Baby Shower!

One of my good friends is due in February and a small group of us hosted a baby shower for her last month.  It was a lot of fun and I got to make some really cute stuff for the precious little girl that we are all anticipating.  I got to make the momma to be a three tier diaper cake, baby booties, baby legs, a ruffle butt onesie and a couple of bibs and birb cloths.  It was tons of fun buying all the pink cute girlie stuff!

Here are pictures of the things I made.
Diaper Cake

Booties

Baby Legs

Ruffle butt Onesie

Bibs and burp cloths

I also made the favors for the party.  I found a cute recipe online and had to give it a try!  They were really easy and quick to make!  They are little pink pacifiers!  Here is the link to a recipe that is identical to the one I used.



It was so much fun making all this cute stuff!

DIY Felt Wreath

I finally made one!  A felt wreath that I have longed to make for about a year now!  I found a couple of tutorials around the interwebs for a cute and easy to make wreath.  It took me a while to actually sit down and make it but when I did, I realized that I didn’t have a wreath which I thought for sure I have bought at the Dollar Store.  So two days ago, I made it out to Michael’s and found my wreath so that I could get started.  And here is my beautiful wreath

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The pic came out rather fuzzy but oh well.

My Cheap and Simple DIY Decor

I really do love the Dollar Store.  It is possibly the best store ever!  You can create so many useful things from items bought from there.  Well after reading through about 4 or 5 blogs that had the same idea of hot glue-ing a couple of crystal pieces together to create some really neat decor items, I decided to try and make my own! 

The first thing I made was a potpourri holder.  I found some really pretty potpourri at Ross for $2.99.  I bought a candlestick holder from the dollar store and I had a glass bowl leftover from the wedding.  So I decided to get the hot glue gun out and get started. 

This is what I used:
 
The directions are pretty simple.  Hot glue the candlestick holder to the bottom of the glass bowl.  Pour potpourri into the bowl.  Place decor item in desired place around the house.  =)

And here it is my half bath:

The other thing that I created was a large candle.  I created it using these items:

The directions are pretty much the same as the other item.  Hot glue the candle (found in the candle section of the dollar store near the other religious candles) inside the glass hurricane.  Hot glue the candlestick holder to the bottom of the glass hurricane.   Place completed item in a special place around your home.  To add a decorative flair, you can add leaves, twine, or other decorative foliage in between the candle and hurricane.

Here is the completed candle in my half bath:

I plan to make one more of these and add it to my entry table or on my mantel.  I just haven’t made and haven’t decided exactly where I want it.  I will post pics when I complete it. 

Cost Breakdown:
Glue gun and glue sticks --- I had already.  --- $0
2 Candlestick holders ---- 1 I already had at home. --- $1
1 glass bowl ---  I had already at home. ---$0
1 glass hurricane --- I had already at home --- $0
1 package of potpourri --- $2.99
1 tall candle in glass holder --- $1
For a total of roughly -----  $5 What a steal!

As you can see this a very inexpensive project.  Something else that you can do that is unique is spray paint the glass, that will give it a very unique look as well.

Ball Ornament Wreath DIY

I found this website and fell in love with this easy DIY project for the upcoming holidays.  It shows you how to use those glass ball ornaments to make wreath.  I will definitely will have to try it out.

Here is the website and tutorial from the Eddie Ross website.

And here is a picture of the finished product taken from the website.

My own Dollar Store Craft.

So my next project will be a ribbon wreath similar to this one I found on Casasugar:

 

 

 

 

I was looking online to an idea of what they look like, different styles etc. and I came across this wonderful site.

http://dollarstorecrafts.com/

This is so great!  I actually bought my supplies for my ribbon wreath from the dollar store.  I am really excited to try some other crafts and projects from supplies from the Dollar Store.