DIY Tutorial ~ Kitchen Canisters

These match my kitchen perfectly :)

WHAT YOU NEED:

3 or more coffee containers

scrapbooking paper

flat magnet pieces with sticky back

chalk labels

white craft paint

ruler

scissors

First clean out your coffee containers well.

Measure the width of the label area and cut your paper to that size.

Stick the strips of magnet to the container near where the end of the paper will be and one in the middle.

Place your chalk label in the center of your paper piece.

Using white paint write the word you would like.

Once the paint is dry snap your paper label piece around the container. 

All done.

Now when you want to wash the containers you can just easily remove the label and wash! :)

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Mason Jar Bathroom Accessories

I recently moved into a little cottage on my own and it is so cute!

I don't have a lot of stuff since I haven't had a "home" in over a year and a half. 

I needed a place for my toothbrush and a soap dispenser for the bathroom.

Have you seen the price of those things?!?

Cray cray. 

I decided I was pretty sure I could make something using items I had at home so there was no cost to me.

WHAT YOU NEED:

two Mason Jars

plaster of paris

hot glue gun

color of choice

paint brush

mixing tray

water

hemp cord

scissors

crop-o-dile or metal punch

old soap dispenser

sandpaper

First mix the paint color you want with the Plaster of Paris until it becomes the consistancy of chalk paint. You may want to add a couple dabs of water.

Mix well.

Paint your jars completely - two coats, letting dry thoroughly in between.

 

Using fine grit sandpaper, lightly scuff the edges and letters on the jars. 

You can rough them up as much or as little as you want.

 

Using a crop-o-dile or metal punch create a hole in the flat top part of the lid for the mason jar.

Fill one of your jars with the hand soap you would like.

Screw your mason lid back on one of the jars with the flat top that has the hole.

Using your hot glue gun, put a thin glue line around the rim of the dispenser that will attach to the flat part of the mason lid.

Stick the straw portion of the dispenser in the hole and press the dispenser down so the glue holds to the metal.

Wrap the hemp rope around the tops of the jars 3 or 4 times and make a small bow off to the side of the jar writing.

They looks so pretty with my blue and green theme up in thuuurrrr....

Cheers,

Messy

PL Peek ~ Chuck Norris Learns to Swim

Chuck has always had a bit of a water phobia.

He's great in the shower, but if he gets sprayed by the hose, wet grass, or large bodies of water it has always caused major freak outs.

I decided that now that we live on the river, its time he learned to swim.

Chuck did so well!!! He did not love it the first time, went a little under, but he got better and better as he practiced!!!

Proud Mama here!!! :))))

Love this guy!

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Cabinet Liner

This seems like  a bit of a silly post, but really...

I hadn't done much "cupboard lining" in my lifetime, and a girlfriend suggested this.

You see the cottage cabinets have been lined and re-lined so many times that they were all uneven and I couldn't scrape it all off.

Instead of using normal glue back liner, my Bestest Neighbor Friend suggest I use this puffy stuff that is normally for making rugs non-slip.

It works amazing!!!

It evens out all the crap, and make it do stuff doesn't slip around in there.

Keeps everything so organized!!!! :)

Loves it!

PLUS, it is WAAAAYYYYY easier to install then that finiky liner stuff!

Thanks for the idea Bestest Neighbor Friend!!!! :)

Cheers,

Messy

Cottage Smottage: Veggie Time!

I got my little seedlings going...just need to plant my sunflowers, corn and cawliflower now!

I love this time of year when I get ot plant all my veggies and start my flower baskets :)

Summa....summa...summatime!!!

I loves it. :)

Cheers,

Messy