Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Apothecary Jars

What to put in my jars?

I bought these very inexpensive apothecary jars for my guest bathroom but have been racking my brain as to what to put in them. Most jars have fruit and twine balls but I just didn't think that looked right for my bathroom.



So one day I'm at Pottery Barn and I finally see something that would work - Decorative Soap.




Pottery Barn shows soap wrapped in pretty paper with a monogram sticker. How easy! So I went to Archiver's to find some nice paper. Wrapped some plain Ivory soap in the paper, added a ribbon and a monogram sticker. I think it turned out pretty nice!







I was also thinking these soaps would make nice hostess gift. Just use some cute christmas paper.

Anyway one jar is solved. The other jar I'm just going to order some colored bath salts. That jar is not as big.



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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Another Wall Decor Idea

Easy Wall Decor



This little project only took about an hour. The part that took the longest was deciding what design to choose. Well, I finally decided on the cute little tree.

If you want to see how I did this project check it out on my Accidental Projects Page






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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wall Decor

Closet Wall Art

Still working on my bedroom and closet. Here is the latest wall decor I put up. They are actually jewelry hangers from Claire's. I saw them and thought they'd look great hanging on a wall. When you look at something that catches your eye always think to yourself where else could I use this!




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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

30 Day Giving Challenge

Giving Challenge Ideas

How is your 30 Day Giving Challenge going?  I worked on finding items for my shoeboxes. Here are a couple of other suggestions I have that don't cost anything. The last one is my favorite!

Give a complement to a stranger - love to see them smile!
Give some items out of your pantry to the local food pantry
Give your extra change in a jar to someone who needs it (Christmas Jar)
Give a coffee or drink to the Salvation Army bell ringers - could you stand out in the cold for 6 hours?





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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

30-Day Giving Challenge

Operation Christmas Child

My love language is giving so when I came across this challenge I didn't even have to think twice about accepting the 30-Day Giving Challenge. The holiday season is quickly approaching and this challenge is a good lead in to the real spirit of Christmas.

It's funny I didn't even know about the challenge until about 10:00 pm last night. But earlier that day I came across Operation Christmas Child and had already decided to participate by buying some dollar store items. I especially like this challenge because I can do it with my kids.

Here is more information on Operation Christmas Child. Basically its Christmas in a shoebox for the children in Africa. Can you imagine all your gifts to your kids fitting in a shoebox. And they are so thankful and love everything in it? Hmm maybe this would be a good lesson for my kids. 

I'll be posting updates on some of the ways I have been giving. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions of how you've been giving.


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