mom, I am going to wear it on the first day of school......   What was I supposed to say?  So I borrow it a lot. haha

With an extra large extender it can be an awesome necklace.  You can even just use ribbon.  EEEEK I LOVE IT!

Thrifty Thursday - Pearls

super easy super fast and super cheap bracelet.

It is just what I was hoping it would be...   fast, dainty, and white.

start with a string of cheap knock of pearls or other beads.  You can sometimes find them on sale for around a buck or two.  and it really is time conusming if you are going to thread that many beads yourself.

double it up and thread a crimp bead onto the ends, add a larger pearl or even a button,  put the string back through the crimp bead and squish it!

You will need to play with it to figure out how big the loop needs to be to fit it over your pearl, this will be the closure, no clasp required here.

then......YOU ARE DONE. 

SUPER CUTE         SUPER FAST           SUPER CHEAP           SUPER EASY

If you need clarification on any instructions just let me know in a comment.
♥ Becky

Thrifty Thursday- rug and earrings

Here are some dollar store earrings. I really don't nee more silver earrings, and I almost never wear gold. However, I sure could use some black or brown earrings.  So I whipped out the trusty Krylon Spray paint.

I can't wait to wear them, I am a kind of obsessed with earrings. 

Here is the rug from Monday's post,  It is made with 6 dollar store jute rugs.  I tied them together with a ball of Jute.  I love it,  To go buy a rug this size would be about 40 or 50 bucks.  I hope my 6 dollar rug will last a while, for 6 bucks its worth a shot!

Bird Hurricane Jar

I just love this new addition to the entry.  cost. $2.00
I found the glass at the thrift store and looked for tin that had  a lid that could fit on top, then I bought a little birdie knick knack to glue to the lid, the rest of the items I had around the house.  ♥

I know, my entry is boring,

Carnation Tutorial

This is what we woke up to this morning. I think Mother Nature is taking an extended vacation for Mothers Day. HelOOOOOOOOO. Don't forget about us!!! So out to the garage I go, to look for the tote with the winter coats hats and gloves. Trouble is. It takes about 4 totes for a family of 6, so, being in a hurry so the kids won't miss the bus means a huge mess in the garage, but it was 30 degrees. I will clean it up later. I will probably just hang it all back up in the front closet for our surprise memorial day snowstorm.... right mother nature???? Well it will be a great day for catching up on my blogging.

I made a carnation Bouquet for Preschool. The kids will each give their mom a flower at our tea party.

The supplies you will need, simple....

-coffee filters

-skewers

-tape

-ink, or paint and a sponge (all optional)

fold 4 coffee filters in half

fold it in 1/3rds, zig zag style like so. You may want to staple it at the bottom (vertically) I didn't and I just had to use extra tape at the end.

then it should look like this from above.

use tape to secure the skewer in one of the folds,

fold it up and use a lot of tape at the bottom of the flower.

I used ink on the edge, the color? its called pink carnation. HA. I was experimenting and painted the skewers green, you could also add leaves, but my preschool kids voted "No".

Amazing Hand Cream

The class helped me to make the hand cream that they will give their moms. These are the ingredients.

- One tub vaseline

-one bottle baby lotion, You can find unscented at walmart

-one or two tubs of Vitamin E cream.

the Vitamin E cream is cheapest at Family dollar. $1.49. For my own kids I only use 1 of the vitamin E cream. I have a son with Sever dry skin, we're talking cracking and bleeding if he doesn't use this every night.

This is embarrassing, I am not a digi scrapper (yet) I don't even have printshop (yet) so I have to come up with a cute way to decorate these.

This recipe cost me $8.00 total and will make 15 of the baby food jars (for my preschool class) and 2 of the CUTE Kerr jars, found in the canning isle, they are 4 for 4$ at walmart, I just love them, I will give them to... well you know who, it mothers day right?

The mothers will come for a light brunch of chicken salad croissants and chocolate dipped strawberries, while the children sing a couple adorable mothers day songs, and present them with these gifts as Mel and I read what they have to say about their moms, Here are some of the best answers.

How old is your mom? one child answered "Well I know she is not 11, so she must be 12" another confidently answered "80".

What is your moms favorite thing to do? one child said "watch me play video games", another said, "making food for me" and another said "doing the dishes" and anther said "kissing daddy, she kisses him a lot". hahahahah.

Pre-school should be a blast tomorrow !!

Trash to treasure

Here is a project from last summer I just came across the pics. Someone was actually throwing this out. Well as I looked closer, maybe they had a point. It had been COVERED in pen and marker. Even the fabric boxes were all drawn on.

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One can of spray paint and one spool of ribbon later....... I cut off the leather handles and replaced them with black ribbon. Then I used no sew glue to attach ribbon in the shape of rectagles for labels. leavinga gap to slide paper in.

I love they turned out. I like storing toys vertically since we are always in need of space.

Thrifty Organizing

I got some baskets from the thrift store, one for each of the kids. I spray painted them with paints I already had. It is pretty handy, they can keep their gloves and hats in them instead of on the FLOOR.

Craft room organizing???? (is there such a thing?) hmmm, this looks much cuter in person, I purchased these 3 shelves at thrift stores, The buckets were all from there too. Then I used baby food jars to organize all the buttons etc. cost=$10.