All Things beautiful ( makeup and jewelry organization)

Such happy colors !! I  have been wanting to do this for a while now. 

Those wine glasses and candle jars (I added polka dots on them with my gold sharpie to go with my golden color scheme)  make perfect holders for the nail paints/eye pencils,lip liner and other make up  stuff. 

I had this wire spice rack bought from container store which ended up being of no use since my spice jars don't fit on it. My earrings hang perfectly on it. you can slide them as you wish to make space for more.As you can see , the spice rack itself hangs from a dollar tree hook.

Last but not the least  is this bangle stand. I have been looking for it for quite a while now. 

Tried DIYing with a wire hanger but it my bangles are too heavy for it to hold. This thrift store find (cost me a dollar only) revamped with Martha Stewart acrylic gold paint is a perfect drab to fab. 

I also placed my DIY rope/starfish mirror on the back that goes nicely with my gold theme.

Sterilite drawer makeover

Cost : A dollar only

You need :

1. Colored paper with adhesive ( they are mostly found in the organization/kitchen) section of the dollar tree. I think it was originally meant to be used as shelf liner.

Gold Rush

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It's been a really long while after my last post .. So many times were My fingers tempted to tap on the button that says " new blog post" .. But the demons named " busy weekends" , " tired mind" , "work pressure" pulled them back everytime :) . Now on an unnaturally quiet Sunday ( seems like someone has pressed a mute button on our neighborhood) arrived my magic mail --- a gold sharpie from Amazon.. ( Getting shipments from amazon can surely get a place in my how-to-be-happy list but that is some other day's discussion).

As you know ,I am a creative hoarder( I HAD to put a nice adjective to support this apaarently annoying trait of mine). I love love love refurbishing stuff rather than throwing them away..

Recently I grew so fond of gold .. A month back, I went to this cellphone store  & surprisingly I had a hard time choosing between the gold and a grey version of the phone ( more suprisingly, the gold version won to my all time favorite grey).  An array of shops displaying gold jwelry stands  on the street we go for grocery. Usually they all went unnoticed in past  but not any more. I look at them like a kid at an icecream store.. :)

Now coming to what it ended up at :) 

Here is how I  refurbished my apparently dull ikea bud vase with gold polka dots 

You need 

a gold sharpie ( mine says elmers opaque gold paint marker),

Anything to paint on . 

I had an old table lamp base which I have been using as a vase , but it was too dull for the room . So I  tried my first warli painting on it to give it some life .. Isn't it cool? Warli painting is an Indian folk painting style that I recently grew very fond of . It is easy for a dabbler like me and has a charm of its own ..

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And if you are interested in before pictures , here are they 

Coke can bud vase

These were made long back . DH used to get crates full of coke & my house almost turned into a recycle bin with coke cans scattered here & there . 

I had a few pretty flowers from ikea & some rope . 

So there you go ..

Cost : less than 2 dollars

You will need 

• coke can 
• rope 
• hot glue gun
• optional : You might want to add some embellishment like faux pearls , jewels from your old earring , felt flower to make it prettier. I have seen people color it as well .

 Isn't it one ( & only) good reason to buy coke? 

Sunday mood boost !! Rope starfish mirror

When you find Sundays depressing , you know you are not in your amazing phase of childhood any more !! Back then , Sundays used to be fun !!! Enjoying finger -licking  dishes prepared by maa, having relatives over , being allowed to watch tv ( spacially those once a week movies on Doordarshan) & what not !!!  Sighhhhhhhh !!! And back to reality !! A few hours left before a busy 

Monday begins !!  Dear husband busy with office work !!  So I decided to dive into my favorite timepass  :)

Bed bath beyond inspired rope mirror !!

Original price : 150$

DIY cost : less than 5 dollars !!!!!!! ( and it is not a typo ;) )

You will need 

• Rectangular mirror from dollar tree ------1$
•  Rope. --- amazon/lowes/home depot. ---- 3 dollars       ( I used a half inch rope , the thicker rope you use , the better it looks & the easier it is to make)
•  Starfish ( 15 for 4 dollars) from amazon ( use dollar tree seashell /driftwood or whatever shabby & beachy ornaments you find handy .. 
•  Hot glue gun
•  A little piece of cardboard to hold the structure !!

Clothespin / laundry pin mirror

This is a pinterest steal . I wanted a shabby color for it , so I chose dark grey.

Cost : Under 5 dollars .

You need : 

• clothespin from dollar treemirror  -- dollar tree
• Spray paint
• A small piece if cardboard ..

Five minute vase / pencil holder

Saturday was coming to an end & I still didn't do that one thing to 'make-me-happy'.  

So I dig up my craft drawers & found some colored ice-cream stick that I bought a few months back for another craft project . I had a few left-over tin cans as well .. So here is my five minute craft .. a pencil holder cum vase .. awwwwwww such happy colors !!!!!

you need 

tin can

ice-cream stick

glue