Save on Crafts? Yes, please!

Holy Mercy! Just discovered Save On Crafts and couldn't be more excited to go shopping!

Things I love so far:

 

12" footed vase, $39, buy here

Natural Ram Head Pods, 5 for $3, buy here

Chalk board on a pole, $6, buy here

 

10" Natural Grapevine Lighted Moravian Star, $19, buy here

My new light fixture

Bought the most beautiful lamp for the dining room from Lamp Goods on etsy. It's been featured on the designer's blog. Here is the link to the Lamp Goods blog so you can see all their fabulous makes!

Three-cord pendant lamp in our dining room

Love right now: chalkboard on my food storage bins!

Since opening bite-sized I have a lot of white powder in my house: all-purpose flour, cake flour, white sugar, castor sugar, iodized salt, sea salt, baking soda, baking powder... the list goes on! I have them all in air-tight containers, but how to tell them apart? How do you write on plastic? Chalkboard paint!

my blank "canvas".
I found these buckts (that stack when not in use) at the Great Canadian Superstore for $18.

block off the section with paint tape and prime.
I used CIL ANYWHERE primer from Home Depot

once primer has dried, put on the first coat of chalkboard paint.
I used Rust-Oleum Chalkboard from Home Depot

a side view after the second coat.



the final product, alongside my new Harrod's apron

And there you have it! You'll notice the top two containers are missing labels; that's because I pulled them off when i was removing the paint tape. Be careful! I should have sanded the plastic for a better stick, so I'll do that this time around. Can't wait to use my chalkboard paint again! I'm thinking on the freezer so we can mark what went in there and when ;)

Saying "I do" to giant cupcakes

I have Wilton's giant cupcake pan but never imagined it as wedding appropriate. Until now.

Aren't these gorgeous? All images via San Diego Wedding Insider.

Up-cycling burlap coffee bags? Yes, please!

I keep seeing up-cycled burlap coffee bags and can't help but sigh. Oh, how I want to make my very own burlap coffee bag pillow!

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