Soap dispenser

                                          Have you seen these at Bath & Body Works? They are so cute!


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                                     But I couldn't bring myself to pay $12.50 for one, a plastic one at that. I LOVE   B&BW  don't get me wrong. $12.50 for plastic?  Not this chick. Now I'm sure if you look around the internet at all you have seen  diy versions of this everywhere. Am I right? I love that you can find so much at your fingertips, don't you. Anyway, I already had everthing I needed to make my own.

                                    I just wasn't sure how to treat this. It is the ceramic lining under the jar lid.

 

 

                                    So imagine my surprise when I found this at the thrift store yesterday. I figured if someone attached that lamp thingy, there must be a hole under it.  Sure enough there was a hole already made for me. I'm a lucky girl I know!

 





 

                                      All I had to do was make that little hole a little bigger. I got my trusty needle nose pliers out and went to work. It really didn't take much and it made me so happy. I'm a pretty easy to please kind of gal anyway.

 

 

                                       And wouldn't you know, that little hole became bigger and bigger, until it was perfect. Just a bit smaller than it needed to be. I forced that pump through the hole and didn't even need glue! No glue yet anyways. It is working out fine. If I change my mind or need to chage the pump it will still come out. Here's my finished piece. Oh, I decided to go with a blue Ball jar, matches my bathroom better.

 

 

 

                                            I think I need one for my kitchen. I would like to make one with a black lid and pump. I need to find a black pump. Any ideas?  How do you think mine came out?  By the way, it's nice to be back. I missed you! Have a sweet day!

 

Another small change

 

 

 

                                         This is the closet area in my new craft room. It's small, but it works for me. I added some new shelves, 2 more to be exact. They went in the top half. I'm not sure what to do on the bottom. I wanted to add shelves all the way down until I realized that won't work with my vacuum in there. This is the only closet it can go in. So for now I will make the new shelves up above work. I can't show you an after picture of the inside yet because I haven't purged it and believe me it ain't pretty in there. We removed the closet door and I added a pink curtain I made from material I already had. It gives me a little more room.

 

 

 

 

 

                                       Daffie thinks I'm going to a lot of trouble for her new room. I still have quite a few things to do in there before I'm done. I still can't make up my mind about paint. No big surprise  there though. So for now just going to do everything else. Have a sweet day!



A wreath.....finally!

 

 

                                         Well, I finally finished the wreath for my front door. It really didn't take me long to make the wreath, only a few hours. Once I chose a paint color ( which happened today by the way, you know you can't rush genius ;) ) it wasn't long until I was actually finished. Now it hangs on my front door. I'm so happy it all went as planned and turned out pretty much like the picture in my head. I started out with coffee filters (I believe they are the 8-12 cup pot size) I got these at the dollar store along with a square piece of  Styrofoam. That's right a 3 buck investment. I will say I used about 1 and 1/2 packages to make my wreath. I also cut a piece of card board to cover the back of the Styrofoam.

 

 

 



                                         
                                          I used the pencil method to make mine. Put the coffee filter around the end of a pencil. Put some glue on and stick it!

                                                   
                                                    I started with a row around the outside of my base. When that was finished I did rows across of four continuing all the way around until I was finished.

                                        

                                                
                                                   I knew I had to do something else with it because it looked a little like wedding decor. My hubby said it looked like a carnation. That's where the paint came in. I had to figure out what color I wanted before, because like I already said, there was no going back or repainting this one. So I chose brown leather spray paint. You will see where the pink comes in later.

 

    
                                                    I used a very light hand when spraying. I like the way it looks. I am happy with how it turned out.



a close up to show paint detail

                                         Remember I only used 1 1/2 packs of filters. I made a ball with some of the rest. I guess I didn't realize how big this was going to turn out. Bigger than I thought it would. This is where the pink paint came into play. I used the ball as a test for the paint. I went a bit heavier handed with the pink. I just started gluing the filters around the center of a Styrofoam ball I already had. Continuing in "layers" until one side was finished and then flipped it over and finished the other side. What do you think? Not sure where this is going to go yet, because of the size.

                                         I knew this would need some paint, too. Kind of a bit wedding-ly. Is that even a word? Oh well you know what I mean. Here it is after adding some paint.

                                                    The paint is a bit thicker on here. They both dried beautifully. Pretty easy. Not bad for about $3.00 for both. I really like the wreath. In all I worked on the wreath about 3-4 hours. It took so long to actually finish because of my fear of paint commitment. I am working on this, no really I AM. I hope you enjoyed today's post.Thanks for visiting! Come back soon! Have a sweet day!