Dollar Tree project ~ 4th of July tins

This is another one of my little projects that I can check off my list ;) I bought these cute little tins from the Dollar Tree a couple of weeks ago.......I thought they'd be super cute with 4th of July action words!

I bartered with a friend and had her put the sayings on these with her Cricut (MAN-OH-MAN, I've GOT to get a Silhouette for Christmas this year....I'd have WAAAAYYYYYY to much fun! LOL!) I thought the kids would get a kick out of doing a couple of little fireworks this year. The "tame" ones {if there is such a thing} like sparklers and a couple others {I wonder if they still have those ones that expand like black snakes, can't remember what they're called}. I'll be putting them in these little tins closer to the 4th. Part of my tablescape this year! Not too shabby for only $3.00!

The top picture is shown with them next to my FREE SUBWAY ART PRINTABLE! Be sure to download it HERE !

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Trash can redo

I guess when you're updating a look in your house, we tend to forget the smaller items that might be due for a facelift! I repainted the hallway bathroom about 2 years ago and have been adding things here and there to make it look nice (trust me, it's so much better than the pink/green floral wallpaper and border from the 70's!). I don't know what made me think about it (maybe 'cause I was on my hands and knees scrubbing the floor with Comet), but when I saw our trash can, it truly made me shudder! You know, that kind of "mufasa" (come on people, you know you've watched Lion King 9 million times, so you know the inflection I'm using here! LOL!) moment when you say, "Why did I not do something about this sooner?" Well, I finally put it out of it's misery and made it PURTY!

I CAN NOT BELIEVE that I didn't get a picture of what this tin looked like before-hand, I guess I was in too much of a hurry to get the thing covered with something other than burgundy! Don't get me wrong, burgundy is a lovely color, and I had a ton of it in my house back in the 90's, but when your bathroom is blue and brown, something just doesn't look right! LOL!

Ok, so easy-peasy. I just spray painted it white, like so:

(see, you can see a hint of the burgundy showing through) It took several coats of spray paint!

Then I just dry brushed on (with a sponge) the blue for the wheat-like shafts, and then brown for the X's and O detail. Also did the lines with the brown, blue on top for the "rope-y" design. I had a can of clear varnish spray, so used 2 coats to help protect it a little better........

I have to remind myself that when looking for items to 'redo', I need to look up and down, not just eye level! Hope you've enjoyed this little tute and have a BLESSED WEEKEND EVERYONE!

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Great finds #1........

Well, this haul isn't exactly from just this week...... We were out of town for a week while we went on vacation for Spring Break, so this is probably around 3 weeks.

Big Poppa needs shelves in his newly decorated room (reveal to come soon). So, to do it as cheaply as possible, I was going to buy a 2x10 board at Lowes and have them cut it in half, then purchase the L-shaped brackets to hold them up. All-in-all it would have been about $12.00, pretty cheap-o, eh? Well, to my amazement, when I was perusing the local Goodwill, I found these babies! Oh yeah!

Hmmm, what's that you say, only $3.00 each? SOLD! Have redone these honey's already and will reveal soon! Pretty much in love with the way they turned out. So about 1/2 the cost of what it would have cost for el-cheapo shelves in the first place....{{{{SCORE}}}}

I really like this glass thingy :) Not sure what it is or was it's used for, but I do like the shape of it. I'm thinking of pouring yellow paint inside, swishing it around, then let it drain, but kind of concerned that it might not work? Any of you ever done something like that? But if I do paint the inside, I can't put flowers in there.......oh dear, the decisions I have to make! LOL!. This little beaut was .50, broke the bank with this one.

Glass plates. $1.00 each. Don't know if I should decopauge fabric behind it, then paint an initial in the center, or just paint the initial underneath for a pretty place setting. Still thinking about this one.

Ms. M and I went to an Estate Sale this weekend and picked up this FLIPPIN' AWESOME blue Ball jar! $1.67 and that's all she wrote! I have been in search of the elusive blue Ball jar and so HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY that I found one. This is first of my new collection! I can just see some pretty Shasta Daisies in here, makes me SMILE!

So, there you have it! Will be on hunt again this week, I can just feel the bargains out there! I really appreciate y’all coming by my end of the world! I love me some comments, and I read each one. Are you hosting a link-up party? If so, please leave a comment and linky-dinky-do, and I’ll hop on over and share the love! Sharing this on-going project with the following AWESOME link-up parties!!!

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