Showing posts with label The Crafty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Crafty. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Things to make your life easier!

I found this on www.thedailybuzz.com.au, so read, remember and make your daily life easier!


Keep your Christmas decorations in old egg boxes to keep them from breaking and stocking them neatly.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Re-use your jars!

This is an idea that I got from Tori Spellings website(www.ediTORIal.com), yes I mean Donna Reed from Beverly Hills 90210. Tori has grown up and is a source of great ideas for partyplanning, fun stuff for kids and beautiful details in your home; such as this one. 

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Many of you asked how to make the doily-wrapped mason jar pictured in my recent post about mason jars, so here we go! I found this craft on the wedding website Sparkle and Hay.

Doily-Wrapped Mason Jars

What You’ll Need
  • Mason jars
  • Doilies
  • Adhesive spray
  • Hot glue
  • Tea lights
  • Ribbon, burlap, string, twine
  • Buttons, beads, or accessories of your choice
  • Long reach lighter
What To Do
Step 1: Spray jar or doily with adhesive spray
Spray
Step 2: Wrap and press doily on jar (smooth as possible)
Step 2
Step 3: Use hot glue to affix tea light to the bottom of the jar
hot glue
Step 4: Decorate rim with ribbon, burlap, string, or twine, and accessorize it with a cute button or accessory of your choice
Step 3
Step 5: Light tea light with a long reach lighter
Lacey Mason Jars Step 5
Use these as centerpieces or cluster them on a dessert table or end tables!

Where would you display your doily-wrapped mason jars?