{Upcycled} Baby Shower Sugar Scrub Favors

Well hello there everyone!

I have been gone for quite awhile and I just want you all to know how much I appreciate those of you who have stuck around as well as you new readers(Thank you Pinterest!). I am almost 19 weeks along with pregnancy #3, and though I am feeling better, I am still SO stinking tired! Blah! Add to that, the Internet on my laptop was not working and that left me with no time for blogging. I am determined to come back though because I have missed the blogging community and my blog friends so much.

I have some new projects in the works,

but for now I will share some things from the summer that never got posted.

I am a big fan up upcycling and repurposing and these

Upcycled Baby Food Jars to Tealight Holders are one of my favorite projects.

I just love the simplicity of them as well as how little they cost to make.

Cute + frugal = Happy ME!

This is another of my favorite projects: Super Skintastic Sugar Scrub.

Not only does it make my skin smooth and moisturized, but it is cheap and easy to make. 

I'll bet you even have all the ingredients in your kitchen right now!

For my friends' baby shower favors we combined these two projects into:

Sugar Scrub Baby Shower Favors!

Get it? Baby food jars as favors for a BABY SHOWER?!? Ha ha ha!

I know...genius, right?

Scrub out the baby food jars really well and let them dry.

Scrub the lids.

Prime and paint the lids.

Mod Podge strips of fabric around jar and tie on ribbons.

Also, remove marking pen before assembling. *Wink Wink*

We used a few of them to hold candy as a cute decoration.

I made a large Sugar Scrub for the preggo (it is SO good for that stretching skin)

and we displayed them all on this adorable vintage baby scale.

Okay, so theres my first real post in months!

What did you think? ;)

I am linking up with these lovely parties:)

{Upcycled} Candle Jars to Candy Jars

Last week while going through my reader I saw this Pickle Jar Project post by the amazingly talented ladies at eighteen25 and fell instantly in love! I loved their idea and had all of the stuff to make them except for the primer to cover the lids. Grrrr!

Then I remembered that in addition to every glass jar that comes through my house,

I also save glass candle jars! I knew they would come in handy one day;)

Booyah!

So I took a couple of these Dollar Tree Candlesticks...

a few of these candle jars with lids...

(Better Homes and Gardens filled candles from Walmart)

Added a little of this fan-freaking-tastic crafty glue...

And TA-DA!!!!!

Fancy candy jars from stuff already in my craft stash...gotta love FREE, right?

I used some Edible Easter Grass to make a nest inside one

and filled it with mini Cadburry Eggs...my favorite candy of the season.

YUM!

Hello Lovelies!

I filled the other two with Jelly Beans and Peanut Butter Cups,

and tied spring colored ribbons around each jar.

I love that these are completely neutral

and can be used for any holiday just by changing out the candy and the ribbon!

These would also be cute for a baby shower, birthday party, bridal shower, etc.

As you can see I left the jar with a different lid as it was,

so I could have a little height variation. 

They add such a fun pop of Spring color!

I {LOVE} Color.

Yeah, so I know that my print there is not "Eastery",

but I LOVE it and the colors just make me so happy.

Plus I will be SNAPPING alot of photos on Easter, so I think it fits;)

Here is what the entire top of my Buffet looks like...notice how everything is pushed in a good 8 inches? Yeah, that's because of my very mischievous curious 18 month old.

Here are the posts for the other items in this photo:

Masking Paper Flowers

Family Portrait Book Display

Upcycled Crayons

Dollar Tree Hurricanes

Oh, and I am sure you want to know:

The jars are not that full anymore, and for some reason my pants no longer fit.

Hmmmmm, wonder how that happened?

I am linking up with the crafty blogs HERE.

It's Spring in my dining room!

I am loving the signs of spring popping up around here!

My husband pruned some of his parents fruit trees the other day and brought home the branches to throw in the burn pile. I rescued some and brought them into the house.

Fruit tree blossoms in a mason jar(actually a spaghetti sauce jar).

Yes please!

I love the simplicity of this...so sweet and pretty.

The table runner is two placemats placed side by side.

Placemats, mason jars, Dollar Tree Hurricane, Fabric Covered Tealights,

and some throwaway branches from pruning = a FREE tablescape for Spring.

It's even pretty from down here! ;)

Happy Spring!

Linking up with these lovely linky parties:)

Upcycled Baby Food Jars to Tealight Holders

These are some of my Valentines decorations:

The vase is from the dollar spot at Target, and the silk flower is from Michaels. The jars are old baby food jars with fabric scraps mod podged around them. 

Don't you just love the fun pop of color?

My anniversary is two weeks after Valentines Day, so I like to leave up all my love decor until then. I will still be posting pink stuff for a bit. Deal with it! ;)

I love how the candles glow through the pretty fabrics!

Here's how to make these:

1.Measure your jar...any jar will work

2.Cut your fabric to size. I used pinking shears to keep my fabric from fraying.

3. Paint mod podge around the outside of the jar.

4. Place fabric on the jar, smoothing out any bubbles.

5. Paint a layer of mod podge over the fabric to seal it.

Grab a tealight and enjoy the sweet glow.

My favorite thing about these is that they are equally cute with or without a candle burning and are a great way to display tiny scraps of your favorite fabrics.

I am linking up to some of these lovely blogs.

Give them some L.O.V.E!

Upcycled Crayons

Upcycled Crayons. Perfect for little hands.

I went through Brooklyn's crayons and pulled out all the broken ones as well as all the restaurant crayons from Red Robin, Olive Garden, etc.

I peeled them and broke them into smaller pieces and separated them into color groups in old muffin tins. Then I baked them in the oven at 300 degrees in 5 minute increments until they were nice and melted. After they cooled a little I put them in the freezer to help them to pop out of the tins.

I forgot about them and after several hours they all looked like this! Oops!

I popped them back into the oven and remelted them. 

Apparently you can't freeze them for more than a few minutes if you want them in one piece. Who knew? Well, we all do now;)

Happiness.

Caramel Macchiato. Mmmmmm!

I love that the color is lighter on the top and darker on the bottom. 

It gives a sweet two tone look.

I can't wait to get these into my sons little hands!

I am linking up with some of these amazing blogs. :)