Toy Storage Container

From That To This!In our home we take several vitamin supplements and the manufacturer of those supplements uses these really great, reusable containers for his products! Since my son loves to collect so many little things {I think boys and girls are equal in the amount of little "things" they like to collect}, we thought these supplement containers would be a perfect way to be green, neat and organized!

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Petite Dessert Stools

Le petite tabouret de dessert! That is French for "the little dessert stool". We just love these petite dessert stools.Everything is so adorable in miniature size isn't it! We love being able to present our sweets in new and unusual ways on the dessert table. And this "little" idea is perfect!
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Summer Reed Diffusers

Ready to brighten things up?!These sweet, petite  fragrance reed diffusers will bring a little Summer indoors and happy up a space instantly!

We thought it would be fun to liven up the look of these rather plain diffuser bottles and get instant results!

Who couldn't use a little pop of color here and a fresh scent their?!

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Shabby Chic Clothespins

A little whimsy to brighten your day!

Remember the clothespins from yester year?!

The wooden ones with the spring inside.The ones that had that certian scent of wood, fresh air and sunshine from hanging on the clothesline!The ones you used as your "charm" for playing hopscotch. I know some of you ladies, and gentlemen out there can relate.

Oh those vintage and nostalgic wooden clothes pins! 

The good old days, not that I am that old mind you! So today, here is a twist on the beloved wooden clothespin. A little shabby, a little chic. 

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Special Cupcake Holder For One

Make someone feel special!We all like to feel special! This pretty little cupcake for one will certainly do that! You may recall our post on our Pink and Purple Birthday party, where we used a very similar cupcake for one holder.Since we love bringing you budget savvy, homemade ideas, we thought you might like this for an upcoming party for someone special!

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Vintage Chic Clipboard

Need something pretty to write on?!When you sit down to write a card or note, isn't it always nice to have something pretty and lady like to write it on?! We think so, and decided to makeover a thrift store find, wood clipboard into something more vintage chic!

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Two Tier Serving Tray

Present your sweets in Homespun style!It is nice to have options with your serving pieces when it comes to hosting a party or special event! For us, the more options the better! Having more options is easier to obtain when you can put these pieces together for yourself and save money. Once again we have taken some very simple items and put them together, resulting in a great, functional, inexpensive, but impressive serving piece! Learn how....

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Pretty Dish Soap Bottle

Wash Your Dishes With Something Pretty!Not many of us love washing dishes, but it might make it a little more pleasant when your dish soap bottle sitting on your sink counter top is as pretty and cheerful as this one is! Roll up your sleeves and lets get to work!

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Enchanting Party Butterflies

Welcome your guests with butterflies! Don't we all love butterflies whether in the garden or at a party! Invite these enchanting butterflies to your next party as party favors or  party decorations, or both! They are super easy to make and will fit into your party planning budget! 

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Glass Cupcake Pedestals

Think your cupcakes are pedestal worthy?!

 We do!!!

We all have our baking "pride and joys", so why not put them up on a pedestal?! We just love everything about cupcakes here at Homespun With Love! So, you will see a lot of cupcake related posts. Honestly for me it is the eye appeal of the cupcake over the taste! Love a tasty cupcake, but I prefer the look first! We have been wanting to make some individual cupcake pedestals for awhile but just could not find the right inspiration........until..........
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Pail of Apples {Teacher Gift}

Give your child's teacher an A+! The end of another school year is upon us now and we wanted to give the teachers one last little token of gratitude and appreciation to show how much they mean to us! A Homespun, heartfelt gift from the heart is what we have come up with to gift our teachers with. We decided to go with an "apple" theme, since teachers and apples go so well together!

This is how we put it together.

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Moving On Up!

Have a little one moving up a grade?!Don't forget to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of those younger children who are moving up a grade in school! My son is graduating from second grade into third grade on June 8 2011! He may not be asking for a graduation trip to Disneyland, ...yet, as a graduation present, but it still is thoughtful to acknowledge his hard work throughout the year is some small celebratory way. Have a look at what we put together!
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DIY Pedestal Jars {Pt.2}

A good marriage continues!If you recall yesterday's post, we showed you how to turn candle cups and candlesticks into beautiful pedestal jars and we showed you how to decorate with them using candles and seashells. Today we want to share with you a few other uses for these jars!

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DIY Pedestal Jars {Pt.1}

A Good Marriage!

We love it when we can use an item for more than what it was intended for! Case in point, our pedestal jars! Using Dollar Store candle cups in three different styles and sizes, and candle sticks we married the two and created a couple different looks, and so can you!

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Just A Little Change

A little change for a lot of look!

{this could be taken literally!}

If you saw our earlier post, {which was part of Bloggers lost posts when they had their recent trouble},  you will recall we showed you our Pottery Barn knock off on soap dishes. It appears we really have embrased changing up our bath accessories, in small ways! We thought we would take it a little further and freshen up a few more things!

 It really is amazing how different a room can feel and look just by changing up a few accessories!      

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PB Soap Dish Knock Off

                      Bring a little sea~life into your bath!

Who doesn't love spending time at the water!

Be it the beach, ocean, shore.......bath tub...... whatever you want to call it!

This craft project was something we really wanted to try after seeing the inspiration for it here!

 We love the clean updated look, and for the price, well it goes without saying. 

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Dollar Store Mirror Revamp!

Mirrors Don't Have To Always Be On The Wall!

{We hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating Mother's Day with the women in your life!}

Well, we have to say that we even surprised ourselves on this Dollar Store project! I have always loved the glamorous era of women sitting at a dressing table combing their hair in front of big mirror, only to be using a smaller more feminine one on the dressing table! I'm thinking of "I Love Lucy" as a visual! That is what our mirror reminds me of.

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Sand & Seashells Knock Off!

Love the look but hate the price?!

I think we all fall into that category!

We thought we would see what we could come up with that was budget savvy, easy and delivered results! We took our inspiration from these lovely ideas from PB, here and here!

So, what do you think?! 

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Keepsake Box

A special box for her special memories!

Mother's Day Gift Idea # 6

This is the perfect little box for mom to tuck away some of her special keepsakes! This box was fast, cheap and easy to make!
                                     Here is what we did

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Garden of love, garden of flowers!

Mother's Day Gift Idea # 5

Mother's love beautiful bouquet's of flowers from the garden! With this frugal, easy and quick gift idea, mom can bring fresh cut flowers in from the garden anytime she likes!

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