It’s time for the second DIY May-nia link-up!
This time it’s all about garage sale or thrift store finds.

During the past week and weekend, I couldn’t find anything that was worth buying. I even went to my favorite antique market, but it got rained out. I remember though an owl holder that I received from my future mother-in-law, that she picked up at a thrift shop for me. Travis is kind of upset that I decided to paint it, since he liked the wooden color, but this is something that I’ll use in my one day office/craft space, and I want color in that area.

I started off with a little primer on my little owl holder, and then I hit it with a royal blue spray paint that we already had on hand. The color reminded me of Little Miss Momma‘s house, which I adore. She does a lot of neutral walls, and furniture and then adds pops of yellows, blues, pinks and pales into her rooms, which is right up my alley.

Once the owl was dry I brought it in and set it on the shelf. It’s currently holding our envelopes and stamps, and paired with more blues and some green.

What did you find? Show it off below by linking up your find, and feel free to use the button below in your post to link back to DIY May-nia! And don’t forget to check out the other host’s projects: The HumberHome Project, Wit Wisdom & Food and Corner of Main.

Wit Wisdom & Food | The HumberHome Project | Corner of Main | Mailbox Journey

The Rules:
- No linking to shops, stores, giveaways or other link parties
- Must link directly to the specific post
- Link back to your link-up hosts
- Most importantly, have fun!

Posted on May 19, 2013 - 15 comments
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This is my fourth Pinterest challenge. (Check out my other Pinterest Challenge projects: key rack, beer bottle cap magnets & a wooden sunburst mirror.) And everytime, it always catches me during one of the worst times and completely off guard. I did manage to do something last night though, after my first project was a fail (turning a large t shirt, into a fitted woman’s tee). I made this:

I used an old Texas Pete hot sauce bottle that I had laying around for this project. (It’s totally normal to save random glass bottles in my world. Heck, Travis even knows better. He hovered this bottle of the trash can and asked if I wanted it. I said, “sure”, so he washed it out for me. :) He’s a keeper.)

My original plan was to dye the jar, like a blue mason jar is, that’s why I used the following products… PermEnamel which is meant for glass.

I went about dying the jar the wrong way. So instead, I just poured the Mediterranean Blue paint into the glass. By this time it was ten at night, so I covered as much of the bottle as I could by shaking it around to get the paint moving. I then poured some more paint in and let it even itself out and dry over night.

By morning, I had a nice surprise. The paint was perfectly even.

So before even getting ready for work, I stuck some pink flowers into the vase (I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Travis’ work, because of my Grandmother’s passing.) and had a quick little photo shoot.

I love this one more, than the one I tried last time. The bottle just has a great shape to it.

Check out the hosts for the Pinterest Challenge: Young House Love, Bower Power, Sparkle Meets Pop & Red Bird Blue.

Posted on May 19, 2013 - 16 comments
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As most of you know, I’ve been dealing with a lot lately. But that won’t stop me from DIY May-nia. Since I have barely been home, I decided to do something that ANYONE could do with limited funds and time. I took some painted flower pots that I already have from a previous project.

I did a quick coat of white over them, to act as a primer, and then I sanded them down to get rid of any bumps. I chose a purple and a blue for the pots and I planted succulents in them (rocks at the bottom, soil on top).

Before I planted my succulents, I added a little personal touch. We are going to be using the term, “May Love Grow” for our wedding decorations so I thought I’d add that little saying onto the flower pots.

So there you have it: something easy, inexpensive, and quick. You could even get your children involved. Now I just have to actually get these to my mother’s.

Wit Wisdom & Food | The HumberHome Project | Corner of Main | Mailbox Journey

Link up your Mother’s Day crafts below! & don’t forget, next Monday, the 13th, we are linking up our Garage and/or Thrift Store Finds! Are you in?

The Rules:
- No linking to shops, stores, giveaways or other link parties
- Must link directly to the specific post
- Link back to your link-up hosts
- Most importantly, have fun!

Posted on May 19, 2013 - 18 comments
 Filed Under: Link Party, Projects