Painting a 90's chandelier

If  you're painting the inside and outside of light globes different colors, paint the inside first. Then, use a plastic drink bottle turned upside down in the light bulb hole to keep overspray from getting on the inside.
Green, clean, classy
Shalimar and baby Z

Handy box for recycling

I started with these bracket planks, used for hanging coats, scarves, whatever. Picked them up for a dollar; which is cheaper than buying the hooks alone.

Dissembled

To make painting small pieces easier, I put them on a piece of tape. They kept falling over without it. 

Originally I painted the hooks and then wrapped the plank/board in contact paper. I really liked this when it was part of my studio but now that it's home I wanted to tame down all the color and pattern. 

For this project, I just needed to board. I sanded it down and attached it to a cardboard box that I had already painted white.

Using the anchors that came with it to secure the screw in the cardboard.

Once the board was attached it needed a handle. 

Just some regular nylon rope, knotted and braided.

I attached the rope to the board, now painted, and just like that I have a box for our recylcing that pretty much didn't cost a thing:) 

Green, clean, and classy.

Shalimar

DIY Plant Pots from Recycling

Bringing y'all another DIY planter from recycling.

I started with a textured paint. Side note about paint... I have used textured paint before and it wasn't as difficult as this one. I will say that I've had the paint in my storage for several months, all of which have been freezing, so maybe that had something to do with it, but whatever it worked. If you have a difficult paint, by difficult I mean that it didn't want to spray, just keep shaking the can. I found that that helped and would get things flowing again. 

My Mr got me a few new plants for valentines and not having any extra plant pots laying but I did have recycling so I came up with these. 

See how the lid is bigger than the bottom. I thought I would use the lid as the water tray so I painted those up too. 

I don't like to heavily spray on paint, especially with a slick surface like plastic or glass so don't go for the one and done attitude when painting. You don't want to get runs in the paint, plus this stuff dries so fast that the wait time is nil.  

Another coat later and they are ready for drain holes. 

I used our drill because it already had the bit on it that I wanted to use but you could just stab it with a screwdriver or use an exacto knife, whatever you have that cuts plastic. 

I added several holes on the bottom but I also added a few around the lower edge to ensure that I had a well draining planter.

Easy peasy, it took less than an hour and I was also working on putting up the hardiplank from my previous post so it's a doable DIY :) alright y'all know the drill...green, clean, classy

Shalimar

How NOT to Scallop shorts

Bringing y'all a how NOT to DIY, haha. I thought I had deleted all these failed project photos but I hadn't so I thought I might as well share so y'all can learn from my mistakes. 

I started with pants that I tried on first then gave them a little mark where I wanted to cut them with chalk. 

After cutting them, turn them inside outside and mark  where you want the scallop, do a full line. 

I used a candle holder that had the size of circle I wanted. I drew the scallop shape 

Now, to get the hem I went lazy/didn't think my swing skills were up to it and used No-Sew glue. I used a little glue, flipped the hem over, and pinned in place. The glue was horrible because it hardened and the pinning wasn't exactly curved but a few small straight lines that left points. So uncomfortable. Once it warms up, I'm sure I will attempt a DIY scallop again but obviously I will need to touch up the ol' sewing skills :) 

Keep it green, clean, and classy.

Shalimar

Christmas Sweater Time

Me and Mr made these ourselves.

With just a needle and thread I jazzed up a thifted sweater. For mine, I used an entire garland wreath and a few dangling ornaments for movement when I walk. 

This sweater was a different material so we just used a hot glue gun. Mr made the tree with 15 feet of garland that he hand shaped. Next came the ornaments and a little silver garland. This sweater had looked much fuller with more garland and ornaments, but then our chickens got ahold of it and had a sweater buffet. 

Haha Mr didn't want to wear his in public but here he is for the whole world to see. Love you honeybunny :)

Normally, I would end this post with green, clean, and classy. Today, however I need to add a request to the end... Please pray for the Dallas Cowboys to continue their winning streak in the playoffs and go to Super Bowl!!! 

Shalimar 

Christmas Treats

Bad photos of some super tasty Christmas treats. 

First up some cupcakes that were baked in our new toaster oven:) 

This lame attempt at a gingerbread house kept us busy while the weather had us inside, the end result wouldn't win any beauty contest but it sure was finger licking fun to make.

Green,clean,classy

Shalimar 

Tree stump Tea Time

A perfect spot craved from nature for a relaxing tea. When we began work on the homestead we had to first clear some of the land. Sadly, there were some trees that needed to be removed.  We stacked plenty of wood for the winter, but used a lot of the wood for projects. 

My amazing Dad volunteered so much of his time and his tools. Using his chainsaw he cut done the trees to chair and table heights. 

Now a Thursday throwback... Look at how lonely the studio looks. This was just after we got it posted, but way before we had moved out. 

My weak attempt at making it homely. This really makes me appreciate our porch. Posts of the now decorated porch will be coming soon. It's just too dreary for photos today. 

Keep it green, clean, classy.

Shalimar 

Decorating a Christmas Half Tree

I picked this little guy up while out thrifting with my Momma. She has the biggest Christmas spirit and it's infectious so I found myself wanting to do more for the merry event. 

It looks like a full size when it's back is against something. (well, a mini full size? Haha) 

The Mr and I love living smaller, but one draw back is that our Christmas tree isn't in our home. I thought because this one was so small and only a half I could put it right on our refrigerator. So, that's just what I did. 

For fullness I added a glittery garland through out the tree. Wrapped a few strands of bead garland on that. Then, my favorite litte vintage wooden ornaments completed the tree with a bright red bird on top. ... We sort of love birds, hence the chickens and ducks. 

To get it to stay on the frig I hot glued some magnets to the back. I added a couple of "presents" to the freezer. They are just some magnetic containers that I already had and I just added some Christmas detailing to them.

Not storing presents but office supplies, haha.

Hope y'all enjoy the rest of your Monday. Keep it green, clean, and classy.

Shalimar